Folk,
Ok, I answer at my question.
Find it on the vmware web site.
After installing vmware-linux-tools.tar.gz you must do the followed task:
cd /etc
ln -s /etc/X11/XF86Config.vm XF86Config
and then .... startx ;-)
Thank's anyway ..
- dan
"The best players, I think, are always the ones who remember
their losses, because they remember the pain and they hate it."
Daniel Voyer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just installed mandrake 8.0 on my laptop !! in vmware.
>
> I try to install the "vmware-linux-tools.tar.gz" with this instruction
> ...
>
> As root, mount the VMware Tools floppy, copy the contents of the floppy
> to /tmp, and unmount the floppy.
> cd /
> mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt
> cp /mnt/vmware-linux-tools.tar.gz /tmp
> umount /dev/fd0
>
> Untar the VMware Tools tar file in /tmp, and install it.
> cd /tmp
> tar zxf vmware-linux-tools.tar.gz
> cd vmware-linux-tools
> ./install.pl
>
> Start X and your graphical environment if they are not started yet.
>
> When I start vmware I got an error message
> "could not find config file!
> - Tried :
> /root/xF86Config
> /etc/XF86Config
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config.dcocdv1 (my hostsname)
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
> Fatal server error:
> No config file found!
> "
>
> So, what`s going on here ?!
>
> thanks for any help
>
> - dan
