Public bug reported: Hello,
My name is Nate, and I'm responsible for keeping the open-vm-tools package up to date. I am requesting that ioctl (specifically FIFREEZE/FITHAW ioctl) please be compiled into the kernel (if it hasn't already) because vmsync doesn't compile since newer kernel (namely 3.6 and greater). Yes, I know it's depreciated but it need to be done. I'm reporting this now because I've known about this for a month or so because I have a scratch machine and both that and Ubuntu are different environments, and I just installed Raring for the first time. And since Ubuntu's kernel has more stuff that the normal kernel, I wanted to know if the module would compile. Here's part of the info I got: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/apport/package-hooks/dkms_packages.py", line 22, in <module> import apport ImportError: No module named apport Error! Build of vmsync.ko failed for: 3.7.0-5-generic (i686) This is coming directly from upstream (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3579185&group_id=204462&atid=989708). I can do some of the work from my end (taking out mentions of the vmsync module for dkms from the debian folder, and upload the new config to bzr and wait for approval). But in order for me to upload and mark (my packaging) for approval, I need this to be done please. Obviously, I'm posting this so I also get a bug report number, that I can put in my packaging's changelog ** Affects: open-vm-tools Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Incomplete ** Affects: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Assignee: Nate Muench (Mink) (n-muench) Status: In Progress ** Tags: raring ** Bug watch added: SourceForge.net Tracker #3579185 http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=3579185 ** Also affects: linux via http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=3579185 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** No longer affects: linux ** Also affects: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: open-vm-tools via http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=3579185 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Nate Muench (Mink) (n-muench) ** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1088053 Title: Kernel needs to provide FIFREEZE/FITHAW ioctl so that open-vm-dkms can build To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/open-vm-tools/+bug/1088053/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
