HOW TO INSTALL VMWARE TOOLS IN SOLARIS

After installation of Solaris10 x86 thru VMWare Fusion (3.0+), you have to install the vmware tools in Solaris.

1. Startup the Solaris 10 and login as root with selection of your GUI

environment (CDE or Java Desktop).

2. At the VMWare menu, select Virtual Machine -> Install VMWare Tools.

This will mount a cdrom with the file vmware-solaris-tools.tar.gz

3. Copy the file to your working directory.

# cp vmware-solaris-tools.tar.gz /dsk0

4. Unzip the file.

# cd /dsk0

# gunzip vmware-solaris-tools.tar.gz

5. Expand the tar file.

# tar -xvf vmware-solaris-tools.tar

6. Run the installer.

# cd vmware-tools-distrib

# ./vmware-install.pl

Follow and respond to the prompts.

You can run the vmware tools by invoking /usr/bin/vmware-toolbox on your xsession.

NOTE:

See separate documentation for dealing with hostname change for DHCP.
Always use the GNome desktop instead of CDE for better screen resolution adjustment between maximum window and full screen.
Include as part of the gnome startup program vmware toolbox and vmware user to your session preference (I think you do this for each OS user).

Java Lauch -> Preferences -> Desktop Preferences -> Sessions

Select tab Startup Program -> [add]

ORDER COMMAND

50 /usr/bin/vmware-toolbox

51 /usr/bin/vmware-user

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