Does anyone have any experience at installing vmware tools in Slackware 12.1? I've done some research and found that I needed to do a few things prior to install like: Code: cd /etc/rc.d for V in {0,1,2,3,4,5,6}; do ln -s /etc/rc.d /etc/rc.d/rc${V}.d; done mkdir /etc/pam.d cp /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 /etc/init.d/network cp /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 /etc/init.d/networking After doing the above I able to start the installation process (./vmware-install.pl) but none of the modules can be built. I also tried open vmtools and it installs successfully (modules can be built). but I get some major & minor error codes when logging out.
OK, I got it to work (temp). I re-installed Slackware 12.1 using default settings. I can now successfuly install vmware tools, but, The drag and drop feature only works right after install. If I reboot, then I cannot drag and drop file from/to virtual machine. I started vmware-toolbox but it did not help. Any ideas?
Well, I got it. Steps: - Fresh install of Slackware 12.1 - Do the following as root: Code: cd /etc/rc.d for V in {0,1,2,3,4,5,6}; do ln -s /etc/rc.d /etc/rc.d/rc${V}.d; done mkdir /etc/pam.d cp /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 /etc/init.d/network cp /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 /etc/init.d/networking - download, build and install open vmtools _http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/ - as root: Code: cp /etc/rc.d/init.d/vmware-tools /etc/rc.d/rc.vmware-tools echo "/etc/rc.d/rc.vmware-tools start" >>/etc/rc.d/rc.local
Just wanted to say that my findings work for v12.2 also. Note: I did not have to use open vmtools though. Just used what came with VMWare.
Time to test Slackware 13.0 The above instructions work fine with Slackware 13.0 on VMWare Workstation 6.5.3 using the default vmware tools.
