>> > debsums -ac -r /mnt >> > >> Great, thanks! I didn't know about debsums. >> However, it does not report anything when started from the debian live >> usb.
Hopefully you realise that should take quite a while to run, and you correctly mounted etc for your check... > Well, that's good. Meaning, that's simply a misuse of root, not a > rooted host. No reinstall in necessary, probably, simple removal of: > > /etc/init.d/vmtoolsd > /etc/pam.d/vmtoolsd > /usr/bin/vmtoolsd Looking at those files makes me think of a possible installation error: that one or more partitions on the old install were used and mounted "without reformatting" for the new install. Is there a timestamp check that could be performed (install time/date for the file, rather than the datetime that ls -l shows? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOsGNSThq-ZxY1=tkkese9eidoj15xtyzojqexferzezoux...@mail.gmail.com