Linux Redhat 5 Install of VMWare Tools fails

[marvinms]

I am assuming that the process to install VMWare Tools on a Linux VM is the same as on a Windows VM.

I have tried several times on a Fedora 4 VM and on a Redhat 5 machine and they both appear to start, but apparently fail.

I have not been able to find any info here or on VMWare support link.

The VM is responding sluggishly and you have to Ctrl-Alt to get of the windows, so I know it has not been installed yet.

Thanks,

Marvin

[Texiwill]

Hello,

Please post the exact error you get. Also, the install is not just like Windows as you will be installing an RPM, things are quite a bit different. The start is the same but the installer is different.

Best regards,

Edward L. Haletky

VMware Communities User Moderator

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Author of the book 'VMWare ESX Server in the Enterprise: Planning and Securing Virtualization Servers', Copyright 2008 Pearson Education. CIO Virtualization Blog: http://www.cio.com/blog/index/topic/168354, As well as the Virtualization Wiki at http://www.astroarch.com/wiki/index.php/Virtualization

[kjb007]

Here's a link to a vmware tools install on ws, but the process is the same.

-KjB

[Texiwill]

Hello,

Check out http://www.astroarch.com/wiki/index.php/VMware_Tools for some specific help with VMware Tools. It covers some things that happen with modern kernels.

Best regards,

Edward L. Haletky

VMware Communities User Moderator

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Author of the book 'VMWare ESX Server in the Enterprise: Planning and Securing Virtualization Servers', Copyright 2008 Pearson Education. CIO Virtualization Blog: http://www.cio.com/blog/index/topic/168354, As well as the Virtualization Wiki at http://www.astroarch.com/wiki/index.php/Virtualization

[TomHowarth]

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Tom Howarth

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