On 1/22/07, Denis Leroy <denis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Kam Leo wrote: > On 1/22/07, Matthew Saltzman <mjs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Sun, 21 Jan 2007, Kam Leo wrote: >> >> > On 1/21/07, Matthew Saltzman <mjs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> On Sun, 21 Jan 2007, Kam Leo wrote: >> >> >> >> > On 1/21/07, toracat <toracat@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> >> On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 11:16:21 -0800, Kam Leo wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> The error message is "Unable to open the installer database >> >> >> >> /etc/vmware/locations in read-mode.". >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > see? Also update106 is out now. Have you tried that one? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> It is not at http://http://ftp.cvut.cz/vmware/. What is the URL? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > Found the file at >> >> >> > >> http://knihovny.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/vmware-any-any-update106.tar.gz >> >> >> > >> >> >> > Does not work with workstation 5.5.3. Still getting the >> "Unable to >> >> open >> >> >> > installer..." error. >> >> >> >> >> >> Your error sounds unusual. Does the /etc/vmware/locations file >> exist? >> >> >> This error message would occur if the installation script >> >> >> (vmware-install.pl) cannot open that file. If your vmware >> installation >> >> is >> >> >> broken somehow, uninstall and reinstall might help. >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > vmware-any-any-update106/runme.pl expects "location" to be in >> >> > /etc/vmware. The directory, /etc/vmware, is empty. It would appear >> >> > that version 5.5.3 of workstation has moved its files to >> >> > /etc/vmware-tools. >> >> > >> >> > I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling. Also linking /etc/vmware >> >> > to /etc/vmware-tools. Neither works. >> >> >> >> Very strange, as I have VMwareWorkstation-5.5.3-34685 and it builds >> fine >> >> (except for one warning in the network compile--and works fin--with >> >> kernel-2.6.19-1.2895.fc6 and without the vmware-any-any patch. >> >> >> >> $ ls /etc/vmware/ >> >> config locations vmnet1/ >> >> installer.sh state/ vmnet8/ >> >> $ rpm -qf /etc/vmware >> >> VMwareWorkstation-5.5.3-34685 >> >> >> >> /etc/vmware-tools is from the vmware-tools guest package, not the >> VMware >> >> host package. >> >> >> >> So what is the host OS and what is the guest OS? What package did you >> >> install on the host, and what on the guest? What are you trying to >> build >> >> on the host and what on the geust? RPM or tarball? >> > >> > Host is Windows 2000. Guest is FC6. VMware-Tools is installed as an >> RPM. >> >> So that begs the question: What are you doing trying to run >> vmware-config.pl in your FC6 guest? And where did you get it? >> VMwareTools doesn't have that script. You shouldn't install >> VMwareWorkstation in the guest unless you are trying to do something >> bizarre like running a VM on your guest. >> > > The situation is as follows: > > 1) I have VMware Workstation 5.5.3 installed on a Windows 2000 host. > 2) FC6 is a guest VM. > 3) I'm trying to configure VMware Tools on the guest VM (FC6) for the > 2.6.19 kernel. > 4) vmware-config.pl is a script which is included with VMware Tools, > a utility provided with VMware Workstation. VMware Tools is packaged > both in rpm and tar formats. it's called 'vmware-config-tools.pl' actually
Thanks. You're correct. I may be getting into a bad habit of relying on bash's tab-completion feature and in the process overlooking the entire command.
