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debugStub.listen.guest64.remote = 'TRUE' doesn't open a socket for remote connections posted: Apr 9, 2009 1:25 AM

Click to view kirktrue's profile Lurker 2 posts since
Apr 9, 2009

Hi,

I'm running a 64-bit Fedora guest on Fusion 2.0.3 and have added the following to my *.vmx file:

debugStub.listen.guest64 = 'TRUE'
debugStub.listen.guest64.remote = 'TRUE'

It appears VMware is picking this up as a see this in the vmware.log:

Apr 09 01:05:47.540: vmx| DICT debugStub.listen.guest64 = TRUE
Apr 09 01:05:47.540: vmx| DICT debugStub.listen.guest64.remote = TRUE

A little further down in the log I see this:

Apr 09 01:05:47.596: vmx| SOCKET creating new listening socket on port 8864
Apr 09 01:05:47.596: vmx| VMware Fusion is listening for debug connection on port 8864.
Apr 09 01:05:47.596: vmx| target remote localhost:8864


I was able to connect to the guest from the host via gdb, but I cannot connect via gdb from another machine. I checked netstat on the host, and I don't see port 8864 open at all. According to the MacOS X Security preference pane, my firewall is completely disabled.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

Click to view ecl100's profile Enthusiast 48 posts since
Sep 24, 2007
Hi, Kirktrue. Thanks for the conclusion. E.

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