Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: VMware Workstation 7.1.1 installation failed on gentoo
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:05:58
Message-Id: i79vlv$aaq$1@dough.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: VMware Workstation 7.1.1 installation failed on gentoo by Adam Carter
1 On 09/21/2010 08:46 AM, Adam Carter wrote:
2 > Im using the vmware installer on gentoo sucessfully. Seems that 7.1.1
3 > on 2.6.34 is a bit smoother on the install than .35 but it still
4 > works.
5 >
6 > Iirc you just need to set init script stuff
7
8 This is taken care of by the ebuild.
9
10 Also, the modules are not part of a package, but are compiled by a
11 script. In the vmware overlay, the modules come in their own package
12 (vmware-modules).