Arch Linux

jakemcgraw

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Registered: 2008-10-22

Posts: 2

Arch in VMWare

So, I'm attempting to install Archlinux in VMWare Fusion (OSX 10.5) without much luck.

I started following the directions at:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ins … _Procedure

And I get stuck here:

$ sudo /etc/rc.d/open-vm-tools start
:: Starting Open Virtual Machine Tools
FATAL: Module vmblock not found

So, I get the following packages:

$ sudo pacman -Sy icu libdnet open-vm-tools-modules

and make the following modifications to the MODULES section of my /etc/rc.conf:

MODULES=( ... !pcnet32 vmblock vmxnet vmmemctl vmhgfs ... )

only to have those modules (vm*) reported as not found during boot.

Any suggestions? Based on my searches, it looks like most everyone gets the modules installed correctly, but they end up having other issues.

byte

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From: Düsseldorf (DE)

Registered: 2006-05-01

Posts: 2,046

Re: Arch in VMWare

open-vm-tools-modules need to be rebuilt for kernel 2.6.27.
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ABS … ild_System

You can find the build files in /var/abs/community/modules/open-vm-tools-modules/... a simple search-and-replace from 2.6.26 to 2.6.27 should be enough (in theory; no idea if they still compile)

EDIT: ok... reading again, that's a bit much, considering you run MacOS
Perhaps just wait until the package gets updated, it's already marked as out-of-date.

Last edited by byte (2008-10-22 22:59:15)

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jakemcgraw

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Registered: 2008-10-22

Posts: 2

Re: Arch in VMWare

Right on the money, had to change 2.6.26 to 2.6.27 in two places the PKG and *.install files, ran successfully, I'll test it tomorrow and mark as solved.

lloeki

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From: France

Registered: 2007-02-20

Posts: 456

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Re: Arch in VMWare

yeah, I bumped on this too.
also, they're not built for x86_64, although they're reported to work.

be sure to copy the *default files from the (virtual) vmware install disk to /etc/vmware-tools as per the wiki to get the vmrun/menu actions working.
and take a look at this if you plan to use vmmouse with xorg-server 1.4.

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