VMware Fusion 4 guest

Hello,
I've installed Arch in a VM running on VMware Fusion 4. Out of the box it doesn't fit the resolution to the window so if I go fullscreen it gets ugly. When I try to install vmware-tools I get an error:
[Fleet@mba vmware-tools-distrib]$ sudo ./vmware-install.pl
Creating a new VMware Tools installer database using the tar4 format.
Installing VMware Tools.
In which directory do you want to install the binary files?
[/usr/bin]
What is the directory that contains the init directories (rc0.d/ to
rc6.d/)? /etc/rc.d/vmware.d
What is the directory that contains the init scripts?
[/etc/rc.d/vmware.d] /etc/rc.d
In which directory do you want to install the daemon files?
[/usr/sbin]
In which directory do you want to install the library files?
[/usr/lib/vmware-tools]
In which directory do you want to install the documentation files?
[/usr/share/doc/vmware-tools]
The path "/usr/share/doc/vmware-tools" does not exist currently. This program
is going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you
want? [yes]
The installation of VMware Tools 8.8.0 build-465068 for Linux completed
successfully. You can decide to remove this software from your system at any
time by invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall-tools.pl".
Before running VMware Tools for the first time, you need to configure it by
invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl". Do you want
this program to invoke the command for you now? [yes]
Initializing...
Use of uninitialized value $subLevel in split at /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl line 5324.
Use of uninitialized value $subLevel in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl line 5325.
Argument "0-ARCH" isn't numeric in multiplication (*) at /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl line 4859.
Use of uninitialized value $subLevel in addition (+) at /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl line 4859.
Making sure services for VMware Tools are stopped.
Stopping VMware Tools services in the virtual machine:
Guest operating system daemon: done
Virtual Printing daemon: done
Unmounting HGFS shares: done
Guest filesystem driver: done
/etc/rc.d/vmware-tools: line 1114: [: BASH=/bin/sh: integer expression expected
/etc/rc.d/vmware-tools: line 1114: [: BASH=/bin/sh: integer expression expected
/etc/rc.d/vmware-tools: line 1199: [: BASH=/bin/sh: integer expression expected
[EXPERIMENTAL] The VMware FileSystem Sync Driver (vmsync) is a new feature that
creates backups of virtual machines. Please refer to the VMware Knowledge Base
for more details on this capability. Do you wish to enable this feature?
[no]
Before you can compile modules, you need to have the following installed...
make
gcc
kernel headers of the running kernel
Searching for GCC...
Detected GCC binary at "/usr/bin/gcc".
The path "/usr/bin/gcc" appears to be a valid path to the gcc binary.
Would you like to change it? [no]
Searching for a valid kernel header path...
Detected the kernel headers at "/lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/build/include".
The path "/lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/build/include" appears to be a valid path to
the 3.0-ARCH kernel headers.
Would you like to change it? [no]
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only'
make -C /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0-ARCH'
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/linux/driver.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciDatagram.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/linux/vmciKernelIf.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciDriver.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciRoute.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciResource.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciHashtable.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciEvent.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciContext.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/driverLog.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciQueuePair.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciQPair.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciDoorbell.o
LD [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/vmci.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/vmci.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/vmci.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0-ARCH'
make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only'
make[1]: `postbuild' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only'
cp -f vmci.ko ./../vmci.o
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only'
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only'
make -C /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0-ARCH'
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/linux/driver.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/linux/vmciKernelIf.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciDatagram.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciDriver.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciRoute.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciResource.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciContext.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciHashtable.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciEvent.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciQPair.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciQueuePair.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciDoorbell.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/driverLog.o
LD [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/vmci.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/vmci.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/vmci.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0-ARCH'
make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only'
make[1]: `postbuild' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only'
cp -f vmci.ko ./../vmci.o
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only'
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only'
make -C /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0-ARCH'
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/vsockAddr.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/util.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/notifyQState.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/driverLog.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/stats.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/notify.o
LD [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/vsock.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/vsock.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/vsock.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0-ARCH'
make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only'
make[1]: `postbuild' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only'
cp -f vsock.ko ./../vsock.o
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only'
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmxnet3-only'
make -C /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0-ARCH'
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmxnet3-only/vmxnet3_shm.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmxnet3-only/vmxnet3_ethtool.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmxnet3-only/vmxnet3_drv.o
LD [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmxnet3-only/vmxnet3.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmxnet3-only/vmxnet3.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmxnet3-only/vmxnet3.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0-ARCH'
make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmxnet3-only'
make[1]: `postbuild' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmxnet3-only'
cp -f vmxnet3.ko ./../vmxnet3.o
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmxnet3-only'
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/pvscsi-only'
make -C /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0-ARCH'
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/pvscsi-only/pvscsi.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /tmp/vmware-root/modules/pvscsi-only/pvscsi.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/pvscsi-only/pvscsi.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0-ARCH'
