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Title: unable to get VMware Server working, xinetd not found.
Post by: SoftDux on February 23, 2008, 03:42:56 PM: Hi all

I installed VMware server as per the Wiki article (http://wiki.contribs.org/Vmware), but I don't think xinetd was installed.

While running the setup, I get the following error: " /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl"

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Please specify a port for remote console connections to use [902]

Unable to find any instance of the super-server "inetd" or "xinetd". It is
possible that you do not have one of these packages installed on this machine.
Please install "inetd" or "xinetd".

If you do have "inetd" or "xinetd" installed, make sure that /etc/inetd.conf or
/etc/xinetd.d exists.
The configuration will continue, but you should re-run
/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl after you fix the super-server.

Hit enter to continue.

Strange thing is, I do have a xinet.d folder:

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[root@intranet vmware]# ll /etc/xinetd.d/
total 12
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 315 Nov 7 2006 rsync
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 384 Jan 7 22:23 smtp
-rw-r----- 1 root root 405 Feb 25 2007 xproftpd

Is there something I'm missing?
Title: Re: unable to get VMware Server working, xinetd not found.
Post by: arne on February 23, 2008, 08:06:35 PM: Strange .. I have done a series of vmware installations the latest time, so I might mix them together ..

When I installed on Centos I also installed xinetd.

When I installed on SME server I only followed the wiki strictely and it does not mention xinetd .. (and it worked without a bug.)

From the wiki:

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yum localinstall /path/to/VMWare-server.rpm smeserver-vmware-server --enablerepo=smecontribs

The above should also install xinetd for dependency.

Did you do all of the content of the wiki ?
Title: Re: unable to get VMware Server working, xinetd not found.
Post by: arne on February 24, 2008, 12:30:56 AM: On the /etc/xinet.d/ on the Centos installation I have:

[root@localhost xinetd.d]# ls
chargen-dgram   discard-dgram   eklogin    krb5-telnet time-dgram
chargen-stream discard-stream ekrb5-telnet kshell    time-stream
daytime-dgram   echo-dgram gssftp rsync vmware-authd
daytime-stream echo-stream    klogin tcpmux-server
[root@localhost xinetd.d]#

I guess at least one of them should be related to vmware.

(NOTE: From a Centos host server and not SME server.)
Title: Re: unable to get VMware Server working, xinetd not found.
Post by: william_syd on February 24, 2008, 01:12:20 AM: [root@sme72so-vm ~]# wget http://download3.vmware.com/software/vmserver/VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm
[root@sme72so-vm ~]# yum --enablerepo=smecontribs install smeserver-vmware-server VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm ============================================================== WARNING: Additional commands may be required after running yum ============================================================== Loading "fastestmirror" plugin Loading "smeserver" plugin Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile Reading repository metadata in from local files Excluding Packages from CentOS - os Finished Excluding Packages from CentOS - updates Finished Parsing package install arguments Examining VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm: VMware-server - 1.0.4-56528.i386 Marking VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm to be installed Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package smeserver-vmware-server.noarch 0:0.0.1-4.el4.sme set to be updated ---> Package VMware-server.i386 0:1.0.4-56528 set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: xinetd for package: smeserver-vmware-server --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package xinetd.i386 2:2.3.13-4.4E.1 set to be updated --> Running transaction check Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Installing: VMware-server i386 1.0.4-56528 VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm 187 M smeserver-vmware-server noarch 0.0.1-4.el4.sme smecontribs 5.1 k Installing for dependencies: xinetd i386 2:2.3.13-4.4E.1 smecontribs 128 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 3 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 187 M Is this ok [y/N]:
Title: Re: unable to get VMware Server working, xinetd not found.
Post by: SoftDux on February 24, 2008, 09:28:32 AM: Quote from: arne on February 24, 2008, 12:30:56 AM
On the /etc/xinet.d/ on the Centos installation I have:

[root@localhost xinetd.d]# ls
chargen-dgram   discard-dgram   eklogin    krb5-telnet time-dgram
chargen-stream discard-stream ekrb5-telnet kshell    time-stream
daytime-dgram   echo-dgram gssftp rsync vmware-authd
daytime-stream echo-stream    klogin tcpmux-server
[root@localhost xinetd.d]#

I guess at least one of them should be related to vmware.

