Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current )

1999-12-26 Thread Peter Wemm
Mike Smith wrote: b) could not open /usr/local/lib/vmware/lib/vmm (no such file or directory) . No idea about that one. That is because /proc/curproc/exe is missing. Under Linux it's a pointer to the executable file (like our "file" used to be before it was killed). A trivial patch

Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current )

1999-12-26 Thread Vladimir N. Silyaev
On Sat, Dec 25, 1999 at 11:13:19PM +0100, Andreas Klemm wrote: Well, I think I had an outdated vmware port. I grabbed it new from the mindspring webserver. Then I had to manually load the vmmon.ko module from /usr/local/lib/vmware/lib/modules Don't required, this modules are loaded at the

Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current )

1999-12-26 Thread Peter Wemm
"Vladimir N. Silyaev" wrote: I created a new configuration and the only problem seems to be the following error messages: a) about missing /dev/rtc and Exactly, /dev/rtc doesn't supported. .. and I'm not entirely sure that we can support it easily. Linux appears to allow user processes

Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current )

1999-12-26 Thread Alex
Peter Wemm wrote: b) could not open /usr/local/lib/vmware/lib/vmm (no such file or directory) That is because /proc/curproc/exe is missing. Under Linux it's a pointer to the executable file (like our "file" used to be before it was killed). A trivial patch to reactivate it in a form

Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current )

1999-12-25 Thread Mike Smith
Hi ! Some time ago I fetched your vmware port from internet. I moved to -current because staroffice5 there is able to run with a SMP kernel. When trying to run vmware I encounter the following problems: This message shows up immediately after program start: kldload: can't load

Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current )

1999-12-25 Thread Vladimir N. Silyaev
On Sat, Dec 25, 1999 at 10:03:56PM +0100, Andreas Klemm wrote: Some time ago I fetched your vmware port from internet. I moved to -current because staroffice5 there is able to run with a SMP kernel. When trying to run vmware I encounter the following problems: This message shows up

Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current )

1999-12-25 Thread Andreas Klemm
On Sat, Dec 25, 1999 at 01:11:06PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: Hi ! Some time ago I fetched your vmware port from internet. I moved to -current because staroffice5 there is able to run with a SMP kernel. When trying to run vmware I encounter the following problems: This message

Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current )

1999-12-25 Thread Mike Smith
On Sat, Dec 25, 1999 at 01:11:06PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: Hi ! Some time ago I fetched your vmware port from internet. I moved to -current because staroffice5 there is able to run with a SMP kernel. When trying to run vmware I encounter the following problems:

Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current )

1999-12-25 Thread Andreas Klemm
On Sat, Dec 25, 1999 at 01:11:06PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: Check the console; you have a mismatch somewhere inbetween the vmmon module and the Linux module, or between the vmmon module and your kernel. Well, I think I had an outdated vmware port. I grabbed it new from the mindspring

Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current )

1999-12-25 Thread Andreas Klemm
On Sat, Dec 25, 1999 at 02:15:07PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: On Sat, Dec 25, 1999 at 01:11:06PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: Hi ! Some time ago I fetched your vmware port from internet. I moved to -current because staroffice5 there is able to run with a SMP kernel. When

Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current )

1999-12-25 Thread Mike Smith
On Sat, Dec 25, 1999 at 01:11:06PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: Check the console; you have a mismatch somewhere inbetween the vmmon module and the Linux module, or between the vmmon module and your kernel. Well, I think I had an outdated vmware port. I grabbed it new from the mindspring

Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current )

1999-12-25 Thread Mike Smith
Too bad, that the vmware port isn't part of the ports tree and doesn't have a version number in the file name. Otherwise it would be more easily possible to communicate the exact software release status. I think the idea just now is to avoid having people that complain quickly like you and

Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current )

1999-12-25 Thread Andreas Klemm
On Sat, Dec 25, 1999 at 02:25:40PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: Too bad, that the vmware port isn't part of the ports tree and doesn't have a version number in the file name. Otherwise it would be more easily possible to communicate the exact software release status. I think the idea just

Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current )

1999-12-25 Thread Julian Elischer
Mike Smith wrote: Hi ! Some time ago I fetched your vmware port from internet. I moved to -current because staroffice5 there is able to run with a SMP kernel. When trying to run vmware I encounter the following problems: This message shows up immediately after program start:

Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current )

1999-12-25 Thread Julian Elischer
Andreas Klemm wrote: On Sat, Dec 25, 1999 at 01:11:06PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: Hi ! Some time ago I fetched your vmware port from internet. I moved to -current because staroffice5 there is able to run with a SMP kernel. When trying to run vmware I encounter the following