如何在CentOS下安装VMwareTools工具?

安裝VMWare Tools有几个优点:

1.可以支援其他解析度,不再局限于640 x 480和800 x 600。

2.Host OS与Guest OS传档时,只需鼠标拖曳即可。

3.鼠标在Host OS与Guest OS切换时,不需再按Ctrl + Alt。

此次安装VMWare Tools的目的是第三点:为了本机和centos切换时,可以直接切换,不需再按ctrl+Alt,这样会觉得方便许多哦,呵呵,

Step 1

在VMWare选VM -> Install VMWare Tools...,就会在桌面出现VMWare Tools图示让你安裝

Step 2

进入CentOS桌面后,将光碟机打开,看到了VMWareTools-6.0.2-59824.i386.rpm与VMWareTools-6.0.2.59824.tar.gz。

看到rpm你应该很兴奋,因为CentOS与Fedora/RHEL师出同源,所以应该可以用,但经我测试结果,是可以安裝,安装过程也没有错誤,但可惜安裝完沒有VMWare Tools该有的功能,所以只能用tarball来安裝了。

Step 3

將VMWareTools-6.0.2.59824.tar.gz复制到home directory,进行解压缩。

[root@localhost ~]# tar zxvf VMwareTools-6.0.2-59824.tar.gz

Step 4

进入解压缩后的vmware-tools-distrib目录

[root@localhost ~]# cd vmware-tools-distrib/

Step 5

执行vmware-install.pl安裝VMWare Tools

[root@localhost vmware-tools-distrib]# ./vmware-install.pl

之后出现很多问题,都接受预设值一直按enter即可,唯一问到萤幕解析度问题,若你想使用其他解析度,请自行设定如下:

Please choose one of the following display sizes that X will start with (1 -

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

最后出现以下讯息,表示安裝成功。

X Window System Version 7.1.1

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: [ 确定 ]

Guest filesystem driver: [ 确定 ]

Mounting HGFS shares: [失败]

Guest memory manager: [ 确定 ]

Guest vmxnet fast network device: [ 确定 ]

Blocking file system: [ 确定 ]

DMA setup: [ 确定 ]

Guest operating system daemon: [ 确定 ]

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

重新启动CentOS,你就会发现新的萤幕解析度出现,并且鼠标不需再切换,且可使用拖曳的方式传档。