vmtoolsd FATAL: Module vmmemctl not found. means ?

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#1

vmtoolsd FATAL: Module vmmemctl not found.

what does this mean

and should i activate/deactivate anything in the system or is this no problem

Best regards alex

#2

What version of vmware or vmware-player? What is the output of “uname -a” from a terminal?

#3

iam pretty new to opensuse.

should i rightclick om my desktop selecting terminal ? what text should i enter

opensuse 11.3 gnome
alex

#4

The terminal is the equivalent to the windows shell (command prompt). The quickest way is to execute Alt + F2. In the dialog box that pops up enter gnome-terminal for gnome, or konsole for kde and hit enter. Then copy and paste

uname -a

into the terminal and hit enter. Then paste the output of that command here along with the version of vmware or vmware-player your installing.

#5

alexander@linux-y54v:~> uname -a
Linux linux-y54v 2.6.34.7-0.7-default #1 SMP 2010-12-13 11:13:53 +0100 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
alexander@linux-y54v:~>

I should say im not trying to install vmvare(I dont know what it is) Ijust come across that message saying:

vmtoolsd FATAL: Module vmmemctl not foundmtoolsd FATAL: Module vmmemctl not found

when booting in failsafe to see if everything works the right way.

thanks for helping me

#6

That is part of the open source vmware tools that openSUSE includes in the kernel. I thought you were having trouble compiling the vmware modules after installing it. This is a bug in 11.3, but will not affect anything. The best way to check for errors is to take a look at the output of

dmesg

from a terminal. [Bug 633274] New: vmtoolsd: modprobe vmmemctl fails because it was renam](http://lists4.opensuse.org/opensuse-bugs/2010-08/msg04020.html)

#7

OK so this will not affect my system that’s good

tried using the dmesg but found it hard to understand for a newbie like me, I don’t know what to look for and i guess its to much to post

thanks for you support i guess i leave it then.

have a nice day /alex

#8

Is there a particular problem your looking for? The command line can be overwhelming sometimes. You can filter the results in a number of ways. The dmesg command shows the output of your boot process, and hardware initializing. If you run

dmesg | grep ACPI

it will only show ACPI related entries.

#9

Is there a particular problem your looking for?

no just had that vmtools thought / so its solved

thanks

/alex