Install software called by by VMware Tools
yum install gcc
Install kernel header files
yum install kernel-devel
Check it matches the running kernel
uname -r # running kernel
rpm q kerneldevel # installed kernel headers
It the two versions do not match, run
yum y upgrade kernel kerneldevel
then reboot (but only if they did not match).
Find out where the kernel headers are
ls -d /usr/src/kernels/$(uname -r)*/include
You may need this later.
If you already have VMwareTools-5.5.2-29772.tar.gz on disk, SKIP THIS STEP!
Download VMware-workstation-5.5.2-29772.tar.gz from vmware.com
Extract the VMware Tools iso from it
tar—strip-components=3 zxvf VMwareworkstation-5.5.2-29772.tar.gz
vmware-distrib/lib/isoimages/linux.iso
Create a temporary mount point
mkdir /mnt/vmtools-temp
Mount the image
mount o loop linux.iso /mnt/vmtoolstemp
Copy VMware Tools from the mount
cp /mnt/vmtools-temp/VMwareTools-5.5.2-29772.tar.gz /tmp/
Unmount the image and tidy up
umount /mnt/vmtools-temp
rmdir /mnt/vmtools-temp
rm linux.iso
Unpack VMware Tools to a temporary directory
cd /tmp/
tar zxvf VMwareTools-5.5.2-29772.tar.gz
cd /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib/
./vmware-install.pl
Do you want to run vmware-config-tools.pl? yes
Fix xorg config
If when you (re)start X, you get the error “Undefined Monitor “vmware..>
vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Add the lines
Section “Monitor”
Identifier “vmware”
EndSection
To add better mouse support, add the lines
Section “InputDevice”
Identifier “Mouse0”
Driver “vmmouse”
Option “Protocol” “Auto”
Option “Device” “/dev/input/mouse0”
EndSection
then find the “ServerLayout” section, and in that section, add the line
InputDevice “Mouse0” “CorePointer”
http://network2007.blogspot.com/
TODO fix vmhgfs compile (currently broken)
TODO fix fast ethernet driver compile (currently broken)
hallo
Comment by solikin — 10 August, 2007 @ 6:32 am