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  • 1.  FreeBSD 14 VM Tools Issue

    Posted Jan 30, 2024 07:39 PM

    Been trying to get VMTools working on FBSD for some time.  Successfully  installed the tools via the package command, to no avail.  Following are my entries in the xorg.conf file, however neither sound nor video works properly.  What am I missing?  Any insights appreciated.  Thank you.

    Section "Device"
    #Deleted all comments before the following:
    Identifier "Card0"
    Driver "vmware"
    Option "Accelmethod" "none"
    BusID "PCI:0:15:0"



  • 2.  RE: FreeBSD 14 VM Tools Issue

    Posted Feb 07, 2024 08:50 AM

    Not exactly FreeBSD 14 but a derivative of FreeBSD 13.2 (GhostBSD 23.10.1 with Mate desktop).

    For the GhostBSD, the open-vm-tools did not install the X11 video driver (changing the xorg.conf from scfb to vmware the boot ended with comnmand-line login). The package xf86-video-vmware had to be installed separately. I didn't have to specify the Option and BusID in the xorg.conf.

    As for the audio, it worked straight out of the box without open-vm-tools (whether as ES1371 or hdaudio). AFAIK, the only VMware proprietary audio driver was for Windows Vista/7 guest OS only but not for Linux/Unix derivatives. The Linux/Unix derivatives just rely on OS to supply the drivers.