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Hello,
I have a problem installing VMWare player on arch. (disclaimer: I have RTFM *and* searched and googled hehe)
I'm trying to install VMware-Player-2.5.1-126130.x86_64.bundle on the following machine:
Linux 2.6.29-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT x86_64 AMD Phenom(tm) 9850 Quad-Core Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
I was following the guide here: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installing_VMware
and somewhat here: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?p=1126993
My problem is though when i run /usr/bin/vmplayer it complains that
Unable to build kernel module
See log file /tmp/vmware-root/setup-12218.log for details
and wont do anything else. I've basicly followed the guide I listed above in its steps so I'm a little lost now.
Any advice would be greatly appriciated as its for a university assigment im rapidly running out of time on heheh.
Regards,
Mike.
Last edited by DrMikeDuke (2009-04-05 16:50:59)
Workstation: Core i7 2600k | Asus PBZ68-V/GEN3 | 8GB DDR3-2000 | Gainward GLH GTX570 | Velociraptor 300 | AntecSS 850W | Essence ST | Corsair 800D | Win7x64 Pro/Arch LinuxX64
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you have to patch it. See this:
http://www.linuxinsight.com/vmware-work … .6.29.html
Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.
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you have to patch it. See this:
http://www.linuxinsight.com/vmware-work … .6.29.html
Thanks a lot. I tried patching it but I think im doing something wrong since it keeps asking which file to patch :S
Any advice?
Workstation: Core i7 2600k | Asus PBZ68-V/GEN3 | 8GB DDR3-2000 | Gainward GLH GTX570 | Velociraptor 300 | AntecSS 850W | Essence ST | Corsair 800D | Win7x64 Pro/Arch LinuxX64
Server: 2x Six-Core AMD Opteron Processor 8439 SE, 64GB DDR2 ECC, Tyan S2932-SI, Areca ARC-1230 Raid, PCP&C 1Kw PSU, LSi FusionMPT Ultra320 SCSI/Tandberg LTO4 Autoloader
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this are the steps as root:
1) mv /usr/lib/vmware/modules/binary /usr/lib/vmware/modules/binary.old
2) cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source
3) untar those arhives (tar xf arhive.tar)
4) patch -p1 < /path/to/patch
5) tar them (tar cf dirctory arhive.rar)
6) vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
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Thanks for your help so far, awesome!
I got it to work but a little differently since it still wouldnt patch for me
Anyhow Il post my solution here since i know I always hate visiting a
SOLVED thread only to find noone said HOW
So I move my file from binary to binary old
(mv /usr/lib/vmware/modules/binary /usr/lib/vmware/modules/binary.old)
then i go to my source directory
(cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source)
i untar everything in sight (:P)
[root@TOMATO source]# ls
vmblock-only vmci.tar vmnet-only vmppuser.tar
vmblock.tar vmmon-only vmnet.tar vmware-workstation-2.6.29-v2.patch
vmci-only vmmon.tar vmppuser-only vsock.tar
then I used the scripts from here http://communities.vmware.com//thread/203231
Finally I run step 6). vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
And done!:D
Workstation: Core i7 2600k | Asus PBZ68-V/GEN3 | 8GB DDR3-2000 | Gainward GLH GTX570 | Velociraptor 300 | AntecSS 850W | Essence ST | Corsair 800D | Win7x64 Pro/Arch LinuxX64
Server: 2x Six-Core AMD Opteron Processor 8439 SE, 64GB DDR2 ECC, Tyan S2932-SI, Areca ARC-1230 Raid, PCP&C 1Kw PSU, LSi FusionMPT Ultra320 SCSI/Tandberg LTO4 Autoloader
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@ wonder
You couldn't have described this solution any better! Thanks a lot!
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this are the steps as root:
1) mv /usr/lib/vmware/modules/binary /usr/lib/vmware/modules/binary.old
2) cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source
3) untar those arhives (tar xf arhive.tar)
4) patch -p1 < /path/to/patch
5) tar them (tar cf dirctory arhive.rar)
6) vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
Thanks very much for your help.
Vmware player installed successfully.
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