Bug 64057

Summary:	Add creation of vmnet device nodes to VMWare init script
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Christian Wolf <christian>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) <wolf31o2>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	trivial
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Christian Wolf 2004-09-14 14:41:40 UTC

I think it would be a good idea to add the conditional creation of the /dev/vmnet* device nodes to the (Gentoo-)VMWare init-script.

Since I am using plain udev without any bells and whistles (RC_DEVICE_TARBALL="no"), these device nodes disappear after configuring VMWare and rebooting, which causes the init-script to fail. After creating the needed vmnet* device nodes by hand, the script runs succesfully.

I have now inserted statements along the lines of
test -c /dev/vmnet0 || mknod /dev/vmnet0 c 119 0
to my (Gentoo-)VMWare init script, and now it runs without problems.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
Are these really neccessary? OK then...
(0. Disbable devfs, nable udev and reboot with RC_DEVICE_TARBALL="no")
1. Install and configure VMWare
2. Reboot (or recreate /dev)
Actual Results:  
VMWare init script fails, consecutive runs complain about VMWare not being
configured.

Expected Results:  
No errors

emerge info neccessary?
Affected VMWare version (last tested): 4.5.2.8848

Comment 1 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-09-14 15:22:32 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 54269 ***