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Hello everyone! I can`t isntall VMware on my arch. I followed the vmware wiki step by step;
1) Install the dep
2) Download the latest VMware Workstation
3) Start the installation
4) For the System service scripts directory, use /etc/init.d (the default).
5) To build the modules from terminal
My kernel is 3.14.2-1-ARCH x86_64
So in wiki says:
On 3.14 kernels the vmci and vsock modules will fail to build.
ok! I followed all the steps:
1)
$ curl http://pastie.org/pastes/9090538/download -o /tmp/vmware-3.14.patch
$ cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source
# for i in vmci vmmon vmnet vsock; do tar -xf $i.tar; done
# patch -p0 -i /tmp/vmware-3.14.patch
# for i in *-only; do tar -cf ${i/-only}.tar $i; done
# rm -r *-only
and when build the modules:
# vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
IT FAILS
Stopping VMware services:
VMware Authentication Daemon done
VM communication interface socket family done
Virtual machine communication interface done
Virtual machine monitor done
Blocking file system done
make: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-3km9v3/vmmon-only'
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
/sbin/make -C /lib/modules/3.14.2-1-ARCH/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/3.14.2-1-ARCH/build'
Makefile:615: Cannot use CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG: -fstack-protector-strong not supported by compiler
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-3km9v3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
gcc: error: unrecognized command line option ‘-fstack-protector-strong’
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-3km9v3/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
scripts/Makefile.build:308: recipe for target '/tmp/modconfig-3km9v3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o' failed
make[2]: *** [/tmp/modconfig-3km9v3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
gcc: error: unrecognized command line option ‘-fstack-protector-strong’
scripts/Makefile.build:308: recipe for target '/tmp/modconfig-3km9v3/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o' failed
make[2]: *** [/tmp/modconfig-3km9v3/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o] Error 1
Makefile:1274: recipe for target '_module_/tmp/modconfig-3km9v3/vmmon-only' failed
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/modconfig-3km9v3/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/3.14.2-1-ARCH/build'
Makefile:130: recipe for target 'vmmon.ko' failed
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-3km9v3/vmmon-only'
make: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-3km9v3/vmnet-only'
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
/sbin/make -C /lib/modules/3.14.2-1-ARCH/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/3.14.2-1-ARCH/build'
Makefile:615: Cannot use CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG: -fstack-protector-strong not supported by compiler
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-3km9v3/vmnet-only/driver.o
gcc: error: unrecognized command line option ‘-fstack-protector-strong’
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-3km9v3/vmnet-only/hub.o
scripts/Makefile.build:308: recipe for target '/tmp/modconfig-3km9v3/vmnet-only/driver.o' failed
make[2]: *** [/tmp/modconfig-3km9v3/vmnet-only/driver.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
gcc: error: unrecognized command line option ‘-fstack-protector-strong’
scripts/Makefile.build:308: recipe for target '/tmp/modconfig-3km9v3/vmnet-only/hub.o' failed
make[2]: *** [/tmp/modconfig-3km9v3/vmnet-only/hub.o] Error 1
Makefile:1274: recipe for target '_module_/tmp/modconfig-3km9v3/vmnet-only' failed
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/modconfig-3km9v3/vmnet-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/3.14.2-1-ARCH/build'
Makefile:130: recipe for target 'vmnet.ko' failed
make: *** [vmnet.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-3km9v3/vmnet-only'
make: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-3km9v3/vmci-only'
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
/sbin/make -C /lib/modules/3.14.2-1-ARCH/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/3.14.2-1-ARCH/build'
Makefile:615: Cannot use CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG: -fstack-protector-strong not supported by compiler
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-3km9v3/vmci-only/linux/driver.o
gcc: error: unrecognized command line option ‘-fstack-protector-strong’
scripts/Makefile.build:308: recipe for target '/tmp/modconfig-3km9v3/vmci-only/linux/driver.o' failed
make[2]: *** [/tmp/modconfig-3km9v3/vmci-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-3km9v3/vmci-only/linux/vmciKernelIf.o
gcc: error: unrecognized command line option ‘-fstack-protector-strong’
scripts/Makefile.build:308: recipe for target '/tmp/modconfig-3km9v3/vmci-only/linux/vmciKernelIf.o' failed
make[2]: *** [/tmp/modconfig-3km9v3/vmci-only/linux/vmciKernelIf.o] Error 1
Makefile:1274: recipe for target '_module_/tmp/modconfig-3km9v3/vmci-only' failed
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/modconfig-3km9v3/vmci-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/3.14.2-1-ARCH/build'
Makefile:130: recipe for target 'vmci.ko' failed
make: *** [vmci.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-3km9v3/vmci-only'
Unable to install all modules. See log for details.
WHAT I DID WRONG???
Compaq CQ61-125EQ - Arch x86_64 - GNOME3
Core 2 duo T6400 - 4GB RAM - NVIDIA G103 M - 120GB SSD
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thx karol for the reply. I installed gcc 4.9 and now i can build the modules.
Two services have been failed.
Starting VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor done
Virtual machine communication interface failed
VM communication interface socket family failed
Blocking file system done
Virtual ethernet done
VMware Authentication Daemon done
Anyone know why?
Compaq CQ61-125EQ - Arch x86_64 - GNOME3
Core 2 duo T6400 - 4GB RAM - NVIDIA G103 M - 120GB SSD
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Try taking a peek here: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=169472
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