[sles-beta] Beta 5 and VMware-tools

[Joe Doupnik]

     Returning to this particular VMware-tools item today.
     Two points.
     1. The ESXi v5.5 provided VMware tools will not install. The 
selected o/s type was other 64-bit.
     2. The third party open-vm-tools item is installed but not 
activated. Much searching high and low for what to do. Finally I found 
rcvmtoolsd hidden away. That did no good. Resort to YaST, Services, find 
the item, ENABLE it (why, for gosh sakes, cannot the rc script accept 
enable/disable as command verbs?), start it. Now ESXi is happier.
     Thus far I must award many points to SUSE and the systemd folks for 
providing an enduring treasure hunt. Alas, one also needs to do real 
work now and then.
     Joe D.

On 21/04/2014 18:55, Joe Doupnik wrote:
> There seems to be a problem with SLES beta 5 and installation of 
> VMware tools (ESXi 5.5 U1). After many attempts at installing the 
> tools by normal means I asked the installer to remove the open-vm 
> material. The VMware installer still got stuck. I went into YaST and 
> removed open-vm-*. No progress. Each time the VMware installer goes to 
> sleep when building kmods.
>     Finally I told the installer to not attempt automatic updating 
> (open-vm is gone) and the process completed. However, vmware-tools 
> status and the ESXi screen shows tools to be not running. Restarting 
> the vmware-tools service did not help.
>     What does not help in such work is the nearly total hiding of 
> which services are available and their state. Yes, I know, there is a 
> long talky command which, alas, completely slips my mind. The last 
> time I tried it the screen scrolled and scrolled, not good for mere 
> humans. The more direct /etc/init.d/ file listing is much more direct 
> and useful.
>     I will go through this whole process again with a fresh 
> installation, on the off chance that I did something peculiar.
>     Thanks,
>     Joe D.
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