{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/packer/issues/1809","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/packer/issues/1809/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/packer/issues/1809/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/packer/issues/1809/events","html_url":"https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues/1809","id":53353982,"number":1809,"title":"vmware-iso repeatedly asks where to find ifconfig - never finishes","user":{"login":"genebean","id":966789,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/966789?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/genebean","html_url":"https://github.com/genebean","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/genebean/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/genebean/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/genebean/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/genebean/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/genebean/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/genebean/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/genebean/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/genebean/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/genebean/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/packer/labels/question","name":"question","color":"cc317c"},{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/packer/labels/waiting-reply","name":"waiting-reply","color":"5319e7"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":5,"created_at":"2015-01-05T00:08:47Z","updated_at":"2015-02-24T23:59:48Z","closed_at":null,"body":"This has filled the buffer on my terminal on Windows 7:\r\n\r\n```\r\nvmware-iso: What is the location of the \"ifconfig\" program on your\r\nvmware-iso: machine?\r\nvmware-iso: The answer \"\" is invalid.  It must be the complete name of a binary file.\r\n```\r\n\r\nThis is while using the CentOS 7 minimal disk. If I disable the VMware tools script and upload it works fine. Below is the template I am using:\r\n\r\n```json\r\n{\r\n  \"provisioners\": [\r\n    {\r\n      \"type\": \"shell\",\r\n      \"execute_command\": \"echo 'vagrant'|sudo -S sh '{{.Path}}'\",\r\n      \"override\": {\r\n        \"virtualbox-iso\": {\r\n          \"scripts\": [\r\n            \"scripts/base.sh\",\r\n            \"scripts/epel.sh\",\r\n            \"scripts/vagrant.sh\",\r\n            \"scripts/virtualbox.sh\",\r\n            \"scripts/cleanup.sh\"\r\n          ]\r\n        },\r\n        \"vmware-iso\": {\r\n          \"scripts\": [\r\n            \"scripts/base.sh\",\r\n            \"scripts/epel.sh\",\r\n            \"scripts/vagrant.sh\",\r\n            \"scripts/vmware.sh\",\r\n            \"scripts/cleanup.sh\"\r\n          ]\r\n        }\r\n      }\r\n    }\r\n  ],\r\n  \"post-processors\": [\r\n    {\r\n      \"type\": \"vagrant\",\r\n      \"override\": {\r\n        \"virtualbox\": {\r\n          \"output\": \"centos-7-0-x64-virtualbox.box\"\r\n        },\r\n        \"vmware\": {\r\n          \"output\": \"centos-7-0-x64-vmware.box\"\r\n        }\r\n      }\r\n    }\r\n  ],\r\n  \"builders\": [\r\n    {\r\n      \"type\": \"virtualbox-iso\",\r\n      \"boot_command\": [\r\n        \"<tab> text ks=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/ks.cfg<enter><wait>\"\r\n      ],\r\n      \"boot_wait\": \"10s\",\r\n      \"disk_size\": 40520,\r\n      \"guest_os_type\": \"RedHat_64\",\r\n      \"http_directory\": \"http\",\r\n      \"iso_checksum\": \"495a7d50eb7633c4667fbfc5e817bf244697c627\",\r\n      \"iso_checksum_type\": \"sha1\",\r\n      \"iso_url\": \"http://reflector.westga.edu/repos/CentOS/7.0.1406/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-Minimal.iso\",\r\n      \"ssh_username\": \"vagrant\",\r\n      \"ssh_password\": \"vagrant\",\r\n      \"ssh_port\": 22,\r\n      \"ssh_wait_timeout\": \"10000s\",\r\n      \"shutdown_command\": \"echo '/sbin/halt -h -p' > /tmp/shutdown.sh; echo 'vagrant'|sudo -S sh '/tmp/shutdown.sh'\",\r\n      \"guest_additions_path\": \"VBoxGuestAdditions_{{.Version}}.iso\",\r\n      \"virtualbox_version_file\": \".vbox_version\",\r\n      \"vboxmanage\": [\r\n        [ \"modifyvm\", \"{{.Name}}\", \"--memory\", \"1024\" ],\r\n        [ \"modifyvm\", \"{{.Name}}\", \"--cpus\", \"1\" ]\r\n      ]\r\n    },\r\n    {\r\n      \"type\": \"vmware-iso\",\r\n      \"boot_command\": [\r\n        \"<tab> text ks=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/ks.cfg<enter><wait>\"\r\n      ],\r\n      \"boot_wait\": \"10s\",\r\n      \"disk_size\": 40520,\r\n      \"guest_os_type\": \"centos-64\",\r\n      \"http_directory\": \"http\",\r\n      \"iso_checksum\": \"495a7d50eb7633c4667fbfc5e817bf244697c627\",\r\n      \"iso_checksum_type\": \"sha1\",\r\n      \"iso_url\": \"http://reflector.westga.edu/repos/CentOS/7.0.1406/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-Minimal.iso\",\r\n      \"ssh_username\": \"vagrant\",\r\n      \"ssh_password\": \"vagrant\",\r\n      \"ssh_port\": 22,\r\n      \"ssh_wait_timeout\": \"10000s\",\r\n      \"shutdown_command\": \"echo '/sbin/halt -h -p' > /tmp/shutdown.sh; echo 'vagrant'|sudo -S sh '/tmp/shutdown.sh'\",\r\n      \"tools_upload_flavor\": \"linux\",\r\n      \"vmx_data\": {\r\n        \"memsize\": \"1024\",\r\n        \"numvcpus\": \"1\",\r\n        \"cpuid.coresPerSocket\": \"1\"\r\n      }\r\n    }\r\n  ]\r\n}\r\n```"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/packer/issues/comments/75878013","html_url":"https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues/1809#issuecomment-75878013","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/mitchellh/packer/issues/1809","id":75878013,"user":{"login":"sethvargo","id":408570,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/408570?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/sethvargo","html_url":"https://github.com/sethvargo","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sethvargo/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sethvargo/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sethvargo/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sethvargo/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sethvargo/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sethvargo/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sethvargo/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sethvargo/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/sethvargo/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-02-24T23:59:48Z","updated_at":"2015-02-24T23:59:48Z","body":"@genebean can you try specifying `--default` instead of `-d`. I know it shouldn't make a difference but... (computers)."}}