Install VMware Tools under BackTrack 3

To Install VMware Tools under BackTrack 3, here are the steps:

Boot into the BackTrack, login as root. Do not enter X window just yet.
From the Vmware's Console window, select "VM" -> "Install VMware Tools". The ISO containing vmware tools for linux would be loaded in to the VM's CD drive.
If you don't have /mnt/cdrom, create it:
# mkdir /mnt/cdrom
Mount the vmware tools ISO:
# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
Untar the file VMwareTools-xxx.tar.gz to some directory, say /tmp
From this newly extracted directory run the "vmware-install.pl".

Now that you have installed the VMware Tools, you shall configure to have it auto start.

From the console window, do:
# cd ~/.kde/Autostart
# echo "/usr/lib/vmware-tools/bin32/vmware-toolbox-gtk --minimize" > vmware-toolbox.sh
# chmod +x vmware-toolbox.sh
Now run "startx", after the X has started, you shall notice that vmware tools is up and running.

Comments

Anonymous
November 15, 2008
3 years 11 weeks

Thanks. This helped me out... (not having the /mnt/cdrom/ directory I guess held me up with installing the VMtools)

Anyways, I think you need an extra step here...

You should change the mouse driver in the X configuration file...

# vim /etc/X11/xorg.conf

... and change "mouse" to "vmmouse" in the input device section...

THEN startx

Anonymous
July 13, 2010
1 year 29 weeks

thnx .. this help a lot :D

Anonymous
November 18, 2010
1 year 11 weeks

Thanks a lot. It was a great help :)
Jeet

Anonymous
May 27, 2011
36 weeks 1 day

When I try the second step, I get:

# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist

Do you guys know why and/or how can I revert that?