Installed VMWare Tools not functioning under Red Hat RHEL 5.2?

[EdOfTheMountai1]

Using VMware Workstation 6.5.2.156735, I installed RHEL 5.2 bypassing the "Easy Install" option.

It says the VMWare Tools are installed when I tried to re-install but my mouse still gets captured and my screen resolution options are still locked at 800x600. What am I missing? Do I need to be logged on as root to install? It asked me for the root password when I double-clicked the RPM and it seemed to make the installer happy.

Thanks in advance for any tips or suggestions,

-Ed

[RDPetruska · Accepted solution]

You only installed the files. Now you need to configure the tools. Run the tools configuration script. Refer to the Guest OS Installation Guide for details.

[EdOfTheMountai1]

Thanks you very much for taking the time to reply. All is good now.

1. I copied VMwareTools-7.8.5-156735.tar.gz to my desktop and expanded.

2. Ran the following as a super user
   ./vmware-install.pl

3. Hit enter multiple times accepting all the defaults

4. Enterrf the desired screen resolution to usewhen prompted

5. Reboot when done

Thanks again!

-Ed