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On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:03:55 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: |
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> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Allistar <allistar.m@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > Kevin O'Gorman wrote: |
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> >> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 12:43 AM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> |
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> >> wrote: |
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> >>> On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:24:15 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: |
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> >>>> I've re-emerge vmware-modules, re-run ...vmware-config.pl, and prayed. |
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> >>>> I still cannot do |
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> >>>> /etc/init.d/vmware start |
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> >>>> because this one part fails: Virutal machine Monitor |
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> >>>> and trying "vmware&" says I need to run the config script (again). |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>> I'm getting nowhere and I really do want to run that VM again. |
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> >>> |
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> >>> Have you updated your kernel? VMware Workstation gives me problems like |
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> >>> this with each new kernel, which is why I'm still running 2.6.26 on my |
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> >>> desktop. |
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> >> |
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> >> I'm running 2.6.25-r8. I probably have updated since the last time I |
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> >> ran VMware. |
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> >> But I thought the above steps took care of that. I guess not. |
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> >> So what do I do now? |
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> > From what I've experienced, the order you emerge vmware-workstation and |
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> > vmware-modules is important. When getting the error you mention, a simple |
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> > re-emerge of vmware-modules did the job. |
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> This did not help. |
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> I tried downloading VMWare-workstation, but the emerge fails on fetch |
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> restrictions, |
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> and the message points to a file on a server that denies it has such a |
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> file. |
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> The workstation bundle runs an installer that wants a runlevel |
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> directory, but rejects |
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> the /etc/runlevels directory and subdirectories. I'm guessing it |
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> wants something |
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> more like SYSV. |
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In your /etc dir, link rc{0-6}.d and rcS.d to /etc/init.d . |
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Also ensure vmware-modules is *not* installed before running the installer |
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bundle. |
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Can't remember if I did anythig else tricky, but its workig beautifully here. |
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- Noven |