[Bug 805180] [NEW] vmware-checkvm and other tools do not detect the VM

[Zrin Ziborski]

Public bug reported:

vmware-checkvm and vmware-toolbox-cmd (at least) do not detect the VM,
running as guest on VMware Server 2.0.2 build 203138

# vmware-checkvm
** Message: HOSTINFO: CPUID hypervisor bit is set, but no hypervisor vendor signature is present

** (process:5549): DEBUG: VmCheck_IsVirtualWorld: detected non-VMware
hypervisor ().

Not running in a virtual machine.

# vmware-toolbox-cmd
vmware-toolbox-cmd must be run inside a virtual machine.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: open-vm-tools 2011.03.28-387002-0ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-virtual 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-virtual x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Jul  3 19:11:46 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: open-vm-tools
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-06-12 (21 days ago)

** Affects: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug natty

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