[CentOS] vmware tools in CentOS5 guest?

Sean Brown wrote:
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> On May 22, 2007, at 11:31 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
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>> Thanks - it works now, but it seems like I have to run vmware-toolbox 
>> inside the X session to make it release the mouse at the edge of the 
>> window without the ctl-alt keystroke.  I didn't think earlier versions 
>> needed that, or started it automatically.  Is something else missing?
>>
> 
> Is the vmware-guest daemon running? You do not need to have the toolbox 
> running for it to release the mouse and keyboard.

I tried again with the x86_64 centos5 as both host and guest and have 
exactly the same problems.  At startup it complained about 
/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0 which I fixed by symlinking to the 
system (32-bit) version.  Then running /vmware-config-tools.pl in the 
guest fails to add a 'Monitor' section to xorg.conf, which I add by 
hand.  Then an x session has vmware-guestd and vmware-user running but 
it won't release the mouse automatically unless I run vmware-toolbox 
inside the X session too.  Should I install the any-any patches?

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   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com