Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 13:18:49 -0600 From: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> To: dochawk@psu.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vmware looking for /dev/vmnet1 rather than 0 Message-ID: <20011114131849.C6273@polands.org> In-Reply-To: <200111141908.fAEJ8Wl07032@fac13.ds.psu.edu>; from dochawk@psu.edu on Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 02:08:32PM -0500 References: <20011114130255.B6273@polands.org> <200111141908.fAEJ8Wl07032@fac13.ds.psu.edu>
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On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 02:08:32PM -0500, dochawk@psu.edu wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 12:57:35PM -0500, Richard E. Hawkins wrote: > > > > I get the message window: "Could not get address for /dev/vmnet1: > > > Invalid argument. Failed to configure ethernet0." > > > > I made world last week (yikes, is the grammar correct there? maked > > > world? make worlded? :), and rebuilt the vmware port. A few days > > > later, I tried needing to use it immediately, of course :) vmware, and > > > it failed. Both my linux and windows installations fail. > > > > fac13ttyp1:hawk>ls -l /compat/linux/dev/v > > > vmmon% vmnet1% > > > Isn't it a kernel module that's loaded from boot.loader? It's > > been awhile since I've tried it as I was never able to get my > > guest OS to see the outside network. > > > that modules seems to be loadiing, as #5: > > fac13ttyp1:hawk>kldstat > Id Refs Address Size Name > 1 6 0xc0100000 2e799c kernel > 2 1 0xc1875000 7000 linprocfs.ko > 3 1 0xc18d9000 2000 rtc.ko > 4 2 0xc18dc000 15000 linux.ko > 5 1 0xc193b000 9000 vmmon_up.ko > 6 1 0xc1945000 4000 if_tap.ko > > > there is only one module, isn't there? > I think the other module is rtc.ko Sorry I'm not more help. Just hoping a *real* knowledgeable person will jump in here. I'd like to see a FAQ or something on FreeBSDDiary.org that takes vmware from "cradle to grave", as it were. -- Regards, Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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