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From: Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] open-vm-tools: seems to be working but...
Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 18:19:25
Message-Id: 52ED3A84.5080309@libertytrek.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] open-vm-tools: seems to be working but... by Daniel Frey
1 On 2014-02-01 10:45 AM, Daniel Frey <djqfrey@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > On 02/01/2014 07:13 AM, Tanstaafl wrote:
3 >> I'm getting an error I start it, but it says it starts:
4 >>
5 >>> dinkumthinkum : Sat Feb 01, 09:52:46 : ~
6 >>> # /etc/init.d/vmware-tools start
7 >>> * /tmp/VMwareDnD: correcting mode
8 >>> * /proc/fs/vmblock/mountPoint: creating directory
9 >>> * checkpath: mkdir: No such file or directory
10 >>> * Mounting vmblock ...
11 >>> mount: mount point /proc/fs/vmblock/mountPoint does not exist [ !! ]
12 >>> * Starting vmware-tools ... [ ok ]
13
14 > vmblock needs fuse enabled in the kernel. I'm not sure if it needs a
15 > module or not, I know my kernels use fuse as a module.
16 >
17 > If fuse is set in the kernel already, then app-emulation/open-vm-tools
18 > is not built with the 'fuse' USE flag.
19
20 Bingo - thanks Daniel.
21
22 So... shouldn't this be considered a 'bug' then? If open-vm-tools
23 requires the fuse USE flag, it should be set by default.

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Re: [gentoo-user] open-vm-tools: seems to be working but... Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>