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HOWTO Install and setup Vmware
11/07/08
02:45:30 pm, by richard 
, 182 words 
Categories: Ubuntu Linux, OS and Systems Administration, Installation and Configuration, Virtual Machines
HOWTO Install and setup Vmware
With each version of Ubuntu installing Vmware just gets easier 
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To install VMware tools when you are running Ubuntu server, that is when you do not have X installed take a look at my other HOWTO
Accessing USB devices on Hardy
With Hardy 8.04 the USB devices are not "turned on" in /proc/bus/usb/*. To get them turned on you need to edit /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh uncomment some lines and restart the daemon.
Look for the following lines and then remove the leading # character. Save the file after.
#mkdir -p /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs
#domount usbfs "" /dev/bus/usb/.usbfs -obusmode=0700,devmode=0600,listmode=0644
#ln -s .usbfs/devices /dev/bus/usb/devices
#mount --rbind /dev/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb
Restart the daemon with
You should now see your USB devices in your VMware guests.
You can also do this in the /etc/fstab
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