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Tanstaafl

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Feb 1, 2014, 10:20:01 AM2/1/14
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I'm getting an error I start it, but it says it starts:

> dinkumthinkum : Sat Feb 01, 09:52:46 : ~
> # /etc/init.d/vmware-tools start
> * /tmp/VMwareDnD: correcting mode
> * /proc/fs/vmblock/mountPoint: creating directory
> * checkpath: mkdir: No such file or directory
> * Mounting vmblock ...
> mount: mount point /proc/fs/vmblock/mountPoint does not exist [ !! ]
> * Starting vmware-tools ... [ ok ]
> dinkumthinkum : Sat Feb 01, 09:52:50 : ~
> #

Also, vCenter Server also sees it as running on the Summary tab...

I did try rebooting one last time, but it shows the same error when
starting up automatically too...

Anyone have any ideas how to resolve this? Or does it need to be resolved?

Thx

Daniel Frey

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Feb 1, 2014, 10:50:01 AM2/1/14
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vmblock needs fuse enabled in the kernel. I'm not sure if it needs a
module or not, I know my kernels use fuse as a module.

If fuse is set in the kernel already, then app-emulation/open-vm-tools
is not built with the 'fuse' USE flag.

Dan

Tanstaafl

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Feb 1, 2014, 1:20:02 PM2/1/14
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On 2014-02-01 10:45 AM, Daniel Frey <djq...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 02/01/2014 07:13 AM, Tanstaafl wrote:
>> I'm getting an error I start it, but it says it starts:
>>
>>> dinkumthinkum : Sat Feb 01, 09:52:46 : ~
>>> # /etc/init.d/vmware-tools start
>>> * /tmp/VMwareDnD: correcting mode
>>> * /proc/fs/vmblock/mountPoint: creating directory
>>> * checkpath: mkdir: No such file or directory
>>> * Mounting vmblock ...
>>> mount: mount point /proc/fs/vmblock/mountPoint does not exist [ !! ]
>>> * Starting vmware-tools ... [ ok ]

> vmblock needs fuse enabled in the kernel. I'm not sure if it needs a
> module or not, I know my kernels use fuse as a module.
>
> If fuse is set in the kernel already, then app-emulation/open-vm-tools
> is not built with the 'fuse' USE flag.

Bingo - thanks Daniel.

So... shouldn't this be considered a 'bug' then? If open-vm-tools
requires the fuse USE flag, it should be set by default.

Mike Gilbert

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Feb 1, 2014, 4:20:02 PM2/1/14
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It isn't needed if you don't use vmblock I guess. I just changed IUSE
to enable it by default anyway.
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