[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2010-04-03 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Debian) Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released -- should build kernel modules with dkms https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277556 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is a direct subscriber. --

[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2010-03-31 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Debian) Status: Fix Released = Fix Committed -- should build kernel modules with dkms https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277556 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is a direct subscriber. --

[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2009-12-19 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package open-vm-tools - 2009.11.16-210370-1+ubuntu1 --- open-vm-tools (2009.11.16-210370-1+ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low * Recommend open-vm-toolbox in open-vm-tools. (LP: #391224) * Add support for dkms - based on patch from Greek Ordono. (LP: #277556)

[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2009-12-18 Thread Evan Broder
** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = In Progress ** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) = Evan Broder (broder) -- should build kernel modules with dkms https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277556 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2009-12-18 Thread Evan Broder
grexk: thanks for the patch. A few nits for future reference: - LP closers are generally of the form (LP: #nn) - you didn't have the hash - It looks like you added a superfluous line to set SRC_VERSION in debian/rules - Your version number was appropriate for a PPA upload, but not for

[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2009-12-13 Thread Craig
It would be awesome to have this fixed for the upcoming LTS release... grexk, are you still interested in doing so? -- should build kernel modules with dkms https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277556 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is a direct

[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2009-08-27 Thread Greek Ordono
I'm quite busy for the past months. here is dkms debdiff for karmic. ** Attachment added: open-vm-tools_2009.07.22-179896-2 with dkms http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30921332/open-vm-tools.debdiff -- should build kernel modules with dkms https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277556 You received this

[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2009-08-23 Thread Craig
grexk, did you do any more work on the packaging? MOTU team, are you able to accept this? What is holding it back? -- should build kernel modules with dkms https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277556 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is a direct

[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2009-07-16 Thread Craig
According to Daniel Baumann, Debian could add open-vm-tools to a conglomeration package of kernel modules if these Debian bugs are resolved: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=525816 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=531936

[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2009-07-10 Thread Greek Ordono
I'm going to sync later this week with upstream package. -- should build kernel modules with dkms https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277556 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is a direct subscriber. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list

[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2009-07-09 Thread Craig
I've emailed Daniel (the Debian maintainer) and I'm trying to contact the Ubuntu MOTU team as well. Anyways, open-vm-tools-2009.06.18-172495 has been released. If it's not too much to ask, would you mind updating this package? -- should build kernel modules with dkms

[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2009-06-22 Thread Greek Ordono
amd64 is now available. can you please check if dkms version will build perfectly in amd64. -- should build kernel modules with dkms https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277556 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is a direct subscriber. --

[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2009-06-22 Thread Craig
I only have access to an amd64 Jaunty machine at the moment, and I just did the --disable-unity trick and the package compiled and I installed the resulting open-vm-dkms_2009.06.18-172495-0~ppa1_all.deb. Works perfectly! Are you authorized to push this package to Karmic, or do you need to seek a

[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2009-06-22 Thread Craig
I just installed open-vm-dkms_2009.06.18-172495-0~ppa1_all.deb on a server. The vmware server said that the tools were not running, so I checked ps, and sure enough, vmtoolsd was not running. I ran strace vmtoolsd and this is the end of the output: stat64(/etc/vmware-tools/tools.conf,

[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2009-06-22 Thread Craig
BTW: ln -s /usr/lib/open-vm-tools/plugins/vmsvc /usr/lib/open-vm-tools/vmsvc makes vmtoolsd work. -- should build kernel modules with dkms https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277556 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is a direct subscriber. --

[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2009-06-22 Thread Marcelo Vanzin
Hi Craig, The vmtoolsd issue is a problem in the vmtoolsd source, not the package (although symlinking can help in the meantime as you've noticed). I'll fix it in the Tools source. -- should build kernel modules with dkms https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277556 You received this bug notification

[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2009-06-22 Thread Craig
Thanks, Marcelo! I believe I have found another problem. vmtoolsd does not work if the --background option is specified. # vmtoolsd -l --background /var/run/vmtoolsd.pid [Jun 22 18:14:42.984: ] [ warning] [vmtools] Hostinfo_Daemonize: Child could not exec /home/candrews/vmtoolsd, read 4, error

