On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Noven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:19:33 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Noven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:03:55 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >> >> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Allistar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 12:43 AM, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >> >> >> >> wrote: >> >> >>> On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:24:15 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >> >> >>>> I've re-emerge vmware-modules, re-run ...vmware-config.pl, and >> >> >>>> prayed. I still cannot do >> >> >>>> /etc/init.d/vmware start >> >> >>>> because this one part fails: Virutal machine Monitor >> >> >>>> and trying "vmware&" says I need to run the config script (again). >> >> >>>> >> >> >>>> I'm getting nowhere and I really do want to run that VM again. >> >> >>> >> >> >>> Have you updated your kernel? VMware Workstation gives me problems >> >> >>> like this with each new kernel, which is why I'm still running >> >> >>> 2.6.26 on my desktop. >> >> >> >> >> >> I'm running 2.6.25-r8. I probably have updated since the last time I >> >> >> ran VMware. >> >> >> But I thought the above steps took care of that. I guess not. >> >> >> >> >> >> So what do I do now? >> >> > >> >> > From what I've experienced, the order you emerge vmware-workstation >> >> > and vmware-modules is important. When getting the error you mention, a >> >> > simple re-emerge of vmware-modules did the job. >> >> >> >> This did not help. >> >> >> >> I tried downloading VMWare-workstation, but the emerge fails on fetch >> >> restrictions, >> >> and the message points to a file on a server that denies it has such a >> >> file. >> >> >> >> The workstation bundle runs an installer that wants a runlevel >> >> directory, but rejects >> >> the /etc/runlevels directory and subdirectories. I'm guessing it >> >> wants something >> >> more like SYSV. >> > >> > In your /etc dir, link rc{0-6}.d and rcS.d to /etc/init.d . >> > >> > Also ensure vmware-modules is *not* installed before running the >> > installer bundle. >> > >> > Can't remember if I did anythig else tricky, but its workig beautifully >> > here. >> > >> > - Noven >> >> Okay, now it installs okay, and I can modprobe vmmon. >> >> However, "vmware" gives me: >> >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ vmware >> /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-modconfig: symbol lookup error: >> /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libview.so.2/libview.so.2: undefined symbol: >> _ZThn8_N3Gtk4HBoxD1Ev >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ >> >> And I have absolutely no clue what that's about. >> >> ++ kevin > > Did you re-run vmware-config.pl? That will recompile modules for your > system.You have unmerged vmware-modules before doing this?
Now that I've unmerged everything, where would that be? Self-installed software can be so wierd. > > On mine, K08vmware and S19vmware are links to /etc/init.d/vmware. Here, they are links to ../vmware, which is /etc/vmware, and contains a bunch of things. > > I recall I pinched the vmware init script out of > portage - > /usr/portage/app-emulation/vmware-workstation/files/vmware-workstation.rc > > move it to /etc/init.d, rename it vmware and make it executable. start as > normal. It's not quite working. I tried a restart, and it failed on link 84 which is: /etc/vmware/init.d/vmware stop | vmware_prettify stop but there's no such file: as /etc/vmware/init.d/vmware. There are rc?.d entries there. These contain symlinks which are broken, pointing to the same non-existent file. Sigh. > > - Noven -- Kevin O'Gorman, PhD