The answer is to recompile the source tarball with a patch which appeared at: https://communities.vmware.com/message/2686431?tstart=0#2686431 generously provided by https://communities.vmware.com/people/dariusd . Tried it and it works swimmingly. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos