Quoting Liu Reno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, there, > I successfully installed the VMware4 on my Win2000 host and Redhat9 guest. > After I installed the VMware tools in the Redhat9 guest, I need to configure > > VMware tools with the command "/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl". > Somehow, when I type in the command, it prompts me " This configuration > program is to be executed out of an XFree86 session. Please shut down all > instances of XFree86." > What is the instances of XFree86 anyway, and how can I shut down all > instances of XFree86???
XFree86 is the graphical system used by many Linux systems. So an instance of XFree86 would just be a running copy of XFree86. It is possible to have multiple instances of X running on the same box. It sounds like it wants you to execute the command without XFree86 running. To do this just hit Ctrl.-Alt.-F1 when your in X. This will switch you to a virtual terminal. Lot in as root and type the command: init 3 This will shutdown XFree86. You can then run vmware-config-tools.pl. Once you are done, type: init 5 to restart XFree86. Good luck, Jesse _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
