yet another draggy weblog

hey folks!

today i’ve got the message that vmware workstation was updated and that version 6.5.4 is out. so, i downloaded it and wanted to install … *schmecks*

there was a problem – i remembered it, that the version 6.5.3 made similar troubles – the installer hung up at configuring the vmplayer. here i found again the solution. shortly briefed:

• in one terminal, run: while true; do sudo killall -9 vmware-modconfig-console; sleep 1; done
• in a second terminal, run: sudo ./VMware-Workstation-6.5.4-246459.x86_64.bundle –ignore-errors
• kill loop in first terminal.
• run: sudo vmware-modconfig –console –install-all
• edit /etc/vmware/bootstrap to add the line: VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=force

and everything is fine

thanks for all the fish!

as you have read on this page before, it is possible to upgrade an iphone under ubuntu with vmware. BUT, as i’ve read on this page, it is easier as you think! here is my actually setup …

• iPhone 3G 8Gb
• ubuntu 9.10 (karmic) on lenovo t61p, kernel 2.6.31-19-generic
• vmware workstation 6.5.3 build-185404
• guest: winxp professional sp3 with itunes 9.0.3.15

what has to be done?

1. create a file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-usb.conf

2. add usb modules not to be loaded into that file

blacklist snd_usb_audio
blacklist usbhid

3. reload kernel event manager for the changes to take effect

reload udev

4. restart vmware and make sure you also restart windows in vmware

5. now start iphone software update in itunes

6. after update is complete, you can remove the blacklist file and restart kernel event manager again

note that during firmware update iphone might get disconnected – just connect it again using vmware removable devices menu.

wish you happy upgrading!!!

hi folks!

i’ve had a problem with java, netbeans and my ubuntu 9.04 x86_64 system. so, i’ve decided to start my vmware and install a 32bit system – facing another problem: vmware-tools, in particular the mouse and filesharing.

searching for solutions on the web, i found those two sites:
http://www.csi-labor.de/archives/52-Howto-Vmware-Tools-Installation-unter-Ubuntu-9.04.html
http://communities.vmware.com/thread/207410

in short: you have to patch the vmhgfs module and if you are using the gcc-4.3 also the vmware-config-tools.pl script. everything else please read by yourself.

wish you happy compiling

hello!

i made it … upgrading the iphone out of a vmware win-xp guest system works.

• my host machine: Linux meschmobile 2.6.27-9-generic #1 SMP Thu Nov 20 22:15:32 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux; Ubuntu 8.10
• the vmware:  VMware® Workstation 6.5.1 build-126130
• the guest machine: Win XP SP3

now, how it works: start the upgrade process out of the itunes. the first initial process works out of the box, but after the first longer progress bar at itunes, you will see that your iphone gets also a progress bar. this is the time you maybe see some popup’s at your host-system with following error: “Unable to mount Apple, Inc. iPhone Error initializing camera: -1: Unspecified error”

now hurry up and start a console. if you look after your loaded modules, you will see, that there are a lot more usbmodules than before. type following two commandos as root (or use sudo):

rmmod usbhid snd_usb_audio

rmmod snd_usb_lib

back to the vmware, and “reconnect” the phone. you won’t see a usb-symbol anymore, its now a loudspeaker-symbol! Disconnect it – and afterwards connect it immediately! Haven’t tried to plug in and out the usb-cable… think, it would be the same (but caution, the host system could reinitiate the usb-modules again).

after a couple of seconds, the iphone starts the upgrade … and the progress bar rises up!!!