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Enable Copy/Paste using VMware Remote Console

Enable Copy/Paste using VMware Remote Console VMware ESXi 6.5 disables copy/paste functionality by default for security reasons. If the security implications are acceptable, copy/paste funcationality can be enabled on per VM basis. It should be possible to change it at the host level but that will be for another post. Follow the following steps to allow copy/paste: Power down the VM Do Actions | Edit Settings In Edit Settings window, look for Edit Configuration button Add the following parameters Key Value isolation.tools.copy.disable FALSE isolation.tools.paste.disable FALSE isolation.tools.setGUIOptions.enable TRUE Power up the VM Refs: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/57122 Keyworks: VMware copy paste vmrc Remote Console

Installing VMware Workstation Professional VMware Tools in Ubuntu 16.04

It is good practice to get the latest updates before installing VMware Tools. Open terminal and run the following: $ sudo apt update $ sudo apt upgrade $ sudo reboot If the update needs to upgrade the kernel, it is a good idea to reboot the machine before installing the tools so that we are compiling against the correct kernel. From VMware Workstation menu, do VM | Install VMware Tools... . $ mount cdrom $ mkdir ~/tmp $ tar -xvzf /media/u1/VMware\ Tools/VMwareTools-9.9.5-3735633.tar.gz -C ~/tmp $ cd ~/tmp/vmware-tools-distrib/ $ sudo ./vmware-install.pl -d $ eject $ sudo reboot Where: u1 = is the username, replace it with your username VMwareTools-9.9.5-3735633.tar.gz = version of VMware Tools in the ISO, change it with what's in /media/<user>/VMware Tools/ .

How to remove floppy icon in Ubuntu 16.04 running on VMware Workstation 11

Even when the floppy hardware is removed from the VM configuration of a Ubuntu guest under VMware Workstation 11, the icon for floppy disk drive still shows up in the Launcher . To fix this  you need to disable Legacy Diskette A in the virtual BIOS of the guest. An easy way to boot to the virtual BIOS is to shutdown the VM, then select VM | Power | Power On to Firmware . Then change Legacy Diskette A: to [Disabled], F10  to save and exit. This should reboot the machine. References: https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1004129 https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1034616 https://communities.vmware.com/thread/449235?start=0&tstart=0

Booting to BIOS in VMware Workstation 9

I have grown accustom to drilling down to several layers of menus and options in VMware vSphere (ESXi) so that I can boot the VM to the BIOS. I did the same thing in VMware Workstation 9 and could not find it where I was expecting it. Surprise... surprise it is actually in the main menu.

Minimal Debian Install with X in Vmware

World wide mirror sites ( link ) After installing the base system, do the following. For main Debian repository hostname:/# nano -w /etc/apt/sources.list #more entries from here of course from /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free Hongkong is best for my case too: #more entries from here of course from /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://ftp.hk.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.hk.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free Continue with installing the rest of the software: hostname:/# apt-get update hostname:/# apt-get install less Depending on your Debian version, do install xorg related packages. Debian Sarge 3.1 Debian Etch apt-get install x-window-system-core apt-get install xorg Note: Based from this url , the above package is for compatibility only from Debian 3.x. Etch should instead use xorg package. hostname:/# apt-