(NOTE: From a Centos host server and not SME server.)

Ya, I followed it exactly as is, since SME is a non standard distro and a lot of standard stuff isn't there.
Title: Re: unable to get VMware Server working, xinetd not found.
Post by: william_syd on February 24, 2008, 09:34:19 AM: SME with VMware-server

[root@tiger xinetd.d]# ls chargen chargen-udp daytime daytime-udp echo echo-udp rsync smtp time time-udp vmware-authd xproftpd [root@tiger xinetd.d]#

SME without VMware-server

[root@sme72so-vm xinetd.d]# ls rsync smtp xproftpd [root@sme72so-vm xinetd.d]#
Title: Re: unable to get VMware Server working, xinetd not found.
Post by: SoftDux on February 24, 2008, 09:38:35 AM: william_syd, this is the output from the commands you ran when you installed it:

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[root@intranet vmware]# rpm -qa | grep xinet
[root@intranet vmware]# ll
total 138436
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root softdux 5217 Feb 12 00:07 smeserver-vmware-server-0.0.1-4.el4.sme.noarch.rpm
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root softdux 35735718 Feb 21 17:47 VMware-mui-1.0.4-56528.tar.gz
drwxrwsr-x 7 root softdux 4096 Sep 7 00:10 vmware-mui-distrib
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root softdux 105856633 Sep 13 22:00 VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm
[root@intranet vmware]# wget http://download3.vmware.com/software/vmserver/VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm
--10:27:13-- http://download3.vmware.com/software/vmserver/VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm
=> `VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm.1'
Connecting to 192.168.10.5:8080... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 105,856,633 (101M)

100%[=============================================================================================>] 105,856,633 12.77M/s ETA 00:00

10:27:19 (18.83 MB/s) - `VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm.1' saved [105856633/105856633]

[root@intranet vmware]# ll
total 241920
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root softdux 5217 Feb 12 00:07 smeserver-vmware-server-0.0.1-4.el4.sme.noarch.rpm
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root softdux 35735718 Feb 21 17:47 VMware-mui-1.0.4-56528.tar.gz
drwxrwsr-x 7 root softdux 4096 Sep 7 00:10 vmware-mui-distrib
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root softdux 105856633 Sep 13 22:00 VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root softdux 105856633 Feb 24 10:27 VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm.1
[root@intranet vmware]# yum --enablerepo=smecontribs install smeserver-vmware-server VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm
==============================================================
WARNING: Additional commands may be required after running yum
==============================================================
Loading "smeserver" plugin
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
smecontribs 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
smeaddons 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
updates 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
smeos 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
smeupdates 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
Determining fastest mirrors
Reading repository metadata in from local files
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 1.9 MB 00:00
sqlite cache needs updating, reading in metadata
smeaddons : ################################################## 8508/8508
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 1.9 MB 00:00
sqlite cache needs updating, reading in metadata
base : ################################################## 8508/8508
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 1.9 MB 00:00
sqlite cache needs updating, reading in metadata
updates : ################################################## 8508/8508
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 1.9 MB 00:00
sqlite cache needs updating, reading in metadata
smeos : ################################################## 8508/8508
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 1.9 MB 00:00
sqlite cache needs updating, reading in metadata
smeupdates: ################################################## 8508/8508
Excluding Packages from CentOS - os
Finished
Excluding Packages from CentOS - updates
Finished
Parsing package install arguments
No Match for argument: smeserver-vmware-server
Examining VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm: VMware-server - 1.0.4-56528.i386
VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm: does not update installed package.
Nothing to do
================================================================
No new rpms were installed. No additional commands are required.
================================================================
[root@intranet vmware]# ll /etc/xinetd.d/
total 12
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 315 Nov 7 2006 rsync
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 384 Jan 7 22:23 smtp
-rw-r----- 1 root root 405 Feb 25 2007 xproftpd

So, I'm not 100% sure why it doesn't install the xinetd scripts. Maybe I should uninstall & retry
Title: Re: unable to get VMware Server working, xinetd not found.
Post by: SoftDux on February 24, 2008, 09:42:52 AM: now, this is odd!!!

