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eanderalx

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From: Berlin/Germany

Registered: 2010-01-10

Posts: 20

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VMware Workstation 7.1 insmod vsock failed

After Upgrade to Kernel 2.6.35.6-1 the vsock Module don't load anymore.
Recompiling the modules shows this Message.

Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.35-ARCH/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
      MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.35-ARCH'
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.o
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.c:312:4: Warnung: Initialisierung von inkompatiblem Zeigertyp
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.c:359:4: Warnung: Initialisierung von inkompatiblem Zeigertyp
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.c: In Funktion »VSockVmciStreamConnect«:
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.c:3163:4: Warnung: case value »255« not in enumerated type »socket_state«
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/notify.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/stats.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/util.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/vsockAddr.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/driverLog.o
  LD [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/vsock.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
  CC      /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/vsock.mod.o
  LD [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/vsock.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.35-ARCH'
make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
      MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only'
make[1]: »postbuild« ist bereits aktualisiert.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only'
cp -f vsock.ko ./../vsock.o
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only'
Built vsock module
Starting VMware services:
   VMware USB Arbitrator                                               done
   Virtual machine monitor                                             done
   Virtual machine communication interface                             done
   VM communication interface socket family

When starting " VM communication interface socket family" insmod wants to load the vsock module and do this and do this ...
With Kernel 2.6.35 there was also a problem with compiling vmware modules. I found this Patch and fixed the problem.

Anyone this problem or a soulution?

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An_tony

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Registered: 2010-03-01

Posts: 5

Re: VMware Workstation 7.1 insmod vsock failed

I hit the same problem today.  When the VMware modules build got stuck at:

Starting VMware services:
   VMware USB Arbitrator                                               done
   Virtual machine monitor                                             done
   Virtual machine communication interface                  done
   VM communication interface socket family

I opened a console and ran "top". I saw insmod apparently looping (100% CPU), and couldn't kill it.  This also happened during boot, hanging the boot process.  I used single user mode to disable vmware in /etc/rc.conf and was then able to boot.

skunktrader

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From: Brisbane, Australia

Registered: 2010-02-14

Posts: 1,543

Re: VMware Workstation 7.1 insmod vsock failed

I don't use VMWare but there is apparently a problem with the 2.6.35.6 kernel26-headers package that is also affecting VirtualBox and catalyst.

nogoma

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From: Cranston, RI

Registered: 2006-03-01

Posts: 217

Re: VMware Workstation 7.1 insmod vsock failed

As I just reported in flyspray, installing the -2 version of kernel26-headers and recompiling the vmware modules fixes this issue for the VMware modules:

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/20972

Last edited by nogoma (2010-09-28 19:30:31)

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An_tony

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Registered: 2010-03-01

Posts: 5

Re: VMware Workstation 7.1 insmod vsock failed

Confirmed.  I no longer get the insmod loop, and VMware works.

ob1

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From: St.Petersburg, Russia

Registered: 2010-09-27

Posts: 7

Re: VMware Workstation 7.1 insmod vsock failed

With kernel 2.6.35.6-2 from testing repo VMWare is working fine.

zhentar

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Registered: 2010-03-05

Posts: 5

Re: VMware Workstation 7.1 insmod vsock failed

Fix confirmed here to, although now its 2.6.35.7

This affected Virtualbox as well I believe, though the error was a but less clean.
Froze the whole system

Last edited by zhentar (2010-09-30 00:31:02)