Re: FreeBSD 7.0 and VMware tools (was Re: FreeBSD 7RC2 and VMware tools)

2008-03-06 Thread Dimitri Yioulos
On Wednesday 05 March 2008 8:44 am, Ivan Voras wrote: > Dimitri Yioulos wrote: > > On Tuesday 04 March 2008 12:22 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> It seems that everybody tries to hack around the problem...:) > >> > >> Does somebody know if this is a FreeBSD problem or a VMware problem and > >> wh

Re: FreeBSD 7.0 and VMware tools (was Re: FreeBSD 7RC2 and VMware tools)

2008-03-06 Thread Uwe Laverenz
On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 02:44:12PM +0100, Ivan Voras wrote: > - The only thing that VMWare tools are useful (on FreeBSD) is to get GUI > features like clipboard sharing and automatic mouse focus grab in X.Org. You're right, normally you don't need vmware-tools for running FreeBSD as a guest, but:

Re: FreeBSD 7.0 and VMware tools (was Re: FreeBSD 7RC2 and VMware tools)

2008-03-05 Thread James Seward
On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Ivan Voras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - Timer problems can be lessened (never solved, even with vmware tools) > by reducing kern.hz to something like 50 or 100 Hz (in loader.conf), and > installing ntpd. Installing the VMware Tools is a very good idea for timer

Re: FreeBSD 7.0 and VMware tools (was Re: FreeBSD 7RC2 and VMware tools)

2008-03-05 Thread Ivan Voras
Dimitri Yioulos wrote: > On Tuesday 04 March 2008 12:22 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> It seems that everybody tries to hack around the problem...:) >> >> Does somebody know if this is a FreeBSD problem or a VMware problem and >> who should fix it, resp. when is a fix expected? >> >> I mean, in 6.

Re: FreeBSD 7.0 and VMware tools (was Re: FreeBSD 7RC2 and VMware tools)

2008-03-04 Thread Dimitri Yioulos
On Tuesday 04 March 2008 12:22 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It seems that everybody tries to hack around the problem...:) > > Does somebody know if this is a FreeBSD problem or a VMware problem and > who should fix it, resp. when is a fix expected? > > I mean, in 6.x the VMware tools just work. >

Re: FreeBSD 7.0 and VMware tools (was Re: FreeBSD 7RC2 and VMware tools)

2008-03-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It seems that everybody tries to hack around the problem...:) Does somebody know if this is a FreeBSD problem or a VMware problem and who should fix it, resp. when is a fix expected? I mean, in 6.x the VMware tools just work. Iv ___ freebsd-question

Re: FreeBSD 7.0 and VMware tools (was Re: FreeBSD 7RC2 and VMware tools)

2008-03-04 Thread Dimitri Yioulos
On Tuesday 04 March 2008 9:51 am, Dimitri Yioulos wrote: > On Monday 03 March 2008 2:33 pm, Michael C. Cambria wrote: > > Dimitri Yioulos wrote: > > > I've followed a > > > couple of posts in other forums (or fora, if you prefer :-) ) that > > > suggest using the e1000 NIC driver (e.g. > > > comm

Re: FreeBSD 7.0 and VMware tools (was Re: FreeBSD 7RC2 and VMware tools)

2008-03-04 Thread Dimitri Yioulos
On Monday 03 March 2008 2:33 pm, Michael C. Cambria wrote: > Dimitri Yioulos wrote: > > I've followed a > > couple of posts in other forums (or fora, if you prefer :-) ) that > > suggest using the e1000 NIC driver (e.g. > > communities.vmware.com/message/352504), but it fails. This is the last >

Re: FreeBSD 7.0 and VMware tools (was Re: FreeBSD 7RC2 and VMware tools)

2008-03-03 Thread Michael C. Cambria
Dimitri Yioulos wrote: I've followed a couple of posts in other forums (or fora, if you prefer :-) ) that suggest using the e1000 NIC driver (e.g. communities.vmware.com/message/352504), but it fails. This is the last piece I need to make work. Suggestions? What's the problem you se

Re: FreeBSD 7.0 and VMware tools (was Re: FreeBSD 7RC2 and VMware tools)

2008-02-29 Thread Dimitri Yioulos
--- > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 9:56 AM > > To: > > Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0 and VMware tools (was Re: FreeBSD 7RC2 and > > VMware tools) > > > > > Barry Byrne wrote: > > >> I've had no prob

Re: FreeBSD 7.0 and VMware tools (was Re: FreeBSD 7RC2 and VMware tools)

2008-02-28 Thread John Nielsen
se the tarball on the "CD" that gets inserted when you select the "Install VMware Tools" option in the host. JN > -- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 9:56 AM > To: > Subject:

Re: FreeBSD 7.0 and VMware tools (was Re: FreeBSD 7RC2 and VMware tools)

2008-02-28 Thread Sean Cavanaugh
which version of the guest tool should I be installing for VMWare Server 1.0.4? guestd5 and guestd6 both core dump. -Sean -- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 9:56 AM To: Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0 and VMware tool

Re: FreeBSD 7.0 and VMware tools (was Re: FreeBSD 7RC2 and VMware tools)

2008-02-28 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Barry Byrne wrote: I've had no problem installing the tools via the ports on 7.0 release on ESX server 3.0.1. ... cd /usr/ports/emulators/vmware-guestd6/ make clean install reboot. I was thinking about the ports. How does the ports version compare to the "official" coming with the VMware?

RE: FreeBSD 7.0 and VMware tools (was Re: FreeBSD 7RC2 and VMware tools)

2008-02-28 Thread Barry Byrne
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I have the same issue with RC3 and with the 7.0 release. > > Is this VMware problem (resp. shall we expect them to fix it) > or FreeBSD > problem (resp. shall we wait for 7.x until it works). I've had no