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[root@intranet vmware]# yum remove smeserver-vmware-server VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm
==============================================================
WARNING: Additional commands may be required after running yum
==============================================================
Loading "smeserver" plugin
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Setting up Remove Process
No Match for argument: VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm
No Match for argument: smeserver-vmware-server
No Packages marked for removal
================================================================
No new rpms were installed. No additional commands are required.
================================================================

It's like it's not even installed, yet the installation script does think it's installed.

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[root@intranet vmware]# rpm -qa | grep vmware
[root@intranet vmware]# yum --enablerepo=smecontribs install smeserver-vmware-server VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm
==============================================================
WARNING: Additional commands may be required after running yum
==============================================================
Loading "smeserver" plugin
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Excluding Packages from CentOS - os
Finished
Excluding Packages from CentOS - updates
Finished
Parsing package install arguments
No Match for argument: smeserver-vmware-server
Examining VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm: VMware-server - 1.0.4-56528.i386
VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm: does not update installed package.
Nothing to do
================================================================
No new rpms were installed. No additional commands are required.
================================================================
Title: Re: unable to get VMware Server working, xinetd not found.
Post by: william_syd on February 24, 2008, 09:50:50 AM: Try

[root@sme72so-vm ~]# yum clean all ============================================================== WARNING: Additional commands may be required after running yum ============================================================== Loading "fastestmirror" plugin Loading "smeserver" plugin Cleaning up Everything 314 headers removed 309 packages removed 15 metadata files removed 0 cache files removed 5 cache files removed ================================================================ No new rpms were installed. No additional commands are required. ================================================================ [root@sme72so-vm ~]#

And then repeat the yum install command.
Title: Re: unable to get VMware Server working, xinetd not found.
Post by: SoftDux on February 24, 2008, 10:08:05 AM: I think it has todo with the yum repositories. Trying todo an update, I get an error saying the repositories can't be found.

I know the that a lot of stuff has / is being moved around, but I think my server is still looking for the old URL's

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[root@intranet ~]# yum update
==============================================================
WARNING: Additional commands may be required after running yum
==============================================================
Loading "smeserver" plugin
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Setting up Update Process
Setting up repositories
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Excluding Packages from CentOS - os
Finished
Excluding Packages from CentOS - updates
Finished
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Downloading header for perl-String-Approx to pack into transaction set.
http://ftp.nluug.nl/os/Linux/distr/smeserver/releases/7/smeos/i386/RPMS/perl-String-Approx-3.26-1.el4.rf.i386.rpm: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/smeserver/releases/7/smeos/i386/RPMS/perl-String-Approx-3.26-1.el4.rf.i386.rpm: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://smemirror.fullnet.co.uk/releases/7/smeos/i386/RPMS/perl-String-Approx-3.26-1.el4.rf.i386.rpm: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://ftp.surfnet.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/distr/smeserver/releases/7/smeos/i386/RPMS/perl-String-Approx-3.26-1.el4.rf.i386.rpm: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/smeserver/releases/7/smeos/i386/RPMS/perl-String-Approx-3.26-1.el4.rf.i386.rpm: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://sme-mirror.voxteneo.com/releases/7/smeos/i386/RPMS/perl-String-Approx-3.26-1.el4.rf.i386.rpm: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
Error: failure: RPMS/perl-String-Approx-3.26-1.el4.rf.i386.rpm from smeos: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
================================================================
No new rpms were installed. No additional commands are required.
================================================================

