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#1 2012-02-05 00:26:25

frmi
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Registered: 2012-02-05
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[SOLVED] VMware modconfig problem

Hi,

I get an error when doing the modconfig command after installation of VMware 8.0.1.

# vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
Stopping VMware services:
   VMware Authentication Daemon                                        done
   VM communication interface socket family                            done
   Virtual machine communication interface                             done
   Virtual machine monitor                                             done
   Blocking file system                                                done
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/3.2.2-1-ARCH/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.2.2-1-ARCH'
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/iommu.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/driverLog.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/common/apic.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/common/task.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/common/hashFunc.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/common/comport.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.o
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/iommu.c: In function ‘IOMMU_AdjustMappings’:
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/iommu.c:180:4: error: implicit declaration of function ‘iommu_found’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/iommu.c: In function ‘IOMMU_RegisterDevice’:
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/iommu.c:415:7: error: too few arguments to function ‘iommu_domain_alloc’
include/linux/iommu.h:68:29: note: declared here
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors

make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/iommu.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.2.2-1-ARCH'
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only'
Unable to install vmmon

I followed the wiki site for VMware https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VMware

/frmi

Last edited by frmi (2012-02-09 23:20:28)

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#2 2012-02-05 22:10:02

frmi
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Re: [SOLVED] VMware modconfig problem

Bump

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#3 2012-02-08 17:29:36

frmi
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Re: [SOLVED] VMware modconfig problem

Bump. No one ?

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#4 2012-02-09 12:49:31

alifaan
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Registered: 2011-10-25
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Re: [SOLVED] VMware modconfig problem

Same here! Fix, anyone?

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#5 2012-02-09 15:33:24

frmi
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Re: [SOLVED] VMware modconfig problem

alifaan wrote:

Same here! Fix, anyone?

Could be asked a bit more polite. By have a better chance for actually getting help.

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#6 2012-02-09 16:30:28

alifaan
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From: Gevgelija
Registered: 2011-10-25
Posts: 5
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Re: [SOLVED] VMware modconfig problem

Big thanks to Stefano who helped me to solve this error!

First uninstall vmware

[alifaan@dellalifaan ~]$ vmware-installer -l
Product Name         Product Version     
==================== ====================
vmware-workstation   8.0.0.471780        
[alifaan@dellalifaan ~]$ vmware-installer -u vmware-workstation

Then unlink the following links

sudo unlink /etc/rc.d/vmware
sudo unlink /etc/rc.d/vmware-workstation-server

Next remove old patch

sudo rm /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/.patched

Now is time to reinstall vmware again. Follow the installation instructions https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VM … stallation
For patch use commands under 3.2 kernels and don't forget to install vmware module.

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#7 2012-02-09 23:19:21

frmi
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Re: [SOLVED] VMware modconfig problem

Thank you very much!

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