Comments on: VMware Server 2 beta

By: Forbes Guthrie

Forbes Guthrie — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:40:40 +0000

Hi wide-blue,

its been a while since I played with this, so I had to hunt around a bit.

try this:

On the server-side, go to (adjust as necessary):
/usr/lib/vmware/webAccess/tomcat/apache-tomcat-xxxx/webapps/ui/plugin/

There, you’ll find several .xpi packages. Unzip the one you want to a temporary directory:

$ mkdir /tmp/xpi-out && cd /tmp/xpi-out
$ unzip /usr/lib/vmware/webAccess/tomcat/apache-tomcat-6.0.16/webapps/ui/plugin/vmware-vmrc-linux-x86.xpi

Edit the install.rdf file in the unzipped output, and change the compatibility (there’s a field that says 3.0.0., you should change that to 3.0. – or 3.0.1.*).

Then zip up the file again and replace the original (making a backup first):
$ cp /usr/lib/vmware/webAccess/tomcat/apache-tomcat-6.0.16/webapps/ui/plugin/vmware-vmrc-linux-x86.xpi \
/usr/lib/vmware/webAccess/tomcat/apache-tomcat-6.0.16/webapps/ui/plugin/vmware-vmrc-linux-x86.xpi.bak
$ zip -r /usr/lib/vmware/webAccess/tomcat/apache-tomcat-6.0.16/webapps/ui/plugin/vmware-vmrc-linux-x86.xpi *

This is from rrdharan over here:
http://communities.vmware.com/message/992800

By: wide-blue

wide-blue — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:20:26 +0000

I think I understand it, I need VMware Remote Console Plug-in for my browser (Firefox 3), unfortunately it does not support Firefox3 (default on ubuntu 8.04). I tried also Opera 9.27, but I couldn’t even login. I’m f*****, I will not downgrade Firefox

By: wide-blue

wide-blue — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:23:48 +0000

Ok I didn’t use above guide to install vmware server 2 on my linux, I came here after installation because I’m stuck with installation of guest system (winxp). First a comment, with the new RC1 build of the server the standard port is 443 instead of 8333.

Now a question, I dont know how to access a guest system window, where do I get the guest system window? I’m confused?