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On Monday 16 July 2007 09:33, Thierry de Coulon wrote: |
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> On Sunday, 15. July 2007, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > I think I'd prefer to find out why that script isn't being run |
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> > from /etc/init.d/vmware, or if it is, why it isn't setting up the network |
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> > connection properly. By the way, what is "workstation 5"? And which kind |
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> > of vmware are you using? Workstation? Server? |
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> Hum... "workstation 5" meant vmware, kind "workstation", version 5.5.3 |
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Oh, I see what you mean. Sorry for being thick. |
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> I didn't emerge (don't know if there is an ebuild for workstation, but I |
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> feared if there is, it might install version 6 and I have no license for |
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> that one). |
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There is one: |
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$ eix vmware-workstation |
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* app-emulation/vmware-workstation |
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Available versions: 4.5.3.19414-r7 5.5.4.44386 [M]~6.0.0.45731 |
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[M]~6.0.0.45731[1] |
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Homepage: |
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http://www.vmware.com/products/desktop/ws_features.html |
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Description: Emulate a complete PC on your PC without the usual |
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performance overhead of most emulators |
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* app-emulation/vmware-workstation-tools |
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Available versions: *4.5.3-r1 *4.5.3-r1[1] ~5.5.1-r2 ~5.5.1-r2[1] ~5.5.2 |
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~5.5.2[1] ~5.5.3 ~5.5.3[1] |
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Homepage: http://www.vmware.com/ |
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Description: Guest-os tools for VMware Workstation |
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...from which it seems you can install any of several versions. You might want |
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to try emerging, say, 5.5.4.44386 and seeing if that works better. |
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> Both modules were build, vmmon and vmnet are loaded (so says lsmod) |
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> but /dev/vmnet0 is not created. This happens if I |
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> run /usr/lib/vmare/net-services.sh, so I have to find a way to have it run |
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> autmaticaly. Adding "/usr/lib/vmare/net-services.sh start" |
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> to /etc/conf.d/local.start does work. |
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Hmm. Interesting. Not sure I can help with that, other than trying the portage |
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version. I know that Mike Auty put a lot of work into getting the ebuilds to |
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work, and he's a friendly chap, always ready to help. |
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Rgds |
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Peter. |
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Linux Counter 5290, Aug 93 |
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