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Aonoa
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 Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 7:58 am Post subject: VMware Fusion |
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I've recently begun experimenting with Gentoo as a guest OS in VMware Fusion on my Macbook Pro, with that I'm trying to get the wireless interface up (atheros chipset). I tried to emerge madwifi-ng, but I could not get ath0 to appear as it should after modprobing ath_pci.
I was wondering if anyone else has tried this and gotten it to work?
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luispa
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| Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 10:41 pm Post subject: Re: VMware Fusion |
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| Heion wrote: | I've recently begun experimenting with Gentoo as a guest OS in VMware Fusion on my Macbook Pro, with that I'm trying to get the wireless interface up (atheros chipset). I tried to emerge madwifi-ng, but I could not get ath0 to appear as it should after modprobing ath_pci.
I was wondering if anyone else has tried this and gotten it to work?
Thanks in advance. |
Hi Heion,
I'm actually starting to install the same, Gentoo as guest of VMWare Fusion. Could you please share the most important parts to perform the instal?, like drivers you've used in your kernel, make.conf compiler flags, etc. I'm actually in the install part.
As soon as I've the system up I'll share my 'wifi' findings with you.
thanks
Luis |
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Aonoa
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| Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 9:46 am Post subject: |
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I haven't really modified a lot in make.conf, except USE flags.
| Code: | | CFLAGS="-O2 -mtune=i686 -pipe" |
As for my kernel drivers, I used a gentoo-2.6.23-r3 source and used these:
| Code: | CONFIG_FUSION=y
CONFIG_FUSION_SPI=y
CONFIG_E1000=y |
In order for the e1000 driver to work, you'll need to add this to your virtual machine vmx file.
| Code: | | ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000" |
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luispa
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| Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 12:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Heion wrote: | I haven't really modified a lot in make.conf, except USE flags.
| Code: | | CFLAGS="-O2 -mtune=i686 -pipe" |
As for my kernel drivers, I used a gentoo-2.6.23-r3 source and used these:
| Code: | CONFIG_FUSION=y
CONFIG_FUSION_SPI=y
CONFIG_E1000=y |
In order for the e1000 driver to work, you'll need to add this to your virtual machine vmx file.
| Code: | | ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000" |
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Great, thank you. I had fusion options, but testing the e1000 option.
Btw, have you been able to boot with vga extended option, to have something more than 80x25?, with splash or framebuffer?. kernel options?
Thanks again.
Luis |
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sonyman
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| Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:20 am Post subject: |
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| Why don't you just use the default bridged networking? |
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luispa
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| Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:45 pm Post subject: |
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| sonyman wrote: | | Why don't you just use the default bridged networking? |
Sorry, I don't understand the question. Network driver by default is pcnet32. The one mentioned above is to use the Intel one. It's independent of which networking option you setup in the Host, so all should work.
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toaster.waffle
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| Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:15 am Post subject: |
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I'm trying to get Gentoo up and running on my Macbook and I'm having a problem with the mouse. I installed KDE and the logical location of the mouse, as far as KDE is concerned, is in a different spot than the visible cursor. I'm using Driver="vmmouse" in my xorg.conf.
Also, I haven't been able to install the vmware tools. It asks for a directory with rc1.d -> rc6.d.
I've tried following the Gentoo Wiki article about getting Gentoo working on the Windows version of VMWare but to no luck.
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luispa
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| Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 11:25 am Post subject: |
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| toaster.waffle wrote: | I'm trying to get Gentoo up and running on my Macbook and I'm having a problem with the mouse. I installed KDE and the logical location of the mouse, as far as KDE is concerned, is in a different spot than the visible cursor. I'm using Driver="vmmouse" in my xorg.conf.
Also, I haven't been able to install the vmware tools. It asks for a directory with rc1.d -> rc6.d.
I've tried following the Gentoo Wiki article about getting Gentoo working on the Windows version of VMWare but to no luck. |
Hi,
1) regarding the mouse, please note that I'm using "/dev/input/mice" and driver "mouse" and it's working. Please find my xorg.conf just in case it's usefull
| Code: | $ cat xorg.conf
# VMware SVGA
Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
SubSection "extmod"
EndSubSection
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
# Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "Files"
FontPath "unix/:-1"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
# Option NoTrapSignals
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "es"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ps/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
# Option "Emulate3Buttons"
# Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
# Option "ChordMiddle"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "VMware SVGA"
Driver "vmware"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "VMware SVGA"
Monitor "vmware"
# Don't specify DefaultColorDepth unless you know what you're
# doing. It will override the driver's preferences which can
# cause the X server not to run if the host doesn't support the
# depth.
Subsection "Display"
# VGA mode: better left untouched
Depth 4
Modes "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Simple Layout"
Screen "Screen 1"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "XWorkAround"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "vmware"
VendorName "VMware, Inc"
HorizSync 1-10000
VertRefresh 1-10000
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "XWorkAround"
Driver "void"
EndSection
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2) Regarding installation of the VMWare Tools.
