On 7/8/08, Ben Kevan wrote:

On Tuesday 08 July 2008 04:28:33 pm Doctor Who wrote:

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Currently running VMWare Workstation 6.0.4 on openSUSE 11.0 and I can no longer access my existing VMs. When I go to 'Open' I get:

The folder contents could not be displayed

Error stating file '/home/hjs/vmware': No such file or directory

When I browse to a an exiting .vmx file and select it for opening, I get:

Unable to open "suse_machine.vmx": The file could not be found.

even though the file is clearly there. What is causing this problem. This happens regardless of whether the .vmx file resides on a Linux (ext3) partition or Windows (ntfs) partition.

I should add that uninstalling then re-installing VMware Workstation did not fix the issue. Existing VMs that appear in the GUI (in the tabs at the top of the screen) can be run (started, paused, etc.) but I cannot select any VM by going to the 'Open' menu.

I have also installed the 'patch' to get Workstation running on 11.0 and this does not address this particular problem.

Any ideas here would be greatly appreciated.

Please do a:

pwd && ls -l

In the same directory with the .vmx file..

/WINDOWS/D/WINDOWS/Virtual Machines total 124 drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 8192 2008-07-08 16:41 ESX3VM6_2 drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 4096 2008-03-19 11:52 PXE-ESX drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 8192 2008-07-08 16:41 PXE_RH drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 4096 2008-07-08 16:41 PXE_WIN drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 8192 2008-07-08 16:41 RH-DB drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 8192 2008-05-20 16:36 RH_PATCHING drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 8192 2008-07-08 16:41 RH-WWW drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 8192 2008-07-08 16:41 RH-WWW2 drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 4096 2008-03-19 11:49 sol10 drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 8192 2008-07-08 16:41 WIN03-DB drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 12288 2008-07-08 16:41 WIN03-WWW drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 8192 2008-07-08 16:41 WIN03-WWW2 drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 12288 2008-05-20 16:29 YUM_RH4 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On 7/8/08, Doctor Who wrote:

On 7/8/08, Ben Kevan wrote:

...

On Tuesday 08 July 2008 04:28:33 pm Doctor Who wrote:

...

Currently running VMWare Workstation 6.0.4 on openSUSE 11.0 and I can no longer access my existing VMs. When I go to 'Open' I get:

The folder contents could not be displayed

Error stating file '/home/hjs/vmware': No such file or directory

When I browse to a an exiting .vmx file and select it for opening, I get:

Unable to open "suse_machine.vmx": The file could not be found.

even though the file is clearly there. What is causing this problem. This happens regardless of whether the .vmx file resides on a Linux (ext3) partition or Windows (ntfs) partition.

I should add that uninstalling then re-installing VMware Workstation did not fix the issue. Existing VMs that appear in the GUI (in the tabs at the top of the screen) can be run (started, paused, etc.) but I cannot select any VM by going to the 'Open' menu.

I have also installed the 'patch' to get Workstation running on 11.0 and this does not address this particular problem.

Any ideas here would be greatly appreciated.

Please do a:

pwd && ls -l

In the same directory with the .vmx file..

/WINDOWS/D/WINDOWS/Virtual Machines total 124 drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 8192 2008-07-08 16:41 ESX3VM6_2 drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 4096 2008-03-19 11:52 PXE-ESX drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 8192 2008-07-08 16:41 PXE_RH drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 4096 2008-07-08 16:41 PXE_WIN drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 8192 2008-07-08 16:41 RH-DB drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 8192 2008-05-20 16:36 RH_PATCHING drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 8192 2008-07-08 16:41 RH-WWW drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 8192 2008-07-08 16:41 RH-WWW2 drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 4096 2008-03-19 11:49 sol10 drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 8192 2008-07-08 16:41 WIN03-DB drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 12288 2008-07-08 16:41 WIN03-WWW drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 8192 2008-07-08 16:41 WIN03-WWW2 drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 12288 2008-05-20 16:29 YUM_RH4

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You did that in the directory ABOVE the directory where the .vmx file is. Go down into one of those directories and find where the .vmx file is located and list that directory. Note that depending on the vintage of the virtual machine you might not have a .vmx file. Some older vm-s have .cfg files instead. -- ----------JSA--------- Sig line deleted for the humor impaired. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 7:04 AM, Doctor Who wrote:

On 7/8/08, John Andersen wrote:

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On 7/8/08, Doctor Who wrote:

...

On 7/8/08, Ben Kevan wrote:

...

On Tuesday 08 July 2008 04:28:33 pm Doctor Who wrote:

...

Currently running VMWare Workstation 6.0.4 on openSUSE 11.0 and I can no longer access my existing VMs. When I go to 'Open' I get:

The folder contents could not be displayed

Error stating file '/home/hjs/vmware': No such file or directory

When I browse to a an exiting .vmx file and select it for opening, I get:

Unable to open "suse_machine.vmx": The file could not be found.

even though the file is clearly there. What is causing this problem. This happens regardless of whether the .vmx file resides on a Linux (ext3) partition or Windows (ntfs) partition.

