From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 16 14:49:18 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5098610656A4 for ; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:49:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scuba@centroin.com.br) Received: from raptor.centroin.com (asmtp.centroin.com [64.251.27.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17F9E8FC21 for ; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:49:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scuba@centroin.com.br) Received: from trex.centroin.com.br (trex.centroin.com.br [200.225.63.134]) (authenticated bits=0) by raptor.centroin.com (8.14.3/8.13.8/CIP SMTP HOST) with ESMTP id m9GEsZ1u070266; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:54:37 -0300 (BRT) (envelope-from scuba@centroin.com.br) Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:49:35 -0300 (BRT) From: scuba@centroin.com.br Sender: mpsouza@trex.centroin.com.br To: John Nielsen In-Reply-To: <200809031211.34425.lists@jnielsen.net> Message-ID: <20081016114753.R61136@trex.centroin.com.br> References: <6788E89C-5168-4077-8CC4-FAFE22C60E5F@poughkeepsieschools.org> <200809031211.34425.lists@jnielsen.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: "B. Cook" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: open-vm-tools no more in ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:49:18 -0000 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