Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Vmware Player 4 from vmware-overlay

2011-11-04 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 04.11.2011 05:32, schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: >> How do you upgrade the hardware version of the VMs? > > Maybe you just create a new one and attach your old disk images to it. uuh. cool approach. simple. didn't think of it!

[gentoo-user] Re: Vmware Player 4 from vmware-overlay

2011-11-03 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 11/03/2011 11:18 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: Am 01.11.2011 20:16, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: Then you can emerge it (version 4.0.0.471780-r1 as of right now.) yes, I already have it, as mentioned in the other reply to this thread. Figured it out to work a few mins after first postin

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Vmware Player 4 from vmware-overlay

2011-11-03 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 01.11.2011 20:16, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: >> Then you can emerge it (version 4.0.0.471780-r1 as of right now.) > > yes, I already have it, as mentioned in the other reply to this thread. > Figured it out to work a few mins after first posting. How do you upgrade the hardware version of

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Vmware Player 4 from vmware-overlay

2011-11-01 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 2011-11-01 13:12, schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: > On 11/01/2011 01:13 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: >> Am 25.10.2011 07:25, schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: >>> How is video and mouse performance? VMware has drivers for that; you >>> install them inside the guest. There is seamless mouse integration

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Vmware Player 4 from vmware-overlay

2011-11-01 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 11/01/2011 01:13 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: Am 25.10.2011 07:25, schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: How is video and mouse performance? VMware has drivers for that; you install them inside the guest. There is seamless mouse integration with guest-host, and very fast graphics (I can run Windows

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Vmware Player 4 from vmware-overlay

2011-11-01 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 25.10.2011 19:08, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: > Am 25.10.2011 13:15, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: > >> I assume KVM isn't that handy yet as vmware-player is. > > sidenote: vmware-modules don't work yet with gentoo-sources-3.1.0. > No surprise as that kernel is very new right now. > > (So v

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Vmware Player 4 from vmware-overlay

2011-11-01 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 25.10.2011 07:25, schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: > How is video and mouse performance? VMware has drivers for that; you > install them inside the guest. There is seamless mouse integration with > guest-host, and very fast graphics (I can run Windows Aero without > problem.) I can also drag&drop f

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Vmware Player 4 from vmware-overlay

2011-10-25 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 25.10.2011 13:15, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: > I assume KVM isn't that handy yet as vmware-player is. sidenote: vmware-modules don't work yet with gentoo-sources-3.1.0. No surprise as that kernel is very new right now. (So vmware-player doesn't work at all for me right now, at least not wi

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Vmware Player 4 from vmware-overlay

2011-10-25 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 25.10.2011 07:25, schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: > How is video and mouse performance? VMware has drivers for that; you > install them inside the guest. There is seamless mouse integration with > guest-host, and very fast graphics (I can run Windows Aero without > problem.) I can also drag&drop

[gentoo-user] Re: Vmware Player 4 from vmware-overlay

2011-10-24 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 10/25/2011 01:12 AM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: Am 20.10.2011 18:47, schrieb Mark Knecht: Gentoo hosts run KVM, in there virtual Windows-machines for various specific software they need. Stable so far. Good to know. Maybe I'll give it a try. reply 2, new thoughts (perspective: running

[gentoo-user] Re: Vmware Player 4 from vmware-overlay

2011-10-20 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 10/20/2011 12:56 PM, Andrey Moshbear wrote: On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 05:53, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: Am 19.10.2011 23:14, schrieb Mark Knecht: I've decided to stick with vmware-player-3.1.4 for use as a Netflix VM only. All of my real work is done in Virtualbox VMs using both 32-bit NT a