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slicedtoad
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Joined: 06 Sep 2013
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 Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 3:02 pm Post subject: Can't get vmware tools to work |
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I've installed Gentoo on VMware with gnome and am trying to get vmware tools to work.
I was able to install the tools from the "cd" that is "inserted" via VM->'Install VMware Tools' but starting it gave an error saying /proc/fs/vmblock/dev can't be opened.
I couldn't find a fix so I uninstalled and tried the open version.
emerge app-emulation/open-vm-tools fails with the following:
| Code: | * Messages for package sys-apps/util-linux-2.22.2:
* The agetty util now clears the terminal by default. You
* might want to add --noclear to your /etc/inittab lines.
* Messages for package app-emulation/open-vm-tools-kmod-2013.04.16.1098359:
* CONFIG_DRM_VMWGFX: is not set when it should be.
* CONFIG_VMWARE_BALLOON: is not set when it should be.
* CONFIG_VMWARE_PVSCSI: is not set when it should be.
* CONFIG_VMXNET3: is not set when it should be.
* Please check to make sure these options are set correctly.
* Failure to do so may cause unexpected problems.
* ERROR: app-emulation/open-vm-tools-kmod-2013.04.16.1098359 failed (compile phase):
* emake failed
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Can someone help me out here? Let me know if you need more log/config files.
just in case here are some files:
/etc/portage/make.conf
open-vm-tools buildlog
emerge --info |
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fturco
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Location: Italy
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| Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 10:38 am Post subject: |
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| It seems you should enable the specified modules in the kernel and re-emerge open-vm-tools-kmod. |
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sk3l
Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 14 Jul 2012
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Location: CT USA
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| Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 11:18 am Post subject: |
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| I have another box that runs Kubuntu inside VMWare. When installing vmware-tools, I kept getting errors in the compilation phase for the vhgfs support. It turned out that vmware tools doesn't well support linux kernel 3.8.x, so I had to patch a few files in the vmware-tools source, and then everything built and worked. Perhaps this is not related to your troubles, but I thought I'd chime in nonetheless. |
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