VMware-tools Common Agent start failed on SLES11 SP1 after upgrade from 10.0.0.50046 to 10.0.9.55972
webtest1:~ # uname -a
Linux webtest1 2.6.32.12-0.7-default #1 SMP 2010-05-20 11:14:20 +0200 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
webtest1:~ # cat /etc/SuSE-release
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64)
VERSION = 11
PATCHLEVEL = 1
webtest1:~ # vmware-toolbox-cmd -v
10.0.9.55972 (build-3917699)
webtest1:~ # /etc/init.d/vmware-tools start
Starting VMware Tools services in the virtual machine:
Switching to guest configuration: done
Guest memory manager: done
VM communication interface: done
VM communication interface socket family: done
Guest operating system daemon: done
VGAuthService: done
Common Agent: failed
Common Agent execute function vmware_start_caf() in /etc/init.d/vmware-tools
vmware_start_caf()
{
cafscriptdir=/etc/vmware-caf/pme/scripts
${cafscriptdir}/start-listener
${cafscriptdir}/start-ma
}
vmware_start_caf() try to execute command /etc/vmware-caf/pme/scripts/start-listener and return error 255
webtest1:~ # /etc/vmware-caf/pme/scripts/start-listener
The locale is not UTF8, looking for a better one
Initializing locale search with LANG:POSIX
Looking for best match for <POSIX>
Generic starting point, defaulting
Looking for best match for <en_US>
en_US.utf8 is best match for en_US
webtest1:~ # echo $?
255