I should add that uninstalling then re-installing VMware Workstation did not fix the issue. Existing VMs that appear in the GUI (in the tabs at the top of the screen) can be run (started, paused, etc.) but I cannot select any VM by going to the 'Open' menu.

I have also installed the 'patch' to get Workstation running on 11.0 and this does not address this particular problem.

Any ideas here would be greatly appreciated.

Please do a:

pwd && ls -l

In the same directory with the .vmx file..

/WINDOWS/D/WINDOWS/Virtual Machines total 124 drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 8192 2008-07-08 16:41 ESX3VM6_2 drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 4096 2008-03-19 11:52 PXE-ESX drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 8192 2008-07-08 16:41 PXE_RH drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 4096 2008-07-08 16:41 PXE_WIN drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 8192 2008-07-08 16:41 RH-DB drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 8192 2008-05-20 16:36 RH_PATCHING drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 8192 2008-07-08 16:41 RH-WWW drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 8192 2008-07-08 16:41 RH-WWW2 drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 4096 2008-03-19 11:49 sol10 drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 8192 2008-07-08 16:41 WIN03-DB drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 12288 2008-07-08 16:41 WIN03-WWW drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 8192 2008-07-08 16:41 WIN03-WWW2 drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 12288 2008-05-20 16:29 YUM_RH4

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You did that in the directory ABOVE the directory where the .vmx file is. Go down into one of those directories and find where the .vmx file is located and list that directory.

Note that depending on the vintage of the virtual machine you might not have a .vmx file. Some older vm-s have .cfg files instead.

The .vmx file is there in each case. In fact, this machine dual boots and I can open and run these images in VMWare Workstation from Windows.

Here is the contents of one of the directories I had listed above:

/WINDOWS/D/WINDOWS/Virtual Machines/RH-DB total 4425469 -rwxrwxrwx 2 root users 32899072 2008-07-02 12:57 rh-db-000001.vmdk -rwxrwxrwx 2 root users 4294967296 2008-03-31 13:46 rh-db-flat.vmdk -rwxrwxrwx 2 root users 8684 2008-07-02 12:57 rh-db.nvram -rwxrwxrwx 2 root users 100663296 2008-03-31 13:40 rh-db-Snapshot32.vmem -rwxrwxrwx 2 root users 1101843 2008-03-31 13:40 rh-db-Snapshot32.vmsn -rwxrwxrwx 2 root users 347 2008-03-31 13:46 rh-db.vmdk -rwxrwxrwx 2 root users 100663296 2008-07-02 10:39 rh-db.vmem drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 0 2008-07-02 09:37 rh-db.vmem.lck -rwxrwxrwx 2 root users 3498 2008-04-10 20:59 rh-db.vmsd -rwxrwxrwx 2 root users 1112582 2008-07-02 12:57 rh-db.vmss -rwxrwxrwx 1 root users 1671 2008-07-02 12:57 rh-db.vmx -rwxrwxrwx 2 root users 1192 2005-01-14 16:23 rh-db.vmx~ -rwxrwxrwx 2 root users 1216 2005-02-21 12:21 rh-db.vmx.bak -rwxrwxrwx 2 root users 250 2006-05-11 11:02 rh-db.vmxf -rwxrwxrwx 1 root users 51531 2008-07-02 09:37 vmware-0.log -rwxrwxrwx 1 root users 53762 2008-06-25 12:57 vmware-1.log -rwxrwxrwx 1 root users 53567 2008-06-24 15:49 vmware-2.log -rwxrwxrwx 1 root users 67441 2008-07-02 12:57 vmware.log

The result is the same regardless of whether the vmx file resides on a Windows file system or Linux file system.

I'd bet your whole partition / filesystem is being mounted readonly. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Wednesday 09 July 2008 04:04:57 am Doctor Who wrote:

On 7/8/08, John Andersen wrote:

...

On 7/8/08, Doctor Who wrote:

...

On 7/8/08, Ben Kevan wrote:

...

On Tuesday 08 July 2008 04:28:33 pm Doctor Who wrote:

...

Currently running VMWare Workstation 6.0.4 on openSUSE 11.0 and I can no longer access my existing VMs. When I go to 'Open' I get:

The folder contents could not be displayed

Error stating file '/home/hjs/vmware': No such file or directory

When I browse to a an exiting .vmx file and select it for opening, I

get:

...

...

Unable to open "suse_machine.vmx": The file could not be found.

even though the file is clearly there. What is causing this problem. This happens regardless of whether the .vmx file resides on a Linux (ext3) partition or Windows (ntfs) partition.

I should add that uninstalling then re-installing VMware Workstation did not fix the issue. Existing VMs that appear in the GUI (in the tabs at the top of the screen) can be run (started, paused, etc.) but I cannot select any VM by going to the 'Open' menu.