I used the "VMwareTools-7.6.2-62573.tar.gz" and to solve the install process regarding the rc'x'.d, I created the /etc/rc + rc'n'.d directories in my gentoo and when the process finished I used the created script with a link from /etc/init.d. See the final result which is more clear:
| Code: | luis$ ls -alR /etc/rc
/etc/rc:
total 32
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 248 Dec 24 12:57 .
drwxr-xr-x 50 root root 3768 Jan 7 12:13 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Dec 26 13:38 rc0.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 Dec 24 12:56 rc1.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 112 Dec 26 13:38 rc2.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 112 Dec 26 13:38 rc3.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 Dec 24 12:56 rc4.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 112 Dec 26 13:38 rc5.d
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Dec 26 13:38 rc6.d
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 27730 Dec 24 12:57 vmware-tools
/etc/rc/rc0.d:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Dec 26 13:38 .
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 248 Dec 24 12:57 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Dec 26 13:38 K08vmware-tools -> /etc/rc/vmware-tools
/etc/rc/rc1.d:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 Dec 24 12:56 .
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 248 Dec 24 12:57 ..
/etc/rc/rc2.d:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 112 Dec 26 13:38 .
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 248 Dec 24 12:57 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Dec 26 13:38 K08vmware-tools -> /etc/rc/vmware-tools
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Dec 26 13:38 S19vmware-tools -> /etc/rc/vmware-tools
/etc/rc/rc3.d:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 112 Dec 26 13:38 .
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 248 Dec 24 12:57 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Dec 26 13:38 K08vmware-tools -> /etc/rc/vmware-tools
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Dec 26 13:38 S19vmware-tools -> /etc/rc/vmware-tools
/etc/rc/rc4.d:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 48 Dec 24 12:56 .
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 248 Dec 24 12:57 ..
/etc/rc/rc5.d:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 112 Dec 26 13:38 .
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 248 Dec 24 12:57 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Dec 26 13:38 K08vmware-tools -> /etc/rc/vmware-tools
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Dec 26 13:38 S19vmware-tools -> /etc/rc/vmware-tools
/etc/rc/rc6.d:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Dec 26 13:38 .
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 248 Dec 24 12:57 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Dec 26 13:38 K08vmware-tools -> /etc/rc/vmware-tools
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luis$ ls -al /etc/init.d/vmware-tools
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Dec 24 14:05 /etc/init.d/vmware-tools -> /etc/rc/vmware-tools
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Keegers02
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| Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 1:54 am Post subject: |
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| luispa wrote: |
Btw, have you been able to boot with vga extended option, to have something more than 80x25?, with splash or framebuffer?. kernel options?
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Anyone have an answer for this. I would prefer to see more of the errors I get inside the VM rather than doing everything in terminal. |
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luispa
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| Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Keegers02 wrote: | | luispa wrote: |
Btw, have you been able to boot with vga extended option, to have something more than 80x25?, with splash or framebuffer?. kernel options?
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Anyone have an answer for this. I would prefer to see more of the errors I get inside the VM rather than doing everything in terminal. |
Hi,
I'm still having the problem.
I followed the "http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_gensplash" without success.
I've tried uvesafb but nothing happens while booting (so still 80x25 text mode).
I've tried vesafb and at least now I see while booting that it goes to graphics mode (vmware window resizes to a promising 1024x768 size), but I only get a blank screen up until X11 loads... 
My grub options
test 1:
| Code: | title=Gentoo Linux vesafb
root (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/bzImage-2.6.23-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/sda3 video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap vga=791
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Result: blank screen, when X11 loads automatically switches to X and remains there.
test 2:
| Code: | title=Gentoo Linux vesafb
root (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/bzImage-2.6.23-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/sda3 video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap vga=791 splash=verbose,theme:emergence console=tty1
initrd (hd0,0)/fbsplash-emergence-1024x768
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Result: blank screen, when X11 loads automatically appears but switches back to console (blank). I have to use ssh to it to modify/reboot, etc.
I have an additional problem: can't change to any console using keyboard.
I've created an specific topic for this last problem: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-692251.html
Luis |
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