I just installed open-vm-dkms_2009.06.18-172495-0~ppa1_all.deb on a server. The vmware server said that the tools were not running, so I checked ps, and sure enough, vmtoolsd was not running.
I ran "strace vmtoolsd" and this is the end of the output: stat64("/etc/vmware-tools/tools.conf", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 open("/etc/vmware-tools/tools.conf", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 4 fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 close(4) = 0 time(NULL) = 1245705534 pipe([4, 5]) = 0 fcntl64(4, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 fcntl64(5, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGSEGV, {0xb8084900, [SEGV], 0}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGSEGV, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, 8) = 0 gettimeofday({1245705534, 60827}, NULL) = 0 stat64("/usr/lib/open-vm-tools/vmsvc", 0xbfec85dc) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) exit_group(1) = ? vmtoolsd is looking for /usr/lib/open-vm-tools/vmsvc, but the actual path is /usr/lib/open-vm-tools/plugins/vmsvc -- should build kernel modules with dkms https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277556 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is a direct subscriber. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs