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From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: vmware - could not get address for /dev/vmnet1:
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On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Manuel Hendel wrote:

> Yesterday I did a complete upgrade. Afterwards vmware didn't work
> anymore. The following error message appeared:
>
> Could not get address for /dev/vmnet1: Invalid argument
> Failed to configure ethernet0.
>
> Does anyone know, where this comes from? What can I do against it? The
> point is, that I didn't change anything after my upgrade, I just
> rebooted.

This seems to be coming from the linux compatability layer upgrade. It's
been discussed a bit on -stable, no solutions as yet. You could try
going back to a -STABLE with a release date prior to the changes
(November 5th, I think, is ok).

You'll probably find that the port's maintainer is already aware of
this; have you checked for/filed a PR?


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