Le Sun, 25 Jun 2006 08:16:59 +1000 Duncan Baynes
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit :
> On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 13:47 +0200, Nicolas FRANCOIS wrote:
> > OK, I got a working Window$ XP on my vmware box. Still a fewx problem to
> > solve :
> >
> > 1) the graphic card : in the system contral panel, it is marked to be
> > improperly installed. But there are no drivers. Do I use te ones I got
> > from Window$, or is it a special driver from vmware ?
> > 2) I have no sound. What can I do for that ?
> > 3) More important : I can't reach internet. I have the same settings than
> > on my other Window$ box (my wife's, actually). What do I have to select ?
> > eth0 ? bridged ? host only ? And what do I have to setup ? I can't figure
> > out how it works : my dsl modem is attached to my vmware box...
>
> Firstly are you running vmware workstation on a lfs box?
Yes, it is.
> If so this might help:
>
> 1) Try installing the vmtools package (it's in one of the vmware menus)
Sorry, I can't find it on www.vmware.com. Can you be more specific about
the location of those tools ?
> 2) Does the host machines audio work properly? maybe you need to adjust
> groups etc.
The sound works correctly on the LFS box, and I can use it as a normal
user (I'm in the sound group, in fact).
> 3) The best thing to do here is bridge your vm connection to your hosts
> connection.
So I use "bridged", is that it ?
Sorry for so silly questions, and for the double post, I thought my first
post didn't get through, until I realized that I didn't receive ANY
message from whole LFS for more than 24 hours.
Anyway, thank you for your help, Duncan.
\bye
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