Better open vmware tools or original vmware tools?
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From what I have read, the genuine VMware Tools from VMware performs better than open-vm-tools, and is updated much more regularly.
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tnx for your reply.
i will try to install genuine vmware tool on last pfsense version.
But, in the future can i found problems?
are not open vmware tool official pfsense, right?regards
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Will you have problems in the future? I can't say because my psychic hat is in the shop for repair.
Open-vm-tools is just another open source package. It is not pfSense-official in that they didn't create it and don't update it, probably just repackage it for pfSense's custom config.
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Will you have problems in the future? I can't say because my psychic hat is in the shop for repair.
looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
ok, i will try to install the genuine vmware tools, tnx kom
byez
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ehm…. maybe you know some tutorial for pfsense 2.4.1....
in this moment, when i add the command "pkg_add -r perl compat6x-
uname -m" i received this error: Broken pipe...... Mmhhhhhhh :'( -
I have had mixed results when installing packages directly from freebsd.org. Sometimes they work, and sometimes they completely break your system. Be warned, and have a backup ready. I learned this the hard way, but I do everything virtually so recovery was easy.
What were you trying to do?
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i am trying to install vmware tools, with the official tutorial on doc.pfsense.org… but......
i cannot find the packages-8.3-release
It says: unable to fetch.... -
Ah yes. 8.3 is so old now that FreeBSD has moved those packages somewhere else, if I remember from a forum post over the past week or so. You might try the 8.4 release branch if you like to live dangerously but I wouldn't recommend it.
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Take a look at this thread. They just moved 8.3 to archive, and as per JIMP, don't use 8.4 as it can severely break things:
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ok guy, tnx for your reply, but my english is very, very, VERY (very, have i already say it??) pooooor… :'( but i'm learning it, take hope!!! (take hope??? is right?)
however, i understand that: 8.3 is old, but 8.4 is the devil. So, i don't must install 8.4.... right?
So, how i can do? use open vmware tools in this moment? or stand by?
Sorry for the difficulties, in my farm the pfsense is a critical component and i am a little nob (but i think that pfsense is simply great!.... and free..... :D )
Tnx all
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Hey, no problem. I was just making a joke :D
Just use the open-vm-tools package in the list of pfSense packages and you should be fine.
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ok, i will install it, in the future i will check in this forum if there are some news, ok?
Tnx kom and BBcan177, it was a pleasure
Regards
Alex
