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Coume

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From: UK

Registered: 2008-02-10

Posts: 78

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Struggling to install Vmware Server :(

Hello,

I have been trying to install VMware Server to install Windows in a VM as I have some programs that only runs on Windows...
I followed the wiki but it fails during the vmware-install.pl :-(

(...)
(...)
(...)
                 from /usr/src/linux-2.6.28-ARCH/arch/x86/include/asm/system.h:1
1,
                 from /usr/src/linux-2.6.28-ARCH/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.
h:17,
                 from include/linux/prefetch.h:14,
                 from include/linux/list.h:6,
                 from include/linux/module.h:9,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:12:
/usr/src/linux-2.6.28-ARCH/arch/x86/include/asm/page.h:22:1: warning: this is th
e location of the previous definition
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/vmhost.h:13,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:71:
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/compat_semaphore.h:5:27: error: asm/sem
aphore.h: No such file or directory
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:146: error: unknown field 'nopage'
 specified in initializer
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:147: warning: initialization from 
incompatible pointer type
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:150: error: unknown field 'nopage'
 specified in initializer
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:151: warning: initialization from 
incompatible pointer type
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function 'LinuxDriver_Ioctl':
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1670: error: too many arguments to
 function 'smp_call_function'
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.28-ARCH'
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'
Unable to build the vmmon module.

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/prebuilt_modules_linux.html".

Execution aborted.

Any idea on what I could have done wrong?

btw, I was chrooted when I did the "Preparing the 'vmmon', and 'vmnet' modules for our running 64-bit kernel " steps... Should I have been doing them without being chrooted?

I have to confess that I'm struggling a bit with the chroot concept...

Thanks for your help.
Ludo

csat

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From: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Registered: 2008-08-06

Posts: 93

Re: Struggling to install Vmware Server :(

I've once installed VMware using some hints from this thread.

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=56655

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CSAT
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brendanz

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From: NZ/AU

Registered: 2009-02-16

Posts: 5

Re: Struggling to install Vmware Server :(

I had the same or similar issue.

Following the section "VMware and kernel 2.6.29 compile modules problem" from http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installing_VMware fixed the problem for me.