make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/pvscsi-only'
make[1]: `postbuild' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/pvscsi-only'
cp -f pvscsi.ko ./../pvscsi.o
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/pvscsi-only'
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmemctl-only'
make -C /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0-ARCH'
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmemctl-only/backdoorGcc64.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmemctl-only/os.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmemctl-only/vmballoon.o
LD [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmemctl-only/vmmemctl.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmemctl-only/vmmemctl.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmemctl-only/vmmemctl.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0-ARCH'
make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmemctl-only'
make[1]: `postbuild' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmemctl-only'
cp -f vmmemctl.ko ./../vmmemctl.o
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmemctl-only'
The VMware Host-Guest Filesystem allows for shared folders between the host OS
and the guest OS in a Fusion or Workstation virtual environment. Do you wish
to enable this feature? [yes]
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only'
make -C /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0-ARCH'
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/linux/driver.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciDatagram.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/linux/vmciKernelIf.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciContext.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciDriver.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciDoorbell.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciHashtable.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciResource.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciRoute.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciQueuePair.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciEvent.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/driverLog.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciQPair.o
LD [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/vmci.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/vmci.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/vmci.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0-ARCH'
make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only'
make[1]: `postbuild' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only'
cp -f vmci.ko ./../vmci.o
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only'
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only'
make -C /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0-ARCH'
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/message.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/cpName.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/rpcout.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/link.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/filesystem.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/dentry.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/module.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/file.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/stubs.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/request.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/hgfsUtil.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/tcp.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/backdoor.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/vmci.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/transport.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/bdhandler.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/page.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/cpNameLinux.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/dir.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/super.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/fsutil.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/hgfsBd.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/backdoorGcc64.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/hgfsEscape.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/inode.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/cpNameLite.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/kernelStubsLinux.o
LD [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/vmhgfs.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/vmhgfs.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only/vmhgfs.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0-ARCH'
make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only'
make[1]: `postbuild' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only'
cp -f vmhgfs.ko ./../vmhgfs.o
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmhgfs-only'
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmxnet-only'
make -C /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0-ARCH'
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0-ARCH'
make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmxnet-only'
make[1]: `postbuild' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmxnet-only'
cp -f vmxnet.ko ./../vmxnet.o
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmxnet-only'
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only'
make -C /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0-ARCH'
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only/linux/stubs.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only/linux/dbllnklst.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only/linux/file.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only/linux/block.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only/linux/module.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only/linux/super.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only/linux/inode.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only/linux/control.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only/linux/filesystem.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.o
LD [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only/vmblock.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only/vmblock.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only/vmblock.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0-ARCH'
make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only'
make[1]: `postbuild' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only'
cp -f vmblock.ko ./../vmblock.o
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only'
!!! [EXPERIMENTAL] !!!
VMware automatic kernel modules enables automatic building and installation of
VMware kernel modules at boot they are not already present. By selecting yes,
you will be enabling this experimental feature. You can always disable this
feature by re-running vmware-config-tools.pl.
Would you like to enable VMware automatic kernel modules?
[no]
Detected X server version 1.10.4
Distribution provided drivers for Xorg X server are used.
Skipping X configuration because X drivers are not included.
Warning: This script could not find mkinitrd or update-initramfs and cannot
remake the initrd file!
Starting VMware Tools services in the virtual machine:
Switching to guest configuration: done
Paravirtual SCSI module: done
Guest memory manager: done
/etc/rc.d/vmware-tools: line 1114: [: BASH=/bin/sh: integer expression expected
VM communication interface: failed
VM communication interface socket family: failed
/etc/rc.d/vmware-tools: line 1114: [: BASH=/bin/sh: integer expression expected
Blocking file system: done
VMware User Agent: done
/etc/rc.d/vmware-tools: line 1199: [: BASH=/bin/sh: integer expression expected
Guest operating system daemon: done
Virtual Printing daemon: done
Unable to start services for VMware Tools
Execution aborted.
I can't figure out what to do different. Do you have any suggestions? I have also tried open-vm-tools but resolution auto switch and the other functionality didn't seem to work for me.
Last edited by Fleet (2011-09-25 15:48:14)

