sound and VMware Tools

[Chris Aitken]

Lennart Sorensen wrote:

>On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 04:04:16AM +0000, Chris Aitken wrote:
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>>I'm trying to get VMware to pick up linux sound. It's not working. Also, 
>>even though VMware Tools reports that it installed correctly, Install 
>>VMware Tools option is still avbailable on the VM menu which should 
>>indicate that VMware Tools did *not* install. I don't know if the sound 
>>and VMware Tools issues are connected.
>>    
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>Well is win98 installed fully in vmware and running?
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Yes, you installed it . : )

>If you see a VMware logo in the system tray, then it is installed and
>running. 
>
Well not the system tray if that is analogous to Windows' systray, but 
the rectangle that you get on the toolbar when the application is 
running (minimized or maximized) is there (with the VMware logo).

> If not, try installing it again.  It should auto run and give
>you the installer program in windows that lets you install everything it
>wants, after which windows has to be restarted.
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Windows 98 is definitely installed in the vm.

>You can check for an ess 1371 sound card in the windows device list,
>since that is what VMware provides to windows. 
>
The numbers only go from ESS 488 to 688, and ESS 1488 to 1888.

> If it doesn't see it
>yet, I suspect the driver is on the virtual cd provided by 'install
>vmware tools'.
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>

"Virtual CD"? I jus tpoint the VMWare tools installer to the real W98 CD 
and it doesn't find the driver.

Chris


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