[Root @ master vmtools] #Cd/tmp/vmtools/vmware-tools-distrib/ [Root @ master vmware-tools-distrib] # ls Bin doc etc files install installer lib vmware-install.pl [Root @ master vmware-tools-distrib] #/Vmware-install.pl Creating a new VMware Tools installer database using the tar4 format. Installing VMware Tools. In which directory do you want to install the binary files? [/Usr/bin] What is the directory that contains the init directories (rc0.d/to rc6.d /)? [/Etc/rc. d] What is the directory that contains the init scripts? [/Etc/rc. d/init. d] In which directory do you want to install the daemon files? [/Usr/sbin] In which directory do you want to install the library files? [/Usr/lib/vmware-tools] The path "/usr/lib/vmware-tools" does not exist currently. This program is Going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want? [Yes] Yes In which directory do you want to install the documentation files? [/Usr/share/doc/vmware-tools] The path "yes" is a relative path. Please enter an absolute path. In which directory do you want to install the documentation files? [/Usr/share/doc/vmware-tools] yes The path "yes" is a relative path. Please enter an absolute path. In which directory do you want to install the documentation files? [/Usr/share/doc/vmware-tools] yes The path "yes" is a relative path. Please enter an absolute path. In which directory do you want to install the documentation files? [/Usr/share/doc/vmware-tools] The path "/usr/share/doc/vmware-tools" does not exist currently. This program Is going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you Want? [Yes] The installation of VMware Tools 9.6.0 build-1294478 for Linux completed Successfully. You can decide to remove this software from your system at any Time by invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall-tools.pl ". Before running VMware Tools for the first time, you need to configure it Invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl". Do you want This program to invoke the command for you now? [Yes] yes Initializing... Making sure services for VMware Tools are stopped. Stopping Thinprint services in the virtual machine: Stopping Virtual Printing daemon: done Stopping VMware Tools services in the virtual machine: Guest operating system daemon: [OK] Unmounting HGFS shares: [OK] Guest filesystem driver: [OK] The VMware FileSystem Sync Driver (vmsync) allows external third-party backup Software that is integrated with vSphere to create backups of the virtual Machine. Do you wish to enable this feature? [No] ni ^ Ho The answer "no" is invalid. It must be one of "y" or "n ". The VMware FileSystem Sync Driver (vmsync) allows external third-party backup Software that is integrated with vSphere to create backups of the virtual Machine. Do you wish to enable this feature? [No] no Found a compatible pre-built module for vmci. Installing it... Found a compatible pre-built module for vsock. Installing it... Found a compatible pre-built module for vmxnet3. Installing it... Found a compatible pre-built module for pvscsi. Installing it... Found a compatible pre-built module for vmmemctl. Installing it... The VMware Host-Guest Filesystem allows for shared folders between the host OS And the guest OS in a Fusion or Workstation virtual environment. Do you wish To enable this feature? [Yes] yes Found a compatible pre-built module for vmhgfs. Installing it... Found a compatible pre-built module for vmxnet. Installing it... The vmblock enables dragging or copying files between host and guest in Fusion or Workstation virtual environment. Do you wish to enable this feature? [Yes] yes Found a compatible pre-built module for vmblock. Installing it... VMware automatic kernel modules enables automatic building and installation VMware kernel modules at boot that are not already present. This feature can be Enabled/disabled by re-running vmware-config-tools.pl. Wocould you like to enable VMware automation kernel modules? [No] no Thinprint provides driver-free printing. Do you wish to enable this feature? [Yes] yes Detected X version 7.1 Unable to detect guest resolution. Please choose one of the following display sizes that X will start: [1] <640x480 [2] 800x600 [3] 1024x768 [4] 1280x800 Please enter a number between 1 and 4: [1] 3 X is running fine with the new config file. Creating a new initrd boot image for the kernel. Starting Virtual Printing daemon: done Checking acpi hot plug [OK] Starting VMware Tools services in the virtual machine: Switching to guest configuration: [OK] Paravirtual SCSI module: [OK] Guest memory manager: [OK] VM communication interface: [OK] VM communication interface socket family: [OK] Guest filesystem driver: [OK] Mounting HGFS shares: [FAILED] Blocking file system: [OK] Guest operating system daemon: [OK] The configuration of VMware Tools 9.6.0 build-1294478 for Linux for this Running kernel completed successfully. You must restart your X session before any mouse or graphics changes take Effect. You can now run VMware Tools by invoking "/usr/bin/vmware-toolbox-cmd" from Command line. To enable advanced X features (e.g., guest resolution fit, drag and drop, and File and text copy/paste), you will need to do one (or more) of the following: 1. Manually start/usr/bin/vmware-user 2. Log out and log back into your desktop session; and, 3. Restart your X session. Enjoy, -- The VMware team Found VMware Tools CDROM mounted at/media/VMware Tools. Ejecting device /Dev/cd0... Umount:/media/VMware Tools: device is busy Umount:/media/VMware Tools: device is busy Eject: unmount of '/media/VMware Tools' failed Eject Failed: If possible manually eject the Tools installer from the guest Cdrom mounted at/media/VMware Tools before canceling tools install on Host. |