Browsing the last URL, http://sme-mirror.voxteneo.com/releases/7/smeos/i386/RPMS/ I got a 404 not found error. Browsing to http://sme-mirror.voxteneo.com/releases/7/smeos/i386/ I see there is no RPMS folder, but rather a SME folder which has the RPMS folde. So, how do I tell yum to use the new URL's? I have already done yum clean all a few times.
Title: Re: unable to get VMware Server working, xinetd not found.
Post by: william_syd on February 24, 2008, 10:38:17 AM: What version is your installation ?

In case you need to update..

http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=39800.msg183275#msg183275

As a workaround for vmware-server...

[root@sme72so-vm ~]# wget http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/smeserver/releases/7/smecontribs/i386/RPMS/xinetd-2.3.13-4.4E.1.i386.rpm
[root@sme72so-vm ~]# wget http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/smeserver/releases/7/smecontribs/i386/RPMS/smeserver-vmware-server-0.0.1-4.el4.sme.noarch.rpm
[root@sme72so-vm ~]# yum localinstall smeserver-vmware-server-0.0.1-4.el4.sme.noarch.rpm xinetd-2.3.13-4.4E.1.i386.rpm VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm
Title: Re: unable to get VMware Server working, xinetd not found.
Post by: cactus on February 24, 2008, 10:55:21 AM: Quote from: SoftDux on February 24, 2008, 09:42:52 AM
Code: [Select]
[root@intranet vmware]# yum --enablerepo=smecontribs install smeserver-vmware-server VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm

It has to do with the original VMWare RPM not being allowed to be distributed by others than VMWare, the RPM that integrates VMWare with SME Server (smeserver-vmware) therefore is in the repository, the other one should be downloaded from VMWare itself, this is also in the installation instructions in the wiki (http://wiki.contribs.org/Vmware#Installation). You are using the wrong installation command(s).
Title: Re: unable to get VMware Server working, xinetd not found.
Post by: william_syd on February 24, 2008, 11:09:46 AM: Quote from: cactus on February 24, 2008, 10:55:21 AM
It has to do with the original VMWare RPM not being allowed to be distributed by others than VMWare, the RPM that integrates VMWare with SME Server (smeserver-vmware) therefore is in the repository, the other one should be downloaded from VMWare itself, this is also in the installation instructions in the wiki (http://wiki.contribs.org/Vmware#Installation). You are using the wrong installation command(s).

He has the server installed. YUM is failing to download the integration rpm and Xinetd.
Title: Re: unable to get VMware Server working, xinetd not found.
Post by: cactus on February 24, 2008, 11:25:12 AM: Quote from: william_syd on February 24, 2008, 11:09:46 AM
He has the server installed. YUM is failing to download the integration rpm and Xinetd.
I just tried on my test server and when using localinstall the repositories seem to be bypassed, I changed the command to use install and then it drags in the necessary RPM's from the smecontribs repo, changed the wiki accordingly.

