Public bug reported: Binary package hint: vmware-player
There appears to be a problem when setting up a new install of vmware player (installed from the .bundle on vmware's website ... VMware- Player-2.5.1-126130.i386.bundle) on Ubuntu 9.04. (Description: Ubuntu jaunty (development branch) Release: 9.04) When running a wired network connection, everything installs correctly, and networking works fine. When a wireless network connection is used on the host (or maybe even a second wired connection on the host, I don't have that sort of setup on my host machine, so I don't know), the route information is not set up correctly, or it doesn't preserve the proper "route" information that existed previously. Here's an example from my install ... Before I install vmware-player here's what I get from 'sudo route -e' Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface 131.238.204.0 * 255.255.252.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0 link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0 default 131.238.204.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 wlan0 After I install vmware-player here's my output from 'sudo route -e' Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface 172.16.210.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 vmnet1 192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 vmnet8 131.238.204.0 * 255.255.252.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0 link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0 default 192.168.0.2 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 vmnet8 I "fixed it" by adding back my route (although, I don't think I did it properly) by doing the following ... $ sudo route add 131.238.204.1 wlan0 $ sudo route add 131.238.204.1 default gw my "working" route looks something like this now ... (although it takes a while to generate, and the network seems slower now) Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface 131.238.204.1 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 wlan0 172.16.210.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 vmnet1 192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 vmnet8 131.238.204.0 * 255.255.252.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0 link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0 default 131.238.204.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 wlan0 that got me back to a state similar to what I was using previously... Does anybody know if there is there a more elegant way to automagically set up your default route again, without having to know what the previous settings were? Maybe there's an error in the way the vmware player sets up it's networking upon install. ** Affects: vmware-player (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- 9.04 - vmware player - some host network settings broken in certain circumstances https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/332114 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs