Watch the console for a correct start of vmware services. Features like maintenance from external networks, vmware configuration db commands described in the contrib [[vmware]] do not work. Use
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to manage the vmware services. If you do not want vmware server to autostart, remove the symbolic link .
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The vmware server version 2.02 has a bug with a module in the glibc-2.5-42. You can find solutions all over the place, they all try to downgrade glibc to version 2.5-34. This won't work, it will brake the server.[http://ccforums.clearfoundation.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=0&Number=121752&page= This] post describes an elegant way to patch the faulty module for vmware-server. The glibc-2.5-34 file you need can be found inside the SME8b4 iso file.