Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 12:09:23 -0700 From: Andy Sparrow <spadger@best.com> To: Stefan Farrenkopf <sfarren@gwdg.de> Cc: emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vmware3 problems on FreeBSD 4.9 Message-ID: <20040410190923.27F5EB1@CRWdog.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Message from Stefan Farrenkopf <sfarren@gwdg.de> <7480000.1079596823@sub00261.sub.uni-goettingen.de>
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> I did not know that I need the "device tap" within my kernel configuration. > As Mike told me, I added it and built a new kernel. To be sure that there's > no confusion between my former vmware2 and the vmware3 installation I also > deinstalled the vmware3 port and then removed what has been left in /dev > and /usr/local/etc by hand. > After I reinstalled vmware3 everything went fine. Hmm. I did everything you did, but was unable to get the network interface working with VMWare3, and full-screen mode didn't do anything for me either. I _think_ the host-only mode setup was OK, because I kept the same config when I reverted to VMWare2, and it works fine there (I was running in Bridged mode before). > A big "thank you" to Mike again :) Yup, thanks for working on this! Cheers, AS > > cheers, > Stefan > > --On Wednesday, March 17, 2004 18:50:27 +0100 Stefan Farrenkopf > <farrenkopf@mail.sub.uni-goettingen.de> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > after all the discussion about vmware3 on 4.9 I thought it's wort to try > > it. Here are the steps I made and at the end I describe the problem I > > have now. > > > > I updated my source and applied the kernel patch, I also added VFS_AIO to > > my kernel configuration file. > > uname -a says now: FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE-p4 > > Then I removed vmware2 and installed vmware3 from the ports. > > I answered no to netgraph binding and configured a private IP adress and > > a netmask during the installation. Below you will find my config file > > (/usr/local/etc/vmware/config): > > > > vmware.fullpath = "/usr/local/lib/vmware/bin/vmware" > > wizard.fullpath = "/usr/local/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-wizard" > > dhcpd.fullpath = "/usr/local/lib/vmware/bin/vmnet-dhcpd" > > loop.fullpath = "/usr/local/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-loop" > > libdir = "/usr/local/lib/vmware" > > vmnet1.HostOnlyAddress = "192.168.254.1" > > vmnet1.HostOnlyNetMask = "255.255.255.0" > > > > I added the following line to my /etc/sysctl.conf file: > > kern.ipc.shm_allow_removed=1 > > > > Because of the new kernel I rebooted the machine. > > > > After I got back to a running system, I tried to run vmware with my > > vmware2 configuration and with a new configuration where I pointed to the > > existing disks (2 Virtual IDE drives). > > I had a look at my vmware2 configuration and added the cdrom by hand > > (/dev/adc0c). When I try to Choose this device from my /dev directory it > > does not show up in the open dialog. There are instead only a few devices > > with typical linux names (hda, ...). > > > > The main problem I have now: I don't have a working vmnet interface :( If > > I PowerOn vmware it complains about the missing /dev/vmnet1. > > I tried to restart the vmware components by executing > > /usr/local/etc/rc.d/vmware stop/start and I had to realize that there's a > > problem with the initialisation of vmnet1. Here's the output of > > "vmware.sh start": > > ifconfig: interface vmnet1 does not exist > > and if I do a stop the same message appears. > > > > I removed the Host-only network interface from my vmware configuration > > and bootet the win2k installation with success. I was able to install the > > newer vmware tools, but I was not able to switch to full screen mode. If > > I tried to nothing happened. > > > > Besides the missing network interface everything is fine, but without the > > network I am not able to connect to the samba daemon and vmware is > > useless for my application :( > > > > Any suggestions how to solve the problem? > > > > best wishes, > > Stefan > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-emulation > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-emulation-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-emulation > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-emulation-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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