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Date:      Sat, 25 Dec 1999 14:24:11 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current ) 
Message-ID:  <199912252224.OAA00513@mass.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 25 Dec 1999 23:13:19 %2B0100." <19991225231318.A44105@titan.klemm.gtn.com> 

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> On Sat, Dec 25, 1999 at 01:11:06PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote:
> > Check the console; you have a mismatch somewhere inbetween the vmmon 
> > module and the Linux module, or between the vmmon module and your kernel.
> 
> Well,  I think I had an outdated vmware port.
> I grabbed it new from the mindspring webserver.
> Then I had to manually load the vmmon.ko module
> from /usr/local/lib/vmware/lib/modules

It does that automatically when you boot.  It'll load the vmnet module 
then too, which you will probably want.

> I created a new configuration and the only problem seems
> to be the following error messages:
> a) about missing /dev/rtc and
> b) could not open /usr/local/lib/vmware/lib/vmm (no such file or directory).

No idea about that one.

-- 
\\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\  Mike Smith
\\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself,  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime.             \\  msmith@cdrom.com




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