VMware 3.0 on SuSE 7.3: Configuration Not Completed

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Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 7.3
Kernel: Version ab 2.4.10
VMware Workstation: Version 3.0

Symptoms

You are asked to execute the configuration script

vmware-config.pl
over and over; your virtual machine is started twice during the boot process or the virtual machine only works in one out of two boot processes.

Cause

Due to causes currently unknown, the file

not_configured
is not deleted after the successful execution of the configuration script
vmware-config.pl

Solution

Delete this file manually as root user:

rm /etc/vmware/not_configured
Once this has been done, everything should work.


Keywords: VMWARE, CONFIG, CONFIGURE, CONFIGURED, TWICE

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