I am evaluating Virtualbox as an alternative but Arch performes sluggish in VB though it allows me to run fullscreen with native resolution (1440x900).
Last edited by Fleet (2011-10-14 19:56:06)

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   1792x1344     60.00
   1920x1200     59.88*
   1600x1200     60.00
   1680x1050     59.95
   1400x1050     59.98
   1280x1024     60.02
   1440x900      59.89
   1280x960      60.00
   1360x768      60.02
   1280x800      59.81
   1152x864      75.00
   1280x768      59.87
   1024x768      60.00
   640x480       59.94
Virtual2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Virtual3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Virtual4 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Virtual5 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Virtual6 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Virtual7 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Virtual8 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Does anyone know of a way to get the other screens to show as connected so that I can use them without mirroring?

If you have multiple monitors and run Linux, you may want to display different images as your wallpaper on each monitor. There's a utility for that – Nitrogen. The blackMORE Ops blog has a nice how-to on getting Nitrogen and configuring it, with step-by-step instructions and plenty of screenshots.
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VMWare Fusion VT support

When I try to boot Windows XP in VMware I get this error:
"VMWare Fusion has detected that your host system contains a mix of processors with incompatible VT feature sets.
Click Cancel to abort or OK to continue without using VT."
VMWare runs a heck of a lot faster on my MBP than on my 3GHZ 8-core Mac Pro. And that's just wrong!
I suspect that because VT is not enabled its falling back to software virtualization which is a lot slower.
Does anyone know a way to enable this? I tried various workarounds like sleeping the machine and then trying again already without luck
thanks
-hex.

We've had other threads asking about VT, which is appropriate to this forum.
I see you already asked Fusion Community, and didn't get any response that helped.
I only used 64-bit Vista, even in Fusion, sorry.
I had better luck looking up "Intel VT" in Google and Wiki.
http://www.intel.com/technology/virtualization/
http://communities.intel.com/openport/blogs/server/2008/09/22/3d-graphics-in-vir tualization-using-intel-vtd-on-workstations
I recall some Mac Pro owners running Vista natively, and running Guest VMs in Vista which was interesting.

