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I had almost no problems doing a stage 1 Gentoo install, so I can |
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RTFM, providing that TFM is half-decently written. vmware's manual is |
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not very helpful. |
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Right now my main problem is getting started. I've "~x86" keyworded |
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the necessary items for vmware-server and vmware-server-console to get |
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installed in Gentoo. I've added the user account to the vmware group, |
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and logged out and in. |
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Looking at the console, I get the impression that I'm supposed to |
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connect to a running vmware host. Acting on a wild hunch, I dug through |
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"/etc/init.d/" and noticed "vmware". So I tried the obvious... |
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"/etc/init.d/vmware start". I got a couple of messages about needing to |
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emerge vmware-modules, and running the config utility. I did both. The |
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config utility asks for a 20-digit-serial-number. Huh, I though this |
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was free? When I cancel, it says that I can't power on a VM until I |
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enter a licence number, but the server does appear to start. |
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When I start vmware-server-console in an xterm, I get the following |
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message... |
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waltdnes@m3000 ~ $ vmware-server-console |
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/opt/vmware/server/console/lib/bin/vmware-server-console: /opt/vmware/server/console/lib/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2) |
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The console menus are mostly greyed out, and the new virtual machine |
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menu item doesn't work (no licence number?). Now what? |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> In linux /sbin/init is Job #1 |
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My musings on technology and security at http://techsec.blog.ca |
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