Talk:HOWTO Install VMware Tools in Gentoo

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Hi.

In the below mention step there seems to be a difference in VMware 5.5.2 workstation.

There is no return statement on line 1982. There are a number of return statements in the function check_answer_headerdir that look like: "return ' ';" and the actual last return statement in the function is as follows "return $answer;" on line 2049?

Is there anyone who can clarify this? Thanks in advance.

Prepare to execute vmware-config-tools.pl

1. Create a symbolic link for the mouse

2. Edit /usr/lib/vmware-tools/configurator/XFree86-4/XF86Config-4 to fix the keyboard

3. Edit /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl to comment out the return statement (in the end of the function check_answer_headerdir)

Code: Prepare for the Install Script

  # ln -sf /dev/input/mice /dev/mouse
  # nano -w /usr/lib/vmware-tools/configurator/XFree86-4/XF86Config-4
       # Driver     "Keyboard"
       Driver      "keyboard"
  # nano -w /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl
       line 1982: #return ;

Additional Modules Setup

vmware tools makes modifications to /etc/modules.conf expecting them to survive a reboot cycle - something like this is probably needed as /etc/modprobe.d/vmware-tools:

  # Added by VMware Tools
  alias eth0 vmnics
  probeall vmnics vmxnet pcnet32
  alias char-major-14 es1371

It might be useful to add vmxnet to /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 as well.