VMWare Fusion and Parallels Desktop Benchmark Comparison

This is a quickie benchmark of VMWare Fusion and Parallels Desktop using Super PI, PC Mark 05, and Passmark.
VMWare Fusion 36932
Parallels Desktop 3094 Beta 2
Notes:
Both virtual machines were allocated with large 10+ GB virtual disks and 640MB of RAM. The VMWare CPU was configured with two processors. The Parallels CPU was configured with 1 (two is not available). VMWare reported the CPU as 1 physical, 2 logical processors running at 2.66 GHz while Parallels reported 1 physical, 1 logical processor running at 9.6 GHz (the combined speed of all four cores on the Mac Pro). The max observed CPU utilization in activity monitor when running under VMWare was 200% and max under Parallels was 173%.
I chose not to compare 1 VMWare CPU vs. 1 Parallels CPU. While Parallels does not support SMP or multithreaded processes on multiple processors the CPU utilization on the Mac went well above 1 core (173%). For this comparison, I wanted to see results of max processing based on what the two vendors have delivered, as opposed to benchmarking the underlying "virtual or hypervisor cpu" on a 1:1 basis. This explains why VMWare was 2x faster than Parallels on some CPU tests.
Both of these products are beta. VMWare is running in debug mode (can not be turned off in this beta).
Caveat emptor on these stats. This was an unscientific exercise to satisfy my curiosity. Some of the extraordinary differences are highlighted with <--.
Platform:
Mac Pro 2.66 GHz, 2GB RAM, Nvidia 7300GT
Disk 1 - OS X, 73GB Raptor
Disk 2 - dedicated disk where each virtual machine image was created separate from the OS or any OS-related virtual memory files.
VMWare and Parallels guest OS: Windows XP Professional, SP 2
Comparison Benchmrk
VMWare Fusion 36932 and Parallels Desktop 3094 Beta 2
Super PI Parallels VMWare
512K 8s 9s
1M 20s 21s
4M 1m 57s 2m 03s
PC Mark 05 Parallels VMWare
CPU Test Suite N/A N/A
Memory Test Suite N/A N/A
Graphics Test Suite N/A N/A
HDD Test Suite N/A N/A
HDD - XP Startup 5.0 MB/s 19.54 MB/s <--
Physics and 3D Test failed Test failed
Transparent Windows Test failed 69.99 Windows/s
3D - Pixel Shader Test failed Test failed
Web Page Rendering 3.58 Pages/s 2.34 Pages/s
File Decrypt 71.73 MB/s 67.05 MB/s
Graphics Memory - 64 Lines 179.92 FPS 111.73 FPS
HDD - General Usage 4.82 MB/s 42.01 MB/s <--
Multithread Test 1 / Audio Comp N/A N/A
Multithread Test 1 / Video Encoding Test failed Test failed
Multithread Test 2 / Text Edit 152.85 Pages/s 138.48 Pages/s
Multithread Test 2 / Image DeComp 5.91 MPixels/s 35.4 MPixels/s <--
Multithread Test 3 / File Comp 3.22 MB/s 6.03 MB/s
Multithread Test 3 / File Encrypt 19.0 MB/s 33.26 MB/s <--
Multithread Test 3 / HDD - Virus Scan 27.91 MB/s 25.49 MB/s
Multithread Test 3 / Mem Lat - Rnd 16MB 5.34 MAcc/s 6.63 MAcc/s
File Comp N/A N/A
File DeComp N/A N/A
File Encrypt N/A N/A
File Decrypt N/A N/A
Image DeComp N/A N/A
Audio Comp N/A N/A
Multithread Test 1 / File Comp N/A N/A
Multithread Test 1 / File Encrypt N/A N/A
Multithread Test 2 / File DeComp N/A N/A
Multithread Test 2 / File Decrypt N/A N/A
Multithread Test 2 / Audio DeComp N/A N/A
Multithread Test 2 / Image DeComp N/A N/A
Memory Read - 16 MB N/A N/A
Memory Read - 8 MB N/A N/A
Memory Read - 192 kB N/A N/A
Memory Read - 4 kB N/A N/A
Memory Write - 16 MB N/A N/A
Memory Write - 8 MB N/A N/A
Memory Write - 192 kB N/A N/A
Memory Write - 4 kB N/A N/A
Memory Copy - 16 MB N/A N/A
Memory Copy - 8 MB N/A N/A
Memory Copy - 192 kB N/A N/A
Memory Copy - 4 kB N/A N/A
Memory Lat - Rnd 16 MB N/A N/A
Memory Lat - Rnd 8 MB N/A N/A
Memory Lat - Rnd 192 kB N/A N/A
Memory Lat - Rnd 4 kB N/A N/A
Transparent Windows N/A N/A
Graphics Memory - 64 Lines N/A N/A
Graphics Memory - 128 Lines N/A N/A
WMV Video Playback N/A N/A
3D - Fill Rate Multi Texturing N/A N/A
3D - Polygon Throughput Multiple Lights N/A N/A
3D - Pixel Shader N/A N/A
3D - Vertex Shader N/A N/A
HDD - XP Startup N/A N/A
HDD - Application Loading N/A N/A
HDD - General Usage N/A N/A
HDD - Virus Scan N/A N/A
HDD - File Write N/A N/A
Processor Intel Core 2 9653 MHz Processor Unknown 2661 MHz
Physical / Logical CPUs "1 Physical, 1 Logical" "1 Physical, 2 Logical"
MultiCore 1 Processor Core Multicore 2 Processor Cores
HyperThreading N/A N/A
Graphics Card Generic VGA Generic VGA
Graphics Driver Parallels Video Driver VMWare SVGA II
Co-operative adapters No No
DirectX Version 9.0c 9.0c
System Memory 640 MB 640MB
Motherboard Manufacturer N/A Intel Corporation
Motherboard Model N/A 440BX Desktop Reference Platform
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows XP
Passmark Parallels VMWare
CPU - Integer Math (MOPS) 112.35 230.31 <--
CPU - Floating Point Math (MOPS) 280.46 588.33 <--
CPU - Find Prime Numbers (OPS) 446.37 676.99 <--
CPU - SSE/3DNow! (MMPS) 2118.56 4737.13 <--
CPU - Comp (KB/s) 2994.16 5952.34 <--
CPU - Encrypt (MB/s) 18.09 36.27 <--
CPU - Image Rotation (IRPS) 598.21 1184.41 <--
CPU - String Sorting (TPS) 2118.81 3672.59 <--
Graphics 2D - Lines (TPS) 220.71 25.15 <--
Graphics 2D - Rectangles (TPS) 189.74 61.8 <--
Graphics 2D - Shapes (TPS) 39.54 13.71 <--
Graphics 2D - Fonts and Text (OPS) 190.39 75.88 <--
Graphics 2D - GUI (OPS) 439.77 63.72 <--
Memory - Allocate Small Block (MB/s) 2533.83 2526.21
Memory - Read Cached (MB/s) 1960.5 1906.27
Memory - Read Uncached (MB/s) 1871.79 1826.08
Memory - Write (MB/s) 1687.81 1545.43
Memory - Large RAM (OPS) 60.99 46.37
Disk - Sequential Read (MB/s) 102.11 76.45 <--
Disk - Sequential Write (MB/s) 58.33 50.9
Disk - Rnd Seek + RW (MB/s) 51.4 40.4
CPU Mark 711.08 1432.72 <--
2D Graphics Mark 743.31 176.5 <--
Memory Mark 599.94 580.38
Disk Mark 766.11 606.7
PassMark Rating 557.27 637.35<br>

