[gentoo-user] VMware Server Tools

[gentoo-user] VMware Server Tools

[Sergey Kobzar]

Hi.

I can't find vmware-server-tools in layman. Before I used it to
install tools:

# equery list | grep vmware-server-tools
app-emulation/vmware-server-tools-1.0.3.44356


Now I can't find tools:

# layman -l
* vmware                    [Subversion] (source: http://overlays.gentoo.org...)

# emerge --search vmware-server-tools
Searching...
[ Results for search key : vmware-server-tools ]
[ Applications found : 0 ]

Are they not supported now? Does anybody try to use open-vm-tools
instead? Usually I need tools to sync time with host only.


Thanks for help.


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Re: [gentoo-user] VMware Server Tools

[Peter Ruskin]

On Thursday 10 January 2008, Sergey Kobzar wrote:
> I can't find vmware-server-tools in layman. Before I used it to
> install tools:
>
> # equery list | grep vmware-server-tools
> app-emulation/vmware-server-tools-1.0.3.44356

Vmware tools are now included in vmware-server.  After starting a 
VM, choose "Install VMware Tools" from the VM menu.

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Re[2]: [gentoo-user] VMware Server Tools

[Sergey Kobzar]

Hi Peter,

Friday, January 11, 2008, 1:47:49 AM, you wrote:

> On Thursday 10 January 2008, Sergey Kobzar wrote:
>> I can't find vmware-server-tools in layman. Before I used it to
>> install tools:
>>
>> # equery list | grep vmware-server-tools
>> app-emulation/vmware-server-tools-1.0.3.44356

> Vmware tools are now included in vmware-server.  After starting a 
> VM, choose "Install VMware Tools" from the VM menu.

And it will add:
- Tools to installed packages list
- correct rc scripts
?

Don't think so...


I prefer to use portage tree for additional software. That's why I
chose Gentoo.

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Re: [gentoo-user] VMware Server Tools

[Elias Probst]

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Am Freitag, 11. Januar 2008 09:53:36 schrieb Sergey Kobzar:
> I prefer to use portage tree for additional software. That's why I
> chose Gentoo.
>
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> Sergey

Use the open-vm-tools. They work quite fine and contain all features provided 
by the previous closed source ones.

Regards, Elias P.

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Re[2]: [gentoo-user] VMware Server Tools

[Sergey Kobzar]

Hi Elias,

Sunday, January 13, 2008, 7:36:45 PM, you wrote:

> Am Freitag, 11. Januar 2008 09:53:36 schrieb Sergey Kobzar:
>> I prefer to use portage tree for additional software. That's why I
>> chose Gentoo.
>>
>> --
>> Sergey

> Use the open-vm-tools. They work quite fine and contain all features provided
> by the previous closed source ones.

> Regards, Elias P.

Thanks for recommendation. I installed open-vm-tools already and they
look good! :)

Hope it's a good replacement for proprietary VMware Tools.


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