https://github.com/raducotescu/vmware-server-linux-2.6.3x-kernel

provides a bash script and a patch for installing VMware Server 2.0.x on the Linux 2.6.31 kernels found in the latest distributions like Ubuntu, Fedora and openSUSE
https://github.com/raducotescu/vmware-server-linux-2.6.3x-kernel

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provides a bash script and a patch for installing VMware Server 2.0.x on the Linux 2.6.31 kernels found in the latest distributions like Ubuntu, Fedora and openSUSE

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/raducotescu/vmware-server-linux-2.6.3x-kernel
• Owner: raducotescu
• License: other
• Created: 2009-12-22T16:01:00.000Z (about 15 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2011-10-20T09:20:12.000Z (about 13 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-01T08:33:36.664Z (2 months ago)
• Language: Shell
• Homepage: http://radu.cotescu.com
• Size: 155 KB
• Stars: 25
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 12
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
 How to

    1. Download VMware Server (2.0.1 or 2.0.2) – gz format, not rpm. Whichever

    version you choose, keep the license key near.

    2. Run the script with super user rights either in the same folder where you

    have downloaded the server archive, either by providing it the path to that

    folder. The script will download the needed patch from my server. Make sure

    the folder where you have downloaded the server’s archive doesn’t contain

    spaces in its path name or the script will exit (giving you this reason as

    an error message). If the script exists, it will give you a decent warning

    from which you should be able to tell what’s wrong. On Ubuntu at least, the

    VSOCK module will not work (will fail to compile), giving you a hint that

    your kernel sources might not be the ones for your running kernel. This is

    not true, as the script takes care of this before doing the hard work.

    Anyway, VMware Server will work without it.

    Example on how to run the script:

    chmod +x vmware-server-2.0.x-kernel-2.6.3x-install.sh

    sudo ./vmware-server-2.0.x-kernel-2.6.3x-install.sh [PATH _TO_VMWARE_ARCHIVE]

    4. When you are asked about adding users to the server, if you do not

    provide your own account, the user used for loging in the web console of the

    server will be root (maybe you should add yourself there).

    5. Provide the license key when asked about it.

    

    6. For the ones installing Windows guests in VMware Server, you must pick

    one of the following two solutions to avoid having problems with the mouse

    in the console:

        * you run start-VMware-console.sh (see repository) in the terminal every time

	you want to launch a VMware Server console, but after you have installed the

	VMware plug-in for Firefox

        * you export this variable in the environment right after login such

        that it will be set before starting Firefox:

            VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=yes