[gentoo-user] Where has vmware-config.pl gone?

[gentoo-user] Where has vmware-config.pl gone?

[Iain Buchanan]

Hi all,

I just upgraded from vmware-workstation vmware-workstation-6.0.5.109488
to vmware-workstation-6.5.1.126130 as I'm upgrading kernels, modules,
etc, and the old faithful 6.0.5 version has been hard masked...

I get the usual:

VMware Workstation Error:
VMware Workstation is installed, but it has not been (correctly)
configured for your running kernel. To (re-)configure it, your system
administrator must find and run "vmware-config.pl". For more
information, please see the VMware Workstation documentation.


But for the life of me I can't find vmware-config.pl.  slocate returns
nothing.  Google isn't helpful either.  The emerge log mentioned `emerge
--config vmware-workstation` which output this:

Configuring pkg...

Network settings database seems to be invalid,configuring default
settings
Configuring Bridged network vmnet0
Configuring hostonly network vmnet1, probing for unused subnet ...
Configuring NAT network vmnet8, probing for unused subnet ...
Configured default networks - Bridged, Hostonly, NAT

But vmware still complains about vmware-config.pl

Any ideas?

thanks,
-- 
Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>

What makes us so bitter against people who outwit us is that they think
themselves cleverer than we are.

Re: [gentoo-user] Where has vmware-config.pl gone?

[Mark Knecht]

updatedb and then slocate?

I'm running the server, not the workstation. For me the path is

/opt/vmware/server/bin/vmware-config.pl

Hope this helps,
Mark

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Iain Buchanan <iaindb@netspace.net.au> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I just upgraded from vmware-workstation vmware-workstation-6.0.5.109488
> to vmware-workstation-6.5.1.126130 as I'm upgrading kernels, modules,
> etc, and the old faithful 6.0.5 version has been hard masked...
>
> I get the usual:
>
> VMware Workstation Error:
> VMware Workstation is installed, but it has not been (correctly)
> configured for your running kernel. To (re-)configure it, your system
> administrator must find and run "vmware-config.pl". For more
> information, please see the VMware Workstation documentation.
>
>
> But for the life of me I can't find vmware-config.pl.  slocate returns
> nothing.  Google isn't helpful either.  The emerge log mentioned `emerge
> --config vmware-workstation` which output this:
>
> Configuring pkg...
>
> Network settings database seems to be invalid,configuring default
> settings
> Configuring Bridged network vmnet0
> Configuring hostonly network vmnet1, probing for unused subnet ...
> Configuring NAT network vmnet8, probing for unused subnet ...
> Configured default networks - Bridged, Hostonly, NAT
>
> But vmware still complains about vmware-config.pl
>
> Any ideas?
>
> thanks,
> --
> Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>
>
> What makes us so bitter against people who outwit us is that they think
> themselves cleverer than we are.
>
>
>

Re: [gentoo-user] Where has vmware-config.pl gone?

[Paul Hartman]

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Iain Buchanan <iaindb@netspace.net.au> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I just upgraded from vmware-workstation vmware-workstation-6.0.5.109488
> to vmware-workstation-6.5.1.126130 as I'm upgrading kernels, modules,
> etc, and the old faithful 6.0.5 version has been hard masked...
>
> I get the usual:
>
> VMware Workstation Error:
> VMware Workstation is installed, but it has not been (correctly)
> configured for your running kernel. To (re-)configure it, your system
> administrator must find and run "vmware-config.pl". For more
> information, please see the VMware Workstation documentation.
>
>
> But for the life of me I can't find vmware-config.pl.  slocate returns
> nothing.  Google isn't helpful either.  The emerge log mentioned `emerge
> --config vmware-workstation` which output this:
>
> Configuring pkg...
>
> Network settings database seems to be invalid,configuring default
> settings
> Configuring Bridged network vmnet0
> Configuring hostonly network vmnet1, probing for unused subnet ...
> Configuring NAT network vmnet8, probing for unused subnet ...
> Configured default networks - Bridged, Hostonly, NAT
>
> But vmware still complains about vmware-config.pl
>
> Any ideas?

