On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 08:59 -0800, Michael Eager wrote:
> Greg Sieranski wrote:
>
> > The work around was to set VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=no. This allowed me to
> > open up images I had previously created. Now when I tried to start up
> > the images I would get the "Version mismatch with vmmon module:
> > expecting 167.0, got 161.0". So I tried reinstalling vmware and not
> > running the any-any-update114 patch. Now, I do not get the version
> > mismatch error but my system just locks up and I have to hold down the
> > power button to reboot.
> >
> > I tried downgrading to VMWare Workstation 6.0.0 and applying the
> > any-any-update114 but my system still locks up.
>
> I have the similar behavior. The keyboard and mouse respond,
> and I can type into a terminal window, but no commands execute.
> Eventually, the system hangs completely.
>
> I wasn't able to find any patches for Workstation 6.x on the VMWare
> website. Can you send me a link?
Actually, the patch was posted here on this list. Since it's small and
to avoid searching, here it is again (it's a patch to net-services.sh):
--- net-services.sh.old 2007-10-01 14:45:51.000000000 -0700
+++ net-services.sh 2007-10-12 10:41:19.000000000 -0700
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
# Determine if SELinux is enabled
isSELinuxEnabled() {
- if [ "`cat /selinux/enforce 2> /dev/null`" = "1" ]; then
+ if [ -x /usr/sbin/selinuxenabled ] && /usr/sbin/selinuxenabled ;
then
echo "yes"
else
echo "no"
@@ -616,6 +616,9 @@
if [ ! -e "$vDevice" ]; then
mknod -m 600 "$vDevice" c 119 "$vHubNr"
fi
+ if [ "`isSELinuxEnabled`" = 'yes' ]; then
+ restorecon "$vDevice"
+ fi
}
# Create a virtual host ethernet interface and connect it to a virtual
I also forwarded the original e-mail with the patch to some colleagues I
have at VMware. Hopefully that will get it some extra attention with
them.
Cheers,
Chris
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