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[vmware-player]: Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory | #1 |
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I am running on vmware player on Centos 5.8(final) 32 bit. Everytime I attempt to start an existing virtual machine, an error dialog pops saying:
"Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory ..." I've already installed devfsd (2.4.3-12.i386.rpm) but still there is no /dev/vmmon folder. I also followed the steps on the following link thinking that it will resolve the problem but it did not: http://hilaltarakci.blogspot.com/2011/07/vmware-player-error-could-not-open.html I searched the forum but i haven't seen any significant or relevant topic. Hope someone has an idea on how to solve this. Thank you! |
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Posted on: 2012/4/3 12:54
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Re: [vmware-player]: Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory | #2 |
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Which vmware version are you installing? Also, provide the output of the build process when you run your "vmware-modconfig --console --install-all"
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Posted on: 2012/4/3 14:04
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Re: [vmware-player]: Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory | #3 |
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Welcome to the CentOS fora. Please see the recommended reading for new users linked in my signature.
There don't seem to be too many CentOS-5 users of VMware Player for the host, or at least I have not seen a lot here. Have you considered alternatives for virtualization such as VirtualBox? |
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Posted on: 2012/4/3 18:15
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Re: [vmware-player]: Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory | #4 |
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I haven't considered using Virtual Box yet. Can it play existing VM images created from vmware workstation? Thank you
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Posted on: 2012/4/4 0:35
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Re: [vmware-player]: Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory | #5 |
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A qualified yes. It may take some tweaking, depending on the source VM type and configuration, but VirtualBox can certainly read and/or create .vmdk virtual disks. Try a google on vmware site:virtualbox.org for a better feel for the problems and more information.
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Posted on: 2012/4/4 10:51
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