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From: Jan Callewaert <jan.callewaert@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] vmware workstation daemon problem
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 22:42:01
Message-Id: cf5bade0512111433s79a15cach@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] vmware workstation daemon problem by Richard Fish
1 2005/12/11, Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org>:
2 > On 12/11/05, Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote:
3 > > Hello, the vmware workstation daemon has always seemed a bit touchy,
4 > > but it's being persistent this time. When I run:
5 > >
6 > > /opt/vmware/workstation/bin/vmware-config.pl
7 > >
8 > > the daemon is started properly and I can fully use the application.
9 > > But when Gentoo tries to start the daemon, 2 of the processes always
10 > > fail and vmware-config.pl must be run again for it to start properly.
11 > > Even trying to run 'rc' right after a successful completion of
12 > > vmware-config.pl fails.
13 >
14 > When I was using workstation 4.5, I found the best results if you run
15 > /etc/vmware/init.d/vmware stop after vmware-config.pl:
16 >
17 > vmware-config.pl -default
18 > /etc/vmware/init.d/vmware stop
19 > /etc/init.d/vmware start
20 >
21 > HTH,
22 > -Richard
23 >
24 > --
25 > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list
26 >
27 >
28
29 There is file in the directory /etc/vmware which you have to delete
30 after a configure, for some strange reason. It's a blank file, but
31 unfortunately I can't remember the filename anymore. Pbb something
32 with config in its name.
33
34 Jan
35
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Re: [gentoo-user] vmware workstation daemon problem Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu>