Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: theboywho <theboywho@×××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] vmware
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 17:07:23
Message-Id: 200512041637.10856.theboywho@ruddyperl.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] vmware by Nuitari
1 On Sunday 04 December 2005 16:16, Nuitari wrote:
2 > > Hi, I have tried to start vmware and I get
3 > > 'failed to start unable to connect to peer process.
4 > > I have purchased vm previously but this still happens with my serial.
5 > > Do I need this and can anyone help?
6 > > Gavin.
7 >
8 > It can be 2 things
9 > Either /dev/vmmon is missing or you do not have permissions for it.
10 > You have to add your user to the vmware group and login / logout to have
11 > access to it.
12 >
13 > If it is missing you need to do:
14 > mknod vmmon c 10 165
15 >
16 > On my system I do a udevstart after all modules are loaded to be sure I'm
17 > not missing any /dev files. Does anyone know if there is a better way ?
18
19 On my system vmmon and vmnetx get created when the modules are loaded - I am
20 using udev.
21
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-amd64] vmware Gavin Seddon <gavin.m.seddon@×××××××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-amd64] vmware [fixed] Gavin Seddon <gavin.m.seddon@×××××××××××××.uk>