Re: vmtoolsd requiring running X server

[Michael W. <mi...@we...>]

Hello Marcelo,

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 09:43:03AM -0800, Marcelo Vanzin wrote:

> > When executing vmtoolsd with the --log option I get the message
> > 
> > [ warning] [Gtk] cannot open display:

> That's definitely not expected. vmtoolsd nor its dependent libraries need X. It
> might be a problem with Debian's packaging. To be sure, I'd need:

> . list of plugins under $datadir/open-vm-tools/plugins/vmsvc

michael@eglarest-debian:~$ ls -la /usr/lib/open-vm-tools/plugins/
total 284
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  4096 2010-01-18 18:21 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root  4096 2010-01-18 18:21 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 38148 2009-12-20 13:41 libguestInfo.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 60040 2009-12-20 13:41 libhgfsServer.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  8676 2009-12-20 13:41 libpowerOps.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12888 2009-12-20 13:41 libresolutionSet.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10940 2009-12-20 13:41 libtimeSync.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 62700 2009-12-20 13:41 libvix.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 45952 2009-12-20 13:41 libvixUser.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14788 2009-12-20 13:41 libvmbackup.so

I think, I finally understand: libvixUser.so and libresolutionSet.so
should be in vmusr and the rest in vmsvc. But in the Debian package
they're all together in the plugins directory, although the vmusr
plugins are installed with a separate package open-vm-toolbox.

I'll take it up with the Debian guys!
-- 
Thanks a lot!
Micha