Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:49:35 -0300 (BRT) From: scuba@centroin.com.br To: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> Cc: "B. Cook" <bcook@poughkeepsieschools.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: open-vm-tools no more in ports Message-ID: <20081016114753.R61136@trex.centroin.com.br> In-Reply-To: <200809031211.34425.lists@jnielsen.net> References: <6788E89C-5168-4077-8CC4-FAFE22C60E5F@poughkeepsieschools.org> <200809031211.34425.lists@jnielsen.net>
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Hi all, This open-vm-tools isn't in 7.0 ports. Anyone know why? On Wed, 3 Sep 2008, John Nielsen wrote: |On Wednesday 03 September 2008, B. Cook wrote: |> I am setting up FreeBSD 7.0 and he is asking about the vmware-tools. |> |> Ports has some things, but I am not sure what I need, and neither is he. |> |> Can anyone tell me what it needs? | |I usually create VM's with the Intel gigabit vNIC's which can use |FreeBSD's "em" driver. Since Xorg includes the vmmouse and vmware video |drivers already, the main things you should be looking for are the |memory "balloon" driver and the guestd service. In the past I have gotten |these to work by using the supplied tools (on the CD image that |is "inserted" when you select "Install VMware tools" from the host). |However it is much easier nowadays to use the free version in |ports/emulators/open-vm-tools (or open-vm-tools-nox11). | |JN |_______________________________________________ |freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list |http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions |To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" | - Marcelo
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