Specifications

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9. Allow the configuration program vmware-config-mui.pl to run.
10. Specify the number of minutes before a management interface session times
out. The default session length is 60 minutes.
11. When you finish, you can:
• Log off of the root account.
exit
• Install the VMware Virtual Machine Console. Go to page 73.
Installing an X Server
You need an X server to run the VMware Virtual Machine Console. If an X server is not
installed, you must install libxpm.so.4, located on your Linux distribution disk.
Before You Install on a SuSE Linux 7.1 or Higher or SLES Host
The inetd or xinetd process, which is required for the VMware Management
Interface and the VMware Virtual Machine Console to run properly, is not configured
to start at boot time on SuSE Linux 7.1 and higher, or SuSE Linux Enterprise Server
(SLES) hosts.
Before you install GSX Server on a SuSE Linux 7.1 or higher host system, or a SLES host
system, you need to configure your host so that the inetd or xinetd process starts
at boot time. Boot the host operating system and make sure the network card and
disk subsystem work as expected.
Configuring the inetd or xinetd Process in the Host Operating System
1. Start your X server, if it does not start by default, and log on as the root user.
2. Run YAST2, the default configuration utility for SuSE Linux 7.1 and higher and
SLES.
3. Click Network (SuSE Linux 7.1) or Network/Basic (SuSE Linux 7.2 or higher and
SLES), then click Start/stop services (inetd) or Start/stop services (xinetd)
depending upon your distribution.
4. Select the On with default configuration option.
5. Click Finish, then click Close to exit YAST2. The inetd or xinetd process
automatically starts when you reboot the host operating system.