Slackware inside Vmware

[vukodlak75]

Does anyone have any experience at installing vmware tools in Slackware 12.1?

I've done some research and found that I needed to do a few things prior to install like:


cd /etc/rc.d
for V in {0,1,2,3,4,5,6}; do ln -s /etc/rc.d /etc/rc.d/rc${V}.d; done
mkdir /etc/pam.d
cp /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 /etc/init.d/network
cp /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 /etc/init.d/networking

After doing the above I able to start the installation process (./vmware-install.pl) but none of the modules can be built.

I also tried open vmtools and it installs successfully (modules can be built). but I get some major & minor error codes when logging out.

[falko]

After doing the above I able to start the installation process (./vmware-install.pl) but none of the modules can be built.


What are the exact errors that you're getting?

[vukodlak75]

OK, I got it to work (temp). I re-installed Slackware 12.1 using default settings.
I can now successfuly install vmware tools, but, The drag and drop feature only works right after install. If I reboot, then I cannot drag and drop file from/to virtual machine.
I started vmware-toolbox but it did not help.

Any ideas?

[vukodlak75]

Well, I got it.

Steps:
- Fresh install of Slackware 12.1

- Do the following as root:

cd /etc/rc.d
for V in {0,1,2,3,4,5,6}; do ln -s /etc/rc.d /etc/rc.d/rc${V}.d; done
mkdir /etc/pam.d
cp /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 /etc/init.d/network
cp /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 /etc/init.d/networking

- download, build and install open vmtools ;)
_http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/

- as root:
cp /etc/rc.d/init.d/vmware-tools /etc/rc.d/rc.vmware-tools
echo "/etc/rc.d/rc.vmware-tools start" >>/etc/rc.d/rc.local

[vukodlak75]

Just wanted to say that my findings work for v12.2 also.

Note: I did not have to use open vmtools though. Just used what came with VMWare.

[vukodlak75]

Time to test Slackware 13.0 :D
The above instructions work fine with Slackware 13.0 on VMWare Workstation 6.5.3 using the default vmware tools.