Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 10:57:05 -0400 From: dochawk@psu.edu To: Manuel Hendel <manuel@hendel.net> Cc: dochawk@psu.edu, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: vmwware2 - could not get interface address for vmnet1: ... Message-ID: <200204241457.g3OEv5er016079@fac13.ds.psu.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 24 Apr 2002 09:13:11 %2B0200." <20020424071311.GA9028@partagas.easygolucky.de>
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manuel mentioned, > > > There was no instance after I closed the vmware window the normal way. > > > > yes, but something may still be locked. vmware has done this to me a > > couple of time s . . > > OK. So what do you mean with the extrem solution? Shell I deinstall > vmware an try to remove everything vmware comes with, reboot and > reinstall it after that? yep. I removed everything but the files in my home directory. The reboot is a paranoid attempt to avoid any lingering buffers, memories, locks, etc. I'm sue there's a better way to do this, but it worked for me in a crunch. Now that I think of it: I believe you need to reinstall vmware *every* time you compile your kernel, too . . . hawk -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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