Bug 81196 - net.eth0 init script needs to depend on vmware-tools startup for gentoo vm's running under vmware esx
Bug#: 81196 Product:  Gentoo Linux Version: unspecified Platform: x86
OS/Version: Linux Status: RESOLVED Severity: normal Priority: P2
Resolution: FIXED Assigned To: vmware@gentoo.org Reported By: mattm@gentoo.org
Component: Ebuilds
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Summary: net.eth0 init script needs to depend on vmware-tools startup for gentoo vm's running under vmware esx
Keywords:  
Status Whiteboard: 
Opened: 2005-02-07 23:05 0000
Description:   Opened: 2005-02-07 23:05 0000 
The vmware-tools package under ESX installs a key networking module, vmxnet,
while setting up other vmware thingies.  The module can not just be put in
/etc/modules.autoload/kernel-2.x because the vmware-tools init will
deactivate/reload the module causing the network interface to crash. 
vmware-tools needs to be started/depended on by net.eth0 for esx vm's.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.install vmware esx
2.create a gentoo vm w/ vmxnet interface
3.install vmware tools
4. Notice that booting up causes eth0 to be completly messed up
5. create a vmware.init script and have net.eth0 depend on it
6. Notice that booting now works properly

Actual Results:  
see above

------- Comment #1 From Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2005-05-03 08:51:42 0000 ------- 
This needs to be modifed under baselayout.  It just looks like net.eth0 needs
to "use vmware-tools"...

------- Comment #2 From SpanKY 2005-05-03 17:14:17 0000 ------- 
no, update the vmware init script to have 'before net' in it

------- Comment #3 From Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2005-05-04 04:31:21 0000 ------- 
D'uh... what was I thinking?

Stuart: can you do this, please?

------- Comment #4 From Stuart Herbert (RETIRED) 2006-06-10 16:27:30 0000 ------- 
Reassigning to vmware team.

------- Comment #5 From Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2006-06-12 13:51:02 0000 ------- 
Fixed...