I think emerge --config is the "gentoo way".

It runs /opt/vmware/workstation/bin/vmware-networks

Here's the snippet from the ebuild:

pkg_config() {
        ${VM_INSTALL_DIR}/bin/vmware-networks --postinstall ${PN},old,new
}

Re: [gentoo-user] Where has vmware-config.pl gone?

[Iain Buchanan]

On Wed, 2009-02-04 at 15:58 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:
> updatedb and then slocate?

forgot to mention - tried that.

also tried:
$ find /opt/vmware/ -name vmware-config
/opt/vmware/workstation/lib/vmware-vix/setup/vmware-config
/opt/vmware/workstation/lib/vmware/setup/vmware-config

neither seems right.

> I'm running the server, not the workstation. For me the path is
> 
> /opt/vmware/server/bin/vmware-config.pl

not so when I swap server for workstation...

thanks,

-- 
Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>

Anthony's Law of the Workshop:
	Any tool when dropped, will roll into the least accessible
	corner of the workshop.

Corollary:
	On the way to the corner, any dropped tool will first strike
	your toes.

Re: [gentoo-user] Where has vmware-config.pl gone?

[Iain Buchanan]

On Wed, 2009-02-04 at 18:15 -0600, Paul Hartman wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Iain Buchanan <iaindb@netspace.net.au> wrote:
> > 
> >   The emerge log mentioned `emerge
> > --config vmware-workstation` which output this:

[snip]

> > But vmware still complains about vmware-config.pl
> >
> > Any ideas?
> 
> I think emerge --config is the "gentoo way".
> 
> It runs /opt/vmware/workstation/bin/vmware-networks
> 
> Here's the snippet from the ebuild:
> 
> pkg_config() {
>         ${VM_INSTALL_DIR}/bin/vmware-networks --postinstall ${PN},old,new
> }
> 

It doesn't seem to do what vmware-config used to do, and if it was a
replacement for vmware-config, why would VMWware still reference
vmware-config.pl?

Any ideas on using vmware-networks to reconfigure my, er, vmware
networks? It doesn't seem prompt-driven like vmware-config used to be
either... (Yes I've looked at the --help option).

thanks,
-- 
Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>

Patch griefs with proverbs.
		-- William Shakespeare, "Much Ado About Nothing"

Re: [gentoo-user] Where has vmware-config.pl gone?

[Alan McKinnon]

On Thursday 05 February 2009 06:08:41 Iain Buchanan wrote:
> It doesn't seem to do what vmware-config used to do, and if it was a
> replacement for vmware-config, why would VMWware still reference
> vmware-config.pl?

look at the output of

equery files vmware-workstation

if vmware-config.pl isn't there, and it should be .... you have a buggy ebuild

-- 
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

Re: [gentoo-user] Where has vmware-config.pl gone?

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 08:21:35 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:

> look at the output of
> 
> equery files vmware-workstation
> 
> if vmware-config.pl isn't there, and it should be .... you have a buggy
> ebuild

vmware-config is no more with 6.5. I've not had to reconfigure the
network, but rebuilding the modules after a kernel change is done by
emerging vmware-modules. vmware-netcfg may do what you need, it looks as
though they make have split it into separate tools.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Top Oxymorons Number 22: Childproof

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[gentoo-user] Why does VMWare 6.5 ask for vmware-config.pl?

[Iain Buchanan]

On Thu, 2009-02-05 at 08:44 +0000, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 08:21:35 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> 
> > look at the output of
> > 
> > equery files vmware-workstation
> > 
> > if vmware-config.pl isn't there, and it should be .... you have a buggy
> > ebuild

It isn't in the equery output.

> vmware-config is no more with 6.5. I've not had to reconfigure the
> network, but rebuilding the modules after a kernel change is done by
> emerging vmware-modules. vmware-netcfg may do what you need, it looks as
> though they make have split it into separate tools.

OK, so the question is why does VMWare not "work", ie. it still asks for
vmware-config.pl and doesn't run.

