Comments on: How to install VMWare-tools on FreeBSD 8 or PC-BSD 8? http://www.rhyous.com/2010/01/30/how-to-install-vmware-tools-on-freebsd-8/ Knight of the Code Fri, 24 May 2013 02:55:44 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Slush http://www.rhyous.com/2010/01/30/how-to-install-vmware-tools-on-freebsd-8/#comment-6921 Slush Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:55:44 +0000 http://rhyous.com/?p=1192#comment-6921 Maybe some recent modification to the tools/OS ? I'm getting exactly the same bug trying to install 'em on a FreeBSD 9 guest:

"Starting VMware Tools services in the virtual machine:
Switching to guest configuration: done
Guest memory manager: failed
Blocking file system: failed
Guest operating system daemon: done
Unable to start services for VMware Tools

Execution aborted."

]]> By: Forseti http://www.rhyous.com/2010/01/30/how-to-install-vmware-tools-on-freebsd-8/#comment-6863 Forseti Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:21:33 +0000 http://rhyous.com/?p=1192#comment-6863 Found your tutorials as I was looking for a way to install compat6x-i386 on a pcbsd 9 guest, finally managed to find the address on freebsd.org to manually download it, only to be met by this post config stage:

Starting VMware Tools services in the virtual machine:
Switching to guest configuration: done
Guest memory manager: failed
Blocking file system: failed
Guest operating system daemon: done
Unable to start services for VMware Tools

Execution aborted.

Sting's, like a... ...err... ...yeah, lets just say, ouch.

]]> By: Міша http://www.rhyous.com/2010/01/30/how-to-install-vmware-tools-on-freebsd-8/#comment-2176 Міша Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:37:03 +0000 http://rhyous.com/?p=1192#comment-2176 Instead of using VMware's "CD" I used the emulators/open-vm-tools.

To achieve clipboard-sharing and free mouse movement between the VM and the host, I use vmware-user-suid-wrapper (which is installed by the port).

However, I remain unable to utilize both of the screens on my Mac -- X11 starts on one screen only. If I tell VMware to "Use All Displays in Full Screen", I simply get the same picture on both screens (cloned)...

Do you suppose, using the "real" VMware software will help with this? Is anybody able to use multiple screens with the guest VM running FreeBSD?

]]> By: Jared Evans http://www.rhyous.com/2010/01/30/how-to-install-vmware-tools-on-freebsd-8/#comment-2117 Jared Evans Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:03:26 +0000 http://rhyous.com/?p=1192#comment-2117 Switch your VMware CDROM from IDE to SCSI. FreeBSD guest VM has a problem with VMware IDE version of CDROM and randomly crashes/reboots.

After changing to a SCSI cdrom, this will work:

mount -t cd9660 /dev/cd0 /mnt

]]> By: Jared Evans http://www.rhyous.com/2010/01/30/how-to-install-vmware-tools-on-freebsd-8/#comment-2116 Jared Evans Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:00:42 +0000 http://rhyous.com/?p=1192#comment-2116 Argh... vmware-user breaks on latest FreeBSD 8.2... problem with a library.

]]> By: Erik http://www.rhyous.com/2010/01/30/how-to-install-vmware-tools-on-freebsd-8/#comment-2114 Erik Sat, 11 Jun 2011 12:23:02 +0000 http://rhyous.com/?p=1192#comment-2114 These instructions no longer work when paired with your how-to-install-and-configure-a-freebsd-8-desktop-with-xorg-and-kde guide. Trying to mount the drive produces an error: mount_cd9660: /dev/acd0: Operation not permitted.

]]> By: Rhyous http://www.rhyous.com/2010/01/30/how-to-install-vmware-tools-on-freebsd-8/#comment-2039 Rhyous Fri, 22 Apr 2011 04:43:42 +0000 http://rhyous.com/?p=1192#comment-2039 I haven't done this for 8.2. If I get around to it, I will let you know.

]]> By: John http://www.rhyous.com/2010/01/30/how-to-install-vmware-tools-on-freebsd-8/#comment-2038 John Fri, 22 Apr 2011 04:10:35 +0000 http://rhyous.com/?p=1192#comment-2038 Hey Rhyous, I've been using your FreeBSD guides for a while now, (They make a great reference for someone trying to get a system up quickly and don't want to forget essential parts) but since FBSD 8.2 I have been unable to get VMWare tools working properly. I always get a libgio error when I try and start the user wrapper, I was wonder if you have devised a fix for this. Many thanks for all of the material on your website.

]]> By: Rhyous » Blog Archive » How to install and configure a FreeBSD 8 Desktop with Xorg and KDE? http://www.rhyous.com/2010/01/30/how-to-install-vmware-tools-on-freebsd-8/#comment-1996 Rhyous » Blog Archive » How to install and configure a FreeBSD 8 Desktop with Xorg and KDE? Tue, 08 Mar 2011 05:59:18 +0000 http://rhyous.com/?p=1192#comment-1996 [...] Step 5 – Configure Xorg Note 1: 1 and 2 are optional and you may skip them if you want. An xorg.conf file is not longer required. Usually most configurations work without it. Note 2: If you are using VMWare, you may want to jump to this article and come back: How to install VMWare-tools on FreeBSD 8? [...]

]]> By: FreeBSD and VMWare - Joel Perry Productions http://www.rhyous.com/2010/01/30/how-to-install-vmware-tools-on-freebsd-8/#comment-418 FreeBSD and VMWare - Joel Perry Productions Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:41:08 +0000 http://rhyous.com/?p=1192#comment-418 [...] on installing VMWare tools in FreeBSD 8.x [...]

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