Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 18:41:52 -0500 (EST) From: "Mark Yeck" <y3k@gti.net> To: ptfd9100@beanstalk.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VMWare2 Message-ID: <1291.65.205.87.208.1016667712.squirrel@y3k.shacknet.nu> In-Reply-To: <02032017323302.13992@fcoffice.ptfd.org> References: <02032017323302.13992@fcoffice.ptfd.org>
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> Upon installing vmware 2 from teh ports, everything seemed to go fine > however when I try to run it as a user I get a complaint about linux > procfs not mounted, when I use /usr/local/lib/vmware/bin/vmware it > starts but gives me errors about not being able to execute the vmware > workstation executable file, and module 10 initialization succeeded.. > Starts anyway, but I'm unable to load a guest OS as when trying to hit > power on I get could not open /proc/cpuinfo. > > I tried but did not have a linproc port in teh ports collection. So I > got th elinprocfs.tar.gz from teh same ftp as teh vmware (mindspring > ... ...) and placed it in teh ports/emulators, tree. When running make > ioon it I get complaints that it is too old, and need to run pkg > instead? > > My system is setup with Linux_compatibility=yes in rc.conf. > > > Any help would be appreciated I have the following line in /etc/fstab: /proc /usr/compat/linux/proc linprocfs rw 0 0 When I boot that sets up the linprocfs stuff automatically. To do it manually is something like: /sbin/mount -t linprocfs /proc /usr/compat/linux/proc -mark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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