Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vmware-server-console cannot connect to vm

2009-09-07 Thread Xi Shen
i was just thinking that if i cannot get the console work, i will turn to use vnc. thanks for your tips ;) On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 12:36 AM, David Snider wrote: > > On Sep 7, 2009, at 9:28 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >>> VMWare Server 2 did away with the console. >> >> Oh no. Please tell me it isn'

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vmware-server-console cannot connect to vm

2009-09-07 Thread Xi Shen
yeah, i can connect to the web; but if i cannot connect to the vms through the console, i cannot see how they boot. On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 9:20 PM, David Snider wrote: > > On Sep 7, 2009, at 5:28 AM, Xi Shen wrote: > >> give. i remember while installing the server, a port 902 is opened by >> defa

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vmware-server-console cannot connect to vm

2009-09-07 Thread David Snider
On Sep 7, 2009, at 9:28 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: VMWare Server 2 did away with the console. Oh no. Please tell me it isn't so. -- It's so, buut you can "vnc" in to all your machines to watch them boot, yadda yadd by adding the below text to the .vmx files... RemoteDisplay.vnc.e

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vmware-server-console cannot connect to vm

2009-09-07 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Monday 07 September 2009 15:20:50 David Snider wrote: > On Sep 7, 2009, at 5:28 AM, Xi Shen wrote: > > give. i remember while installing the server, a port 902 is opened by > > default for accessing the guest os. is it the port that the program > > expected? anyway, i tried with this port withou

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vmware-server-console cannot connect to vm

2009-09-07 Thread David Snider
On Sep 7, 2009, at 5:28 AM, Xi Shen wrote: give. i remember while installing the server, a port 902 is opened by default for accessing the guest os. is it the port that the program expected? anyway, i tried with this port without luck. VMWare Server 2 did away with the console. Try connectin

[gentoo-user] Re: vmware-server-console cannot connect to vm

2009-09-07 Thread Xi Shen
btw, the 'vmware-server-console' program requires a -P (port) argument, but i do not understand what kind of port number should i give. i remember while installing the server, a port 902 is opened by default for accessing the guest os. is it the port that the program expected? anyway, i tried with