Thanks for posting these numbers - it's an interesting comparison.
I would expect the final VMWare fusion performance numbers to be quite a bit better than that of Parallels - they have almost a decade's worth of experience more than the Parallels folks in this arena, and a much larger development team to boot.
Once VMWare Fusion is released to the public, I think that you'll see a clearer distinction between the two products. VMWare will continue to appeal to the professional customer, with a more robust feature set and corporate-friendly features (and a correspondingly higher price tag); Parallels will fall more into the consumer/VirtualPC-replacement market. It will be interesting to see how Parallels will be affected when (and if) VMWare player is ported to OS X.
Interesting about the Parallels performance stats on a native partition - looks like almost enough reason to avoid the bootcamp partition approach altogether. Sharing a native windows installation with a VM in parallels is a pretty scary situation in any case, as the two environments have entirely different hardware configurations. Do-able, but there is some black magic involved (if you want to see an example of what I mean, try to move a windows installation from one machine to another w/different hardware sometime - it ain't pretty); I wouldn't try this in a production scheme unless I had REALLY good backups.

VMware Fusion and Apple LED Cinema Display

I have a 2008 MBP and a 27" Apple LED Cinema Display. My OS is 10.7.2.
I am running Windows 7 with the latest updates in VMWare Fusion 4.1.1. I have several issues.
1) When I go to chose my monitor it say Apple LED Cinema Display but "Generic Non-PnP Monitor." I downloaded and installed the boot camp drivers as I understood those contained the drivers for the monitor, but that didn't seem to help. Do I need to have the Boot Camp drivers?
2) When I try to access the Boot Camp Control panel in Windows 7 in Fusion I get "An error occured while tyring to access the startup disk settings. You may not have privileges to change the startup disk." My guess is this is because the Boot Camp drivers are only needed if you actualy run Boot Camp.
3) In Windows I cannot choose the native resolution of the Apple display (2560 x 1440).
4) The resolution ia 1277 x 1234. That is weird.
5) If I minimze the Fusion window and then immediately open it, it looks fine. But if I wait for awhile and open it, the window will be black until I click inside of it.
Something is wrong, Any help in fixing this would be greatly appreciated.
Bryan

you have to separate out what is Fusion and what is Windows native.
Even doing updates to Windows sometimes should not or cannot be done properly in VM.
And there is no way to change the default boot drive - a VM doesn't have access and that is the host OS's job, not the guest's.
Install the latest AMD driver for mobility - and dont' use the "auto detect" - that is not going to work on Apple hardware.
You dont' run Boot Camp. But the Apple drivers and serives needed for hardware support, yes, they aren't running or loaded.

