vmware-tools-config says this:
But that doesn't work:
Instead, I have to reboot the VM. Is this a bug in tools or just an error in the documentation (i.e. should restarting networking and adding the kernel module work, or should these instructions tell me to reboot the VM)?
I'm seeing this on Ubuntu 7.10 now, but I think I saw it last time I installed tools in 7.04 as well.
To use the vmxnet driver, restart networking using the following commands:
/etc/init.d/networking stop
rmmod pcnet32
rmmod vmxnet
modprobe vmxnet
/etc/init.d/networking start
/etc/init.d/networking stop
rmmod pcnet32
rmmod vmxnet
modprobe vmxnet
/etc/init.d/networking start
But that doesn't work:
root@myk:~/vmware-tools-distrib# /etc/init.d/networking stop
* Deconfiguring network interfaces... OK
root@myk:~/vmware-tools-distrib# rmmod pcnet32
ERROR: Module pcnet32 does not exist in /proc/modules
root@myk:~/vmware-tools-distrib# rmmod vmxnet
root@myk:~/vmware-tools-distrib# modprobe vmxnet
root@myk:~/vmware-tools-distrib# /etc/init.d/networking start
* Configuring network interfaces...
Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.
Ignoring unknown interface eth1=eth1.
Ignoring unknown interface eth2=eth2.
Ignoring unknown interface ath0=ath0.
Ignoring unknown interface wlan0=wlan0.
OK
* Deconfiguring network interfaces... OK
root@myk:~/vmware-tools-distrib# rmmod pcnet32
ERROR: Module pcnet32 does not exist in /proc/modules
root@myk:~/vmware-tools-distrib# rmmod vmxnet
root@myk:~/vmware-tools-distrib# modprobe vmxnet
root@myk:~/vmware-tools-distrib# /etc/init.d/networking start
* Configuring network interfaces...
Ignoring unknown interface eth0=eth0.
Ignoring unknown interface eth1=eth1.
Ignoring unknown interface eth2=eth2.
Ignoring unknown interface ath0=ath0.
Ignoring unknown interface wlan0=wlan0.
OK
Instead, I have to reboot the VM. Is this a bug in tools or just an error in the documentation (i.e. should restarting networking and adding the kernel module work, or should these instructions tell me to reboot the VM)?
I'm seeing this on Ubuntu 7.10 now, but I think I saw it last time I installed tools in 7.04 as well.
