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 Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 9:36 pm Post subject: VMware 5 Beta - now with ebuilds |
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http://www.vmware.com/products/desktop/ws5_beta.html
and it has 64bit support 
edit: opps sorry.. I put this in the wrong place 
edit2: I've made an ebuild (thanks to jhuebel for the beta1 ebuild) for the new vmware 5 beta, and called it beta2.
download it here
as root extract it to your portage overlay directory, which by default is /usr/local/portage, but I use /usr/portage/local, ie
| Code: | | tar -zxvf /path/to/vmware5beta2.tar.gz -C /usr/portage/local |
also, grab the png file from here and put it AND the vmware file (VMware-workstation-e.x.p-11608.tar.gz) in /usr/portage/distfiles.
then as root add vmware to your package.keywords:
| Code: | | echo "app-emulation/vmware-workstation ~x86 >> /etc/portage/package.keywords |
and give it a try with
| Code: | | emerge -av vmware-workstation |
good luck 
update: looks like it can only be run as root.. I have tried creating a new group "vmware" and adding my user to it, and chgrp -R vmware dir and NOW I can start vmware as a user, but when I turn on my virtual pc, it gets stuck at a black screen, debug gives this error: | Code: | | VMware Workstation must be set-UID root, "/opt/vmware/lib/bin-debug/vmware-vmx" is not. Are you running /opt/vmware/lib/bin-debug/vmware-vmx from its distribution directory? That copy of the program is not set-UID root. |
setting this back to uid root stops me from being able to start the virtual pc at all!
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| Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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| I am having trouble installing it. It wants to know where the init directories rc0.d thru rc9.d are? |
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| Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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| blmartin777 wrote: | | I am having trouble installing it. It wants to know where the init directories rc0.d thru rc9.d are? |
Did you install from the v5 beta1 ebuild in portage?
Just change the ebuild for the new beta2 release.
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| Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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| I am trying that now but am getting an error about no vmware.rc file |
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| Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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| blmartin777 wrote: | | I am having trouble installing it. It wants to know where the init directories rc0.d thru rc9.d are? |
thanks for posting a problem, now this thread is not in the wrong place
rc.d are redhat style init scripts.. did you try the tar.gz or the rpm?
I would do as scoobydu suggests and use the old ebuild..
I haven't had a chance to actually play with it yet.. but I will try to soon! 
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| Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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| i used the tar.gz and I am trying the ebuild but I might not be doing it right. Just out of curiosity do you need a beta license for this. |
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taskara
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| Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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| blmartin777 wrote: | | i used the tar.gz and I am trying the ebuild but I might not be doing it right. Just out of curiosity do you need a beta license for this. |
yes, you will.. they should email it to you when you sign up..
but it shouldn't ask you for it until after the program is installed.. but they may have changed that..
if you're using the tar.gz are you following a readme?
I haven't played with it yet so you're kinda on your own
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| Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 11:09 pm Post subject: |
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Modified beta1 ebuild installs and works fine here ... had a problem with vmware.png not being there but just tweaked the ebuild ...
btw: Its good!! Just need a 64bit os other than gentoo to install and test the new 64bit functionality.
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| Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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| why does it say my serial has expired |
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| Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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| blmartin777 wrote: | | why does it say my serial has expired |
v5 serial?
You should use the one they sent you when you signed up for the beta testing.
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| Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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| I got vmware v5 installed and had problems so I went back to the 4.5.2 and entered my serial and it said it expired How did you get the ebuild to work? |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 7:26 am Post subject: |
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OK gentlemen (and ladies if present)
I've made an ebuild for the new vmware 5 beta.
download it here
as root extract it to your portage overlay directory, which by default is /usr/local/portage, but I use /usr/portage/local, ie
| Code: | | tar -zxvf /path/to/vmware5beta2.tar.gz -C /usr/portage/local |
also, grab the png file from here and put it AND the vmware file (VMware-workstation-e.x.p-11608.tar.gz) in /usr/portage/distfiles.
then as root add vmware to your package.keywords:
| Code: | | echo "app-emulation/vmware-workstation ~x86 >> /etc/portage/package.keywords |
and give it a try with
| Code: | | emerge -av vmware-workstation |
good luck
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| Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 1:38 pm Post subject: |
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I can't get it to work without being root...
anyone had any luck?
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| Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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| taskara wrote: | I can't get it to work without being root...
anyone had any luck? |
Yes, one of the files need to be made suid root.
Can't fully remember the name (/opt/vmware/lib/bin-debug) I think!? ... I ran vmware in a term, and it gave me the error.
Appears that in debug mode this binary is used  ?
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| Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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Try this as root
| Code: | | chmod 755 /usr/bin/vmware |
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| Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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yes, thanks guys.. naturally I tried chmoding everything except Hadrian's wall..
I can chmod the vmware binary, but then get other debug errors that I can't access etc.. I can't change them because they then won't run if it's not rot suid.. so looks like it's a limitation of the beta package - but that seems totally rediculous to me - who would log in as root to run anything!? let alone a beta program
fyi I need to chmod everything so that I can run it, and if I do this is the error:
| Code: | VMware Workstation Error:
VMware Workstation must be set-UID root, "/opt/vmware/lib/bin-debug/vmware-vmx" is not. Are you running /opt/vmware/lib/bin-debug/vmware-vmx from its distribution directory? That copy of the program is not set-UID root. |
at least my ebuild works
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| Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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VMware Workstation must be set-UID root, "/opt/vmware/lib/bin-debug/vmware-vmx" is not
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Well, why not just chmod 4755? Whats the problem?
