Hi Dominique, On Wednesday 11 February 2009 01:22:01 Dominique Leuenberger wrote: > Hi, > > (reference to https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474076 ) > I ran into a small issue with the vmware-user-suid-wrapper. > The file is mod 4755, that's fine. > > I'm testing on openSUSE 11.1. If I configure the system to 'auto login', > then we seem to run in a racing condition where vmblock is not fast enough > in initializing compared to the start of X (gnome). > > this results in an error in .xsession.log in the style of: > vmware-user: could not open /proc/fs/vmblock/dev > > If I logout / login manually, then the wrapper is autostarted and works as > expected. So clearly the device is just not available yet. > > could the wrapper be a bit more 'flexible' in acquiring the file handle? > Give it a grace period for example before starting vmware-user? > > This could be really helpful I think. But if you have any other > suggestions, I'm all ears! >
Could you tell me how you load vmblock module? It is not threaded so as long as it is loaded before you try execute vmware-user-suid-wrapper everything should be fine. -- Dmitry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com _______________________________________________ open-vm-tools-devel mailing list open-vm-tools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/open-vm-tools-devel
