Instalacion de VMWare Tools en CentOS

Me parecio interesante y necesario instalar el vmWare tools porque sin hacerlo, la pantalla no alcanza resoluciones mas alla de 800x600 o 640x320, entonces trabajar en un ambiente asi es bastante molesto, aparte se habilitan ciertas otras cosas como copy/paste entre la maquina host y el guest, bueno para no alargar el cuento aqui va el proceso... Primero instalar el compilador de c, pondre los comentarios de esta manera /* */
para que no haya confusiones

/*Primero intente instalar el compilador de C*/
[Jams@localhost ~]$ yum install gcc gcc-c++ autoconf automake

You need to be root to perform this command.

/*Como se necesita ser root, me autentique como root con el siguiente comando*/
[Jams@localhost ~]$ su -

Password:

/*Con este comando se inicia la instalacion*/
[root@localhost ~]# yum install gcc gcc-c++ autoconf automake

Setting up Install Process

Parsing package install arguments

Package gcc - 4.1.2-42.el5.x86_64 is already installed.

Package gcc-c++ - 4.1.2-42.el5.x86_64 is already installed.

Package autoconf - 2.59-12.noarch is already installed.

Package automake - 1.9.6-2.1.noarch is already installed.

Nothing to do

[root@localhost ~]# yum install gcc gcc-c++ kernel-devel

Setting up Install Process

Parsing package install arguments

Package gcc - 4.1.2-42.el5.x86_64 is already installed.

Package gcc-c++ - 4.1.2-42.el5.x86_64 is already installed.

Package kernel-devel - 2.6.18-92.el5.x86_64 is already installed.

Resolving Dependencies

--> Running transaction check

---> Package kernel-devel.x86_64 0:2.6.18-92.1.13.el5 set to be installed

--> Finished Dependency Resolution



Dependencies Resolved



=============================================================================

Package Arch Version Repository Size

=============================================================================

Installing:

kernel-devel x86_64 2.6.18-92.1.13.el5 updates 5.0 M



Transaction Summary

=============================================================================

Install 1 Package(s)

Update 0 Package(s)

Remove 0 Package(s)



Total download size: 5.0 M

Is this ok [y/N]: y

Downloading Packages:

(1/1): kernel-devel-2.6.1 100% |=========================| 5.0 MB 01:19

warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID e8562897

Importing GPG key 0xE8562897 "CentOS-5 Key (CentOS 5 Official Signing Key) " from http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5

Is this ok [y/N]: y

Running rpm_check_debug

Running Transaction Test

Finished Transaction Test

Transaction Test Succeeded

Running Transaction

Installing: kernel-devel ######################### [1/1]



Installed: kernel-devel.x86_64 0:2.6.18-92.1.13.el5

Complete!

/*Al terminar esa parte, se hace que el vmWare habilite la unidad de CD con el VmWare tools, para eso hay que ir al menu VM, y poner install VMWare Tools, luego de eso aqui les pongo la lista de instrucciones para montar copiar, ojo donde ven la parte de VMWareTools-6.0.4-93057.i386, pongan su version de VMWARe Tools, porque no necesariamente sera esa*/

[root@localhost ~]# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

mount: mount point /mnt/cdrom does not exist

[root@localhost ~]# mkdir /mnt/cdrom

[root@localhost ~]# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write-protected, mounting read-only

[root@localhost ~]# cp /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-6.0.4-93057.i386.rpm /tmp

[root@localhost ~]# cd /tmp

[root@localhost tmp]# rpm -i /tmp/VMwareTools-6.0.4-93057.i386.rpm

/*Esta es la instruccion que inicia la instalacion en si del VMWAre Tools*/
[root@localhost tmp]# vmware-config-tools.pl

/*Aparecera todo este testamento*/
Stopping VMware Tools services in the virtual machine:

Guest operating system daemon: [ OK ]

Trying to find a suitable vmmemctl module for your running kernel.



The module bld-2.6.18-8.el5-x86_64smp-RHEL5 loads perfectly in the running

kernel.



Trying to find a suitable vmhgfs module for your running kernel.



The module bld-2.6.18-8.el5-x86_64smp-RHEL5 loads perfectly in the running

kernel.



Trying to find a suitable vmblock module for your running kernel.



The module bld-2.6.18-8.el5-x86_64smp-RHEL5 loads perfectly in the running

kernel.



[EXPERIMENTAL] The Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI) service

provides a new communication capability with the Host, primarily for

development at the moment. Would you like to enable this feature? [no] yes



Trying to find a suitable vmci module for your running kernel.



The module bld-2.6.18-8.el5-x86_64smp-RHEL5 loads perfectly in the running

kernel.







Detected X.org version 7.1.





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

15):



[1] "640x480"

[2] "800x600"

[3] "1024x768"

[4] "1152x864"

[5]
[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:


/*En este punto se preguntara la resolucion de la pantalla que se desea usar, ahi uno pone la que se ajuste a sus necesidades*/

[5] 11


Argument "redhat" isn't numeric in numeric eq (==) at /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl line 5862, line 7.

Argument "redhat" isn't numeric in numeric eq (==) at /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl line 5862, line 7.

Argument "redhat" isn't numeric in numeric eq (==) at /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl line 5899, line 30.

Argument "redhat" isn't numeric in numeric eq (==) at /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl line 5899, line 30.



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 2.6.18-53.1.14.el5 x86_64 Red Hat, Inc.

Current Operating System: Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.18-92.el5 #1 SMP Tue Jun 10 18:51:06 EDT 2008 x86_64

Build Date: 24 May 2008

Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.1.1-48.41.el5

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.5561", Time: Sat Nov 1 22:29:24 2008

(++) Using config file: "/tmp/vmware-config0/XF86Config.5561"



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: [ OK ]

Guest filesystem driver: [ OK ]

Mounting HGFS shares: [FAILED]

Guest memory manager: [ OK ]

New Host-Guest communications path: [ OK ]

Blocking file system: [ OK ]

DMA setup: [ OK ]

Guest operating system daemon: [ OK ]



The configuration of VMware Tools 6.0.4 build-93057 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.



Enjoy,



--the VMware team

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