Please, add a menu item (.desktop file and image) to vmware-server package. It can be manageable by 'vmware' command, but it can be started from command line (or custom shortcut icon too).
Do you mean vmware-server-console, or vmware-server? Vmware server is a service, and should be started as any other service in the runlevel. It comes with a built in console, but this is not the supported method of connecting to the server, since the full gtk dependencies may not be met, and so intentionally has no desktop icon. This decision was made to support headless (X-less) servers, since people who want X on the same machine as the server can still install the console (and hence get a desktop item). I believe the console has an icon, but I may be wrong. Please let me know which package you meant and whether I need to look into this further. Thanks... 5:)
I mean app-emulation/vmware-server package. I think it can be resolved by an 'console' or similar USE flag, which can indicate an extra dependencies (Gtk). Yes, app-emulation/vmware-server-console has an icon, this's true. > (X-less) servers, since people who want X on the same machine as the server can > still install the console (and hence get a desktop item). But why install an extra package, if it has a built-in console? And, IIRC even if the authentication is have problem, the vmware-server built-in console can work. I don't say to make a default dependencies an X and gtk to vmware-server - it's can be a stupid idea. But, I think, the dependencies can controlled by USE flags very well. (In reply to comment #1) > Do you mean vmware-server-console, or vmware-server? Vmware server is a > service, and should be started as any other service in the runlevel. It comes > with a built in console, but this is not the supported method of connecting to > the server, since the full gtk dependencies may not be met, and so > intentionally has no desktop icon. This decision was made to support headless > (X-less) servers, since people who want X on the same machine as the server can > still install the console (and hence get a desktop item). > > I believe the console has an icon, but I may be wrong. Please let me know > which package you meant and whether I need to look into this further. > Thanks... 5:) >
If I were to add a console USE flag, it would simply add a dependency on vmware-server-console. I will not support the local console. Connection difficulties with the remote console that can be solved by the local console are due to misconfigurations with xinetd. I'm particularly uninterested in adding much extra support to vmware-server 1 given that vmware-server 2 is around the corner and changes everything (there is no console, and everything is controlled through a browser). Sorry...
