Installing Vmware Server on Arch Linux

Duffy — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:16:46 +0000

In this tutorial we will be showing you how to install vmware server 2.0.1 on arch linux using kernel 2.6.30
before we begin you will need the tar.gz version of vmware server it can be freely downloaded from here

We need to create some folders to store the vmware scripts so run the following as root
```
mkdir -p /etc/rc.d/vmware.d/rc{0,1,2,3,4,5,6}.d
```
We then need to make a symlink for lsmod
```
ln -s /bin/lsmod /sbin/
```

We need to install some dependiencies

pacman -S libxtst libxt libxrender xinet

Move your vmware server tarball file into /tmp and extract it
```
tar xzf VMware-server-2.0.1*.tar.gz
```

Run vmware-install.pl

cd /tmp/vmware-server-distrib
./vmware-install.pl

When it asks where the directories for rc0.d thru rc6.d are, use /etc/rc.d/vmware.d
When it asks where the init directory is, use /etc/rc.d
Select no when it asks you do you want to run vmware-config.pl

Now we need to download a patch so that it will run on kernel 2.6.30

For 64bit users

cd /tmp
wget tuts4tech.net/files/vmware-server.2.0.1_x64-modules-2.6.30-fix.sh
wget tuts4tech.net/files/vmware-server.2.0.1_x64-modules-2.6.30-fix.patch

We now need to run vmware-server.2.0.1_x64-modules-2.6.30-fix.sh
```
sh vmware-server.2.0.1_x64-modules-2.6.30-fix.sh
```

For 32bit users

cd /tmp
wget tuts4tech.net/files/vmware-6.5.2-modules-2.6.30-fix.sh
wget tuts4tech.net/files/vmware-6.5.2-modules-2.6.30-fix.patch

We now need to run vmware-6.5.2-modules-2.6.30-fix.sh
[test]sh vmware-6.5.2-modules-2.6.30-fix.sh[/test]

Most of the default options should be ok for you when its finished you'll be able to access the web management console at http://your-servers-ip:8222

Setting Up Arch Linux

Duffy — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:54:35 +0000

First of all update your system
```
pacman -Syu
```
Install xorg
```
pacman -S xorg-server
```
If you have a nvidia graphics card then you need to install these
```
pacman -S nvidia nvidia-utils
```
If you have a ati card then you need to install these
```
pacman -S catalyst catalyst-utils
```

Create your system admin user

useradd -m -G users,audio,lp,optical,storage,video,wheel,power -s /bin/bash YOUR-USER-NAME-HERE

Now we need to set a password for that user so type the following

passwd YOUR-USER-NAME-HERE

Install some packages

pacman -S hal mesa openssh gnome gdm firefox gnome-terminal gedit file-roller gconf-editor gcalctool evince nautilus-cd-burner gnome-volume-manager gnome-power-manager ttf-ms-fonts ttf-dejavu ttf-bitstream-vera ttf-liberation flashplugin jre archlinux-themes-gdm numlockx alsa-utils codecs gstreamer0.10 gstreamer0.10-python gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-good gstreamer0.10-bad gstreamer0.10-ugly gstreamer0.10-good-plugins gstreamer0.10-ugly-plugins gstreamer0.10-bad-plugins gstreamer0.10-base gstreamer0.10-base-plugins gstreamer0.10-pitfdll skype rdesktop pidgin purple-plugin-pack pidgin-encryption pidgin-libnotify aspell-en nmap wireshark irssi filezilla openoffice-base gnome-themes-extras gtk2-themes-collection tango-icon-theme tango-icon-theme-extras archlinux-themes-gdm hwd sudo

Generate a Xorg Config
```
hwd -xa
```
If you have a nvidia graphics card do this aswell
```
nvidia-xconfig
```
Configuring audio run the following and set your volume levels
```
alsamixer
```
you can test you sound using
```
aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav
```
and then when your happy with it run
```
alsactl store
```
and finally add alsa to your daemons line of rc.conf
```
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng !network netfs crond fam hal networkmanager alsa)
```

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Installing Vmware Server on Arch Linux

For 64bit users

For 32bit users

Setting Up Arch Linux