starting vmware without eth0?

cerb · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 28 Jun 2002 Posts: 89

hi,

i have a laptop with vmware on it. and i sometimes start with wired network (eth0) and sometimes with wireless (eth1).

now, when starting with wired connection all is fine. eth0 comes up and vmware starts its services. but if i am _not_ connected via eth0 and boot with just wireless (pcmcia), eth1 comes up (but doesn't show up in the boot-process) - but that is not sufficent for vmware.

so i deleted 'net' from the depends{}-block in /etc/init.d/vmware - no success. still complaining about missing eth0 and refusing to start.

when starting manually (after eth1 started) i get the same error - even though a /etc/init.d/net.eth1 status brings me running.

so: how do i convince vmware to start with either interface? or just disable its checking (/etc/init.d/vmware seems not the right place)

regards,
-c
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cerb · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 28 Jun 2002 Posts: 89

add:

if i do not automatically start eth0 and eth1 it stops complaining. but then i have to start them manually - not what i want. any hints were i can fool it into believing anything is all right?
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cerb · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 28 Jun 2002 Posts: 89

no one?
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