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okie...try having two network interface

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:08:34 -0800

Shutdown your LivePC Go to the LivePC configuration page. Make sure Enable network mounted userfiles is checked Set the network in the drop down dialog to use NAT Choose the option show generated VMX Add something like this to the text box: ethernet1.addresstype = "generated" ethernet1.connectiontype = "bridged" ethernet1.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:cd:2e:f5" ethernet1.generatedAddressOffset = "0" Make sure your generated address is different for the two interfaces. In gentoo, you will have to: cp /etc/init.d/net.eth0 /etc/init.d/net.eth1 rc-update add net.eth1 default /etc/init.d/net.eth1 start First line creates the init script for the network Second line adds the network to the default boot up The last line is to enable the second interface right now Set your network config for the interfaces to dhcp for eth0, and specify your static address for eth1. Our software won't export user files to a bridged connection because that would require opening up a windows share to the real network. Let me know how it works. Happy Thanksgiving, -tj

Problems mounting user files

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:50:26 -0800

I made a bash script called share from the commands you provided. Here is what I get when I run it: $ bash -xv share #!/bin/bash SHARE_DIR="$HOME/LivePC local documents" + SHARE_DIR='/home/mslinn/LivePC local documents' mkdir -p "$SHARE_DIR" + mkdir -p '/home/mslinn/LivePC local documents' sudo chown $USER:$USER "$SHARE_DIR" + sudo chown mslinn:mslinn '/home/mslinn/LivePC local documents' SHARE=`vmcmd 'info-get guestinfo.userprofile.sharename' | tr '\\' /` vmcmd 'info-get guestinfo.userprofile.sharename' | tr '\' / ++ vmcmd 'info-get guestinfo.userprofile.sharename' ++ tr '\' / + SHARE='//192.168.116.2/T7TU2NM16TN$' USER=`vmcmd 'info-get guestinfo.userprofile.username'` vmcmd 'info-get guestinfo.userprofile.username' ++ vmcmd 'info-get guestinfo.userprofile.username' + USER=moka55UZ81 PASSWD=`vmcmd 'info-get guestinfo.userprofile.password'` vmcmd 'info-get guestinfo.userprofile.password' ++ vmcmd 'info-get guestinfo.userprofile.password' + PASSWD='Vw9-VqIg2'\''' export PASSWD + export PASSWD smbmount "$SHARE" "$SHARE_DIR" -o "rw,uid=me,username=$USER,port=445" + smbmount '//192.168.116.2/T7TU2NM16TN$' '/home/mslinn/LivePC local documents' -o rw,uid=me,username=moka55UZ81,port=445 WARNING: The "printer admin" option is deprecated Error connecting to 192.168.116.2 (No route to host) 7627: Connection to 192.168.116.2 failed SMB connection failed I get the same result if I run the script as user 'me'. $ ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:29:D7:A7:F7 inet addr:192.168.116.128 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:42933 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:20390 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:3813181 (3.6 Mb) TX bytes:2593434 (2.4 Mb) Interrupt:17 Base address:0x10a4 eth0:1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:29:D7:A7:F7 inet addr:192.168.2.106 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:42938 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:20399 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:3813481 (3.6 Mb) TX bytes:2594804 (2.4 Mb) Interrupt:17 Base address:0x10a4 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:704 (704.0 b) TX bytes:704 (704.0 b) $ route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.116.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 192.168.2.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo default 192.168.2.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 $ cat /etc/conf.d/net modules=( "ifconfig" ) config_eth0=( "192.168.{116.128,2.106}/24 brd 192.168.2.255" ) routes_eth0=( "default via 192.168.2.1" )

example code to mount user files

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:35:11 -0800

Here is some example code to mount user files mkdir -p "/home/me/LivePC local documents" chown me:me "/home/me/LivePC local documents" SHARE=`vmcmd 'info-get guestinfo.userprofile.sharename' | tr '\\' /` USER=`vmcmd 'info-get guestinfo.userprofile.username'` PASSWD=`vmcmd 'info-get guestinfo.userprofile.password'` export PASSWD smbmount "$SHARE" "/home/me/LivePC local documents" -o "rw,uid=me,username=$USER,port=445"

NAT didn't do the job, using bridged networking

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 15:14:10 -0800

I couldn't get multihoming to work properly unless I used bridged networking. grep says there are no references to vmcmd in any file in the VM. What am I missing? Mike

Removing the background

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 13:54:16 -0800

The proper command seems to be: sudo rc-update del splash ('splash', not 'bootsplash'.) I have a nice black background on the console screen now. Thank you for your help! Mike

changing the splash screen

Sun, 19 Nov 2006 13:15:56 -0800

LILO is the boot loader for virtual gentoo. Check /etc/lilo.conf for the line that tells it to use gensplash. You can remove the splash screen by taking out the text splash=verbose,moka from the append line. You'll have to re run /sbin/lilo to install your changes. If lilo isnt installed just emerge it. you can disable the splash manager from running once the system starts by typing 'rc-update del bootsplash' (all obviously as root). best, -tj

network mounted user files

Sun, 19 Nov 2006 13:09:02 -0800

If you expand the area below your livepc in the main engine dialog, you will see a button for LivePC local documents. This folder on a host or usb stick is shared with the guest with SMB style sharing so that you can have a folder which is visible in both the host and guest. A NATed virtual ethernet connection allows this share to be specifically restricted to viewing by the guest. In the original profile in /home/me, you'll see some references to vmcmd that get the SMB sharing parameters for the guest to use. If you aren't using this feature any more than you probably dont care about the message and you would be free to check the configuration option that indicates you dont want network mounted user files. I think that will make the error go away.

Worked around the network problem

Sat, 18 Nov 2006 17:12:51 -0800

I worked around the IP address problem by dual-homing (see my blog for details.) Now I get a message whenever I try to edit and save a change to the configuration (even a null change.) The message says "Network mounted user files require Ethernet NAT connection type". What is that about? Mike

Gentoo networking issues

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:10:27 -0800

I've setup the Virtual Gentoo 2006.1 LivePC and have blogged about it. As you can see, I've got a few outstanding issues that I'd like to get help solving:

This VM is not using X11, it is a console application. How can I get rid of the "Moka 5" logo and change the background color? With a 'real' Gentoo installation I would edit /boot/grub/grub.lst, but I don't know where to find this file with VmWare/moka5, and there doesn't seem to be an entry in /etc/fstab that defines /boot