Tracker item #2901419, was opened at 2009-11-20 13:22 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by mvanzin You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=989708&aid=2901419&group_id=204462
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: kernel modules Group: None >Status: Closed Resolution: None Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: dan pritts (danpritts) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: RPM packaging error - "default" symlink; RHEL5 Initial Comment: Hi, (sorry if this is the wrong place to report this; vmware web site is user-hostile) just installed the RPMs from http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/3.5u4/rhel5/x86_64. I chose not to install the vmware-proprietary RPMs, since the vmdesched stuff was not particularly interesting to us. I discovered that the vmware-tools-kmod RPM creates the symlink /usr/lib/vmware-tools/modules/default, which is required if you are not identified as running ga/u1/u2/u3. Unfortunately the open-vm-tools-kmod RPM does NOT create this symlink, so if i dont' install the vmware- RPM (or make the link myself, of course), i don't get any working kernel modules. Which is kind of a bummer. I don't know if both RPMs can install the link; if only one is allowed to do it, it should be the open-vm-tools-kmod RPM, since that one is required and the other is optional thanks danno [r...@tsgdev0 ~]# rpm -qa open-vm\* open-vm-tools-common-7.4.7-158874.171375.el5.x86_64 open-vm-tools-nox-7.4.7-158874.171375.el5.x86_64 open-vm-tools-kmod-7.4.7-158874.171375.el5.x86_64 [r...@tsgdev0 ~]# uname -a Linux tsgdev0.internet2.edu 2.6.18-164.6.1.el5 #1 SMP Tue Oct 27 11:28:30 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux [r...@tsgdev0 ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.4 (Tikanga) [r...@tsgdev0 ~]# rpm -qlp /tmp/vmware/ open-vm-tools-common-7.4.7-158874.171375.el5.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-kmod-7.4.7-158874.171375.el5.x86_64.rpm open-vm-tools-nox-7.4.7-158874.171375.el5.x86_64.rpm vmware-tools-common-7.4.7-158874.171375.el5.x86_64.rpm vmware-tools-kmod-7.4.7-158874.171375.el5.x86_64.rpm vmware-tools-nox-7.4.7-158874.171375.el5.x86_64.rpm [r...@tsgdev0 ~]# rpm -qlp /tmp/vmware/vmware-tools-kmod-7.4.7-158874.171375.el5.x86_64.rpm /usr/lib/vmware-tools /usr/lib/vmware-tools/modules /usr/lib/vmware-tools/modules/default /usr/lib/vmware-tools/modules/ga /usr/lib/vmware-tools/modules/ga/smp ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Marcelo Vanzin (mvanzin) Date: 2009-11-24 11:48 Message: Hi Dan, Despite the name of the packages (and my love for the person who created that confusion), those RPMs are not based on open-vm-tools. In any case, I filed a bug in our internal tracker for this issue, so it won't be forgotten. :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=989708&aid=2901419&group_id=204462 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ open-vm-tools-devel mailing list open-vm-tools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/open-vm-tools-devel
