From: realnc@arcor.de   
      
   pk wrote:   
   > Nikos Chantziaras wrote:   
   >   
   >> I booted it in VMWare and installed the vmware-tools.  I had to create   
   >> the "/etc/init.d/rc{0,1,2,3,4,5,6}.d" directories first though.  The   
   >> tools compiled almost fine (I had to change a few typedefs due to a   
   >> linux header clash) and then did "rc-update add vmware-tools default".   
   >> However, on booting, vmware-guestd doesn't always start; sometimes it   
   >> does, sometimes it doesn't.  It's loaded automatically by the vmware   
   >> kernel modules (at least that's the plan).   
   >   
   > Did you install the tools manually or by emerging vmware-workstation-tools?   
      
   Manually; the ones in portage seem hopelessly outdated: "Available   
   versions:  ~*4.5.3-r1 ~5.5.1-r2 ~5.5.2 ~5.5.3 {X}"   
      
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