Problem with VMWare Fusion and OS 10.6.8 and Safari

when i try to open Safari from say a tracking number or even if i try to install an extension for safari from a download by double clicking it in my downloads folder instead of my mac version of safari opening it opens safari in vmware fusion this just started a few days ago i haven't updated anything i'm using safari 5.1 on my mac and this is a imac intel 2.8ghz intel 2 dual processor
please help as this is causing me a lot of problems
thanks Mike

It's not a big concern, apparantly the assocaition what program opens that file when you click on it is off kilter.
It's surely a VMFusion issue as they tweak things a bit in OS X as to be able to merge OSX and the guest operating together for a more seamless experience.
Perhaps you opened the file once in Safari in VMFusion and now it has that association, or when there was a menu selection you picked the wrong one by accident.
Register on get on the VM forums and post your question there and they can assist, it's a easy fix but it escapes me.
I run VMFusion too and noticed this ability once when I had OS's merged, but I don't merge operating systems anymore, rather I prefer to keep each one seperate.
Good luck, ask on VM's forums and you'll be fine.

HTTP check RW-5001 - Oracle EBS 12.1.1 Rapidwiz on RHEL 5 VMWARE Fusion

Dear All,
I have been attempting to install Oracle EBS 12.1.1 Using Rapidwiz on RHEL 5 VMWARE Fusion for the past month, i have run through the install on a few occaisions now just to ensure that i have followed all the pre-reqs correctly and also set up the guest OS as described in several posts including (http://www.oraclenerd.com/2009/12/ebs-install-guide-part-1.html, http://gerardnico.com/wiki/ebs/installation and always refering back to My Oracle Support Doc ID 761566.1: Oracle Applications Installation and Upgrade Notes Release 12 (12.1.1) for Linux x86-64.
I have installed (prior to running rapidwiz) the oracle recommended patch p6078836_101330_LINUX.zip and confirmed from the install that the Database listener and Database are up and running (checked by running the db.env script and running addbctl.sh and addlnctl.sh respectively). However, the rapid install completes with an error for HTTP, java, Login Page, Help files, in the post intall checks.
The error displayed for the HTTP check RW-50015: Error: - HTTP Listener is not responding. The service might not have started on the port yet. Please check the service and use the retry button.
I've found posts relating to this message, and proceeded to check the status and try and start the apps services manually; however, i'm experiencing another error message;
You are running adopmnctl.sh version 120.6
Checking the status of opmn managed process...
Unable to connect to open
opmn may not be up.
Then i try and start the services manually after running the INST_computername.env scripts;
*[applvis@oracler12 scripts]$ ./adopmnctl.sh start*
You are running adopmnctl.sh version 120.6
Starting Oracle Process Manager (OPMN) ...
libopmnoraclenls.so: unable to load
*/d01/oracle/VIS/inst/apps/VIS_oracler12/ora/10.1.3/opmn/bin/opmnctl: line 898: 1228 Segmentation fault $OPMNADMIN ping*
libopmnoraclenls.so: unable to load
libopmnoraclenls.so: unable to load
*/d01/oracle/VIS/inst/apps/VIS_oracler12/ora/10.1.3/opmn/bin/opmnctl: line 898: 1234 Segmentation fault $OPMNADMIN pingwait*
opmnctl: opmn start failed.
adopmnctl.sh: exiting with status 0
adopmnctl.sh: check the logfile /d01/oracle/VIS/inst/apps/VIS_oracler12/logs/appl/admin/log/adopmnctl.txt for more information ...
I'm not a DBA and i'm just starting out to learn how ebusiness suite is installed and how the applications run in parralel to the database. (my history of oracle ebs front end development and functional support)
I know there are a few posts out there within these forums that go into some details on what this issue may be, however, i cannot find any that specifically address my type of install and OS setup, and sometimes find it hard to understand the terminology and techniques used to diagnose these kinds of issues.
What i'm looking for is for some help in diagnosing and trouble shooting my issue, i will be happy to provide any output that is required to help address the issue and will be online regularly until i can have this issue resolved.
So, if you can help, please let me know where we can start.
Many thanks
Simon

