On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 06:36:57AM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote > Side question... > > I want to run the vmware tools on my gentoo VM (so the host can safely > power it down), but it also requires modules.
Why do you need vmware tools? From the host, execute... ssh root@<guest> /sbin/poweroff ...or, if you have sys-power/hibernate-script installed, and want to hibernate... ssh root@<guest> /usr/sbin/hibernate -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications