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Chapter 5 Installing and Using VMware Tools
To start the VMware User process manually if you do not use a session manager
Dooneofthefollowing:
Tohavevmware-userstartwhenyoustartanXsession,addvmware-usertothe
appropriateXstartupscript,suchasthe.xsessionor.xinitrcfile.
Thevmware-userprogramislocatedinthedirectorywhereyouselectedtoinstall
binaryprograms,whichdefaultsto/usr/bin.Thestartupscriptthatneedstobe
modi
fieddepe
ndsonyourparticularsystem.
Tostartvmware-userafteraVMwareToolssoftwareupdateorifyounotice
certainfeaturesarenotworking,openaterminalwindowandenterthefollowing
command:
vmware-user
VMware Tools Update Process
WorkstationchecksforVMwareToolsupdateswhenyoupoweronavirtualmachine.
Ifanewerversionisavailable,Workstationpromptsyouforpermissiontodownload
thenewversionfromaVMwareWebsite.
WhenyouupdatefromaversionofVMwareToolsincludedwithWorkstation4.x,5.x,
6.x,thepreviousve
rsionofVMwareToolsmightbeuninstalled.
ForVMwareToolsupdatesonLinuxandWindowsguests,youcansettheguestto
updateautomatically,oryoucanperformamanualupdate.Onotherguests,youmust
manuallyupdate.
WhenyouupdateVMwareTools,anychangesyoumadetothedefaultscriptsare
ov
er
written.Anycustomscriptsyoucreatedremainuntouched,butdonotbenefit
fromanyunderlyingchangesthatenhancethedefaultscripts.
How Automatic Updates Occur
OnWindowsandLinuxguestsystems,youcansetVMwareToolstoupd ateitselfwhen
thevirtualmachineispoweredon.ThestatusbardisplaysthemessageInstalling
VMware Tools . . .whenanupdateisinprogress.Aftertheupdateiscomplete,if
youareloggedintoaWindowsguest,arestartpromptappe
arsfor30seconds.Ifyou
arenotloggedin,theoperatingsystemrestartswithoutprompting.
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