Bug 162714

Summary:	vmware-workstation-tools-5.5.3 - Failure on running vmware-config-tools.pl
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Peter Svec <svec>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo VMWare Bug Squashers [disabled] <vmware+disabled>
Status:	RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST
Severity:	major
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Peter Svec 2007-01-18 21:42:04 UTC

After successful emerge and run of /opt/vmware/workstation/tools/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl I get:
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Unable to create symbolic link
"/opt/vmware/workstation/tools/sbin/vmware-checkvm" pointing to file
"/opt/vmware/workstation/tools/lib/sbin32/vmware-checkvm".

Execution aborted.
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The howle directory /opt/vmware/workstation/tools/sbin/ doesn't exist.

When I create this dir I am getting always this message, on local console and local KDE Konsole:
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It looks like you are trying to run this program in a remote session. This
program will temporarily shut down your network connection, so you should only
run it from a local console session. Are you SURE you want to continue?
[no] no
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But after commiting "yes" it works exept for bug #162496 (http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162496)

PS: It also seems the file /etc/env.d/90vmware-tools is also missing in v5.5.3 (was there in stable v5.5.1)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge vmware-workstation-tools-5.5.3 # on clean system
2. /opt/vmware/workstation/tools/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl
3. mkdir /opt/vmware/workstation/tools/sbin/
4. /opt/vmware/workstation/tools/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl
5. commit "yes
6. working exept bug #162496

Comment 1 Mike Auty (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-09-19 16:12:10 UTC

Could you please try out the open-vm-tools which are available from the vmware overlay (you can access the overlay using the layman tool from portage)?  It will hopefully fix many of the problems encountered to date with the workstation-tools, and should be fixed to work with more recent kernels.  Any information you can give us about whether it's working out for you or not would be appreciated.  Thanks...  5:)