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 ====== Open VM Tools Background and Assumptions ======  ====== Open VM Tools Background and Assumptions ====== 
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-This page is under construction. Proceed at your own peril. May be ready on 2013-06-19. 
  
 The procedure for making the proprietary VMWare Tools and Open VM Tools are very similar. As it turns out, the Open VM Tools package is incomplete, and so we must fill in the gaps based on what we know from VMWare Tools. In particular, two files in the ''/etc'' directory which are critical for the Open VM Tools to work are provided here because they do not get built during the make process. The procedure for making the proprietary VMWare Tools and Open VM Tools are very similar. As it turns out, the Open VM Tools package is incomplete, and so we must fill in the gaps based on what we know from VMWare Tools. In particular, two files in the ''/etc'' directory which are critical for the Open VM Tools to work are provided here because they do not get built during the make process.
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   - Create Initialization Scripts   - Create Initialization Scripts
   - Create TCZ extension   - Create TCZ extension
 +  - Install TCZ extension
  
 ===== Compile Open VM Tools =====  ===== Compile Open VM Tools ===== 
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 <code> <code>
 ln -s /tmp/tcloop/open-vm-tools/usr/local/lib/open-vm-tools/plugins plugins ln -s /tmp/tcloop/open-vm-tools/usr/local/lib/open-vm-tools/plugins plugins
 +</code>
 +The Open VM Tools also wants to know what distribution and release it's running on:
 +<code>
 +sed -e 's/^/TinyCore /' /usr/share/doc/tc/release.txt > $TCZROOT/etc/release
 </code> </code>
 Move the files to LIBDIR subdirectories and create links in the BINDIR and SBINDIR directories: Move the files to LIBDIR subdirectories and create links in the BINDIR and SBINDIR directories:
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 cd $TCZROOT/usr/local/lib/open-vm-tools/lib cd $TCZROOT/usr/local/lib/open-vm-tools/lib
 mv $TCZROOT/usr/local/lib/lib* . mv $TCZROOT/usr/local/lib/lib* .
 +cd $TCZROOT/usr/local/lib
 for a in ../lib/open-vm-tools/lib/lib*; do ln -s /tmp/tcloop/open-vm-tools/usr/local/lib/open-vm-tools/lib/$(basename $a); done for a in ../lib/open-vm-tools/lib/lib*; do ln -s /tmp/tcloop/open-vm-tools/usr/local/lib/open-vm-tools/lib/$(basename $a); done
 </code> </code>
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 /usr/local/bin/vmtoolsd --background=/var/run/vmtoolsd.pid /usr/local/bin/vmtoolsd --background=/var/run/vmtoolsd.pid
 fi fi
 +# Start vmware-user in user's .xsession
  
 # Use ethtool to optimize vmxnet # Use ethtool to optimize vmxnet
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 rm -rf $TCZROOT/sbin rm -rf $TCZROOT/sbin
 </code> </code>
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 ===== Create TCZ Extension =====  ===== Create TCZ Extension ===== 
  
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 procps.tcz procps.tcz
 gtkmm.tcz gtkmm.tcz
 +libdnet.tcz
 EOF EOF
 </code> </code>
 +
 +===== Install TCZ Extension ===== 
 +
 These extensions and their dependencies should be copied to the system that will be using the open-vm-tools extension before it's loaded. These extensions and their dependencies should be copied to the system that will be using the open-vm-tools extension before it's loaded.
 Then add ''blacklist=pcnet32'' to the APPEND line of the boot configuration file. Then add ''blacklist=pcnet32'' to the APPEND line of the boot configuration file.
 There is a conflict between the vmxnet and pcnet32 modules, so networking will not work unless the extension is loaded. There is a conflict between the vmxnet and pcnet32 modules, so networking will not work unless the extension is loaded.
 Copy the open-vm-tools.tcz and open-vm-tools.tcz.dep files to the tce/optional directory of the virtual machine, and update onboot.lst by adding open-vm-tools.tcz. Copy the open-vm-tools.tcz and open-vm-tools.tcz.dep files to the tce/optional directory of the virtual machine, and update onboot.lst by adding open-vm-tools.tcz.
- +Add the following line to your .xsession file after mouse initialization: 
-not done: programs to add to .profile / .xsession+<code> 
 +[ $(which vmware-checkvm) ] && [ vmware-checkvm ] && vmware-user & 
 +</code> 
 +Reboot and enjoy.
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