[gentoo-user] OT: Gentoo as ESXi guest: how to install vmware-tools/open-vm-tools?

[Jarry]

Hi,

this might be a little off-topic, but maybe someone here
is running Gentoo on top of VMware/ESXi and could help me.
I'm trying to install gentoo-server as vmware esxi guest,
but I'm stuck with vmware-tools/open-vm-tools.

First I tried "vmware-tools". Installation went smoot, but
nothing happened. Just one iso-image got installed in /opt.
No doc/readme/txt, nothing. What should I do with it?

Then I tried "open-vm-tools" thinking it might be better.
But installation of open-vm-tools-kmod failed with message:

"CONFIG_DRM_VMWGFX: is not set when it should be"

I'm not sure what this option is good for (searched kernel
config with grep and did not find it at all), but I think
it has something to do with graphics, which I do not want
to use on server. Unfortunatelly, open-vm-tools-kmod does
not have any use-flags so I can not turn 3d off and I am
stuck again.

All I expect from vmware/open-vm-tools is ability for clean
shutdown of gentoo-guest in similar way as I can do it with
windows-guest. How can I achieve this?

Jarry

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