2008 December 02

Install VMWare Tools on Ubuntu Server

on the new vmware ESX if you right click on guest OS virtual maching then select install vmware tools this mounts the cd then type in the following commands:

sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`
mkdir -p /media/cdrom && mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
cp /media/cdrom/VMwareTools-*.tar.gz /tmp/ && cd /tmp/ && tar xvf VMwareTools-*.tar.gz && cd vmware-tools-distrib/
sudo ./vmware-install.pl

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By WladyX on 2 December, 2008 | General, Ubuntu, VMware | A comment?

Changing GDM/root cursor

Create a /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme.

It should contain something like:

[icon theme]
Inherits=justblue

Arch Linux Forums / Xcursor for GDM… possible?

By WladyX on | Arch, General, Style, X11 | A comment?

Disabling Apparmor

/etc/init.d/apparmor stop
update-rc.d -f apparmor remove
or:
apt-get remove apparmor

Disabling AppArmor? – Ubuntu Forums

By WladyX on | Ubuntu | A comment?