I had almost no problems doing a stage 1 Gentoo install, so I can RTFM, providing that TFM is half-decently written. vmware's manual is not very helpful.
Right now my main problem is getting started. I've "~x86" keyworded the necessary items for vmware-server and vmware-server-console to get installed in Gentoo. I've added the user account to the vmware group, and logged out and in. Looking at the console, I get the impression that I'm supposed to connect to a running vmware host. Acting on a wild hunch, I dug through "/etc/init.d/" and noticed "vmware". So I tried the obvious... "/etc/init.d/vmware start". I got a couple of messages about needing to emerge vmware-modules, and running the config utility. I did both. The config utility asks for a 20-digit-serial-number. Huh, I though this was free? When I cancel, it says that I can't power on a VM until I enter a licence number, but the server does appear to start. When I start vmware-server-console in an xterm, I get the following message... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ vmware-server-console /opt/vmware/server/console/lib/bin/vmware-server-console: /opt/vmware/server/console/lib/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2) The console menus are mostly greyed out, and the new virtual machine menu item doesn't work (no licence number?). Now what? -- Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In linux /sbin/init is Job #1 My musings on technology and security at http://techsec.blog.ca -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
