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Tracker item #1796805, was opened at 2007-09-17 22:40
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Category: misc
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Priority: 5
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Submitted By: Alf Mel (alfmel)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Cannot configure without X libraries

Initial Comment:
Thank you for releasing these tools to the Open Source community.

I am trying out the new tools by trying to simply build the modules in a system that does not have X installed.  I do this because I don't install X on my servers to reduce the VM hard disk footprint.

However, when running the configure script with --without-x --disable-multimon, the configure script exits with an error when trying to find the xrandr library:

checking for pkg-config... yes
checking for XRRQueryVersion in -lXrandr... no
configure: error: libXrandr not found. Please install the libXrandr devel package(s).

The README file contains the following:

(*)Building Linux kernel modules:
1) ./configure
2) make modules

Since I cannot run configure successfully, I am not even able to compile the kernel modules that should not require any X libraries what so ever.

Could you fix your configure script to allow configuration without any X libraries?  Ideally, it would also be nice to know what packages will *not* be compiled due to failed X dependencies during configuration.

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[open-vm-tools-devel] [ open-vm-tools-Tracker-1796805 ] Cannot configure without X libraries

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Tracker item #1796805, was opened at 2007-09-18 06:40
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Category: misc
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Priority: 5
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Submitted By: Alf Mel (alfmel)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Cannot configure without X libraries

Initial Comment:
Thank you for releasing these tools to the Open Source community.

I am trying out the new tools by trying to simply build the modules in a system that does not have X installed.  I do this because I don't install X on my servers to reduce the VM hard disk footprint.

However, when running the configure script with --without-x --disable-multimon, the configure script exits with an error when trying to find the xrandr library:

checking for pkg-config... yes
checking for XRRQueryVersion in -lXrandr... no
configure: error: libXrandr not found. Please install the libXrandr devel package(s).

The README file contains the following:

(*)Building Linux kernel modules:
1) ./configure
2) make modules

Since I cannot run configure successfully, I am not even able to compile the kernel modules that should not require any X libraries what so ever.

Could you fix your configure script to allow configuration without any X libraries?  Ideally, it would also be nice to know what packages will *not* be compiled due to failed X dependencies during configuration.

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Comment By: Ira Abramov (seefood)
Date: 2007-10-08 18:07

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+1, exact same proglem here. I say at least seperate a makefile for the
kernel modules from the rest.

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[open-vm-tools-devel] [ open-vm-tools-Tracker-1796805 ] Cannot configure without X libraries

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Tracker item #1796805, was opened at 2007-09-18 06:40
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Category: misc
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Priority: 5
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Submitted By: Alf Mel (alfmel)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Cannot configure without X libraries

Initial Comment:
Thank you for releasing these tools to the Open Source community.

I am trying out the new tools by trying to simply build the modules in a system that does not have X installed.  I do this because I don't install X on my servers to reduce the VM hard disk footprint.

However, when running the configure script with --without-x --disable-multimon, the configure script exits with an error when trying to find the xrandr library:

checking for pkg-config... yes
checking for XRRQueryVersion in -lXrandr... no
configure: error: libXrandr not found. Please install the libXrandr devel package(s).

The README file contains the following:

(*)Building Linux kernel modules:
1) ./configure
2) make modules

Since I cannot run configure successfully, I am not even able to compile the kernel modules that should not require any X libraries what so ever.

Could you fix your configure script to allow configuration without any X libraries?  Ideally, it would also be nice to know what packages will *not* be compiled due to failed X dependencies during configuration.

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Comment By: Elias Probst (eliasp)
Date: 2007-10-08 20:17

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Same here. It's a blocker for me as I currently can't continue development
of the Gentoo ebuild ( http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192377 /
vmware overlay) because my only VM where I'm doing the tests on is X-less.

I hope this is fixed soon. Would do it, but I don't have any
autotools/autoconf knowledge. I think this is fixed very fast by somebody
having some basic autotools/autoconf knowledge.

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Comment By: Ira Abramov (seefood)
Date: 2007-10-08 18:07

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+1, exact same proglem here. I say at least seperate a makefile for the
kernel modules from the rest.

