Bug 81196 – net.eth0 init script needs to depend on vmware-tools startup for gentoo vm's running under vmware esx

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Matthew Marlowe (RETIRED) 2005-02-07 23:05:16 UTC]

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 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2005-05-03 08:51:42 UTC]

This needs to be modifed under baselayout.  It just looks like net.eth0 needs to "use vmware-tools"...

[Comment 2 SpanKY 2005-05-03 17:14:17 UTC]

no, update the vmware init script to have 'before net' in it

[Comment 3 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2005-05-04 04:31:21 UTC]

D'uh... what was I thinking?

Stuart: can you do this, please?

[Comment 4 Stuart Herbert (RETIRED) 2006-06-10 16:27:30 UTC]

Reassigning to vmware team.

[Comment 5 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2006-06-12 13:51:02 UTC]

Fixed...