I'm running a Kubuntu 8.10 guest host and the Offical VMWare tools had some
complation errors (vsock with kernel heads, and unsupported video driver). I
uninstalled that and I noticed that there was a "VMware User Agent
(2008.08.08-109361-1ubuntu1)" in the kubuntu update manager. I set this to
install and some things worked (mouse is able to out and in), however, some do
not (AKA when I resize the window the resolution doesn't change, can't
copy/paste between host/guest, etc). I updated Kubuntu to the latest packages.
Question 1: How do I tell which ones are running and which arn't? I tried
"lsmod | grep vm" and nothing shows up. Even if I run "sudo vmware-toolbox"
and the window is up, there is nothing displayed with a "lsmod | grep vm".
Question 2: I didn't have any config or settings to supply with the Update
Manager version, is this normal? The offical VMWare tools install asked a
bunch of questions about resolution and such.
Question 3: There is no "vmware-config.sh" file I can see anywhere. Is there
any other setup/config I have to do when installing with the Adept Update
Manager? Does the Update Manager automatically auto-start the moduals (aka
even if I restart the guest host the mouse still works fine).
Question 4: Lastly is there anything different with the Kubuntu Update Manager
VMware tools vs open-vmware-tools? Are some moduals left out? I do see that
Adept is a version behind, but, I'd find it easier to just keep packages
updated via the respositories if thats the only difference.
In my path the I have the following vm commands
vmmouse_detect
vmware-ghfsclient
vmstat
vmware-checkvm
vmware-guestd
vmware-hgfsmounter
vmware-toolbox
vmware-toolbox-cmd
vmware-user
vmware-user-suid-wrapper
vmware-xferlogs
Also the /etc/vmware-tools/ has
poweroff-vm-default
poweron-vm-default
resume-vm-default
suspend-vm-default
tools.conf
vm-support
xautostart.conf
I also looked at the syslog viewer, but there wasn't really anything I cound
find using "vm" as the filter. Anyone have any suggestions for me? More info
I should provide? Should I just install the latest manually? Does manual
installtion still do the auto-start stuff?
Thanks, this is my first time installing VMTools on a linux host, and just
starting with linux as well; sorry if some of the questions are pretty basic.
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