Subject: Re: VMware: error opening /proc/meminfo
To: ptiJo <ptiJo@noos.fr>
From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@chylonia.3miasto.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 01/12/2002 21:12:37
>
> 	I made a link from /emul/linux/proc to /proc and mount le linprocfs in /proc (thX Wojciech ;)
> 	Did "/usr/pkg/etc/rc.d/vmmon start"
> 	No more meminfo BUT now it freezes the whole system :/
i do start vmmon and it doesn't frees just says i have no valid
licence....


> 	Any idea ?
>
> thX
>
> On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 19:07:37 +0100 (CET)
> Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@chylonia.3miasto.net> wrote:
>
> > > 	I installed VMware 2.0.4 and it seems to install allright (with suse-linux 6.4 things).
> > > 	I mounted the procfs via:
> > > mount_procfs -o linux /proc /emul/linux/proc
> > > 	When VMware starts, it says:
> > > Error opening /proc/meminfo: grep: /proc/meminfo: No such file or directory
> >
> > i did mounted it at /proc not /emul/linux/proc
> >
> >
> > > 	I checked /emul/linux/proc and there where:
> > > ...
> > > -r--r--r--	... 0	...	cpuinfo
> > > lr--r--r--	... 4	...	curproc -> 3370
> > > -r--r--r--	... 0	...	meminfo
> > > lr--r--r--	... 8	...	self -> curproc
> > >
> > > 	May I forgot to mount some other procfs ?
> > > 	Is there are patch to linux emul ?
> > > 	Any idea what to check or where to find doc...
> > >
> > > thX for answers,
> > > ---------------------
>

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