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= Advice, Tips, and Tricks = | = Advice, Tips, and Tricks = | ||
==Creating your Virtual Machine== | |||
==Virtual Machine Settings== | |||
Some changes to the defaults (based on Manjaro KDE): | |||
* Memory: Increase to 2GB | |||
* Hard Disk: Increase based on your data needs | |||
* CD/DVD: Point to ISO | |||
* Display: Uncheck Accelerate 3D Graphics | |||
==Guest Installation== | ==Guest Installation== | ||
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The Open Virtual Machine Tools (open-vm-tools) are the open source implementation of VMware Tools. They are special software packages designed to improve the performance and usability of the guest operating systems. They are installed '''within''' the Guest operating system itself, and most notably result in enhancing the display resolution, as well as enabling much better control over the mouse. As such, two tell-tale signs that they have not been installed in a Guest are that the display will not scale to the size of the display window (i.e. it will be necessary to scroll around to see the whole screen), and the mouse may be quite hard to control. | The Open Virtual Machine Tools (open-vm-tools) are the open source implementation of VMware Tools. They are special software packages designed to improve the performance and usability of the guest operating systems. They are installed '''within''' the Guest operating system itself, and most notably result in enhancing the display resolution, as well as enabling much better control over the mouse. As such, two tell-tale signs that they have not been installed in a Guest are that the display will not scale to the size of the display window (i.e. it will be necessary to scroll around to see the whole screen), and the mouse may be quite hard to control. | ||
==Cut and Paste== | ==Cut and Paste== | ||
Revision as of 14:15, 21 June 2016
Advice, Tips, and Tricks
Creating your Virtual Machine
Virtual Machine Settings
Some changes to the defaults (based on Manjaro KDE):
- Memory: Increase to 2GB
- Hard Disk: Increase based on your data needs
- CD/DVD: Point to ISO
- Display: Uncheck Accelerate 3D Graphics
Guest Installation
- VMware can run installation files (ISOs) directly as virtual discs, so there is no need to burn them to an installation medium such as a disc or USB data stick.
- The process to install any Guest operating system - including Manjaro - is exactly the same as if actually installing for real on your computer.
VMware Tools
The Open Virtual Machine Tools (open-vm-tools) are the open source implementation of VMware Tools. They are special software packages designed to improve the performance and usability of the guest operating systems. They are installed within the Guest operating system itself, and most notably result in enhancing the display resolution, as well as enabling much better control over the mouse. As such, two tell-tale signs that they have not been installed in a Guest are that the display will not scale to the size of the display window (i.e. it will be necessary to scroll around to see the whole screen), and the mouse may be quite hard to control.
Cut and Paste
If cut and paste does not work, you may need to install gtkmm and re-boot. vmware-user-suid-wrapper depends on gtkmm, but it's not a dependency of the package. See: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/43159
General
- Don't be afraid to take risks, to experiment, and to have fun with Guest operating systems. The worst that can happen is that they will have to be re-installed!