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On 2014-01-15 9:11 PM, Daniel Frey <djqfrey@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> These are all virtualized under ESXi now so I did some reconfiguration |
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> and decided to add open-vm-tools for shutdown support through the host. |
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> All items for vmware are built into the kernel, and the VMs are working |
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> as they should. |
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> Well, except for starting vmware-tools: |
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> vmsvc[1297]: [ warning] [GLib-GObject] invalid (NULL) pointer instance |
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> vmsvc[1297]: [critical] [GLib-GObject] g_signal_emit_by_name: assertion |
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> `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed |
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> I've tried rebuilding glib but no luck. I haven't tried changing the USE |
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> flags on glib as of yet (just thought of that now, actually...) It |
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> doesn't seem to affect the host shutdown (which is what I initially |
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> wanted) but it probably shouldn't be crashing. I have a feeling it may |
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> have something to do with VMCI. |
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Did you mean it doesn't seem to affect the GUEST shutdown? |
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And do the tools actually successfuly start after those warnings? |
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This is something I'm getting ready to tackle myself so am very |
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interested... |
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My primary concern is that the host (ESXi 5.0) can safely shut down my |
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gentoo guest. Obviously I too would prefer not to have any ugly |
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warnings, unless they are indeed harmless. |
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