On Thu, 2009-02-05 at 08:44 +0000, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 08:21:35 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > look at the output of > > > > equery files vmware-workstation > > > > if vmware-config.pl isn't there, and it should be .... you have a buggy > > ebuild
It isn't in the equery output. > vmware-config is no more with 6.5. I've not had to reconfigure the > network, but rebuilding the modules after a kernel change is done by > emerging vmware-modules. vmware-netcfg may do what you need, it looks as > though they make have split it into separate tools. OK, so the question is why does VMWare not "work", ie. it still asks for vmware-config.pl and doesn't run. I recompiled vmware-modules, I've made sure /usr/src/linux points at my current kernel. $ sudo /etc/init.d/vmware start Password: * Starting VMware services: [ ok ] * Virtual machine monitor [ ok ] * Virtual machine communication interface [ ok ] * Blocking file system [ ok ] * Virtual ethernet [ ok ] * Shared Memory Available [ ok ] $ vmware Logging to /tmp/vmware-iain/setup-6256.log filename: /lib/modules/2.6.28-tuxonice-r1/misc/vmmon.ko license: GPL v2 description: VMware Virtual Machine Monitor. author: VMware, Inc. depends: vermagic: 2.6.28-tuxonice-r1 SMP preempt mod_unload CORE2 4KSTACKS filename: /lib/modules/2.6.28-tuxonice-r1/misc/vmnet.ko license: GPL v2 description: VMware Virtual Networking Driver. author: VMware, Inc. depends: vermagic: 2.6.28-tuxonice-r1 SMP preempt mod_unload CORE2 4KSTACKS filename: /lib/modules/2.6.28-tuxonice-r1/misc/vmblock.ko version: 1.1.2.0 license: GPL v2 description: VMware Blocking File System author: VMware, Inc. srcversion: 768B08090715A2D8C721BF3 depends: vermagic: 2.6.28-tuxonice-r1 SMP preempt mod_unload CORE2 4KSTACKS parm: root:The directory the file system redirects to. (charp) filename: /lib/modules/2.6.28-tuxonice-r1/misc/vmci.ko license: GPL v2 description: VMware Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI). author: VMware, Inc. depends: vermagic: 2.6.28-tuxonice-r1 SMP preempt mod_unload CORE2 4KSTACKS filename: /lib/modules/2.6.28-tuxonice-r1/misc/vsock.ko license: GPL v2 version: 1.0.0.0 description: VMware Virtual Socket Family author: VMware, Inc. srcversion: EC2E0BE1F6FB039D1109ADB depends: vmci vermagic: 2.6.28-tuxonice-r1 SMP preempt mod_unload CORE2 4KSTACKS filename: /lib/modules/2.6.28-tuxonice-r1/misc/vmmon.ko license: GPL v2 description: VMware Virtual Machine Monitor. author: VMware, Inc. depends: vermagic: 2.6.28-tuxonice-r1 SMP preempt mod_unload CORE2 4KSTACKS Then the workstation window opens to my virtual machine. I click "Run" and I get this message on the terminal while the VM has a black screen: VMware Workstation Error: VMware Workstation is installed, but it has not been (correctly) configured for your running kernel. To (re-)configure it, your system administrator must find and run "vmware-config.pl". For more information, please see the VMware Workstation documentation. Press "Enter" to continue... after pressing enter in the terminal, a popup appears on the gui: Unable to change virtual machine power state: VMware Workstation cannot connect to the virtual machine. Make sure you have rights to run the program and to access all directories it uses and rights to access all directories for temporary files.. When I press OK, the VM returns to the overview screen. Strangely, I can't edit any of the VM settings. I have rw permission on the entire directory and files containing the VM, and I'm in the vmware group. Any other suggestions? thanks, -- Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> An empty cab drove up and Sarah Bernhardt got out. -Arthur Baer, American comic and columnist