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[root@sme73test ~]# yum install ./VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm smeserver-vmware-server --enablerepo=smecontribs ============================================================== WARNING: Additional commands may be required after running yum ============================================================== Loading "smeserver" plugin Loading "fastestmirror" plugin Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories smecontribs 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 smeaddons 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 updates 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 smeos 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 smeupdates 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile Reading repository metadata in from local files primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 66 kB 00:00 sqlite cache needs updating, reading in metadata smecontrib: ################################################## 140/140 Excluding Packages from CentOS - updates Finished Excluding Packages from CentOS - os Finished Parsing package install arguments Examining ./VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm: VMware-server - 1.0.4-56528.i386 Marking ./VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm to be installed Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Downloading header for smeserver-vmware-server to pack into transaction set. smeserver-vmware-server-0 100% |=========================| 4.0 kB 00:00 ---> Package smeserver-vmware-server.noarch 0:0.0.1-4.el4.sme set to be updated ---> Package VMware-server.i386 0:1.0.4-56528 set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: xinetd for package: smeserver-vmware-server --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Downloading header for xinetd to pack into transaction set. xinetd-2.3.13-4.4E.1.i386 100% |=========================| 19 kB 00:00 ---> Package xinetd.i386 2:2.3.13-4.4E.1 set to be updated --> Running transaction check Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Installing: VMware-server i386 1.0.4-56528 ./VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm 187 M smeserver-vmware-server noarch 0.0.1-4.el4.sme smecontribs 5.1 k Installing for dependencies: xinetd i386 2:2.3.13-4.4E.1 smecontribs 128 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 3 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 187 M
Title: Re: unable to get VMware Server working, xinetd not found.
Post by: SoftDux on February 24, 2008, 09:12:57 PM: Quote from: cactus on February 24, 2008, 10:55:21 AM
It has to do with the original VMWare RPM not being allowed to be distributed by others than VMWare, the RPM that integrates VMWare with SME Server (smeserver-vmware) therefore is in the repository, the other one should be downloaded from VMWare itself, this is also in the installation instructions in the wiki (http://wiki.contribs.org/Vmware#Installation). You are using the wrong installation command(s).

If you read my very first post, you'll see that I'm following the Wiki to the word...
Title: Re: unable to get VMware Server working, xinetd not found.
Post by: SoftDux on February 24, 2008, 10:06:44 PM: Quote from: william_syd on February 24, 2008, 10:38:17 AM
What version is your installation ?

In case you need to update..

http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=39800.msg183275#msg183275

As a workaround for vmware-server...

[root@sme72so-vm ~]# wget http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/smeserver/releases/7/smecontribs/i386/RPMS/xinetd-2.3.13-4.4E.1.i386.rpm
[root@sme72so-vm ~]# wget http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/smeserver/releases/7/smecontribs/i386/RPMS/smeserver-vmware-server-0.0.1-4.el4.sme.noarch.rpm
[root@sme72so-vm ~]# yum localinstall smeserver-vmware-server-0.0.1-4.el4.sme.noarch.rpm xinetd-2.3.13-4.4E.1.i386.rpm VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm

Thanx, this worked, but I still think there's something wrong with my repositories list, since I can't install gcc now... I have a feeling the mirror list has incorrect info, as you can see from here:

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[root@intranet vmware]# yum update
==============================================================
WARNING: Additional commands may be required after running yum
==============================================================
Loading "smeserver" plugin
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Setting up Update Process
Setting up repositories
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Excluding Packages from CentOS - os
Finished
Excluding Packages from CentOS - updates
Finished
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Downloading header for perl-String-Approx to pack into transaction set.
http://ftp.nluug.nl/os/Linux/distr/smeserver/releases/7/smeos/i386/RPMS/perl-String-Approx-3.26-1.el4.rf.i386.rpm: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/smeserver/releases/7/smeos/i386/RPMS/perl-String-Approx-3.26-1.el4.rf.i386.rpm: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://smemirror.fullnet.co.uk/releases/7/smeos/i386/RPMS/perl-String-Approx-3.26-1.el4.rf.i386.rpm: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://ftp.surfnet.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/distr/smeserver/releases/7/smeos/i386/RPMS/perl-String-Approx-3.26-1.el4.rf.i386.rpm: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/smeserver/releases/7/smeos/i386/RPMS/perl-String-Approx-3.26-1.el4.rf.i386.rpm: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
http://sme-mirror.voxteneo.com/releases/7/smeos/i386/RPMS/perl-String-Approx-3.26-1.el4.rf.i386.rpm: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found
Trying other mirror.
Error: failure: RPMS/perl-String-Approx-3.26-1.el4.rf.i386.rpm from smeos: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
================================================================
No new rpms were installed. No additional commands are required.
================================================================
[root@intranet vmware]# more /etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-smeos
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/smeserver/releases/7/smeos/$basearch
http://sme-mirror.voxteneo.com/releases/7/smeos/$basearch
http://smemirror.fullnet.co.uk/releases/7/smeos/$basearch
http://ftp.nluug.nl/os/Linux/distr/smeserver/releases/7/smeos/$basearch
http://ftp.surfnet.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/distr/smeserver/releases/7/smeos/$basearch
http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/smeserver/releases/7/smeos/$basearch
Title: Re: unable to get VMware Server working, xinetd not found.
Post by: william_syd on February 24, 2008, 11:11:16 PM: You provide no details about sme version of if you tried the update process.

