From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 398E31381F3 for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 00:31:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B4E69E09AF; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 00:30:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.182]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC31CE099B for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 00:30:48 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av4EABK/CFG4rxNq/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEATocKAsLIRMSDwUlN4gLBrEfkA6NIEGCSGEDjX6IDoV+iHCBXoMT X-IPAS-Result: Av4EABK/CFG4rxNq/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEATocKAsLIRMSDwUlN4gLBrEfkA6NIEGCSGEDjX6IDoV+iHCBXoMT X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="20217109" Received: from 184-175-19-106.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([184.175.19.106]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 30 Jul 2013 20:30:40 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 30 Jul 2013 20:30:41 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 20:30:41 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] which VM do you recommend? Message-ID: <20130731003041.GB25154@waltdnes.org> References: <1375166739.14240.0@numa-i.igpm.rwth-aachen.de> <51F79749.6030201@libertytrek.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <51F79749.6030201@libertytrek.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: ddd88138-7d5d-4a77-a33a-9b8a5fe389f3 X-Archives-Hash: b5d5da866370bc9e93874fccd3f36f90 On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 06:36:57AM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote > Side question... > > I want to run the vmware tools on my gentoo VM (so the host can safely > power it down), but it also requires modules. Why do you need vmware tools? From the host, execute... ssh root@ /sbin/poweroff ...or, if you have sys-power/hibernate-script installed, and want to hibernate... ssh root@ /usr/sbin/hibernate -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications