failure to start message should be explicit about non-VMware hypervisor

Bug #1289564 reported by Ben Howard
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open-vm-tools (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

open-vm-tools emits "Not starting as we're not running in a vm" when it fails to start on due to not being on VMware. The message should be specific, i.e. "open-vm-tools: not starting as this is not a VMware VM"

Changed in open-vm-tools (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package open-vm-tools - 2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu5

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open-vm-tools (2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu5) trusty; urgency=low

  * Change startup message failure to state the reason why open-vm-tools
    does not start on non-VMware hypervisors (LP: #1289564).
 -- Ben Howard <email address hidden> Fri, 07 Mar 2014 17:21:03 -0700

Changed in open-vm-tools (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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