Final suggestion.

wget http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/smeserver/releases/7/smeupdates/i386/RPMS/smeserver-yum-1.2.0-48.el4.sme.noarch.rpm yum localinstall smeserver-yum-1.2.0-48.el4.sme.noarch.rpm rm /home/e-smith/db/yum_repositories signal-event post-upgrade signal-event reboot
Title: Re: unable to get VMware Server working, xinetd not found.
Post by: SoftDux on February 25, 2008, 06:54:08 AM: sorry, it was late last night. I'm on SME 7.3. The error I posted above was the outcome of the update process :)

But, the more things I try, the more I get the feeling that sometimes is very wrong with my yum installation?

Look at this:

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[root@intranet sme]# wget http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/smeserver/releases/7/smeupdates/i386/RPMS/smeserver-yum-1.2.0-48.el4.sme.noarch.rpm
--07:49:46-- http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/smeserver/releases/7/smeupdates/i386/RPMS/smeserver-yum-1.2.0-48.el4.sme.noarch.rpm
=> `smeserver-yum-1.2.0-48.el4.sme.noarch.rpm'
Connecting to 192.168.10.5:8080... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 81,014 (79K)

100%[=================================================================================================================>] 81,014 --.--K/s

07:49:46 (1.61 MB/s) - `smeserver-yum-1.2.0-48.el4.sme.noarch.rpm' saved [81014/81014]

[root@intranet sme]# yum localinstall smeserver-yum-1.2.0-48.el4.sme.noarch.rpm
==============================================================
WARNING: Additional commands may be required after running yum
==============================================================
Loading "smeserver" plugin
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Setting up Local Package Process
Examining smeserver-yum-1.2.0-48.el4.sme.noarch.rpm: smeserver-yum - 1.2.0-48.el4.sme.noarch
smeserver-yum-1.2.0-48.el4.sme.noarch.rpm: does not update installed package.
Nothing to do
================================================================
No new rpms were installed. No additional commands are required.
================================================================

Is that supposed to happen? Or should yum have been upgraded?

Is it safe to just delete the /etc/yum.repo/mirror-* files? Will yum recreate those automatically?
Title: Re: unable to get VMware Server working, xinetd not found.
Post by: william_syd on February 25, 2008, 06:57:19 AM: Yes and NO.

yum wont recreate them. SMEserver will.

Make sure you do the two signal events afterwards.
Title: Re: unable to get VMware Server working, xinetd not found.
Post by: SoftDux on February 25, 2008, 08:39:55 AM: I give up. I've run the commands you told me to, rebooted and tried to do an update, and I still get the missing URL's on the repositories.

I don't think I'm gonna bother anymore, when I have the time I'll back it up and reinstall it *sigh*
Title: Re: unable to get VMware Server working, xinetd not found.
Post by: william_syd on February 25, 2008, 09:01:23 AM: What version of these files do you have...

