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Bug 159907 - VMWare tools install problem and workaround
Summary: VMWare tools install problem and workaround
Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Other
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers
URL: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Install_...
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: 159902 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2007-01-03 14:04 UTC by Mike Slinn
Modified: 2007-01-04 00:36 UTC (History)
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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. ***