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ani_ka_z

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Registered: 2007-05-15

Posts: 6

need 2 update wiki page (vmware tools)

hello u all.
came across the guide for installing arch on vmware :
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ins … _in_VMWare
and one command is missing (starting the tools)

# /etc/rc.d/open-vm-tools start

one might even want to add the deamon to /etc/rc.conf

hence english is not my first language i ask if someone can update the page for me (and for all)

hope it is the right form.
thanks.

ibendiben

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Registered: 2007-10-10

Posts: 519

Re: need 2 update wiki page (vmware tools)

Something like this?

Start VMware tools with:

/etc/rc.d/open-vm-tools start

Or to start it automatically at boot, add the deamon to your /etc/rc.conf deamon array:

DEAMONS=(.... ... .... open-vm-tools ...)

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ani_ka_z

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Registered: 2007-05-15

Posts: 6

Re: need 2 update wiki page (vmware tools)

I guess that will do.
(maybe to point out that the command should be executed as a root)
Due to a lack of confident (i'm newbe)  It will be nice if someone else will reasure thouse commands.
Allthugh I'm quite sure (and tested it twice) the info is accurate.

many thanks .

Last edited by ani_ka_z (2008-03-24 19:54:10)

Snowman

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From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: need 2 update wiki page (vmware tools)

yes, there's no open-vm-tools package  in x86_64. I don't know why. It might be because it doesn't build/work on x86_64.

axel

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Registered: 2007-12-10

Posts: 77

Re: need 2 update wiki page (vmware tools)

i am also trying to use open-vm-tools but I have some problems.

# /etc/rc.d/open-vm-tools start
:: Starting Open Virtual Machine Tools                                   [BUSY]
 /usr/sbin/vmware-guestd: error while loading shared libraries: libdnet.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory [FAIL]

This problem was solved by installing the libdnet package

However now I get the following message:

# /etc/rc.d/open-vm-tools start
:: Starting Open Virtual Machine Tools                                   [BUSY]
The VMware service must be run from within a virtual machine.
Log: The VMware service must be run from within a virtual machine.
Log: Backtrace:
Log: Backtrace[0] 0xbfed3488 eip 0x8073b31
Log: Backtrace[1] 0xbfed38a8 eip 0x8085f3a
Log: Backtrace[2] 0xbfed38b8 eip 0x8085d78
Log: Backtrace[3] 0xbfed3908 eip 0x8050bd9
Log: Backtrace[4] 0xbfed3978 eip 0xb7ded396
Log: Backtrace[5] 00000000 eip 0x804b771
                                                                         [FAIL]

Any ideas? I just want to have sound in my vmware server and to share files between the virtual machine OS and the host. Could someone help?