From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 3 3:11:10 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail-2.sjc.telocity.net (mail-2.sjc.telocity.net [216.227.56.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A793637BA9D for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2000 03:11:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from otter@otter.cc) Received: from otter.cc (dsl-216-227-91-85.telocity.com [216.227.91.85]) by mail-2.sjc.telocity.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id DAA15317; Mon, 3 Apr 2000 03:09:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <38E86E65.256C5F25@otter.cc> Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 06:11:49 -0400 From: Otter X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fredrik =?iso-8859-1?Q?Carl=E9n?= Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: linproc and vmware References: <38E4A0BC.A7AA1233@futurniture.se> <01d601bf9bf6$83611120$020a0a0a@megared.net.mx> <38E761B3.3B583D8A@otter.cc> <000b01bf9d3a$221c7ea0$af07a8c0@futurniture.se> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Fredrik Carlén" wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Otter" > To: "Alejandro Ramirez" > Cc: "Fredrik Carlen" ; > > Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2000 5:05 PM > Subject: Re: linproc and vmware > > > Alejandro Ramirez wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > When I try to compile vmware2.x 'make' exits with the error: > > > > ' vmware2-2.0.476 is marked as broken: This software absolutely > requires > > > > Linux procfs support.' > > > > > > > > I got a suggestion this is some kind of Linux-compatible proc > file > > > > system. > > > > Is this correct? > > > > > > Yes, but FreeBSD 4.X can emulate the linux proc filesystem. > > > > > Maybe so, but it still barfs on "Can't open /proc/cpuinfo" here. > > Fredrik, have you got linux compatibility (no, not emulation) setup? > > You'll need the linux_base port and have a line in your rc.conf like > > linux_enable="YES". Also, try a cvsup to get your ports current. > It's > > not marked as broken anymore. I've noticed several changes to the > port > > in the last few days. I think they're still tweaking it to get it to > > work right. I also get an error on startup about machine doesn't > have a > > valid hostname, followed by a "gethostbyname() failed". If great > things > > come to those who wait, I can't wait to stop dual booting and just > run > > all my work in NT in a window on my FreeBSD desktop! > > -Otter > > Hello, Fredrik here again! I have linux_base6.1 and my rc.conf looks > right - and you know what? -It worked! I had to install the linproc > stuff from somebody named "vasilyaev" or something like it, but then > it worked. > I was finally able to compile vmware and install it, and get vmware to > start up. The thing is only now vmware says "netscape not found" - but > in giving the *correct* path to the file chooser, vmware still doesn't > know where it is(it's in /usr/local/bin/). And if I try to browse to > it in the Motif file chooser, vmware can't see the 'local' branch in > /usr/local/bin! I have checked permissions, and the're right (I even > run it as root)...suggestions? I can't wait myself! I don't like NT. > It's an alienating OS. It tries to hide stuff from me, I don't like > it. > /Fredrik It isn't alienating. It's supposed to be security. As for not being able to see local, I'm not sure what to tell you. I also got VMware up and running, but have yet to find my NT disks/cd to install it. One thing I am having problems with is "gethostbyname()failed" errors. Do you get those too? I'm still trying to figure out how to get rid of them. -Otter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message