install parallels tools?

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  1. macgeek21

    macgeek21 Junior Member

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    how do i install parallels tools under suse linux?
     
  2. fbronner

    fbronner Pro

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    Make sure you select install in the Parallel Menu.

    Open a console in SuSE. Type the following commands in the console

    sudo mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
    sudo sh /media/cdrom/parallels-tools.run

    you might want to do a cd /media/cdrom just to make sure I'm not mistaken in the shell script name.
     
  3. tim80

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    When I select to install Parallels Tools Suse sees the disc as a blank CD with no content on it. What am I doing wrong?

    - Tim.
     
  4. fbronner

    fbronner Pro

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    You have not mounted the CD.

    Which Linux are you using?
     
  5. tim80

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    openSuse 10.2
     
  6. fbronner

    fbronner Pro

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    Have you tried my instructions?

    Did you make sure you selected the Install parallel tools in the Parallel Menu?
     
  7. tim80

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    My problem was that there was no /media/cdrom directory to mount the /dev/cdrom to. Once I created the directory all worked well as per the instructions above.
     
  8. Steeeve

    Steeeve Junior Member

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    I'm using the Parallels Virtual Appliance (PVA) of OpenSUSE. Whenever I try to use Sudo to install the Parallels tools, it asks me for the root password, which is conveniently a SECRET! How do I find out what this mysterious root password is by default???
     
  9. William Robertson

    William Robertson Junior Member

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    sudo is prompting you for YOUR password. The idea is your account should be authorised to perform various admin functions.

    http://www.gratisoft.us/sudo/
     
  10. tjhcom

    tjhcom Junior Member

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    I had the same problem as tim80 -- no 'media/cdrom' directory. When I tried to create it, it failed with a 'Permission denied' reply. I have tried to find a way to give myself permission to modify the 'media' folder, but have not been able to figure it out. Any idea how I can do this? THANKS!
     
  11. tjhcom

    tjhcom Junior Member

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    UPDATE: figured it out using the 'su -' command before the 'mkdir'. Now everything is working.
     

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