Topic: VMWare tools, VMXnet driver and SME7

[jburrell]

*EDIT - original message reinstated with modifications.

Hi.

I am currently attempting to get vmware tools installed on SME7 and running into the same problem(s) described here :

http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=32138.0

So, after removing what i assume are the relevant lines in modprobe.conf that refer to pcnet32, vmware-tools-config.pl runs to completion fine.

and then I followed the instructions it gave to get the vmxnet drivers running after the vmware-tools-config.pl script has been run.

To use the vmxnet driver, restart networking using the following commands:
/etc/init.d/network stop
rmmod pcnet32
rmmod vmxnet
depmod -a
modprobe vmxnet
/etc/init.d/network start

However, when i rmmod pcnet32 i get the error :
"ERROR : Module pcnet32 does not exist in /proc/modules"
And the same when i rmmod vmxnet.
If i continue regardless and try and modprobe vmxnet i get the error :

FATAL: Module vmxnet not found.



*edit again! - ok, I just depmod -a and then modprobe vmxnet which didn't come up with any errors.

then i did
/etc/init.d/network start
which came up without any errors.

However, when i tried to start vmware-tools with :

/usr/bin/vmware-toolbox

I get the error :

/usr/lib/bmware-tools/bin32/vmware-toolbox-gtk: error while loading shared libraries: libX11.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

So, i'm scratching my head here! the vmware-tools-config.pl ran without any errors!

My linux-fu is only fairly mediocre, so any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks!

[william_syd]

vmware-toolbox requires a windows manager (xserver) to bring up the pretty box.

SMEServer does not have this installed as it's more a server/command line setup. (lean and mean)

Ask over at vmware.com forums on how to replace vmware-toolbox functions with the command line.

However, when i tried to start vmware-tools

Did you check the how-to ?

[compdoc]

I used the Howto, and got the ERROR : Module pcnet32 does not exist in /proc/modules after running rmmod pcnet32. I didnt get a vmxnet error.

I just ignored it and it loaded fine...