Hi All,
Problem solved, although not on RHEL 5. I started over with a clean install of OEL 5.4, completed all the pre-reqs and applied reccommended patching, install completed fine, not experienced same issues with http. Differing install steps;
A) Selected different Port pool - 67 instead of 55
B) in OEL 5 when installing, if gives you the option to turn off SELINUX, which i compelted.
C) Checking the OS, i noticed the rpm versions were quite different (probably somewhat obvious, but im not sure if this had an impact)
Although, this was a fristrating set up, i have (i think) learnt a bit more about linux and installing ebs.
Thanks all for your guidance and help
Simon

I have Win 7 saved (installation file) in My MacBook Pro Licence version. How can i install it on MacBook Pro. After installation how can i make it to work with Parallel desktop or VMware fusion software.

I have Win 7 saved (installation file) in My MacBook Pro Licence version. How can i install it on MacBook Pro. After installation how can i make it to work with Parallel desktop or VMware fusion software. I can buy these softwares.

http://www.simplehelp.net/2009/02/02/how-to-install-windows-7-in-os-x-using-para llels-desktop-a-complete-walkthrough/
http://blogs.parallels.com/consumertech/2011/10/24/install-windows-right-from-wi thin-parallels-desktop-7-guest.html

Allocating RAM for Xp on VMware fusion 2.0

I have a Macpro with 4 gb ram, and I will most likely use the macpro for Autocad and Rhino on windows. Thus, I'd like to allocate ram memory to XP as much as possible. Can I give all 4gb to XP?
I know the best option is to use Boot camp, but the xp cd I have is not with sp2. Also, I don't have Leopard DVD with me right now. (I am planning to buy Snow Leopard and Xp sp2 together)
So, how do I give more than 512mb to xp? When I install XP through vmware fusion 2.0, I don't see any option to increase ram memory from 512mb.

I think you are being a little aggressive with the RAM your giving to the guest. Don't forget Leopard needs room to run too. I would start with about 2.5 Gig to the Guest (VMware Fusion setting), then start the applications you will normally run in the windows guest. Use Task Manager to see how much "physical" memory you are using / have available in the guest and adjust accordingly. Don't forget Leopard is fairly memory hungry too, and if you starve it for for memory the whole machine will slow down while Leopard is swapping things in and out.
For whatever reason I have found that my Fusion Virtual Machines seem to need a little less RAM than a physical equivalent. In reality I bet you could get by with 2 Gig to the Guest for your needs. Also, if I remember correctly, XP has a limit of 3 Gig that it can address, so anything over that is wasted.

Vmware fusion to hyper-v on Windows 8

I am trying to figure out if I can convert my VMWare Fusion images to Hyper-V images. I want to move from my Mac OS X running VMWare Fusion to Windows 8 running Hyper-V, I want to take my VMs with me. Is there a tool or method to do that. The only references
I have found are out of date.
Thanks
Matt

I assume you are doing this on a Mac.
keep in mind you will lose some functionality going to Hyper-V.
Hyper-V was designed for server virtualization and is missing features you may take for granted:
Sound support, 3d graphics, usb redirection, etc.
Yes, there is a "work around" (more like a hack in my opinion) that allows some of this functionality if you connect to the Hyper-V VM through RDP as opposed to the console directly. But that solution has it's own problems: You must enable RDP
on the VM and ensure network connectivity between host and guest (depending on the reason for the VM this is not always desirable or even acceptable).
Furthermore, if this is a MacBook Retina (with no Ethernet port), keep in mind you will need to share your wireless connection between host and guest. Bridging wireless connections does not work reliably under Hyper-V, resulting in network connectivity for
both the host and guest dropping periodically. Again, there is a work around for this by creating an 'internal' hyper-v network between the host and guest and then enabling windows internet sharing on your wifi adapter. This has some strong limitations, i.e.
the guest will be NAT-ted and the host will act as dhcp server and dns relay for the VM and is for all practical purposes, not configurable.

I have installed VMware Fusion but having trouble with Calyx Point software and was told Bootcamp needed to be installed. Will I not have to uninstall Calyx, VMWare and Windows 7 prior to installing Bootcamp?

