Public bug reported:
Installed vmware client tools in new 32-bit installation - dropped
network connection during install - then got install error.
Not clear if properly installed now or not.
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: open-vm-dkms 2011.12.20-562307-0ubuntu1
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Also occurring in Maverick 10.10. Torglut's solution #4 works for me (I
use a slightly modified form in Bug #675694)
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motion fails to start because /var/run/motion is missing
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294852
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*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 294852 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294852
Since /var/run is getting cleared at boot - I think the correct fix is to
change /etc/init.d/motion to create a /var/run/motion
on daemon start. It needs to be writable by the uid 'motion' as well:
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RUND
Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: motion
Motion requires a /var/run/motion directory to run as a daemon (it
stores a motion.pid file there). Without this directory, the daemon
will fail to start.
The package should create this directory (chown'ed by 'motion') so user
can just set the mo
