Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current )

1999-12-26 Thread Alex
Peter Wemm wrote: > > > b) could not open /usr/local/lib/vmware/lib/vmm (no such file or directory) > > That is because /proc/curproc/exe is missing. Under Linux it's a pointer to > the executable file (like our "file" used to be before it was killed). A > trivial patch to reactivate it in a fo

Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current )

1999-12-26 Thread Peter Wemm
"Vladimir N. Silyaev" wrote: > > I created a new configuration and the only problem seems > > to be the following error messages: > > a) about missing /dev/rtc and > Exactly, /dev/rtc doesn't supported. .. and I'm not entirely sure that we can support it easily. Linux appears to allow user proc

Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current )

1999-12-26 Thread Vladimir N. Silyaev
On Sat, Dec 25, 1999 at 11:13:19PM +0100, Andreas Klemm wrote: > > Well, I think I had an outdated vmware port.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 Don't required, this modules are loaded at

Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current )

1999-12-26 Thread Peter Wemm
Mike Smith wrote: > > b) could not open /usr/local/lib/vmware/lib/vmm (no such file or directory) . > > No idea about that one. That is because /proc/curproc/exe is missing. Under Linux it's a pointer to the executable file (like our "file" used to be before it was killed). A trivial patc

Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current )

1999-12-25 Thread Julian Elischer
Andreas Klemm wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 25, 1999 at 01:11:06PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > > Hi ! > > > > > > Some time ago I fetched your vmware port from internet. > > > I moved to -current because staroffice5 there is able to run > > > with a SMP kernel. > > > > > > When trying to run vmware I e

Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current )

1999-12-25 Thread Julian Elischer
Mike Smith wrote: > > > Hi ! > > > > Some time ago I fetched your vmware port from internet. > > I moved to -current because staroffice5 there is able to run > > with a SMP kernel. > > > > When trying to run vmware I encounter the following problems: > > > > This message shows up immediately afte

Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current )

1999-12-25 Thread Andreas Klemm
On Sat, Dec 25, 1999 at 02:25:40PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > Too bad, that the vmware port isn't part of the ports tree and > > doesn't have a version number in the file name. Otherwise it > > would be more easily possible to communicate the exact software > > release status. > > I think the i

Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current )

1999-12-25 Thread Mike Smith
> Too bad, that the vmware port isn't part of the ports tree and > doesn't have a version number in the file name. Otherwise it > would be more easily possible to communicate the exact software > release status. I think the idea just now is to avoid having people that complain quickly like you a

Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current )

1999-12-25 Thread Mike Smith
> 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 minds

Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current )

1999-12-25 Thread Andreas Klemm
On Sat, Dec 25, 1999 at 02:15:07PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 25, 1999 at 01:11:06PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > Hi ! > > > > > > > > Some time ago I fetched your vmware port from internet. > > > > I moved to -current because staroffice5 there is able to run > > > > with a SMP

Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current )

1999-12-25 Thread Andreas Klemm
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 webser

Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current )

1999-12-25 Thread Mike Smith
> On Sat, Dec 25, 1999 at 01:11:06PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > > Hi ! > > > > > > Some time ago I fetched your vmware port from internet. > > > I moved to -current because staroffice5 there is able to run > > > with a SMP kernel. > > > > > > When trying to run vmware I encounter the following

Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current )

1999-12-25 Thread Andreas Klemm
On Sat, Dec 25, 1999 at 01:11:06PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > Hi ! > > > > Some time ago I fetched your vmware port from internet. > > I moved to -current because staroffice5 there is able to run > > with a SMP kernel. > > > > When trying to run vmware I encounter the following problems: > >

Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current )

1999-12-25 Thread Vladimir N. Silyaev
On Sat, Dec 25, 1999 at 10:03:56PM +0100, Andreas Klemm wrote: > Some time ago I fetched your vmware port from internet. > I moved to -current because staroffice5 there is able to run > with a SMP kernel. > > When trying to run vmware I encounter the following problems: > > This message shows up

Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current )

1999-12-25 Thread Mike Smith
> Hi ! > > Some time ago I fetched your vmware port from internet. > I moved to -current because staroffice5 there is able to run > with a SMP kernel. > > When trying to run vmware I encounter the following problems: > > This message shows up immediately after program start: > > kldload: can't

can't get vmware to run ( on -current )

1999-12-25 Thread Andreas Klemm
Hi ! Some time ago I fetched your vmware port from internet. I moved to -current because staroffice5 there is able to run with a SMP kernel. When trying to run vmware I encounter the following problems: This message shows up immediately after program start: kldload: can't load /usr/local/lib/v