VMWare

[bascule]

Well, thanks for everyone's help, all the things mentioned were OK on my PC; I even unzipped the .vmx file onto my C: drive (previously on a separate one) and ran that, but no difference.

It just isn't happening for me

I guess I'll stick with the FTP workaround for now, but at least I've managed to create my first patched compile, yay!

[pabouk]

1. Check settings of the VMnet8 (and VMnet1) interface. It must have Client for Microsoft Networks enabled (as in the attached picture).
2. Test the name resolution by pinging the name from Windows:

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ping debian

3. Try to use IP address instead of the name. You can determine the address in the Linux after typing:

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ifconfig

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[m6arate]

it seems I have multiple problems. After trying everthing here, what finally made debian show up in my network connections was: opening my network connections, right clicking on VMnet1, and unchecking and rechecking all the selected boxes (you should have the same settings as before) then click ok. Do this for VMnet 1 and 8. After doing this, Debian showed up in my workgroup network. but then it would not let me browse it, giving me the attached error. Any ideas on this one?

[LinuxGuy]

I am having exactly the same problem. I checked to see the required VMWare processes are running and that Client for Microsoft Networks is present. My virtual machine shows up in the workgroup but when I double click it, it gives the above error message. However I can ssh and ftp to my virtual machine without any problems. My Samba usernames and passwords are set up correctly (since it had worked on another machine using MS Virtual PC 2004).

I have my Windows XP firewall disabled and SELinux disabled on the virtual machine.

[m6arate]

when i connect my player (iriver h10), at the top of VMware it shows a "portalplayer USB device" button. when I click it, my player disconnects from windows, and I would assume is mounted to the Linux? i don't know much about Linux, but would it be possible for me to copy the files there as a possible workaround?

also what if I tried using a different Linux distribution?

[LinuxGuy]

Finally...its working......  
I can access my Samba shares in the Virtual machine from WinXP.

This is what I did. But I am not sure which are the necessary steps.

1) I ran 'setup' at the terminal and under Network Configuration, assigned a static IP to eth0
    IP : 192.168.65.3
    Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
    Gateway : 192.168.65.1   (IP of the host WinXP system)

    Learnt the 'setup' command from http://www.vulnerabilityassessment.co.uk/vmware.htm

2) Started 'named'. But I don't think it is related since I am working entirely with IP addresses.

3) I ran 'lokkit' to bring up the firewall configuration and selected eth0 as a trusted device. Learnt about 'lokkit' from http://ken.coar.org/musings/VMware.html

     I think this was the culprit. I have to undo the first two to confirm this. However, I have no idea how I was able to ssh and ftp to the linux vm when eth0 was not a trusted device.  


1 full day!!!! But the satisfaction is worth it  

[m6arate]

hmmm... when I run it in either of the terminals (Eterm and Xterm) it says command not found.

but... I GOT IT WORKING!!! I user Zone Alarm, and I had to change a setting in there to get it to work. I should have thought of that sooner. If anyone else is having trouble with this and wants me to be a little more specific, pm me


argh... now i have one final problem. I cant access the internet with vmware! It worked before, once i first installed it. any ideas?