[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Without running vmware-guestd some important functions of the Virtual
>> Infrastructur Client are not available.
> this is not a serious bug. and yes, i'll add one soon.
I extracted (and attached) the init-script from the Ubuntu patch and
adapted it to the debian package.
BTW: A backport to Etch would be much appreciated.
S°
#!/bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: open-vm-tools
# Required-Start:
# Required-Stop: $network
# Default-Start: 2 3 5
# Default-Stop: 0 6
# Description: Runs the open-vm-tools services
# Short-Description: Runs the open-vm-tools services
### END INIT INFO
. /lib/lsb/init-functions
vmxnet_needed () {
hwversion=`vmware-checkvm -h | head -1 | cut -f5 -d\ `
for dev in /sys/bus/pci/devices/*
do
if grep -q 15ad $dev && grep -q 0720 $dev
then
return 0
fi
if [ $hwversion -ge 4 ] && grep -q 1022 $dev && grep -q 2000
$dev
then
return 0
fi
done
return 1
}
exit_if_not_in_vm () {
if ! [ -x /usr/sbin/vmware-checkvm ] || ! /usr/sbin/vmware-checkvm >
/dev/null 2>&1
then
echo "Not starting as we're not running in a vm"
exit 0
fi
}
case "$1" in
start)
# Check if we're running inside VMWare
exit_if_not_in_vm
log_daemon_msg "Loading open-vm-tools modules"
log_progress_msg "vmhgfs"; modprobe vmhgfs
log_progress_msg "vmmemctl"; modprobe vmmemctl
log_end_msg 0
if vmxnet_needed
then
rmmod pcnet32
modprobe vmxnet
fi
log_daemon_msg "Starting open-vm guest daemon" "vmware-guestd"
vmware-guestd --background /var/run/vmware-guestd.pid
log_end_msg 0
;;
stop)
# Check if we're running inside VMWare
exit_if_not_in_vm
log_daemon_msg "Stopping open-vm guest daemon" "vmware-guestd"
if [ -f /var/run/vmware-guestd.pid ]
then
kill `cat /var/run/vmware-guestd.pid`
fi
log_end_msg 0
if vmxnet_needed
then
rmmod vmxnet
modprobe pcnet32
fi
log_daemon_msg "Removing open-vm-tools modules"
log_progress_msg "vmhgfs"; modprobe -r vmhgfs
log_progress_msg "vmmemctl"; modprobe -r vmmemctl
log_end_msg 0
;;
force-reload|restart)
$0 stop ; $0 start
;;
*)
log_success_msg "Usage: /etc/init.d/open-vm-tools
{start|stop|restart|force-reload}"
exit 1
;;
esac