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[open-vm-tools-devel] [ open-vm-tools-Tracker-1796805 ] Cannot configure without X libraries

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Tracker item #1796805, was opened at 2007-09-18 06:40
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Category: misc
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Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Alf Mel (alfmel)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Cannot configure without X libraries

Initial Comment:
Thank you for releasing these tools to the Open Source community.

I am trying out the new tools by trying to simply build the modules in a system that does not have X installed.  I do this because I don't install X on my servers to reduce the VM hard disk footprint.

However, when running the configure script with --without-x --disable-multimon, the configure script exits with an error when trying to find the xrandr library:

checking for pkg-config... yes
checking for XRRQueryVersion in -lXrandr... no
configure: error: libXrandr not found. Please install the libXrandr devel package(s).

The README file contains the following:

(*)Building Linux kernel modules:
1) ./configure
2) make modules

Since I cannot run configure successfully, I am not even able to compile the kernel modules that should not require any X libraries what so ever.

Could you fix your configure script to allow configuration without any X libraries?  Ideally, it would also be nice to know what packages will *not* be compiled due to failed X dependencies during configuration.

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Comment By: Ira Abramov (seefood)
Date: 2007-10-09 00:32

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actually, I managed to build the modules without configure finishing,
still it's a kind of an ugly improvisation :-)

I should not need any X devel libs for make modules, especially if I asked
--without-x...

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Comment By: Elias Probst (eliasp)
Date: 2007-10-08 20:17

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Same here. It's a blocker for me as I currently can't continue development
of the Gentoo ebuild ( http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192377 /
vmware overlay) because my only VM where I'm doing the tests on is X-less.

I hope this is fixed soon. Would do it, but I don't have any
autotools/autoconf knowledge. I think this is fixed very fast by somebody
having some basic autotools/autoconf knowledge.

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Comment By: Ira Abramov (seefood)
Date: 2007-10-08 18:07

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+1, exact same proglem here. I say at least seperate a makefile for the
kernel modules from the rest.

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[open-vm-tools-devel] [ open-vm-tools-Tracker-1796805 ] Cannot configure without X libraries

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Tracker item #1796805, was opened at 2007-09-18 06:40
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Category: misc
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Alf Mel (alfmel)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Cannot configure without X libraries

Initial Comment:
Thank you for releasing these tools to the Open Source community.

I am trying out the new tools by trying to simply build the modules in a system that does not have X installed.  I do this because I don't install X on my servers to reduce the VM hard disk footprint.

However, when running the configure script with --without-x --disable-multimon, the configure script exits with an error when trying to find the xrandr library:

checking for pkg-config... yes
checking for XRRQueryVersion in -lXrandr... no
configure: error: libXrandr not found. Please install the libXrandr devel package(s).

The README file contains the following:

(*)Building Linux kernel modules:
1) ./configure
2) make modules

Since I cannot run configure successfully, I am not even able to compile the kernel modules that should not require any X libraries what so ever.

Could you fix your configure script to allow configuration without any X libraries?  Ideally, it would also be nice to know what packages will *not* be compiled due to failed X dependencies during configuration.

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Comment By: Ira Abramov (seefood)
Date: 2007-10-09 00:32

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actually, I managed to build the modules without configure finishing,
still it's a kind of an ugly improvisation :-)

I should not need any X devel libs for make modules, especially if I asked
--without-x...

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Comment By: Ira Abramov (seefood)
Date: 2007-10-09 00:32

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actually, I managed to build the modules without configure finishing,
still it's a kind of an ugly improvisation :-)

I should not need any X devel libs for make modules, especially if I asked
--without-x...

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Comment By: Elias Probst (eliasp)
Date: 2007-10-08 20:17

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Same here. It's a blocker for me as I currently can't continue development
of the Gentoo ebuild ( http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192377 /
vmware overlay) because my only VM where I'm doing the tests on is X-less.

I hope this is fixed soon. Would do it, but I don't have any
autotools/autoconf knowledge. I think this is fixed very fast by somebody
having some basic autotools/autoconf knowledge.

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Comment By: Ira Abramov (seefood)
Date: 2007-10-08 18:07

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+1, exact same proglem here. I say at least seperate a makefile for the
kernel modules from the rest.

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[open-vm-tools-devel] [ open-vm-tools-Tracker-1796805 ] Cannot configure without X libraries

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Tracker item #1796805, was opened at 2007-09-18 04:40
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Category: misc
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Alf Mel (alfmel)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Cannot configure without X libraries

Initial Comment:
Thank you for releasing these tools to the Open Source community.

