Monday, April 6, 2009

VMware: Manually start vmware-user in GNOME session

After an upgrade from Fedora 8 to Fedora 10, vmware-user does not start when I start an X11 session. vmware-user is necessary to enable features such as screen auto-fit, drag and drop, and cut-and-paste between the host and guest X11 windowing system.

In Fedora 10, enabling vmware-user on gdm login is simple:

Go to System -> Preferences -> Personal -> Sessions.
Click the "Add" button to add another Startup Program.
   1. For a Name put vmware-user
   2. For a Command put /usr/bin/vmware-user
   3. For a Comment put Start vmware-user

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