optimizer
February 19th, 2008, 03:57 AM
Hi all,
This is for anyone that has VMware and has installed Ubuntu 7.10 guest.
I have Workstation 5.5, Win XP host, and i'm trying to do a VMware tools install for Ubuntu 7.10 and I'm getting an error "x.org detected".
I tried the install in Gnome, but it failed.
I read that you can install if you use a workspace for the install, so I switched to a workspace ctrl-alt space/F1, and logged in there and as root and tried it, but it still detects x.org
vmware-install.pl
It runs through the install questions, where I just accept all the defaults until
then it asks to run the config script, and I allow it to, and it asks:
vmhgfs module build for my system, and I enter: n (I've entered yes on other attempts but it provides a default folder for compiling but it cant find the folder and repeats the question, so I have to abort)
then
vmxnet module build for my system, and I enter: n
then I get the error
Detected x.org
problem extracting version of x.org
execution aborted
I'm still a newbie.
I suppose the X gnome system is still running (I have just switched away from its workspace), so I wonder if that is something to do with it.
I suppose I don't know how to get out of X and back into it if I needed to.
Anyway, I wonder if anyone else has had the intall tools issue on Ubuntu 7.10 and knows how to fix it.
Thanks
This is for anyone that has VMware and has installed Ubuntu 7.10 guest.
I have Workstation 5.5, Win XP host, and i'm trying to do a VMware tools install for Ubuntu 7.10 and I'm getting an error "x.org detected".
I tried the install in Gnome, but it failed.
I read that you can install if you use a workspace for the install, so I switched to a workspace ctrl-alt space/F1, and logged in there and as root and tried it, but it still detects x.org
vmware-install.pl
It runs through the install questions, where I just accept all the defaults until
then it asks to run the config script, and I allow it to, and it asks:
vmhgfs module build for my system, and I enter: n (I've entered yes on other attempts but it provides a default folder for compiling but it cant find the folder and repeats the question, so I have to abort)
then
vmxnet module build for my system, and I enter: n
then I get the error
Detected x.org
problem extracting version of x.org
execution aborted
I'm still a newbie.
I suppose the X gnome system is still running (I have just switched away from its workspace), so I wonder if that is something to do with it.
I suppose I don't know how to get out of X and back into it if I needed to.
Anyway, I wonder if anyone else has had the intall tools issue on Ubuntu 7.10 and knows how to fix it.
Thanks