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Bug 159902

Summary: VMWare tools install problem and solution
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Mike Slinn <mslinn>
Component: [OLD] UnspecifiedAssignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal    
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
URL: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Install_Gentoo_on_VMware_4_in_Windows_NT/2K/XP#Installing_VMWare_Tools
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Description Mike Slinn 2007-01-03 13:48:02 UTC
The manual method of HOWTO Install Gentoo on VMware in Windows NT/2K/XP doesn't work because a perl script is missing a variable declaration.  To fix, the following should be added to vmware-install.pl at line 1145:

my $all_found;
Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-01-04 00:36:13 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 159907 ***
Comment 2 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-01-04 00:36:29 UTC
Dupe.