如何在CentOS下安装VMwareTools工具

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。