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　在VMware下安装Ubuntu，那么必须安装VMware-tools，才能获得更好的体验，包括屏幕分辨率、声音、和windows共享剪贴板等等。

　　1、点击VMware菜单的-VM-Install VMware Tools

　　这时，在Ubuntu下会自动加载Linux版的VMware Tools的安装光盘镜像。你会看到虚拟机的桌面上出现了一个名为VMware Tools的光盘图标，并且被自动打开。

　　其中包括VMwareTools-xxx-i386.rpm和VMwareTools- xxx.tar.gz两个文件。

　　如果你双击那个 rpm 文件，会提示说不支持的软件包，因为 rpm 是为 RedHat 准备的安装包，我们需要的是 .tar.gz 那个。

　　2、把 .tar.gz 文件拷贝而到桌面，右键菜单-解压缩到此处。会自动解压为一个 vmware-tools-distrib 目录。

　　打开终端(系统的应用程序菜单-附件-终端)

　　3、然后在终端里面执行以下命令行：

　　$ cd Desktop(要是中文的就是 $ cd 桌面)

　　$ cd vmware-tools-distrib

　　$ sudo ./vmware-install.pl

　　4、回车之后提示输入管理员密码，然后一路确认回车后(相当于在Windows里安装软件时所填答的诸多对话框，我们这里均采用缺省设置)，直到最后出现“Enjoy——the VMware team”的字样后，VMwareTools终于安装完成了。

　　过程如下：

　　Creating a new VMware Tools installer database using the tar4 format.

　　Installing VMware Tools.

　　In which directory do you want to install the binary files?

　　[/usr/bin] y

　　The path "y" is a relative path. Please enter an absolute path.

　　In which directory do you want to install the binary files?

　　[/usr/bin] y

　　The path "y" is a relative path. Please enter an absolute path.

　　In which directory do you want to install the binary files?

　　[/usr/bin] y

　　The path "y" is a relative path. Please enter an absolute path.

　　In which directory do you want to install the binary files?

　　[/usr/bin] y

　　The path "y" is a relative path. Please enter an absolute path.

　　In which directory do you want to install the binary files?

　　[/usr/bin] y

　　The path "y" is a relative path. Please enter an absolute path.

　　In which directory do you want to install the binary files?

　　[/usr/bin] y

　　The path "y" is a relative path. Please enter an absolute path.

　　In which directory do you want to install the binary files?

　　[/usr/bin] y

　　The path "y" is a relative path. Please enter an absolute path.

　　In which directory do you want to install the binary files?

　　[/usr/bin]

　　What is the directory that contains the init directories (rc0.d/ to rc6.d/)?

　　[/etc]

　　What is the directory that contains the init scripts?

　　[/etc/init.d]

　　In which directory do you want to install the daemon files?

　　[/usr/sbin]

　　In which directory do you want to install the library files?

　　[/usr/lib/vmware-tools]

　　The path "/usr/lib/vmware-tools" does not exist currently. This program is

　　going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want?

　　[yes]

　　In which directory do you want to install the documentation files?

　　[/usr/share/doc/vmware-tools]

　　The path "/usr/share/doc/vmware-tools" does not exist currently. This program

　　is going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you

　　want? [yes]

　　The installation of VMware Tools 6.5.0 build-118166 for Linux completed

　　successfully. You can decide to remove this software from your system at any

　　time by invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall-tools.pl".

　　Before running VMware Tools for the first time, you need to configure it by

　　invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl". Do you want

　　this program to invoke the command for you now? [yes]

　　Stopping VMware Tools services in the virtual machine:

　　Guest operating system daemon: done

　　Virtual Printing daemon: done

　　The bld-2.6.24-16-i386generic-Ubuntu8.04 - vmmemctl module loads perfectly into

　　the running kernel.

　　The bld-2.6.24-16-i386generic-Ubuntu8.04 - vmhgfs module loads perfectly into

　　the running kernel.

　　The bld-2.6.24-16-i386generic-Ubuntu8.04 - vmxnet module loads perfectly into

　　the running kernel.

　　update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic

　　The bld-2.6.24-16-i386generic-Ubuntu8.04 - vmblock module loads perfectly into

　　the running kernel.

　　[EXPERIMENTAL] The VMware FileSystem Sync Driver (vmsync) is a new feature that

　　creates backups of virtual machines. Please refer to the VMware Knowledge Base

　　for more details on this capability. Do you wish to enable this feature?

