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It looks like using the server install ISO also install the whole X11 stuff - which is not what you'd expect on a server. I managed to get a bare install by using the alternate ISO, then using F4 from the boot menu (install command line system).
Finally found how to correctly install open-vm-tools on Lucid:
- Install Lucid
- apt-get dist-upgrade
- reboot
- apt-get install -no-install-recommends linux-headers`uname -r` open-vm-dkms open-vm-tools
The trick here is to use --no-install-recommends. The GUI tools are in the Recommends of the CLI tools (don't ask me), so installing the CLI tools with apt-get install open-vm-tools will also pull down the X stuff.
This way everything seems to work just fine: