Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:05:18 -0500 From: Dimitri Yioulos <dyioulos@firstbhph.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0 and VMware tools (was Re: FreeBSD 7RC2 and VMware tools) Message-ID: <200802291005.19346.dyioulos@firstbhph.com> In-Reply-To: <200802282154.26358.lists@jnielsen.net> References: <20080217180601.M82827@firstbhph.com> <BAY126-DS22327FDAD42DE02E3751BCA140@phx.gbl> <200802282154.26358.lists@jnielsen.net>
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On Thursday 28 February 2008 9:54 pm, John Nielsen wrote: > On Thursday 28 February 2008 09:48:43 pm Sean Cavanaugh wrote: > > which version of the guest tool should I be installing for VMWare > > Server 1.0.4? > > guestd5 and guestd6 both core dump. > > I haven't actually tried to use any version from the ports recently, > opting instead to manually use the tarball on the "CD" that gets inserted > when you select the "Install VMware Tools" option in the host. > > JN > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > From: <pobox@verysmall.org> > > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 9:56 AM > > To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > > Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0 and VMware tools (was Re: FreeBSD 7RC2 and > > VMware tools) > > > > > Barry Byrne wrote: > > >> I've had no problem installing the tools via the ports on 7.0 > > >> release on ESX > > >> server 3.0.1. > > > > > > ... > > > > > >> cd /usr/ports/emulators/vmware-guestd6/ > > >> make clean install > > >> > > >> reboot. > > > > > > I was thinking about the ports. How does the ports version compare to > > > the "official" coming with the VMware? > > > > > > Iv (Not sure if top-posting is frowned on here, but I'll follow the convention used by other lists I subscribe to, and continue this here.) Mine has been a long, strange trip in installing and making VMware Tools work on FBSD 7.0. My latest go has me installing /usr/ports/emulators/vmware-guestd6/, then the VMware-supplied tools. I've already mentioned that I had to symlink libc.so.6 to get the VMware version to run. I also had to symlink /lib/libm.so.4 to /lib/libm.so.5 in order to get vmware-toolbox to work. I've followed a couple of posts in other forums (or fora, if you prefer :-) ) that suggest using the e1000 NIC driver (e.g. communities.vmware.com/message/352504), but it fails. This is the last piece I need to make work. Suggestions? Thanks. Dimitri -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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