Installing VMware Tools in Fedora Core 6

1. Install packages to build the kernel modules
   

   yum install gcc kernel-devel kernel

2. Remove the xen kernel

   rpm -e kernel-xen*

3. Check the running kernel matches the kernel headers
   

   uname -r             # running kernelrpm -q kernel-devel  # installed kernel headers

4. Reboot X
   
5. From VMware Workstation: go to VM> Install VMware Tools
   
6. From the VM: mount the virtual cd drive
   

   mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/

7. Extract VMware Tools to /tmp/
   

   tar -C /tmp -zxvf /mnt/VMwareTools-5.5.2-29772.tar.gz

8. Unmount the virtual cd drive
   

   umount /mnt

9. Now run the installer
   

   cd /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib./vmware-install.pl

10. When asked Do you want to run vmware-config-tools.pl?, answer "Yes".
    
11. Edit the X config file
    

    vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf

12. Add the lines
    

    Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "vmware"
        HorizSync 1.0 - 10000.0
        VertRefresh 1.0 - 10000.0
    EndSection

13. Restart X