From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 4 16:47:10 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38C22106566C for ; Wed, 4 Jun 2008 16:47:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from djdexter@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D88988FC0A for ; Wed, 4 Jun 2008 16:47:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from djdexter@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id b33so45385ana.13 for ; Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:47:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-type:message-id:cc:content-transfer-encoding :from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; bh=bLdPDVeW64617lZFsBv1YI1OGiDhw+F+apVGb1xO4z4=; b=FeNihdqjgtlV9KKMyrtlKMjNi376pp1run2aUONelEUW3qRIQZJCCh0VBd365SOoVT Z8S8+q6ZS0VfDHHd3xKeWTtQXkwImegWlgtSLNG30DGFoBJ/d/hKQgO4ngaVIUt51wf1 vLwZPvw4FJpZtCxFa/2+s1IY7LEChdnXIFIj4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:message-id:cc :content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=CJ8WV207Sd4yElJ716H+UWXEEI+/o6zAJUhBobJWgyknsB/tKH/bLLCa8Sv/RGTTOg gSEONGMgAo/garU9baO5W/JsMwTlYT3KjucYrTh4g2eLoMfm5U7x5tGFY3596S+okcuz F5t9st8Tehmd6kPF+PkBz9EsE/MvQDMgtmty4= Received: by 10.100.105.15 with SMTP id d15mr136718anc.137.1212596540967; Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:22:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?10.0.0.107? ( [216.120.166.5]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f75sm2344395pye.2.2008.06.04.09.22.19 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:22:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: dex Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 12:22:17 -0400 To: kevin kempter X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753.1) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freeBSD7 in a vm (vmware fusion) - Shared object "lib.so.6" not found X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:47:10 -0000 On Jun 4, 2008, at 12:18 PM, kevin kempter wrote: > Hi All; > This seems to be more of a lib not found than a vm issue: > I've done this: > 1) installed freeBSD 7 in vmware fusion (v 1.1.3) > 2) selected to install vmware tools from the menu > 3) logged into the console as root > 4) mounted the vmware virtual cd > 5) copied the vmware tools tar.gz file to /tmp > 6) expanded the vmware tools tar.gz file in /tmp > 7) cd to the new vmware-toold-distrib dir and ran ./vmware-install.pl > Then I get this: > Before running VMware Tools for the first time you need to > configure it by invoking the following command: "/usr/local/bin/ > vmware-config-tools.pl". Do you want this program to invoke the > command for you now? [yes] > > /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "lib.so.6" not found, > required by "vmware-checkvm" > /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "lib.so.6" not found, > required by "vmware-checkvm" > /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "lib.so.6" not found, > required by "vmware-checkvm" > This configuration program is to be executed in a virtual machine. > Execution aborted. > > I also tried starting KDE and in a Konsole terminal window (as > root) running /usr/local/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl and I get the > same results Try using the port vmware-guestd. It worked good for me.