vmware-server post-install script fails trying to configure networking

[Nick Irvine]

Binary package hint: vmware-server

Description: Ubuntu 8.04
Release: 8.04
uname -a: Linux dagon 2.6.24-16-generic #1 SMP Thu Apr 10 13:23:42 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

See attached for output of `sudo dpkg --configure vmware-server`. It also tries to configure vmware-server with every apt-get install done, and fails then with the same behaviour.

I was successful in getting vmware-server to run by running `vmware-config-network.pl` manually and setting that up by hand. However, everytime I apt-get anything, dpkg reruns vmware-config-network.pl and obliterates the settings.

I have two networking interfaces, eth0 (disconnected) and ath0 (connected). The network settings are not strange: I connect to a WEP network with ath0 through NetworkManager.

I also had this problem on Feisty before upgrading.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Apr 21 23:30:10 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal
Package: vmware-server 1.0.4-1gutsy2
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/home/username/fakeroot/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/X11R6/bin
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/usr/bin/fish
SourcePackage: vmware-server
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686
UnreportableReason: This is not a genuine Ubuntu package

[Daniel T Chen (crimsun)]

Is this symptom still reproducible in 8.10 or 9.04?

[etali (etali)]

We'd like to figure out what's causing this bug for you or if it has been resolved, but we haven't heard back from you in a while. Could you please provide the requested information? Thanks!

[Nick Irvine (nfirvine)]

Sorry, I don't actually have the machine that the problem was occurring on any more. Feel free to close this bug. Thanks.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for vmware-server (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]