I have just bought a new MacBook Pro and I really like it. However, for my job I have to use Calyx Point software which has to be ran on the Windows side, so they sold me VMware Fusion software. It works fine until I try to save a PDF or email docs. I have called Calyx and they have advised me that bootcamp works. I am wondering if this is going to help and since I have already installed VMware am I not going to have to uninstall that program, Windows and Point and then install bootcamp and reinstall Windows and Point? If I'm beating my head against the wall, and just need to return the laptop, then that's what I will do, but I sure hate to as I really like my Mac.

Checked VMware Fusion Community Forum?
Most install Windows (natively) and then 'attach' the (Boot Camp) partition to Fusion.
that way you can dual boot and run Windows natively when needed, and run Windows as a Guest OS VM under Mac OS.
But.... and I don't know about Calyx, doing things like save pdf and email should work fine same as usual.
Maybe there is something you didn't or need to do to Fusion (Tools or install Acrobat) or in configuring.
I used Fusion but found I prefered running Windows natively at the time.
If you do need to use one install in both manners, then you need to do through and partition your drive and reinstall Windows that way, and only then attach Fusion to it.
If you need to run Windows for work, I'd exchange it - especially if you have only had it a couple days, and get another. There are a lot of new laptops coming out in the next months that look nice, fast and won't have some of the issues you run into with Windows on a Mac.

Desperate for a little help with VMware Fusion tools

I tried the Fusion discussions group on this question but got nothing, so please don't tell me to try there; I already have.
I am using VMare Fusion 2.0.6 on my MacBook running 10.6.4; Windows OS is XP Home edition, SP3
I find more and more applications that previously did not work well in OSX are now running nicely on my MacBook (i.e., various applications from Garmin) and that I rarely boot up in Windows.
However, not long ago I did boot up in Windows and saw the alert, “VMware tools is out of date. Choose the virtual Machine > Install VMwre Toold Menu.” I did so and it failed, miserably. I lost tools completely, everything was a bloody mess.
I looked for help/a solution on the VMware site, found it, but it was beyond my capability. I simply could not figure out how to do what it was directing me to do.
I moved my Virtual Machine folder from a backup of my MacBook back to the MacBook; I am back to a point where all is well but I am also, naturally, getting the “VMware tools is out of date. Choose the virtual Machine . Install VMwre Toold Menu.”
When I choose "Virtual Machine . Install VMwre Toold Menu", I get this alert: You cannot install the VMware Tools package until the guest operating system is running. If your guest operating system is not running, choose cancel and install the VMware Tools Package later.
Isn't the "guest operating system" OSX on my MacBook? Well of course it's running; how the heck could you be running Fusion if OSX isn't running? There must be something here I just don't understand.
Does some kind soul have the time and patience to explain to me what I am obviously missing here so I can get on with it and update VMware Tools?
Many, many thanks if someone can

OK, here's the rest of the story.
I followed the above instructions, sort of...
Removed Tools as directed.
A restart was required to finish the removal.
Restarted, went to Virtual Machine > Install VMware Tools package and got the, for me, dreaded - Warning, you cannot install the VMware Tools package unless the guest operating system is running, etc., so I clicked on Cancel.
I also got the Found New Hardware Wizard, which I cancelled out of.
I went to Virtual Machine > CD/DVD > Choose a disk image and navigated to "/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/isoimages/windows.iso" as I was directed, clicked on Open, and nothing happened.
In Windows, I then went to the CD/DVD drive, to run the setup.exe manually.
Among the choices there I found both VMware Tools and VMware Tools 64 and forgot I was told to run setup.exe. I asked again and was told to run VMware Tools. I did so and that fixed it.
Later, I was told that I should have chosen setup.exe NOT the VMware Tools.msi, but that since setup.exe calls the VMware Tools.msi it's probably a moot issue as long as I received a message that VMware Tools were successfully installed.
So, I guess the correct thing would have been to run setup.exe, but running VMware Tools also did the trick.
Hope this helps someone else out if they stumble across it.

If i buy VMware fusion or Parallels desktop, i need a version of windows?

do i need windows with parallels or VMware?
a lot of thanks

nicholasfromcorreggio wrote:
do i need windows with parallels or VMware?
a lot of thanks
You don't need Windows if you want to run a different OS as your "guest". You can download many different flavors of Linux for free, and most of them will run in Parallels or VMWare Fusion... If you want to run Windows though, you will need a copy of that OS to install in the virtual machine of your choice...

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