Hello there, Quick X wrote: >> You replied to the mailing list, just FYI. :-) > Amusing, I hoped I replyed to this one right... *smiles*
It went to the list again, FYI. :-) >> If the 6.5.1 update doesn't work [...] > I seem to have failed -_-. The Offical VMware tooles with 6.5.1 didn't work > for me either. Yeah, I was afraid that would be the case. Apparently the bug fix didn't make it to the 6.5.1 cutoff date. > After it takes a few mins it ask's if I want to call the vmware configuration > script and I say yes. It says it needs to build based on my linux's headers > and I said yes. They build; "__ loads into the kernel perfectly" except > "vsock" which gives an error and fails. The fixes to the vsock build also didn't make the cutoff date (kinda unfortunate). They're in the latest open-vm-tools release though. So does the installation stop after that or does it allow you to continue without installing vsock? IIRC, there's an option to not compile vsock during installation, did you try that? vsock is currently not used by Tools, so it's OK if all you want is to use Tools (and not build stuff on top of vsock). If that option exists, then you should be able to use the workaround in the bug I linked to earlier to get vmware-user to start automatically. > Q1. Does the "--without-XXX" stop moduals from getting installed? No, unless of course you're using "--without-kernel-modules". > Is this > the reasion why only "vmxnet" shows up? No, that's because the "make install" target of open-vm-tools is not complete from an end-user point of view. Some modules, like vmblock, need to be manually loaded (distros generally have some file where you can list modules to load automatically at boot time). It will also not setup other things, like the auto-start of the vmware-user program, which is needed for copy & paste to work. It's not really targeted at end-users, but at packagers, and that's why it doesn't do those things. -- - Marcelo ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ open-vm-tools-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/open-vm-tools-discuss
