Vmware on new 2.6.14 kernel? 2.6.14-4 works "SOLVED!

cliff99 · 2005-11-02 07:44:14

Has anyone managed to get this to work, was ok on 2.6.13 but seems I am having problems on the new kerel.

This is the last part of the output in the console,
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/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:1498: warning: 'sysenterState$cs' may be used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:1498: warning: 'sysenterState$validEIP' may be used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:1498: warning: 'sysenterState$cs' may be used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:1498: warning: 'sysenterState$validEIP' may be used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:1498: warning: 'sysenterState$cs' may be used uninitialized in this function
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/vmcore/compat.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.o
LD [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/vmmon.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST
CC /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/vmmon.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.14-ARCH'
cp -f vmmon.ko ./../vmmon.o
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only'
Unable to make a vmmon module that can be loaded in the running kernel:
insmod: error inserting '/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon.o': -1 File exists
There is probably a slight difference in the kernel configuration between the
set of C header files you specified and your running kernel. You may want to
rebuild a kernel based on that directory, or specify another directory.

For more information on how to troubleshoot module-related problems, please
visit our Web site at "http://www.vmware.com/download/modules/modules.html" and
"http://www.vmware.com/support/reference … linux.html".

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shbang · 2005-11-02 12:40:14

I had a similar problem. To get it working I did the following (there is probably a better way but this is what I did):

pacman -R vmware-workstation

Downloaded vmware-workstation 5.0.0_13124-1 tarball from AUR and extracted in /var/abs/local (you might want to look at PKGBUILD - when I did this there was a more up-to-date version of vmware-any-any)

cd /var/abs/local/vmware-workstation

makepkg

pacman -A vmware-workstation-5.0.0_13124-1.pkg.tar.gz

vmware-config.pl and configure as needed

scarecrow · 2005-11-02 18:06:09

Have you used vmware any-any to compile the kernel modules?
For version 5.5. RC1 neither the any-any patch nor the custom script in Arch wiki are needed- it just works out of the box.

shbang · 2005-11-02 20:14:55

I haven't tried 5.5 but it looks interesting - maybe this weekend.

I have 5.0.0_13124 thru work so just did makepkg, etc and did vmware-config.pl

scarecrow · 2005-11-02 20:39:45

I'm rather reluctant to toy too much with the new kernel yet to see if everything goes OK...
But you could run the runme.pl script out of the latest any-any patch (revision 94 I think) instead of vmware-config.pl

cliff99 · 2005-11-04 05:07:54

scarecrow wrote:

Have you used vmware any-any to compile the kernel modules?
For version 5.5. RC1 neither the any-any patch nor the custom script in Arch wiki are needed- it just works out of the box.

Well I got it working but no networking using the latest 5.5 version.

This is the error I get: Even tried the any-any 94 patch.
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Extracting the sources of the vmnet module.

Building the vmnet module.

Unknown VMware Workstation 5.5.0 build 16958 detected. Building for TOT.
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.14-ARCH/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.14-ARCH'
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/driver.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/hub.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/userif.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/netif.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/bridge.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/procfs.o
LD [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/vmnet.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/vmnet.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/vmnet.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.14-ARCH'
cp -f vmnet.ko ./../vmnet.o
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only'
Unable to make a vmnet module that can be loaded in the running kernel:
insmod: error inserting '/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet.o': -1 File exists
There is probably a slight difference in the kernel configuration between the
set of C header files you specified and your running kernel. You may want to
rebuild a kernel based on that directory, or specify another directory.

For more information on how to troubleshoot module-related problems, please
visit our Web site at "http://www.vmware.com/download/modules/modules.html" and
"http://www.vmware.com/support/reference … linux.html".

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scarecrow · 2005-11-21 22:17:06

Empty your /tmp directory, and run the script again (no need for any-any here).
5.5 is working fine here without any Arch-specific mods (just the proprietary directories being made). You just have to delete any remnant "not_configured" before compiling, and reboot after making the modules.
BTW it works both with the stock kernel and the archck one- the included headers are enough, no need downloading the kernel source.

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#1 2005-11-02 07:44:14

Vmware on new 2.6.14 kernel? 2.6.14-4 works "SOLVED!

#2 2005-11-02 12:40:14

Re: Vmware on new 2.6.14 kernel? 2.6.14-4 works "SOLVED!

#3 2005-11-02 18:06:09

Re: Vmware on new 2.6.14 kernel? 2.6.14-4 works "SOLVED!

#4 2005-11-02 20:14:55

Re: Vmware on new 2.6.14 kernel? 2.6.14-4 works "SOLVED!

#5 2005-11-02 20:39:45

Re: Vmware on new 2.6.14 kernel? 2.6.14-4 works "SOLVED!

#6 2005-11-04 05:07:54

Re: Vmware on new 2.6.14 kernel? 2.6.14-4 works "SOLVED!

#7 2005-11-21 22:17:06

Re: Vmware on new 2.6.14 kernel? 2.6.14-4 works "SOLVED!

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