I am trying out the new tools by trying to simply build the modules in a system that does not have X installed.  I do this because I don't install X on my servers to reduce the VM hard disk footprint.

However, when running the configure script with --without-x --disable-multimon, the configure script exits with an error when trying to find the xrandr library:

checking for pkg-config... yes
checking for XRRQueryVersion in -lXrandr... no
configure: error: libXrandr not found. Please install the libXrandr devel package(s).

The README file contains the following:

(*)Building Linux kernel modules:
1) ./configure
2) make modules

Since I cannot run configure successfully, I am not even able to compile the kernel modules that should not require any X libraries what so ever.

Could you fix your configure script to allow configuration without any X libraries?  Ideally, it would also be nice to know what packages will *not* be compiled due to failed X dependencies during configuration.

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>Comment By: ECL (sopwith)
Date: 2007-10-08 22:35

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I'm working on a compatibility patch that allows builds on more systems. I
know --without-x works for me because I've got builds going on a couple of
systems that don't have libXrandr, so it's just a matter of getting a
tarball out there with the fixes...

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Comment By: Ira Abramov (seefood)
Date: 2007-10-08 22:32

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actually, I managed to build the modules without configure finishing,
still it's a kind of an ugly improvisation :-)

I should not need any X devel libs for make modules, especially if I asked
--without-x...

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Comment By: Ira Abramov (seefood)
Date: 2007-10-08 22:32

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actually, I managed to build the modules without configure finishing,
still it's a kind of an ugly improvisation :-)

I should not need any X devel libs for make modules, especially if I asked
--without-x...

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Comment By: Elias Probst (eliasp)
Date: 2007-10-08 18:17

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Same here. It's a blocker for me as I currently can't continue development
of the Gentoo ebuild ( http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192377 /
vmware overlay) because my only VM where I'm doing the tests on is X-less.

I hope this is fixed soon. Would do it, but I don't have any
autotools/autoconf knowledge. I think this is fixed very fast by somebody
having some basic autotools/autoconf knowledge.

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Comment By: Ira Abramov (seefood)
Date: 2007-10-08 16:07

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+1, exact same proglem here. I say at least seperate a makefile for the
kernel modules from the rest.

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[open-vm-tools-devel] [ open-vm-tools-Tracker-1796805 ] Cannot configure without X libraries

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Tracker item #1796805, was opened at 2007-09-17 21:40
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Category: misc
Group: None
Status: Open
>Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Alf Mel (alfmel)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Cannot configure without X libraries

Initial Comment:
Thank you for releasing these tools to the Open Source community.

I am trying out the new tools by trying to simply build the modules in a system that does not have X installed.  I do this because I don't install X on my servers to reduce the VM hard disk footprint.

However, when running the configure script with --without-x --disable-multimon, the configure script exits with an error when trying to find the xrandr library:

checking for pkg-config... yes
checking for XRRQueryVersion in -lXrandr... no
configure: error: libXrandr not found. Please install the libXrandr devel package(s).

The README file contains the following:

(*)Building Linux kernel modules:
1) ./configure
2) make modules

Since I cannot run configure successfully, I am not even able to compile the kernel modules that should not require any X libraries what so ever.

Could you fix your configure script to allow configuration without any X libraries?  Ideally, it would also be nice to know what packages will *not* be compiled due to failed X dependencies during configuration.

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>Comment By: Ragavan S (ragavan_s)
Date: 2007-10-11 15:11

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Elliot released a development snapshot that should fix this.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=204462&package_id=244023&release_id=545283
(specifically the nox patch).

Can you please try that and see if it works for you?


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Comment By: ECL (sopwith)
Date: 2007-10-08 15:35

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I'm working on a compatibility patch that allows builds on more systems. I
know --without-x works for me because I've got builds going on a couple of
systems that don't have libXrandr, so it's just a matter of getting a
tarball out there with the fixes...

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Comment By: Ira Abramov (seefood)
Date: 2007-10-08 15:32

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actually, I managed to build the modules without configure finishing,
still it's a kind of an ugly improvisation :-)

I should not need any X devel libs for make modules, especially if I asked
--without-x...

