Version 3mdv2009.1 was little bit buggy with /sbin/mount.vmhgfs link and with upgrade post-install scripts that could mess-up the xorg.conf file. It's fixed in this 4mdv2009.1 version
http://olivier.lahaye1.free.fr/SRPMS/open-vm-tools-2009.05.22.167859-4mdv2009.1.src.rpm http://olivier.lahaye1.free.fr/RPMS/x86_64/open-vm-tools-2009.05.22.167859-4mdv2009.1.x86_64.rpm http://olivier.lahaye1.free.fr/RPMS/x86_64/open-vm-tools-devel-2009.05.22.167859-4mdv2009.1.x86_64.rpm http://olivier.lahaye1.free.fr/RPMS/x86_64/dkms-open-vm-tools-2009.05.22.167859-4mdv2009.1.x86_64.rpm http://olivier.lahaye1.free.fr/RPMS/i586/open-vm-tools-2009.05.22.167859-4mdv2009.1.i586.rpm http://olivier.lahaye1.free.fr/RPMS/i586/open-vm-tools-devel-2009.05.22.167859-4mdv2009.1.i586.rpm http://olivier.lahaye1.free.fr/RPMS/i586/dkms-open-vm-tools-2009.05.22.167859-4mdv2009.1.i586.rpm What is working: - guest screen resizes - mouse can go in and out of guest os silently - copy past between guest and host - shared forlders are working fine What does not work: - drag and drop between guest and host os desktops. => from guest to host, mouse is stuck to guest window => from host to guest, a forfidden mouse pouinter sign appears and drop is ignored Any ideas? Regards, Olivier. Le mardi 09 juin 2009 13:32:32 Olivier LAHAYE, vous avez écrit : > > Hi, > > I think I've finally managed how to create a somewhat clean package for > open-vm-tools that installs like a charm on a Mandriva 2009.1 guest OS. > the dkms package is responsible for building modules at boot time if modules > do not exists for current kernel (done each time a kernel update is done) > the open-vm-tools package starts the correct daemon at system boot and at > user session startup. > > install the rpms and everything should work out of the box (hopefully). > > Packages can be found here: > http://olivier.lahaye1.free.fr/SRPMS/open-vm-tools-2009.05.22.167859-3mdv2009.1.src.rpm > > http://olivier.lahaye1.free.fr/RPMS/open-vm-tools-2009.05.22.167859-3mdv2009.1.x86_64.rpm > http://olivier.lahaye1.free.fr/RPMS/open-vm-tools-devel-2009.05.22.167859-3mdv2009.1.x86_64.rpm > http://olivier.lahaye1.free.fr/RPMS/dkms-open-vm-tools-2009.05.22.167859-3mdv2009.1.x86_64.rpm > > http://olivier.lahaye1.free.fr/RPMS/open-vm-tools-2009.05.22.167859-3mdv2009.1.i586.rpm > http://olivier.lahaye1.free.fr/RPMS/open-vm-tools-devel-2009.05.22.167859-3mdv2009.1.i586.rpm > http://olivier.lahaye1.free.fr/RPMS/dkms-open-vm-tools-2009.05.22.167859-3mdv2009.1.i586.rpm > > Now, screen resizes, mouse can go in and out of guest os silently, copy past > between guest and host works. I did not test drag and drop and shared folders > yet. > > spec file is rpmlint compliant > desktop files are desktop-file-validate compliant > > I've attached the spec file. > > I've also attached a new patch file that fixes the .desktop files that are > not compliant with desktop-file-validate tool. > > Feel free to integrate this in the main release. > -- Olivier LAHAYE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ open-vm-tools-devel mailing list open-vm-tools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/open-vm-tools-devel
