VMWare 5.0 / Kernel / Reboot.

sn0n · 2005-04-27 09:55:41

So last nite the power went out..
and was obviously forced to reboot, so here is my issue..
everytime i reboot, i have to reconfig vmware and run
vmware-config.pl
well, since upgrading to gcc 4.0.0 i get this error

None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Workstation is suitable for your
running kernel.  Do you want this program to try to build the vmmon module for
your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? [yes]

Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to override.

Your kernel was built with "gcc" version "3.4.3", while you are trying to use
"/usr/bin/gcc" version "4.0.0". This configuration is not supported and VMware
Workstation cannot work in such configuration. Please either recompile your
kernel with "/usr/bin/gcc" version "4.0.0", or restart /usr/bin/vmware-config.plwith CC environment variable pointing to the "gcc" version "3.4.3".

Any suggestions ?

miqorz · 2005-04-27 09:57:51

Recompile your kernel.

cactus · 2005-04-27 10:04:49

sn0n wrote:

everytime i reboot, i have to reconfig vmware and run
vmware-config.pl

There is a work around for that..cant remember what it is..something like modifying the rc.d script to either create an arbitrary file somewhere, or delete one..I can't remember which it is, or which file..
look in the vmwared script, where it tests to see if something exists, or is installed...it was apparent the last time I did it, I just dont recall right now...

sn0n · 2005-04-27 23:49:35

miqorz wrote:

Recompile your kernel.

yea sure, easy for you to say. about the only things i like to compile are things with a simple
./configure
make
make install

i could try to compile my first kernel.. any guides that make it simple?
sorry for being a 'n00b', just havent needed to compile one so far.. hehe

aCoder · 2005-04-28 01:37:49

The wiki appears to have some useful docs for compiling your kernel!

http://wiki2.archlinux.org/index.php/Ke … ompilation

Stinky · 2005-04-28 03:18:00

Or, you could do it the Arch way...that way pacman can install it...keep track of it...etc...
as root, run:
abs

And...this is WAY simlified but should do the trick since your only reason to compile is to have a kernel compiled with gcc-4.0...

cd into /var/abs/kernels/kernel26
run

makepkg -c

It should produce an arch package which you can install with pacman.

pacman --upgrade your-kernel-package.pkg.tar.gz

Yes, there is a LOT more you can do...custom configs...etc, but this should get you started.
Tim

sn0n · 2005-04-28 06:15:53

yeah.. that didnt work out well for me.. :: sigh :: i'll just wait til maybe its in testing or something.. unless someone else wants to compile one for me that i can pacman..

Stinky · 2005-04-28 13:17:25

I'd be glad to, but I don't have the new gcc installed. I'd install it, but all my boxes are production and I can't afford for it to break anything major.
Maybe somebody else? Or tell us what went wrong with the kernel compile and someone can figure it out...

sn0n · 2005-04-29 06:51:53

i decided it would just be easier to downgrade gcc from testing to current
and just use 3.X instead of 4.0 and just upgrade again. :-D
it works for me.. thnx anyways guys.. unless someone already made that kernel.. then i'll take it.. wouldnt mind using gcc 4.0 still, but hopefully i wont be rebooting soon.. so i can still use gcc 4.0 in the meantime.. if that all made sense.. LoL..

scarecrow · 2005-05-28 10:47:37

It used to work fine here, till I upgraded the kernel to a stock 2.6.11-10... now its a no-go, I tried the latest any-any which did not help. vmware-config.pl finishes after spitting out some error messages, but when I try to run the program it complains about bad configuration and exits.

cjdj · 2005-05-31 01:52:26

I'm using vmware 5.0, and am not having any problems with it on reboot. I'm using it on some servers that dont barely ever get reboot, and also on my laptop which gets shutdown when not in use. I just added 'vmware' to the DAEMONS list, and it works.

The previous versions of vmware required some messing around with, which is mentioned in the wiki, however, my experience has been that 5.0 fixes those issues, even for arch.

I do occassionaly have a problem with the network resources not closing down properly, and my shutdown gets stuck, and my only option is to power down. This happens maybe once a week.

I am using the 2.6.10-3 kernel.

scarecrow · 2005-06-10 12:28:49

I fixed the 2.6.11 kernels problem by manually configuring the virtual network- for some reason the "wizard" didn't assign valid IP's to the VN (funnily enough it worked fine on a couple of other distros!).
Now I have another kernel-specific problem with VMware, but I'll open a separate thread for that.

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#1 2005-04-27 09:55:41

VMWare 5.0 / Kernel / Reboot.

#2 2005-04-27 09:57:51

Re: VMWare 5.0 / Kernel / Reboot.

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