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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user]  Re: cannot configure native vmware tools
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Nikos Chantziaras wrote on 21/10/09 22:45:
>>> why? is it because i am using genkernel, or the kernel source is
>>> patched by gentoo?

>> Don't use that tool. Instead, just emerge app-emulation/vmware-modules.

> Isn't that for having Gentoo as host OS only?  (As opposed to running
> Gentoo as a guest inside another OS.)

No.  It works fine with other operating systems too.