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Problem with Solaris 11.1 vm
Hi! I have the following problem: I tried to create a Solaris 11.1 virtual machine in the latest VMware Workstation (10.0.1) and despite my efforts it is impossible to make the Tools running. During the installation I receive the following messages:
root@solaris: /home/xxx/Desktop/vmware-tools-distrib# ./vmware-install.pl -default
A previous installation of VMware Tools has been detected. The previous installation was made by the tar installer (version 4).
Keeping the tar4 installer database format.
You have a version of VMware Tools installed. Continuing this install will first uninstall the currently installed version. Do you wish to continue? (yes/no) [yes]
Uninstalling the tar installation of VMware Tools.
Stopping services for VMware Tools Stopping VMware Tools services in the virtual machine:
Guest operating system daemon:
done Blocking file system:
done Unmounting HGFS shares:
done Guest filesystem driver:
done Guest memory manager:
Driver (vmxnet) not installed.
Driver (vmhgfs) not installed.
The removal of VMware Tools 9.6.1 build-1378637 for Solaris completed successfully.
Installing VMware Tools.
In which directory do you want to install the binary files? [/usr/bin]
What is the directory that contains the init directories (rc0.d/ to rc6.d/)? [/etc]
What is the directory that contains the init scripts? [/etc/init.d]
In which directory do you want to install the daemon files? [/usr/sbin]
In which directory do you want to install the library files? [/usr/lib/vmware-tools]
The path "/usr/lib/vmware-tools" does not exist currently. This program is going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want? [yes]
In which directory do you want to install the documentation files? [/usr/share/doc/vmware-tools] The path "/usr/share/doc/vmware-tools" does not exist currently. This program is going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want? [yes]
The installation of VMware Tools 9.6.1 build-1378637 for Solaris completed successfully. You can decide to remove this software from your system at any time by invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall-tools.pl".
Before running VMware Tools for the first time, you need to configure it by invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl". Do you want this program to invoke the command for you now? [yes]
Initializing... /bin/xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Making sure services for VMware Tools are stopped.
Stopping VMware Tools services in the virtual machine:
Guest operating system daemon: done
Blocking file system: done
Unmounting HGFS shares: done
Guest filesystem driver: done
Guest memory manager: done
Use of uninitialized value $release in string eq at /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl line 5518.
The VMware Host-Guest Filesystem allows for shared folders between the host OS and the guest OS in a Fusion or Workstation virtual environment. Do you wish to enable this feature? [yes]
The vmblock enables dragging or copying files between host and guest in a Fusion or Workstation virtual environment. Do you wish to enable this feature? [yes]
Detected X server version 1.12.2 Distribution provided drivers for Xorg X server are used.
Skipping X configuration because X drivers are not included.
Starting VMware Tools services in the virtual machine:
Switching to guest configuration: done
Guest filesystem driver: done
Mounting HGFS shares: done
Guest memory manager: done
Blocking file system: done
Guest operating system daemon: done
The configuration of VMware Tools 9.6.1 build-1378637 for Solaris for this running kernel completed successfully. You must restart your X session before any mouse or graphics changes take effect. You can now run VMware Tools by invoking "/usr/bin/vmware-toolbox-cmd" from the command line.
As you can see there are a couple of messages during the installation but I'm not sure if they are related with the tools execution issue. I tried to create the same virtual machine in Workstation 9 and I didn't have the problem. Am I doing something wrong or it is a compatibility issue with the latest version of VMware Workstation? Also how can I make sure that all the necessary packages are installed (gcc, make etc.)?