[Leaplist] why do i have to reinstall vmware-server every time

[Mr. Brunkow]

Sun State Martial Arts wrote:
> Sun State Martial Arts wrote:
>> David Simmons wrote:
>>> >> I reboot, or logout of my GUI?
>>>
>>> ok....while you did give alot of info - you didn't say what's really
>>> needed.
>>>
>>> Your best bet is to read through the logs....you'll find them at:
>>>
>>> /var/log/vmware
>>
>> in here it is very long, but the biggest thing i am noting is it seems
>> to be looking for 'vmmon' no clue what that is.
>>
>>>
>>> probably want to look mostly at the 'vmware-serverd.log'
>>>
>>> Also, you didn't mention how you're shutting down before exiting the
>>> GUI?....are you leaving the Guest OS' running?  You can check by
>>> going to the command line and doing:
>>
>> after reinstalling vmware-server and the VM starts the client (VM) is
>> winXP Pro, thought i mentioned that oh well.  when i am done with XP i
>> click start, shut down, and power off the VM, then inside VMWare
>> control GUI i click, file, exit.  that is how i shut down VMWare every
>> time.
>>>
>>> vmrun list
>>
>> sudo vmrun list
>> Password:
>> Total running VMs: 0
>>
>>>
>>> That'll tell you which Guest OS' are currently running.....before
>>> rebooting the machine (Host) - you should make sure that no guests
>>> are running.  Do a 'man vmrun' to get more info about this
>>> tool....it'll help you start and stop Guest's without using the GUI.
>>>
>>> If you have shutdown / restarted the Host Machine while the Guests
>>> were running.....you'll see a variety of *.READLOCK   and maybe some
>>> *.MULTILOCK files in your Virtual Machine's directories - you'll need
>>> to delete them before the guest will restart.
>>>
>>> Let me know if any of the above do the trick.
>>>
>>>  -dave
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> just fyi, i did a short search for vmmon sabayon and found the following
> link.
> 
> http://wiki.sabayonlinux.org/index.php?title=HOWTO:_Install_vmware_workstation_6.0.3_build_80004_(March_14)_on_Sabayon_x86-3.5_Loop2-r2
> 
> 
> not sure if it solved the problem or not as i am not home, but i did run
> the script so will see when i get home later tonight.
> 
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Now it tells me VMWare is installed, but not configured properly and to
run the /opt/vmware/.... command to reconfigure.  when I do that, it
still gives me the same error and now it will not start.

looks like i am stuck reinstalling every time i need to reboot or logout
of the GUI.  this sucks.

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Raymond L. Brunkow
5th Degree Black Belt
Chief Instructor and Owner
Sun State Martial Arts LLC.
(407) 786-2525
ssma at ssma.us
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