Re: vmtoolsd requiring running X server

[Dmitry T. <dt...@vm...>]

Hi Eric,

On Wednesday 20 January 2010 05:37:06 am Eric Shubert wrote:
> 
> This brings up a concern of mine that I hope to address soon. I run
> several virtual servers, and would like some of the vmtools
> functionality, namely timekeeping and the vmxnet device driver. Needless
> to say, there is no X11 on any of these machines.
> 
> My question is, is there a way to install just the pieces I need? I
> certainly won't be installing X11 on any of these guests.
> 

You can run configure script with "--without-x", that should leave vmware-user 
components out.

Hope this helps.

-- 
Dmitry