My computer is running Debian Lenny 5.0 x64 as Host OS. I am still new to Debian and have been trying to install a few new packages from unstable repositories, and mixed up to the stable one, and causing my Host OS having weird behaviuor...such as buttons not displayed, menu missing...etc
Because of that I have re-installed my host OS again with Debian 5.0 x64 then followed by installing VMware Server 2.0. As for Guest OS, I installed Windows Vista Business x86 and also the Debian 5.0 x64 which is my test bed. So, whenever I have something to test for Debian packages, I will try it in the Guest OS.
VMware Tools (for Guest OS) are a set of virtualization components that can enhance performance and user experience of virtual machines. However, the current VMware Tools cannot be installed onto current version of Debian 5. So, I search on net for solution.
I had followed the instructions in the website (http://www.electrictoolbox.com/install-vmware-tools-debian-5/), but the system prompt me some installation problem, and the error is ... [None of the pre-built vmmemctl modules for VMware Tools is suitable for your running kernel...] According to the IRC support VMware channel, Debian is not a supported Guest O/S, and I was asked to try the open source VM tools. So, I search on net and found Open Virtual Machine Tools (open-vm-tools) which are the open source implementation of VMware Tools, so I tried it and it works.
We need at least the repo from "contrib" to get the open-vm tools. Goto Guest OS and amend the file /etc/apt/sources.list look for the line similar to the below, and add the word "contrib"
Because of that I have re-installed my host OS again with Debian 5.0 x64 then followed by installing VMware Server 2.0. As for Guest OS, I installed Windows Vista Business x86 and also the Debian 5.0 x64 which is my test bed. So, whenever I have something to test for Debian packages, I will try it in the Guest OS.
VMware Tools (for Guest OS) are a set of virtualization components that can enhance performance and user experience of virtual machines. However, the current VMware Tools cannot be installed onto current version of Debian 5. So, I search on net for solution.
I had followed the instructions in the website (http://www.electrictoolbox.com/install-vmware-tools-debian-5/), but the system prompt me some installation problem, and the error is ... [None of the pre-built vmmemctl modules for VMware Tools is suitable for your running kernel...] According to the IRC support VMware channel, Debian is not a supported Guest O/S, and I was asked to try the open source VM tools. So, I search on net and found Open Virtual Machine Tools (open-vm-tools) which are the open source implementation of VMware Tools, so I tried it and it works.
We need at least the repo from "contrib" to get the open-vm tools. Goto Guest OS and amend the file /etc/apt/sources.list look for the line similar to the below, and add the word "contrib"
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contribThen logon as root and run the below command to install the packages and restart the Guest OS.
aptitude install open-vm-tools open-vm-toolbox
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