I dont know how many times I have installed OpenSUSE 11.0.
I have done this:
Right click on VMwareTools-6.0.4-93057.tar.gz archive and extract it into into /tmp/VMwareTools.
I have also done this:
Open a terminal as root and configure VMware Tools by running:
su
cd /tmp/VMwareTools/vmware-tools-distrib
./vmware-install.pl
And when I run the .pl, I get this:
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linux-f3ox:/tmp/VMWareTools/vmware-tools-distrib # ./vmware-install.pl
The following VMware kernel modules have been found on your system that were
not installed by the VMware Installer. Please remove them then run this
installer again.
vmmemctl
vmhgfs
vmxnet
vmblock
Execution aborted.
====================
Please help me if you can. I dont know what I am doing wrong.
> linux-f3ox:/tmp/VMWareTools/vmware-tools-distrib #
> ./vmware-install.pl The following VMware kernel modules have been
> found on your system that were not installed by the VMware
> Installer. Please remove them then run this installer again.
>
> vmmemctl vmhgfs vmxnet vmblock
>
> Execution aborted.
>
> ====================
>
> Please help me if you can. I dont know what I am doing wrong.
after you removed vmmemctl, vmhgfs, vmxnet, and vmblock and ran
vmware-install.pl again, what was the output?
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DenverD (Linux Counter 282315) via NNTP, Thunderbird 2.0.0.14, KDE
3.5.7, SUSE Linux 10.3, 2.6.22.18-0.2-default #1 SMP i686 athlon
> How do I remove these “vmmemctl vmhgfs vmxnet vmblock” files?
>
> Where do I go and delete them.
you mentioned Micro$oft, doesn’t it have a way to search for files?
well, so does Linux…find them using the tools your SUSE was born
with…try:
Menu > System > File Manager > Search for files OR
Menu > System > File System > Find Files/Folders OR
Menu > System > File System > Search OR
something similar UNTIL you find a searcher, and figure out how to
use it (see that button named “Help”, give it a try)
good luck,
DenverD (Linux Counter 282315) via NNTP, Thunderbird 2.0.0.14, KDE
3.5.7, SUSE Linux 10.3, 2.6.22.18-0.2-default #1 SMP i686 athlon
I did it for the other 3 files. I rename it to other things. I have to use the command line and do the “mv” thing.
These 4 files have a .ko extension and it didnt show. I dont know why.
Also it say my kernel is not the same. It say it might fail but I dont know where to find the previous version, but I go ahead and compile it anyway. But it didnt crash.
So in all, I still dont know what I am doing and I am learning. I got alot to learn.
In such a case you have nothing to do because SuSE 11.0 is allready providing you WMware tools. You can check this with runing : rpm -qa | grep open-vm
you will get :
open-vm-tools-2008.04.14-21.1
Then if you want to know what files are installed with the rpm you can run : rpm -ql open-vm-tools-2008.04.14-21.1
So you have nothing to do, to use the VMWare tools you just have to type : /usr/bin/vmware-toolbox and you will have the window configuration for vmware tools.
The best way to get comfortable with linux is with virtual machines. If you take regular snapshots you won’t have to worry about breaking things. It gives you the confidence to play.
asfish;1887900 Wrote:
> Hi All
>
> They don’t come much newer to linux that me:)
>
> I followed the info here and have managed to get VMWare tools installed
> on SUSE 11 after some messing around.
>
> Thanks for all the help. I’ve learnt a lot today. I’ll be using Linux
> more often
The command you want when vmware-tools moans about old modules is:
The best way to get comfortable with linux is with virtual machines. If
you take regular snapshots you won’t have to worry about breaking
things. It gives you the confidence to play.
You can check this with runing : rpm -qa | grep open-vm