I have also installed the 'patch' to get Workstation running on 11.0 and this does not address this particular problem.

Any ideas here would be greatly appreciated.

Please do a:

pwd && ls -l

In the same directory with the .vmx file..

/WINDOWS/D/WINDOWS/Virtual Machines total 124 drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 8192 2008-07-08 16:41 ESX3VM6_2 drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 4096 2008-03-19 11:52 PXE-ESX drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 8192 2008-07-08 16:41 PXE_RH drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 4096 2008-07-08 16:41 PXE_WIN drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 8192 2008-07-08 16:41 RH-DB drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 8192 2008-05-20 16:36 RH_PATCHING drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 8192 2008-07-08 16:41 RH-WWW drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 8192 2008-07-08 16:41 RH-WWW2 drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 4096 2008-03-19 11:49 sol10 drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 8192 2008-07-08 16:41 WIN03-DB drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 12288 2008-07-08 16:41 WIN03-WWW drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 8192 2008-07-08 16:41 WIN03-WWW2 drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 12288 2008-05-20 16:29 YUM_RH4

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You did that in the directory ABOVE the directory where the .vmx file is. Go down into one of those directories and find where the .vmx file is located and list that directory.

Note that depending on the vintage of the virtual machine you might not have a .vmx file. Some older vm-s have .cfg files instead.

The .vmx file is there in each case. In fact, this machine dual boots and I can open and run these images in VMWare Workstation from Windows.

Here is the contents of one of the directories I had listed above:

/WINDOWS/D/WINDOWS/Virtual Machines/RH-DB total 4425469 -rwxrwxrwx 2 root users 32899072 2008-07-02 12:57 rh-db-000001.vmdk -rwxrwxrwx 2 root users 4294967296 2008-03-31 13:46 rh-db-flat.vmdk -rwxrwxrwx 2 root users 8684 2008-07-02 12:57 rh-db.nvram -rwxrwxrwx 2 root users 100663296 2008-03-31 13:40 rh-db-Snapshot32.vmem -rwxrwxrwx 2 root users 1101843 2008-03-31 13:40 rh-db-Snapshot32.vmsn -rwxrwxrwx 2 root users 347 2008-03-31 13:46 rh-db.vmdk -rwxrwxrwx 2 root users 100663296 2008-07-02 10:39 rh-db.vmem drwxrwxrwx 1 root users 0 2008-07-02 09:37 rh-db.vmem.lck -rwxrwxrwx 2 root users 3498 2008-04-10 20:59 rh-db.vmsd -rwxrwxrwx 2 root users 1112582 2008-07-02 12:57 rh-db.vmss -rwxrwxrwx 1 root users 1671 2008-07-02 12:57 rh-db.vmx -rwxrwxrwx 2 root users 1192 2005-01-14 16:23 rh-db.vmx~ -rwxrwxrwx 2 root users 1216 2005-02-21 12:21 rh-db.vmx.bak -rwxrwxrwx 2 root users 250 2006-05-11 11:02 rh-db.vmxf -rwxrwxrwx 1 root users 51531 2008-07-02 09:37 vmware-0.log -rwxrwxrwx 1 root users 53762 2008-06-25 12:57 vmware-1.log -rwxrwxrwx 1 root users 53567 2008-06-24 15:49 vmware-2.log -rwxrwxrwx 1 root users 67441 2008-07-02 12:57 vmware.log

The result is the same regardless of whether the vmx file resides on a Windows file system or Linux file system.

Here are a few things to do: Give us output of: mount Try moving a virtual machine to folder location without spaces in the name. Or put in an underscore where the space is on the Virtual Machine directory.. Ben -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 2:40 PM, Doctor Who wrote:

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Here are a few things to do:

Give us output of:

mount

Try moving a virtual machine to folder location without spaces in the name. Or put in an underscore where the space is on the Virtual Machine directory..

Ben

Here is the output of 'mount'

/dev/sda3 on / type ext3 (rw,acl,user_xattr) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw) debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw) udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=0620,gid=5) /dev/mapper/system-HOME on /home type ext3 (rw,acl,user_xattr) /dev/mapper/system-OPT on /opt type ext3 (rw,acl,user_xattr) /dev/mapper/system-TMP on /tmp type ext3 (rw,acl,user_xattr) /dev/mapper/system-USR on /usr type ext3 (rw,acl,user_xattr) /dev/mapper/system-VAR on /var type ext3 (rw,acl,user_xattr) /dev/sdb1 on /WINDOWS/D type fuseblk (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096) fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw) securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw) /proc on /var/lib/ntp/proc type proc (ro) gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/doctor/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=doctor) /dev/sda1 on /WINDOWS/C type fuseblk (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,blksize=4096) none on /proc/fs/vmblock/mountPoint type vmblock (rw)

I have the same problem in directories with no spaces.

Anything above jump out as being the cause? It appears OK. This is a very odd problem. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org