VMWare - I have to re-install every time I want to use it ??

ralvez · 2006-03-15 23:32:39

I have installed VMWare 5.0 in my Arch system following the directions I found in the wiki. I found some problems with the modules video and network which did not compile due to some issues with the version of gcc.
Then, in another posting in the forums, I found that there was a patch for the problem (vmware-any-any-update98), with I applied and the whole thing started to work.

The strange thing is that the next time I wanted to use it, it failed because of the video module, which supposedly I had fixed with the patch. I then decided to run /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl, the modules where re-built and it worked again ... but the cycle never ends. Every time I need to user VMWare I have to re-install.

In the past several weeks I have tried all kinds of logical and wild solutions to no avail. So I decided it was time to ask.
Any ideas that may help me remove the ghost from the VMWare?

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_Gandalf_ · 2006-03-15 23:55:43

hmm Are you starting vmware script before running vmware? i mean the

/etc/rc.d/vmware start

??

cactus · 2006-03-16 00:30:37

as _Gandalf_ said..you should add that daemon to your rc.conf daemons array.

also, are you updating your kernel? If so..it likely breaks current modules..

ralvez · 2006-03-16 00:42:55

Gandalf,

:oops: I cannot believe it!! I totally forgot to try that. I assumed the patch would update the rc.local and never checked it.
Naturally, as I opened it ... it was not.
Once again this forum has proved to be a valuable resource... and they say that open source software comes with no support

Thanks !

Rick

bogomipz · 2006-03-16 18:22:58

The "correct" way is not to add /etc/rc.d/vmware start to rc.local, but to add vmware to the DAEMONS array in rc.conf, like cactus mentioned.

And yes, updating the kernel means vmware-config.pl must be run again (it's really simple and straight forward since you can just hit enter for all the questions, assuming you want to keep the same configs)

_Gandalf_ · 2006-03-16 20:15:01

ralvez, You're welcome and yes Open Source has it's own Open support

and BTW lissten to bogomipz, In rc.conf not rc.local

ralvez · 2006-03-16 23:01:30

Thank you all! What a community! If just the rest of the world could get along and cooperate with each other like this ...

brazzmonkey · 2006-10-20 09:34:46

i've got the same problem here using vmware-server. i have to run the configuration script after each reboot. vmware is listed in daemons array of rc.conf, modules vmmon and vmnet are also listed in modules array.

Lone_Wolf · 2006-10-20 17:34:38

look for a file in /etc/vmware .not_configured (or something similar) .
after succesfull install it should be removed automatically, but sometimes it isn't .
delete the file manually and you won't get that message anymore.

brazzmonkey · 2006-10-21 20:57:11

YESSS ! Lone_Wolf, i owe you one ! many thanks !

brazzmonkey · 2006-10-23 09:46:51

how come this not-configured file is re-created when not present ??

Lone_Wolf · 2006-10-23 10:53:28

It appears to be a bug in the configure.pl command, possibly related to the kernel version.
IIRC vmware ws 5.5.0 didn't have it, except with beyond, WS 5.5.1 had it on many systems.
WS 5.5.2 and Server packages in AUR don't seem to suffer from it.

brazzmonkey · 2006-10-30 12:55:06

oh, it looks like vmnet and vmmon modules should not be added to the module section of rc.conf. this seemed to help in my case.

tomk · 2006-10-30 13:53:15

Yeah, the vmware init script takes care of module loading.

brazzmonkey · 2006-10-30 18:42:46

ok, so i probably got this error because it was trying to load already loaded modules...

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