Thanks for reporting this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. I'm marking this confirmed based on http://xen.1045712.n5.nabble.com/Re-ioctl-00005382-not-supported-by-Xen-blkdev-td2563654.html
The added check seems like a good idea. Would you be willing to contact the upstream vmware developers to see if they are willing to add it? ** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/737668 Title: Init script hangs on EC2 in vmware-checkvm -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs