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xunshirine
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Modules not found

Hello. After a proper install of Vmware Tools in Ubuntu Dapper and restart of the system , I followed the recommended steps for internet connection. The steps are below.

/etc/init.d/networking stop

rmmod pcnet32[/b]

rmmod vmxnet[/b]

depmod -a

modprobe vmxnet

/etc/init.d/networking start

When I input the two bolded command , the terminal said there is neither pcnet32 nor vmxnet modules respectively. Although following the other steps gave me the internet connection, I would like to know what those two commands work for and why they are adviced although there are not any related modules in Ubuntu Dapper?

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boogieshafer
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what virtual NIC type are you using? ...check out your vmx file if you are not sure...or look to see what driver is actually being used in you are using....look at the output of dmesg command and scan for "e1000" "vmxnet" or "pcnet32"

if you are running "e1000" you can ignore the vmxnet messages as they dont apply for that adapter type

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