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Swarfega

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Registered: 2011-08-19

Posts: 100

[Solved]VM Tools update failure

(1/3) upgrading open-vm-tools-modules              [######################] 100%

[root@xv5-ln01 ~]# /etc/rc.d/open-vm-tools restart
:: Stopping Open Virtual Machine Tools                                   [DONE]
:: Starting Open Virtual Machine Tools                                   [BUSY]                                              WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf.pacnew, it w                                             ill be ignored in a future release.
FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/modules.dep: No such file or directo                                             ry
                                                                         [FAIL]

Any ideas?

Last edited by Swarfega (2011-12-17 10:53:29)

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: [Solved]VM Tools update failure

Did you reboot?

Swarfega

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Registered: 2011-08-19

Posts: 100

Re: [Solved]VM Tools update failure

Nope, not rebooted in a few months.

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: [Solved]VM Tools update failure

You should reboot after kernel upgrades.

Swarfega

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Registered: 2011-08-19

Posts: 100

Re: [Solved]VM Tools update failure

Yep that fixed it thanks.