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fowler

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Registered: 2009-01-26

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vmware-server-modules

I would like to install vmware-server on my laptop (Lenovo X201) which depends on vmware-server-modules.  I get an error however compiling it.  I was wondering if someone could help me out.

Here is the output:

makepkg
==> Making package: vmware-server-modules 2.0.2-4 (Fri Mar  4 13:43:21 EST 2011)
==> Checking Runtime Dependencies...
==> Checking Buildtime Dependencies...
==> Retrieving Sources...
  -> Found VMware-server-2.0.2-203138-update-2.patch
  -> Found vmware-server-modules-autoconf.patch
  -> Found vmware-server-modules-vsock-kernel2.6.35.patch
  -> Found vmware-server-modules-vmmon-kernel2.6.36.patch
  -> Found VMware-server-2.0.2-203138.x86_64.tar.gz
==> Validating source files with md5sums...
    VMware-server-2.0.2-203138-update-2.patch ... Passed
    vmware-server-modules-autoconf.patch ... Passed
    vmware-server-modules-vsock-kernel2.6.35.patch ... Passed
    vmware-server-modules-vmmon-kernel2.6.36.patch ... Passed
    VMware-server-2.0.2-203138.x86_64.tar.gz ... Passed
==> Extracting Sources...
  -> Extracting VMware-server-2.0.2-203138.x86_64.tar.gz with bsdtar
==> Entering fakeroot environment...
==> Starting build()...
patching file lib/modules/source/vmci-only/linux/vmciKernelIf.c
patching file lib/modules/source/vmci-only/Makefile
patching file lib/modules/source/vmci-only/Makefile.kernel
patching file lib/modules/source/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.c
patching file lib/modules/source/vmmon-only/include/compat_cred.h
patching file lib/modules/source/vmmon-only/include/x86msr.h
patching file lib/modules/source/vmmon-only/include/x86svm.h
patching file lib/modules/source/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c
patching file lib/modules/source/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c
patching file lib/modules/source/vmmon-only/Makefile
patching file lib/modules/source/vmnet-only/Makefile
patching file lib/modules/source/vmnet-only/netif.c
patching file lib/modules/source/vmnet-only/vnetUserListener.c
patching file lib/modules/source/vsock-only/Makefile
patching file lib/modules/source/vsock-only/Makefile.kernel
patching file lib/modules/source/vmci-only/autoconf/epoll.c
patching file lib/modules/source/vmci-only/autoconf/geninclude.c
patching file lib/modules/source/vmci-only/include/driver-config.h
patching file lib/modules/source/vmmon-only/autoconf/epoll.c
patching file lib/modules/source/vmmon-only/autoconf/geninclude.c
patching file lib/modules/source/vmmon-only/autoconf/nopage1.c
patching file lib/modules/source/vmmon-only/autoconf/setnice.c
patching file lib/modules/source/vmmon-only/autoconf/smpcall.c
patching file lib/modules/source/vmmon-only/include/driver-config.h
patching file lib/modules/source/vmnet-only/driver-config.h
patching file lib/modules/source/vmnet-only/epoll.c
patching file lib/modules/source/vmnet-only/geninclude.c
patching file lib/modules/source/vmnet-only/netdev_has_dev_net.c
patching file lib/modules/source/vmnet-only/netdev_has_net.c
patching file lib/modules/source/vmnet-only/nfhook_uses_skb.c
patching file lib/modules/source/vmnet-only/setnice.c
patching file lib/modules/source/vmnet-only/sk_alloc.c
patching file lib/modules/source/vmnet-only/skblin.c
patching file lib/modules/source/vmnet-only/socket.c
patching file lib/modules/source/vsock-only/autoconf/cachecreate.c
patching file lib/modules/source/vsock-only/autoconf/epoll.c
patching file lib/modules/source/vsock-only/autoconf/filldir1.c
patching file lib/modules/source/vsock-only/autoconf/geninclude.c
patching file lib/modules/source/vsock-only/autoconf/getsb1.c
patching file lib/modules/source/vsock-only/autoconf/setnice.c
patching file lib/modules/source/vsock-only/autoconf/sk_filter.c
patching file lib/modules/source/vsock-only/autoconf/statfs1.c
patching file lib/modules/source/vsock-only/include/driver-config.h
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/home/rick/Builds/vmware-server-modules/src/vmware-server-distrib/lib/modules/source/vmci-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.37-ARCH/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.37-ARCH'
  CC [M]  /home/rick/Builds/vmware-server-modules/src/vmware-server-distrib/lib/modules/source/vmci-only/linux/driver.o
/home/rick/Builds/vmware-server-modules/src/vmware-server-distrib/lib/modules/source/vmci-only/linux/driver.c: In function ‘LinuxDriver_Open’:
/home/rick/Builds/vmware-server-modules/src/vmware-server-distrib/lib/modules/source/vmci-only/linux/driver.c:363:4: error: implicit declaration of function ‘init_MUTEX’
make[2]: *** [/home/rick/Builds/vmware-server-modules/src/vmware-server-distrib/lib/modules/source/vmci-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/rick/Builds/vmware-server-modules/src/vmware-server-distrib/lib/modules/source/vmci-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.37-ARCH'
make: *** [vmci.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/home/rick/Builds/vmware-server-modules/src/vmware-server-distrib/lib/modules/source/vmci-only'
    Aborting...

Some more info incase it would be useful:

uname -a
Linux hostname 2.6.37-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Feb 25 07:53:43 CET 2011 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU M 620 @ 2.67GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

fowler

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Registered: 2009-01-26

Posts: 152

Re: vmware-server-modules

bump....
moderators... it this the correct locations for this question or should I have used another location?

fowler

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Registered: 2009-01-26

Posts: 152

Re: vmware-server-modules

bump

Lone_Wolf

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Re: vmware-server-modules

You already posted this in the comments page for the vmware-server-modules aur package, and another person reported the same problem there.

vmware packages often need patches to work with the latest kernels.
I suggest to contact the package maintainer or search on the vmware forums yourself for the necessary changes.

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