[root@tiger ~]# rpm -qa | grep dbus dbus-python-0.22-12.EL.9 dbus-0.22-12.EL.9 dbus-glib-0.22-12.EL.9 [root@tiger ~]# rpm -qa | grep smeserver-support smeserver-support-1.6.0-43.el4.sme [root@tiger ~]# rpm -qa | grep smeserver-yum smeserver-yum-1.2.0-48.el4.sme [root@tiger ~]# rpm -qa | grep yum yum-plugin-fastestmirror-0.2.4-3.c4 smeserver-yum-1.2.0-48.el4.sme yum-metadata-parser-1.1.0-2.el4.centos yum-2.4.3-4.el4.centos [root@tiger ~]# rpm -qa | grep yum-plugin-fastestmirror yum-plugin-fastestmirror-0.2.4-3.c4 [root@tiger ~]# rpm -qa | grep python-sqlite python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.1 [root@tiger ~]#

If you have no third party repos and it doesn't work as it is suppose to then take it to the bug tracker.
Title: Re: unable to get VMware Server working, xinetd not found.
Post by: SoftDux on February 25, 2008, 11:34:22 AM: Quote from: william_syd on February 25, 2008, 09:01:23 AM
What version of these files do you have...

[root@tiger ~]# rpm -qa | grep dbus dbus-python-0.22-12.EL.9 dbus-0.22-12.EL.9 dbus-glib-0.22-12.EL.9 [root@tiger ~]# rpm -qa | grep smeserver-support smeserver-support-1.6.0-43.el4.sme [root@tiger ~]# rpm -qa | grep smeserver-yum smeserver-yum-1.2.0-48.el4.sme [root@tiger ~]# rpm -qa | grep yum yum-plugin-fastestmirror-0.2.4-3.c4 smeserver-yum-1.2.0-48.el4.sme yum-metadata-parser-1.1.0-2.el4.centos yum-2.4.3-4.el4.centos [root@tiger ~]# rpm -qa | grep yum-plugin-fastestmirror yum-plugin-fastestmirror-0.2.4-3.c4 [root@tiger ~]# rpm -qa | grep python-sqlite python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.1 [root@tiger ~]#

If you have no third party repos and it doesn't work as it is suppose to then take it to the bug tracker.

Here's the info:

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[root@intranet ~]# vi /etc/yum.conf
[root@intranet ~]# rpm -qa | grep dbus
dbus-0.22-12.EL.9
dbus-python-0.22-12.EL.9
dbus-glib-0.22-12.EL.9
[root@intranet ~]# rpm -qa | grep smeserver-support
smeserver-support-1.6.0-43.el4.sme
[root@intranet ~]# rpm -qa | grep smeserver-yum
smeserver-yum-1.2.0-48.el4.sme
[root@intranet ~]# rpm -qa | grep yum
yum-2.4.3-4.el4.centos
yum-plugin-fastestmirror-0.2.4-3.c4
smeserver-yum-1.2.0-48.el4.sme
yum-metadata-parser-1.1.0-2.el4.centos
[root@intranet ~]# rpm -qa | grep yum-plugin-fastestmirror
yum-plugin-fastestmirror-0.2.4-3.c4
[root@intranet ~]# rpm -qa | grep python-sqlite
python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.1
[root@intranet ~]#
Title: Re: unable to get VMware Server working, xinetd not found.
Post by: SoftDux on February 26, 2008, 09:07:38 AM: Bug submitted:

http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3987
Title: Re: unable to get VMware Server working, xinetd not found.
Post by: william_syd on February 26, 2008, 09:30:42 AM: Quote from: SoftDux on February 26, 2008, 09:07:38 AM
Bug submitted:

http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3987

I was just reading through everything and realised I made a mistake.

You asked for clarification about deleting /etc/yum.repo/mirror-* but answered in regard to my previous suggestion of rm /home/e-smith/db/yum_repositories

Sorry about that.

However, I see Charlie showed you how to force the re-installation of the applicable package.
Title: Re: unable to get VMware Server working, xinetd not found.
Post by: SoftDux on February 26, 2008, 10:07:50 AM: thanx for the clarification, william_syd. Unfortunatelly that piece of advice caused quite a bit of problems, and resulted in a stir between Charlie and myself......