Abstract
安裝VMWare Tools有很多優點,不過在CentOS下安裝比較麻煩,本文是我的安裝心得。
Introduction
使用環境 : VMWare 6.0.2 + CentOS 5.1
安裝VMWare Tools有幾個優點:
1.可以支援其他解析度,不再侷限於640 x 480和800 x 600。
2.Host OS與Guest OS傳檔時,只需滑鼠拖曳即可。
3.滑鼠在Host OS與Guest OS切換時,不需再按Ctrl + Alt。
根 據以前的經驗,若Guest OS是Fedora與Windows XP時,只要在VMWare選VM -> Install VMWare Tools...,就會在桌面出現VMWare Tools圖示讓你安裝,但若Guest OS為CentOS時,桌面上並沒有任何圖示出現,請依照以下步驟為CentOS安裝VMWare Tools。
Step 1:
將VMWare的光碟機設定成C:/Program Files/VMware/VMware Workstation/linux.iso,VMWare Tools在這個iso檔內。
Step 2:
進入CentOS桌面後,將光碟機打開,看到了VMWareTools-6.0.2-59824.i386.rpm與VMWareTools-6.0.2.59824.tar.gz。
看到rpm你應該很興奮,因為CentOS與Fedora/RHEL師出同源,所以應該可以用,但經我測試結果,是可以安裝,安裝過程也沒有錯誤,但可惜安裝完沒有VMWare Tools該有的功能,所以只能用tarball來安裝了。
Step 3:
將VMWareTools-6.0.2.59824.tar.gz複製到home directory,進行解壓縮。
Step 4:
進入解壓縮後的vmware-tools-distrib目錄
Step 5:
執行vmware-install.pl安裝VMWare Tools
之後出現很多問題,都接受預設值一直按enter即可,唯一問到螢幕解析度問題,若你想使用其他解析度,請自行設定如下:
15 ):
[ 1 ] " 640x480 "
[ 2 ] < " 800x600 "
[ 3 ] " 1024x768 "
[ 4 ] " 1152x864 "
[ 5 ] " 1280x800 "
[ 6 ] " 1152x900 "
[ 7 ] " 1280x1024 "
[ 8 ] " 1376x1032 "
[ 9 ] " 1400x900 "
[ 10 ] " 1400x1050 "
[ 11 ] " 1440x900 "
[ 12 ] " 1680x1050 "
[ 13 ] " 1600x1200 "
[ 14 ] " 1920x1200 "
[ 15 ] " 2364x1773 "
Please enter a number between 1 and 15 :
[ 2 ] 3
最後出現以下訊息,表示安裝成功。
Release Date: 12 May 2006
X Protocol Version 11 , Revision 0 , Release 7.1.1
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.9 - 67 .ELsmp i686 Red Hat , Inc.
Current Operating System: Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.18 - 53.1.19 .el5 # 1 SMP Wed May 7 08 : 20 : 19 EDT 2008 i686
Build Date: 19 January 2008
Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.1.1 - 48.26 .el5_1 .5
Before reporting problems , check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed , (**) from config file , ( == ) default setting ,
(++) from command line , (!!) notice , (II) informational ,
(WW) warning , (EE) error , (NI) not implemented , (??) unknown.
(++) Log file: " /tmp/vmware-config0/XF86ConfigLog.2977 " , Time: Fri Jun 6 15 : 14 : 32 2008
(++) Using config file: " /tmp/vmware-config0/XF86Config.2977 "
X is running fine with the new config file.
FreeFontPath: FPE " unix/:7100 " refcount is 2 , should be 1 ; fixing.
Starting VMware Tools services in the virtual machine:
Switching to guest configuration: [ 確定 ]
Guest filesystem driver: [ 確定 ]
Mounting HGFS shares: [ 失敗 ]
Guest memory manager: [ 確定 ]
Guest vmxnet fast network device: [ 確定 ]
Blocking file system: [ 確定 ]
DMA setup: [ 確定 ]
Guest operating system daemon: [ 確定 ]
The configuration of VMware Tools 6.0.2 build- 59824 for Linux 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 the following command:
" /usr/bin/vmware-toolbox " during an X server session.
To use the vmxnet driver , restart networking using the following commands:
/etc/init.d/network stop
rmmod pcnet32
rmmod vmxnet
modprobe vmxnet
/etc/init.d/network start
To make use of the virtual printer , you will need to restart the CUPS service
Enjoy ,
--the VMware team
重新啟動CentOS,你就會發現新的螢幕解析度出現,並且滑鼠不需再切換,且可使用拖曳的方式傳檔。
Conclusion
以前在VMWare 5時,雖然VMWare Tools可以拖曳傳檔,但速度非常慢,但在VMWare 6的傳檔速度非常快,看來進步不少。