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| Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 11:55 pm Post subject: |
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thanks himpierre, that's the one I needed to fix permission problems.. however
here's teh deal
after the emerge here's what transpires:
| Code: | chris@josiah ~ $ vmware
/bin/sh: /usr/bin/vmware: Permission denied
chris@josiah ~ $ ls -l /usr/bin/vmware
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Dec 24 10:40 /usr/bin/vmware -> /opt/vmware/bin/vmware
chris@josiah ~ $ ls -l /opt/vmware/bin/vmware
-r-s--x--x 1 root root 4715 Dec 24 10:40 /opt/vmware/bin/vmware |
| Code: | chris@josiah ~ $ sudo chmod 4755 /opt/vmware/bin/vmware
chris@josiah ~ $ ls -l /opt/vmware/bin/vmware
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 4715 Dec 24 10:40 /opt/vmware/bin/
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| Code: | | chris@josiah ~ $ vmware |
&& start a VM
| Code: | VMware Workstation Error:
VMware Workstation must be set-UID root, "/opt/vmware/lib/bin-debug/vmware-vmx" is not. Are you running /opt/vmware/lib/bin-debug/vmware-vmx from its distribution directory? That copy of the program is not set-UID root. |
| Code: | sudo chmod 4755 /opt/vmware/lib/bin-debug/vmware-vmx && vmware
Using log file /tmp/vmware-chris/ui-32397.log
PowerOn
No valid NVRAM file found, will create default NVRAM.
ASSERT /build/mts/release/bora-11608/bora/lib/thread/vthreadPosix.c:199
Waiting for child process 1750 to dump core...
Waiting for child process 1750 to dump core...
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Timed out waiting for child process 1750.
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* The UI terminated unexpectedly.
* If you file a bug or support request about this issue,
* please include log and core file(s) from the UI if
* available.
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Unable to continue without a UI.
Panic loop |
yay!
edit: forgot to mention in this post, that it works fine when logged in as root.. cheers!
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| Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 10:06 am Post subject: |
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Hola.
I have no such problems. I just changed the beta ebuild in portage.
NP="VMware-workstation-e.x.p-10737"
to
NP="VMware-workstation-e.x.p-11608".
Emerged this, added the suid bit and everything runs fine.
cheers
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| Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 10:35 am Post subject: |
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| himpierre wrote: | Hola.
I have no such problems. I just changed the beta ebuild in portage.
NP="VMware-workstation-e.x.p-10737"
to
NP="VMware-workstation-e.x.p-11608".
Emerged this, added the suid bit and everything runs fine.
cheers
t. |
hmmm perhaps I broke something.
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| Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 10:45 am Post subject: |
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did you compile your system with posix threading library?
chris@josiah ~ $ /lib/libc.so.6
GNU C Library 20041102 release version 2.3.4, by Roland McGrath et al.
Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Compiled by GNU CC version 3.4.3 (Gentoo Linux 3.4.3, ssp-3.4.3-0, pie-8.7.6.6).
Compiled on a Linux 2.6.8 system on 2004-12-13.
Available extensions:
GNU libio by Per Bothner
crypt add-on version 2.1 by Michael Glad and others
Native POSIX Threads Library by Ulrich Drepper et al
The C stubs add-on version 2.1.2.
GNU Libidn by Simon Josefsson
BIND-8.2.3-T5B
NIS(YP)/NIS+ NSS modules 0.19 by Thorsten Kukuk
Thread-local storage support included.
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| Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 10:54 am Post subject: |
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| himpierre wrote: | Hola.
I have no such problems. I just changed the beta ebuild in portage.
NP="VMware-workstation-e.x.p-10737"
to
NP="VMware-workstation-e.x.p-11608".
Emerged this, added the suid bit and everything runs fine.
cheers
t. |
that's what i did and it works perfect here
| Quote: | SiRiUS tom # ls -al /opt/vmware/bin/vmware
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root users 4715 21. Dez 22:52 /opt/vmware/bin/vmware
SiRiUS tom # ls -al /opt/vmware/lib/bin-debug/vmware-vmx
-r-sr-sr-x 1 root root 3992672 21. Dez 22:52 /opt/vmware/lib/bin-debug/vmware-vmx |
i think that was a
| Code: | chown root:users /opt/vmware/bin/vmware && chmod 755 /opt/vmware/bin/vmware
chmod +s /opt/vmware/lib/bin-debug/vmware-vmx |
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did you compile your system with posix threading library?
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himbeere@irmeli ~ $ /lib/libc.so.6
GNU C Library 20041102 release version 2.3.4, by Roland McGrath et al.
Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Compiled by GNU CC version 3.4.3 (Gentoo Linux 3.4.3, ssp-3.4.3-0, pie-8.7.6.6).
Compiled on a Linux 2.6.8 system on 2004-11-15.
Available extensions:
GNU libio by Per Bothner
crypt add-on version 2.1 by Michael Glad and others
Native POSIX Threads Library by Ulrich Drepper et al
The C stubs add-on version 2.1.2.
GNU Libidn by Simon Josefsson
BIND-8.2.3-T5B
NIS(YP)/NIS+ NSS modules 0.19 by Thorsten Kukuk
Thread-local storage support included.
For bug reporting instructions, please see:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/bugs.html>.
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| Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2004 12:20 am Post subject: |
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righto thanks guys I'll give it another try.. it's prob just my system (or me )
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i'm a such moron, i spend some time to realize that i need to add vmware-workstation in package.unmask to portage show the latest version as a package that i can emerge.
just a question, before meld my computer emerging this thingy, how long this version takes to expire?
It seems that the 4.5 registration key isn't the same used in this version, just in case i did another registration to get a version 5 registration key, but can i use my old registration key?
can i run both versions (4.5 and 5.0 beta) side by side?
sorry to ask these things here not in vmware support forums, i just thing that i've found a more knowledgeable people here than there.
every time i say "gentoo" people run out.
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