Hi,
Every time I start my vmplayer machines, I get a dialog that I can
update “Vmware Tools for Linux version 9.2.3”. Of course, I do not want
to, because the virtual machine inside, running 12.3 in this case, has
the package supplied by openSUSE, namely open-vm-tools-9.2.2…rpm - see:
open-vm-tools-gui-9.2.2-2.4.1.x86_64
vmware-guest-kmp-desktop-9.2.0_k3.7.6_1.2-2.1.4.x86_64
libvmtools0-9.2.2-2.4.1.x86_64
xf86-input-vmmouse-13.0.0-2.1.1.x86_64
vmware-guest-kmp-desktop-9.2.2_k3.7.10_1.1-2.4.1.x86_64
open-vm-tools-9.2.2-2.4.1.x86_64
xf86-video-vmware-13.0.0-2.1.1.x86_64
The dialog options are to download and install, which I will not, or to
remind later. If I do that, I’m reminded the next time I run the machine.
This is a nuisance. Can I make vmplayer shut up for ever?
The .vmx file has:
tools.upgrade.policy = "manual"
Doesn’t do anything.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.1 x86_64 “Asparagus” at Telcontar)
This may help you
- Open Player
- click File in the menubar
- select then click Player Preferences
- Uncheck Check for software updates as needed
Also you maybe Uncheck Check for product updates as one can to their own checking on the VMware site.
On 2013-05-16 09:16, Sagemta wrote:
>
> This may help you
> 1. Open Player
> 2. click File in the menubar
> 3. select then click Player Preferences
> 4. Uncheck Check for software updates as needed
Thanks! It works. 
> Also you maybe Uncheck Check for product updates as one can to their
> own checking on the VMware site.
Well, that one is not a big nuisance for me, it tells me that there is
an update and then I can do it on my own.
It is the guest tools dialog update that were a nuisance, because I
prefer to use the version packaged by the distribution instead, and
thus, I would never do the requested update, meaning I get the warning
every single time for years.
Another nuisance dialog are the two warning that I have not 3D graphic
acceleration - because I’m using the nouveau driver. But these go away
automatically.
All those dialogs are a nuisance specially when booting the system and I
have to click them away in time to get to the grub window - or worse, to
the virtual-bios before it boots.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.1 x86_64 “Asparagus” at Telcontar)