Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 11:49:45 +0000 (GMT) From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> To: Manuel Hendel <Manuel.Hendel@easygolucky.de> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: vmware - could not get address for /dev/vmnet1: Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.31.0111161147420.26038-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20011116074848.GA37900@he0.easygolucky.de>
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On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Manuel Hendel wrote: > Yesterday I did a complete upgrade. Afterwards vmware didn't work > anymore. The following error message appeared: > > Could not get address for /dev/vmnet1: Invalid argument > Failed to configure ethernet0. > > Does anyone know, where this comes from? What can I do against it? The > point is, that I didn't change anything after my upgrade, I just > rebooted. This seems to be coming from the linux compatability layer upgrade. It's been discussed a bit on -stable, no solutions as yet. You could try going back to a -STABLE with a release date prior to the changes (November 5th, I think, is ok). You'll probably find that the port's maintainer is already aware of this; have you checked for/filed a PR? -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44(0)117 9287088 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 RFC822 jan.grant@bris.ac.uk "I like oranges more than apples!?" - that's like comparing apples and oranges! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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