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    Better open vmware tools or original vmware tools?

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      cybermod
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      as is object

      My release is the 2.1.4 (amd64)

      regards

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      • KOMK
        KOM
        last edited by

        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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          cybermod
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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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          • KOMK
            KOM
            last edited by

            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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              cybermod
              last edited by

              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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                cybermod
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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 :'(

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                • KOMK
                  KOM
                  last edited by

                  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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                    cybermod
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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....

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                    • KOMK
                      KOM
                      last edited by

                      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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                      • BBcan177B
                        BBcan177 Moderator
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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:

                        https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=78935.0

                        "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."

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                          cybermod
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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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                          • KOMK
                            KOM
                            last edited by

                            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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                              cybermod
                              last edited by

                              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

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