1. Install software needed by VMware Tools
- Install packages to build the kernel modules
yum install gcc kernel-devel
- Check the running kernel matches the kernel headers
uname -r # running kernel rpm -q kernel-devel # installed kernel headers
- If the two versions do not match, run
yum -y upgrade kernel kernel-devel reboot
- Find out where the kernel headers are (you may need this later)
ls -d /usr/src/kernels/$(uname -r)*/include
2. Prepare and install VMware Tools
Choose one of a), b), c) or d).
a) If you are running the VM inside VMware Workstation 5.5
b) If you have VMware-workstation-5.5.2-29772.tar.gz on disk
d) If you cannot do any of these Show answer
3. Fixes
a) X does not work/”undefined monitor” problem
b) Your mouse is stuck inside your VM
c) vmhgfs driver does not compile
4. Not fixed
- fast ethernet driver compile
- copy and paste between VM and host