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Comment By: Ira Abramov (seefood)
Date: 2007-10-08 15:32

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actually, I managed to build the modules without configure finishing,
still it's a kind of an ugly improvisation :-)

I should not need any X devel libs for make modules, especially if I asked
--without-x...

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Comment By: Elias Probst (eliasp)
Date: 2007-10-08 11:17

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Same here. It's a blocker for me as I currently can't continue development
of the Gentoo ebuild ( http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192377 /
vmware overlay) because my only VM where I'm doing the tests on is X-less.

I hope this is fixed soon. Would do it, but I don't have any
autotools/autoconf knowledge. I think this is fixed very fast by somebody
having some basic autotools/autoconf knowledge.

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Comment By: Ira Abramov (seefood)
Date: 2007-10-08 09:07

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+1, exact same proglem here. I say at least seperate a makefile for the
kernel modules from the rest.

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[open-vm-tools-devel] [ open-vm-tools-Tracker-1796805 ] Cannot configure without X libraries

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Tracker item #1796805, was opened at 2007-09-17 22:40
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Category: misc
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>Status: Closed
Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 5
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Submitted By: Alf Mel (alfmel)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Cannot configure without X libraries

Initial Comment:
Thank you for releasing these tools to the Open Source community.

I am trying out the new tools by trying to simply build the modules in a system that does not have X installed.  I do this because I don't install X on my servers to reduce the VM hard disk footprint.

However, when running the configure script with --without-x --disable-multimon, the configure script exits with an error when trying to find the xrandr library:

checking for pkg-config... yes
checking for XRRQueryVersion in -lXrandr... no
configure: error: libXrandr not found. Please install the libXrandr devel package(s).

The README file contains the following:

(*)Building Linux kernel modules:
1) ./configure
2) make modules

Since I cannot run configure successfully, I am not even able to compile the kernel modules that should not require any X libraries what so ever.

Could you fix your configure script to allow configuration without any X libraries?  Ideally, it would also be nice to know what packages will *not* be compiled due to failed X dependencies during configuration.

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>Comment By: Alf Mel (alfmel)
Date: 2007-11-23 17:28

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Tried version 2007.11.21 and the configure finished successfully.  Thanks
for fixing this bug.

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Comment By: Ragavan S (ragavan_s)
Date: 2007-10-11 16:11

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Elliot released a development snapshot that should fix this.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=204462&package_id=244023&release_id=545283
(specifically the nox patch).

Can you please try that and see if it works for you?


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Comment By: ECL (sopwith)
Date: 2007-10-08 16:35

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I'm working on a compatibility patch that allows builds on more systems. I
know --without-x works for me because I've got builds going on a couple of
systems that don't have libXrandr, so it's just a matter of getting a
tarball out there with the fixes...

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Comment By: Ira Abramov (seefood)
Date: 2007-10-08 16:32

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actually, I managed to build the modules without configure finishing,
still it's a kind of an ugly improvisation :-)

I should not need any X devel libs for make modules, especially if I asked
--without-x...

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Comment By: Ira Abramov (seefood)
Date: 2007-10-08 16:32

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actually, I managed to build the modules without configure finishing,
still it's a kind of an ugly improvisation :-)

I should not need any X devel libs for make modules, especially if I asked
--without-x...

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Comment By: Elias Probst (eliasp)
Date: 2007-10-08 12:17

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Same here. It's a blocker for me as I currently can't continue development
of the Gentoo ebuild ( http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192377 /
vmware overlay) because my only VM where I'm doing the tests on is X-less.

I hope this is fixed soon. Would do it, but I don't have any
autotools/autoconf knowledge. I think this is fixed very fast by somebody
having some basic autotools/autoconf knowledge.

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Comment By: Ira Abramov (seefood)
Date: 2007-10-08 10:07

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+1, exact same proglem here. I say at least seperate a makefile for the
kernel modules from the rest.

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Re: [open-vm-tools-devel] [ open-vm-tools-Tracker-1796805 ] Cannot configure without X libraries

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SourceForge.net schrieb:

> However, when running the configure script with --without-x
> --disable-multimon, the configure script exits with an error when
> trying to find the xrandr library:

It seems the guys at gentoo trying to create an ebuild have similar
problems:

<http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=3D200709150522.=
43339.mail%40eliasprobst.eu&forum_name=3Dopen-vm-tools-devel>

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