　　[no] yes

　　The bld-2.6.24-16-i386generic-Ubuntu8.04 - vmsync module loads perfectly into

　　the running kernel.

　　The bld-2.6.24-16-i386generic-Ubuntu8.04 - vmci module loads perfectly into the

　　running kernel.

　　The bld-2.6.24-16-i386generic-Ubuntu8.04 - vsock module loads perfectly into

　　the running kernel.

　　Detected X.org version 7.3.0.

　　Please choose one of the following display sizes that X will start with (1 -

　　29):

　　[1] "320x200"

　　[2] "320x240"

　　[3] "400x300"

　　[4] "512x384"

　　[5] "640x400"

　　[6] "640x480"

　　[7] "720x480"

　　[8] "800x480"

　　[9] "854x480"

　　[10]< "720x576"

　　[11] "800x600"

　　[12] "1024x768"

　　[13] "1280x720"

　　[14] "1280x768"

　　[15] "1152x864"

　　[16] "1280x800"

　　[17] "1366x768"

　　[18] "1280x960"

　　[19] "1440x900"

　　[20] "1280x1024"

　　[21] "1400x1050"

　　[22] "1680x1050"

　　[23] "1600x1200"

　　[24] "1920x1080"

　　[25] "1920x1200"

　　[26] "1920x1440"

　　[27] "2048x1536"

　　[28] "2560x1600"

　　[29] "2560x1920"

　　Please enter a number between 1 and 29:

　　[10] 11

　　This is a pre-release version of the X server from The X.Org Foundation.

　　It is not supported in any way.

　　Bugs may be filed in the bugzilla at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/.

　　Select the "xorg" product for bugs you find in this release.

　　Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions please check the

　　latest version in the X.Org Foundation git repository.

　　See http://wiki.x.org/wiki/GitPage for git access instructions.

　　X.Org X Server 1.4.0.90

　　Release Date: 5 September 2007

　　X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0

　　Build Operating System: Linux Ubuntu (xorg-server 2:1.4.1~git20080131-1ubuntu9)

　　Current Operating System: Linux jim-desktop 2.6.24-16-generic #1 SMP Thu Apr 10 13:23:42 UTC 2008 i686

　　Build Date: 15 April 2008 05:26:17PM

　　Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version.

　　Module Loader present

　　Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,

　　(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,

　　(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.

　　(++) Log file: "/tmp/vmware-config0/XF86ConfigLog.6478", Time: Fri Sep 26 18:16:38 2008

　　(++) Using config file: "/tmp/vmware-config0/XF86Config.6478"

　　(II) Module "ramdac" already built-in

　　X is running fine with the new config file.

　　expected keysym, got XF86KbdLightOnOff: line 70 of pc

　　expected keysym, got XF86KbdBrightnessDown: line 71 of pc

　　expected keysym, got XF86KbdBrightnessUp: line 72 of pc

　　expected keysym, got XF86KbdLightOnOff: line 70 of pc

　　expected keysym, got XF86KbdBrightnessDown: line 71 of pc

　　expected keysym, got XF86KbdBrightnessUp: line 72 of pc

　　FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.

　　Checking acpi hot plug done

　　Starting VMware Tools services in the virtual machine:

　　Switching to guest configuration: done

　　Guest filesystem driver: done

　　Mounting HGFS shares: failed

　　Guest memory manager: done

　　Guest vmxnet fast network device: done

　　VM communication interface: done

　　VM communication interface socket family: done

　　Blocking file system: done

　　File system sync driver: done

　　Guest operating system daemon: done

　　Virtual Printing daemon: done

　　The configuration of VMware Tools 6.5.0 build-118166 for Linux for this running

　　kernel completed successfully.

　　You must restart your X session before any mouse or graphics changes take

　　effect.

　　You can now run VMware Tools by invoking the following command:

　　"/usr/bin/vmware-toolbox" during an X server session.

　　To enable advanced X features (e.g., guest resolution fit, drag and drop, and

　　file and text copy/paste), you will need to do one (or more) of the following:

　　1. Manually start /usr/bin/vmware-user

　　2. Log out and log back into your desktop session; and,

　　3. Restart your X session.

　　To use the vmxnet driver, restart networking using the following commands:

　　/etc/init.d/networking stop

　　rmmod pcnet32

　　rmmod vmxnet

　　modprobe vmxnet

　　/etc/init.d/networking start

　　If the virtual printer feature is enabled, you will need to restart the CUPS

　　service to make use of this feature.