CentOS - Mar 2008 - VMWare error: Use of uninitialized value in string eq

Hi all

I hope anyone can help me with this. I'm trying to get vmware to play 
along nicely on CentOS 5.1 x64, but I get errors when I try and start a 
vmx image, or list them. This the the error:

[root at backup vmware-mui-distrib]# vmware-cmd -l
Use of uninitialized value in string eq at 
/usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/VMware/VmPerl.pm 
line 114.
/etc/vmware/windowsxp01.vmx

Google didn't return anything, maybe someone on the list knows something?

[root at backup vmware-mui-distrib]# uname -a
Linux backup.softdux.com 2.6.18-53.1.13.el5 #1 SMP Tue Feb 12 13:02:30 
EST 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux


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Rudi Ahlers
CEO, SoftDux

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Rudi Ahlers wrote:
> [root at backup vmware-mui-distrib]# vmware-cmd -l
> Use of uninitialized value in string eq at 
> /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/VMware/VmPerl.pm
> line 114.
*WHAT* is on line 114 of VmPerl.pm?

On the other hand: Which build are you using?
<http://www.veenema.net/index.php?Virtualization:vmware-cmd_uit_build_22874_werkt_met_64-bit_Perl>
- Build 22874 is needed for 64bit perl.

Ralph
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On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Rudi Ahlers <Rudi at softdux.com>
wrote:
> Hi all
>
>  I hope anyone can help me with this. I'm trying to get vmware to play
>  along nicely on CentOS 5.1 x64, but I get errors when I try and start a
>  vmx image, or list them. This the the error:
>
>  [root at backup vmware-mui-distrib]# vmware-cmd -l
>  Use of uninitialized value in string eq at
> 
/usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/VMware/VmPerl.pm
>  line 114.
Indeed I have seen this. It happens when you run VMware on a 64 bit
Linux platform. I have commented out (with a #) both lines 114 and 115
in VmPerl.pm with no ill effects. I tried to figure out the cause, but
I am not  perl guy, so I gave up and went for the easy fix.

-- 
Jeff

Ralph Angenendt wrote:
> Rudi Ahlers wrote:
>   
>> [root at backup vmware-mui-distrib]# vmware-cmd -l
>> Use of uninitialized value in string eq at 
>>
/usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/VMware/VmPerl.pm
>> line 114.
>>     
>
> *WHAT* is on line 114 of VmPerl.pm?
>   
#Force version compatability
die "Perl API Version does not match dynamic library version."
    unless (version() eq $VERSION);

> On the other hand: Which build are you using?
>
<http://www.veenema.net/index.php?Virtualization:vmware-cmd_uit_build_22874_werkt_met_64-bit_Perl>
> - Build 22874 is needed for 64bit perl.
>
> Ralph
>   
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>   
I can't see what build of vmware-cmd I have, but I have installed 
VMware-server-1.0.4-56528.i386.rpm - is that what you're referring to?

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Kind Regards
Rudi Ahlers
CEO, SoftDux

Web:   http://www.SoftDux.com
Check out my technical blog, http://blog.softdux.com for Linux or other
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