[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2009-06-22 Thread Marcelo Vanzin
Thanks for letting us know. In the meantime, you can work around that by using the absolute path to execute vmtoolsd with the --background option (e.g. /usr/bin/vmtoolsd --background ...). -- should build kernel modules with dkms https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277556 You received this bug

[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2009-06-22 Thread Greek Ordono
I'm not authorized to upload to karmic, how can I be sponsored? I uploaded fixes for vmtoolsd, can you confirm if this is working now? -- should build kernel modules with dkms https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277556 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server

[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2009-06-22 Thread Greek Ordono
** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu) Assignee: Greek Ordono (grexk) = (unassigned) -- should build kernel modules with dkms https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277556 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is a direct subscriber. --

[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2009-06-22 Thread Craig
You are remarkable - the addition of Jaunty packages to the PPA makes my life a whole lot easier. I just installed the new packages on one of the Jaunty servers I use, and it worked great. vmtoolsd started right up, and seems to work without a hassle. Looking through the package changelog, these

[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2009-06-22 Thread Greek Ordono
** Tags added: upgrade -- should build kernel modules with dkms https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277556 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is a direct subscriber. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify

[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2009-06-22 Thread Greek Ordono
** Attachment added: patch to open-vm-tools-2009.05.22 from open-vm-tools-2009.06.18 http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28232098/open-vm-tools.debdiff -- should build kernel modules with dkms https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277556 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2009-06-20 Thread Greek Ordono
check my ppa for working open-vm-dkms but I'm still working out the amd64 version. -- should build kernel modules with dkms https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277556 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is a direct subscriber. --

[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2009-06-20 Thread Craig
Mr Ordono, thanks for this great work! I just compiling the package myself, and noticed two interesting warnings: 1) checking for notify_init in -lnotify... no configure: WARNING: libnotify not found; notification disabled Should a build dependency on libnotify-dev be added? 2)

[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2009-06-19 Thread Greek Ordono
dkms is not possible with open-vm-tools-2009-04-23 to latest version until fixed upstream. -- should build kernel modules with dkms https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277556 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is a direct subscriber. --

[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2009-06-19 Thread Craig
dkms is not possible with open-vm-tools-2009-04-23 to latest version until fixed upstream. Did you fix this in your ppa version at https://launchpad.net/~grexk/+archive/ubuntu-dev ? If not... this won't work on Karmic anyway, right? Also, I only have access to karmic systems running amd64, and

[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2009-06-19 Thread Craig
I got your ppa2.1 from https://launchpad.net/~grexk/+archive/ubuntu-dev to build on Intrepid by removing the dependency on liburiparser-dev from debian/control, and adding --disable-unity to the configure line in debian/rules on line 108. (Would I be asking too much if I requested an Intrepid

[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2009-06-18 Thread Craig
I'm attaching a patch I made by taking all of grexk's patches (ppa1 through ppa3) from his ppa and porting them to the latest version of open-vm-tools in karmic (which is version 2009.05.22-167859-3). Here's to hoping this patch is acceptable for karmic! ** Attachment added: Patch incorporating

[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2009-06-18 Thread Greek Ordono
Sorry for the late reply, Can you check if this going to work well with karmic(https://launchpad.net/~grexk/+archive/ubuntu-dev/+files/open-vm- tools-dbg_2009.05.22-167859-3~ppa2.1_i386.deb). Check also my ppa for updates. -- should build kernel modules with dkms

[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2009-06-17 Thread Craig
I do not have Hardy around any more. If you make a Jaunty or Karmic version, I'll test it so fast it'll make your head spin :-) -- should build kernel modules with dkms https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277556 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which

[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2009-03-09 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Debian) Status: Unknown = Fix Released -- should build kernel modules with dkms https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277556 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is a direct subscriber. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs

[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2009-02-19 Thread Craig
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #516251 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=516251 ** Also affects: open-vm-tools (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=516251 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- should build kernel modules with dkms

[Bug 277556] Re: should build kernel modules with dkms

2009-02-18 Thread Craig
With open-vm-tools the way it is now, if a kernel upgrade is performed (as happens often with security upgrades), and you forget to re-compile open-vm-sources, at next boot the system will have some major issues (like networking doesn't come up). With automated security installs (like I use), this