VMWware Server2 question

[john1954]

I followed Falko's How To to install VMware server 2 onto my Fedora 8 machine. This works without any problems at all until I restart the computer and I am unable to connect with the web browser (Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at 127.0.0.1:8222). A reinstall solved the problem until the next restart. Is there anything else I should have done? or have missed.

Appreciate your help
Cheers

John

[falko]

What's the output of chkconfig --list?

[john1954]

Thanks for the reply Falko.
I have tried chkconfig --list as per your post. I am using Fedora 8 with chkconfig installed but comes up with
root@localhost john]# chkconfig --list
bash: chkconfig: command not found
[root@localhost john]#

The Satus for all runlevels:
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 is running
Host network detection is not running
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 is running
DHCP server on /dev/vmnet1 is running
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 is running
DHCP server on /dev/vmnet8 is running
NAT networking on /dev/vmnet8 is running
Module vmmon loaded
Module vmnet loaded

Restarting the vmware service works, until computer restarted.

Cheers

John

[marpada]

Thanks for the reply Falko.
I have tried chkconfig --list as per your post. I am using Fedora 8 with chkconfig installed but comes up with
root@localhost john]# chkconfig --list
bash: chkconfig: command not found


Extrange, chkconfig should be in your root path.Try
#/sbin/chkconfig --list

To make vmware service start automatically:
#/sbin/chkconfig --add vmware

[john1954]

Thanks Marpada.

#/sbin/chkconfig --list worked and added #/sbin/chkconfig --add vmware

On restart same problem. Output of chkconfig --list attached. Any further thoughts appreciated

John

[falko]

The chkconfig output looks ok, so VMware should start during boot. Are there any errors in your logs, or do you see any errors on your monitor when you boot the system?

[john1954]

The on screen error as per 1st post (Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at 127.0.0.1:8222)
I have check all logs (httpd and vmware) The only one that seems to change after restarting vmware service is log/vmware/hostd.log (attached).

Hope this helps

Thanks

John

[falko]

[2008-10-12 12:29:22.073 'App' 140501761713904 error] An error occurred while loading configuration "/usr/lib/vmware/settings",not all entries are being read. It is strongly encouraged that you manually inspect the file and fix any corruptions. What's in /usr/lib/vmware/settings?

[john1954]

What's in /usr/lib/vmware/settings?

There is no 'settings' file only 'config' which I have attached

[falko]

What's the output of ls -la /usr/lib/vmware/settings?

[john1954]

What's the output of ls -la /usr/lib/vmware/settings?


[root@localhost john]# ls -la /usr/lib/vmware/settings
ls: cannot access /usr/lib/vmware/settings: No such file or directory

[falko]

You say that VMware doesn't work after a reboot. Can you try
modprobe vmmon
modprobe vmnet? Does VMware work afterwards?

[john1954]

You say that VMware doesn't work after a reboot. Can you try
modprobe vmmon
modprobe vmnet? Does VMware work afterwards?

Hi Falko,

No

[root@localhost john]# modprobe vmmon
bash: modprobe: command not found
[root@localhost john]# modprobe vmnet
bash: modprobe: command not found

Thanks again for your continued help

John

[falko]

Please try

/sbin/modprobe vmmon
/sbin/modprobe vmnet

[john1954]

Please try

/sbin/modprobe vmmon
/sbin/modprobe vmnet


[john@localhost ~]$ /sbin/modprobe vmmon
FATAL: Module vmmon not found.
[john@localhost ~]$ /sbin/modprobe vmnet
FATAL: Module vmnet not found.

Thanks

[falko]

What are the outputs of
updatedb
locate vmmon
and uname -a?

[john1954]

What are the outputs of
updatedb

[root@localhost john]# updatedb
[root@localhost john]#

locate vmmon
Please see attachment. Not sure if able to post this much info

and uname -a?

[root@localhost john]# uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.26.5-28.fc8 #1 SMP Sat Sep 20 09:12:30 EDT 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[root@localhost john]#

Cheers

John

[falko]

Hm... Did you see any errors during the VMware installation?

[john1954]

Hm... Did you see any errors during the VMware installation?


Not that I recall. All worked after installation ok.

Cheers

John

[falko]

Hm... I'm running out of ideas... :(

[john1954]

Hm... I'm running out of ideas... :(

Hi Falko,
I appreciate all your help. I am considering changing o/s soon to CentOS5.2 so hopefully that will solve my problem.

Thanks again
Cheers
John