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e1986

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Registered: 2008-09-25

Posts: 13

Vmware on arch64

Hi! I'm trying to get vmware working, but nothing i have looked for works this far ...
I tried installing on 32 bit chroot but I only get this once set up:

[emil@CivilizationII vmware-server-distrib]$ dchroot vmware
I: [Arch32-c501f64b-bb3f-4717-9338-be8e033e2e44 chroot] Running command: "vmware"
Cannot get temporary directory for log file.


VMware Server Error:
VMware Server unrecoverable error: (vmui)
Cannot get temporary directory for log file.
Please request support.
To collect files to submit to VMware support, run vm-support.
We will respond on the basis of your support entitlement.

Anyway, I gave up and tried to install Vmware Server 2, but it fails when compiling vmnet module:

make[1]: se ingresa al directorio `/usr/src/linux-2.6.26-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/filter.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/procfs.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/smac_compat.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/smac.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/vnetEvent.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/vnetUserListener.o
  LD [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/vmnet.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
  CC      /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/vmnet.mod.o
  LD [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/vmnet.ko
make[1]: se sale del directorio `/usr/src/linux-2.6.26-ARCH'
cp -f vmnet.ko ./../vmnet.o
make: se sale del directorio `/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.

I'm sorry, some bits are in Spanish, but what essentially matters is that everything seems to be compiled correctly, but won't install
My system is completely updated, so I doubt it will be a mismatch between headers and kernel ...

Does anyone have any kind of vmware working?? Is it possible? So far, nothing i found worked for me. And Virtualbox seems a bit slow to me
Thanks in advance!

whompus

Member

From: Durham. UK

Registered: 2005-08-09

Posts: 256

Re: Vmware on arch64

I have vmware-workstation installed and working fine in Arch64, don't know the differences between server/workstation but for me I did not install 32 chroot. I installed the lib32 dependencies, built and installed the vmware-workstation-modules then built and installed vmware-workstation, unfornutately workstation is not free but to me has been worth buying.

e1986

Member

Registered: 2008-09-25

Posts: 13

Re: Vmware on arch64

Well, I'll try that if nothing else works Now, I have the curiosity; I've been using ubuntu for a long time and vmware-server 1. I would like to try server 2

Emess

Member

From: Tokyo, Japan

Registered: 2008-01-20

Posts: 21

Re: Vmware on arch64

A little late but I had this same problem. It's not actually a problem with the system, it's that VMWare's config script cannot detect vmnet running as a module and assumes it failed to build.

sudo ln -s /bin/lsmod /sbin/lsmod

followed by running the configure script again and it all ran smoothly after that.

Hope this helps,

E~

nebri

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Registered: 2009-01-03

Posts: 30

Re: Vmware on arch64

A little late but I had this same problem. It's not actually a problem with the system, it's that VMWare's config script cannot detect vmnet running as a module and assumes it failed to build.

sudo ln -s /bin/lsmod /sbin/lsmod

followed by running the configure script again and it all ran smoothly after that.

Hope this helps,

E~

That solved it for me . Thanks mate