From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 6 07:08:39 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7670B16A4CE for ; Fri, 6 Feb 2004 07:08:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from swan.mail.pas.earthlink.net (swan.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.123]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1C1143D5C for ; Fri, 6 Feb 2004 07:08:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from welchsm@earthlink.net) Received: from thecount.psp.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.78.22]) by swan.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1Ap7aC-0004RW-00; Fri, 06 Feb 2004 07:07:52 -0800 Message-ID: <1982557.1076080071627.JavaMail.root@thecount.psp.pas.earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 07:07:51 -0800 (PST) From: Sean Welch To: g.svalland@telia.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Earthlink Zoo Mail 1.0 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: VMWare licensing file problem. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Sean Welch List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 15:08:39 -0000 Version 2 of VmWare is no longer sold so the evaluation license you got is most likely for version 4 (which does not run on FreeBSD yet). The confusion results from the fact that with version 2 you got a license file but starting with version 3 (which DOES run under FreeBSD) you are only supplied with a "key" which is to be entered into a form in the VmWare gui once it has been started (there is a register menu or some such). I'm affraid you are out of luck with vmware2 unless you can manage to locate a license file somewhere. It is still possible to find boxed copies of version 3 online (check ebay and such) and that version will run on either 4-STABLE or 5.1 and higher. I'm currently running it under a patched 4.9-RELEASE and also under 5.2-RELEASE. Sean -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Hi everybody. > I have a problem with the vmware licensing file > after installing the vmware2 port. > I've received an e-mail with the evaluation key, copied it into > /home/user/.vmware, named it license2.0 but it don't seem to work. > The message I get is that there is no valid license for this version of > VMware workstation. > After checking at vmware's website and reading troubleshooting > instructions, it seems like there should have been an atachment with a > licencefile to the mail I received, but there was none. > Just a 30 days evolution license-key. > Anybody have any clues ? > > TIA > Regards > Geir Svalland