I recompiled vmware-modules, I've made sure /usr/src/linux points at my
current kernel.

$ sudo /etc/init.d/vmware start
Password: 
* Starting VMware services:                                     [ ok ]
*   Virtual machine monitor                                     [ ok ]
*   Virtual machine communication interface                     [ ok ]
*   Blocking file system                                        [ ok ]
*   Virtual ethernet                                            [ ok ]
*   Shared Memory Available                                     [ ok ]

$ vmware
Logging to /tmp/vmware-iain/setup-6256.log
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.28-tuxonice-r1/misc/vmmon.ko
license:        GPL v2
description:    VMware Virtual Machine Monitor.
author:         VMware, Inc.
depends:        
vermagic:       2.6.28-tuxonice-r1 SMP preempt mod_unload CORE2
4KSTACKS 
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.28-tuxonice-r1/misc/vmnet.ko
license:        GPL v2
description:    VMware Virtual Networking Driver.
author:         VMware, Inc.
depends:        
vermagic:       2.6.28-tuxonice-r1 SMP preempt mod_unload CORE2
4KSTACKS 
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.28-tuxonice-r1/misc/vmblock.ko
version:        1.1.2.0
license:        GPL v2
description:    VMware Blocking File System
author:         VMware, Inc.
srcversion:     768B08090715A2D8C721BF3
depends:        
vermagic:       2.6.28-tuxonice-r1 SMP preempt mod_unload CORE2
4KSTACKS 
parm:           root:The directory the file system redirects to. (charp)
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.28-tuxonice-r1/misc/vmci.ko
license:        GPL v2
description:    VMware Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI).
author:         VMware, Inc.
depends:        
vermagic:       2.6.28-tuxonice-r1 SMP preempt mod_unload CORE2
4KSTACKS 
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.28-tuxonice-r1/misc/vsock.ko
license:        GPL v2
version:        1.0.0.0
description:    VMware Virtual Socket Family
author:         VMware, Inc.
srcversion:     EC2E0BE1F6FB039D1109ADB
depends:        vmci
vermagic:       2.6.28-tuxonice-r1 SMP preempt mod_unload CORE2
4KSTACKS 
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.28-tuxonice-r1/misc/vmmon.ko
license:        GPL v2
description:    VMware Virtual Machine Monitor.
author:         VMware, Inc.
depends:        
vermagic:       2.6.28-tuxonice-r1 SMP preempt mod_unload CORE2
4KSTACKS 

Then the workstation window opens to my virtual machine.  I click "Run"
and I get this message on the terminal while the VM has a black screen:

VMware Workstation Error:
VMware Workstation is installed, but it has not been (correctly)
configured for your running kernel. To (re-)configure it, your system
administrator must find and run "vmware-config.pl". For more
information, please see the VMware Workstation documentation.

Press "Enter" to continue...

after pressing enter in the terminal, a popup appears on the gui:

Unable to change virtual machine power state: VMware Workstation cannot
connect to the virtual machine. Make sure you have rights to run the
program and to access all directories it uses and rights to access all
directories for temporary files..

When I press OK, the VM returns to the overview screen.  Strangely, I
can't edit any of the VM settings.  I have rw permission on the entire
directory and files containing the VM, and I'm in the vmware group.

Any other suggestions?

thanks,
-- 
Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>

  An empty cab drove up and Sarah Bernhardt got out. -Arthur Baer,
  American comic and columnist

SOLVED: Re: [gentoo-user] Why does VMWare 6.5 ask for vmware-config.pl?

[Iain Buchanan]

On Fri, 2009-02-06 at 08:44 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote:


> OK, so the question is why does VMWare not "work", ie. it still asks for
> vmware-config.pl and doesn't run.

after playing with vmware-netcfg, searching more on google and chmoding
various things, all to no effect, I remembered this file:

/etc/vmware/not_configured

I deleted it, started vmware, and now it works!

thanks for the suggestions.
-- 
Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>

Croll's Query:
	If tin whistles are made of tin, what are foghorns made of?