Bug 159907

Summary:	VMWare tools install problem and workaround
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Mike Slinn <mslinn>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Other
URL:	http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Install_Gentoo_on_VMware_4_in_Windows_NT/2K/XP#Run_Installation_Script
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Mike Slinn 2007-01-03 14:04:36 UTC

This problem was first reported about 18 months ago.  A perl script (/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl) references an undefined variable and dies with the following message:

Global symbol "$cX4MouseDriverFile" requires explicit package name at /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl line 4608.

After the script that creates /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl fails, adding the following to vmware-config-tools.pl as a new line 4605 fixes the problem:
 my $cX4MouseDriverFile;

Rerunning /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl then works.  The script that creates /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl needs a tweak so that the missing variable declaration is added.

Comment 1 Mike Slinn 2007-01-03 14:25:00 UTC

/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl needs to create the following directories:
rc0.d
rc1.d
rc2.d
rc3.d
rc4.d
rc5.d
rc6.d

Also it tells the user to use /usr/bin/vmware-toolbox to run vmware-tools, instead of /etc/init.d/vmware-tools

Comment 2 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-01-04 00:22:56 UTC

Which ebuild and version is this about?

Comment 3 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-01-04 00:36:13 UTC

*** Bug 159902 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***