Re: vmware-user-suid-wrapper can't access /proc/fs/vmblock/dev

[Dmitry T. <dt...@vm...>]

Hi Dominique,

On Wednesday 11 February 2009 01:22:01 Dominique Leuenberger wrote:
> Hi,
>
> (reference to https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474076 )
> I ran into a small issue with the vmware-user-suid-wrapper.
> The file is mod 4755, that's fine.
>
> I'm testing on openSUSE 11.1. If I configure the system to 'auto login',
> then we seem to run in a racing condition where vmblock is not fast enough
> in initializing compared to the start of X (gnome).
>
> this results in an error in .xsession.log in the style of:
> vmware-user: could not open /proc/fs/vmblock/dev
>
> If I logout / login manually, then the wrapper is autostarted and works as
> expected. So clearly the device is just not available yet.
>
> could the wrapper be a bit more 'flexible' in acquiring the file handle?
> Give it a grace period for example before starting vmware-user?
>
> This could be really helpful I think. But if you have any other
> suggestions, I'm all ears!
>

Could you tell me how you load vmblock module? It is not threaded so as long 
as it is loaded before you try execute vmware-user-suid-wrapper everything 
should be fine.

-- 
Dmitry