That did not help Marcelo.
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 10:00 PM, Marcelo Vanzin<mvan...@vmware.com> wrote: > polloxx wrote: >> I've compiled open-vm-tools-2009.07.22-179896 on a Debian 5.0.2 >> (Lenny) running kernel 2.6.26-2 as a ESX 3.5.0 VM and loaded the compiled >> modules. >> However the ESX server shows still VMware tools "not installed" for the VM. >> How can I solve this? > > I seem to remember a bug in ESX 3.5 where it failed to correctly parse the > open-vm-tools version (TOOLS_VERSION_UNMANAGED). Could you try modifying it in > lib/include/vm_tools_version.h to say "(0x7fffffff - 1)" and see if that > helps a > little? > > I believe they included the fix in some update of ESX 3.5 (or VC, don't > remember > exactly where the problem was), but I don't follow those updates very closely. > > -- > - Marcelo > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > open-vm-tools-devel mailing list > open-vm-tools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/open-vm-tools-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ open-vm-tools-devel mailing list open-vm-tools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/open-vm-tools-devel
