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llamahunter Lurker
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vsock fails to build during install of VMware Server 2.0.1 on Ubuntu 9.04

None of the pre-built vsock modules for VMware Server is suitable for your

running kernel.  Do you want this program to try to build the vsock module for

your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? vsock fails to build during install of VMware Server 2.0.1 on Ubuntu 9.04

 

Extracting the sources of the vsock module.

 

Building the vsock module.

 

Using 2.6.x kernel build system.

make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vsock-only'

make -C /lib/modules/2.6.28-11-generic/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-11-generic'

  CC vsock fails to build during install of VMware Server 2.0.1 on Ubuntu 9.04  /tmp/vmware-config1/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.o

  CC vsock fails to build during install of VMware Server 2.0.1 on Ubuntu 9.04  /tmp/vmware-config1/vsock-only/linux/driverLog.o

  CC vsock fails to build during install of VMware Server 2.0.1 on Ubuntu 9.04  /tmp/vmware-config1/vsock-only/linux/util.o

/tmp/vmware-config1/vsock-only/linux/util.c: In function ‘VSockVmciLogPkt’:

/tmp/vmware-config1/vsock-only/linux/util.c:157: warning: format not a string literal and no format arguments

  CC vsock fails to build during install of VMware Server 2.0.1 on Ubuntu 9.04  /tmp/vmware-config1/vsock-only/linux/vsockAddr.o

  LD vsock fails to build during install of VMware Server 2.0.1 on Ubuntu 9.04  /tmp/vmware-config1/vsock-only/vsock.o

  Building modules, stage 2.

  MODPOST 1 modules

WARNING: "VMCIDatagram_CreateHnd" /tmp/vmware-config1/vsock-only/vsock.ko undefined!

WARNING: "VMCIDatagram_DestroyHnd" /tmp/vmware-config1/vsock-only/vsock.ko undefined!

WARNING: "VMCI_GetContextID" /tmp/vmware-config1/vsock-only/vsock.ko undefined!

WARNING: "VMCIDatagram_Send" /tmp/vmware-config1/vsock-only/vsock.ko undefined!

  CC      /tmp/vmware-config1/vsock-only/vsock.mod.o

  LD vsock fails to build during install of VMware Server 2.0.1 on Ubuntu 9.04  /tmp/vmware-config1/vsock-only/vsock.ko

make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-11-generic'

cp -f vsock.ko ./../vsock.o

make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vsock-only'

Unable to make a vsock module that can be loaded in the running kernel:

insmod: error inserting '/tmp/vmware-config1/vsock.o': -1 Unknown symbol in module

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.

 

The VM communication interface socket family is used in conjunction with the VM

communication interface to provide a new communication path among guests and

host.  The rest of this software provided by VMware Server is designed to work

independently of this feature.  If you wish to have the VSOCK feature  you can

install the driver by running vmware-config.pl again after making sure that

gcc, binutils, make and the kernel sources for your running kernel are

installed on your machine. These packages are available on your distribution's

installation CD.

 

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1. May 16, 2009 11:11 AM in response to: llamahunter
Re: vsock fails to build during install of VMware Server 2.0.1 on Ubuntu 9.04

 

This worked for me: http://www.mail-archive.com/open-vm-tools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg00123.html//www.mail-archive.com/open-vm-tools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg00123.html

 

 

You basically have to untar vmci.tar (in /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source), then build  the module with 'make'. Then untar vsock.tar and copy the "Modules.symvers" file resulting from the previous compilation into the "vsock-only" directory. Rebuild the vsock.tar file and run "vmware-config.pl". Now it should compile just fine.

 

 

Javier

 

 

 

 

 

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2. Jun 22, 2009 7:50 AM in response to: jamarju
Re: vsock fails to build during install of VMware Server 2.0.1 on Ubuntu 9.04 

# Here's a simple batch file for fixing this error

cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source || exit

tar xvf vmci.tar

if [ ! -f vsock.tar.original \] ; then

mv vsock.tar vsock.tar.original && cp vsock.tar.original vsock.tar

else

/bin/cp vsock.tar.original vsock.tar

fi

tar xvf vsock.tar

cd vmci-only

make || exit

mv Module.symvers ../vsock-only

cd ..

mv -i vsock.tar vsock.tar.bak_$( date '+%F_%H-%M-%S' ) && tar cvf vsock.tar vsock-only

echo "===== List of backups of vsock.tar in /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source ====="

ls -1trd vsock.tar.bak_*

echo

rm -rf vsock-only vmci-only

#now run:

#/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl
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3. Jul 5, 2009 4:03 PM in response to: ryoohki
Re: vsock fails to build during install of VMware Server 2.0.1 on Ubuntu 9.04

There's also a patch that modifies vmware-config.pl at  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=975084&page=2   I used your instructions above, so I don't know if the patch works. Either way, this solved the problem I was having with bridged mode not working. There's another "fix" out there that involves recompiling vsock after vmware-config.pl runs, but if you do that then bridged mode doesn't work. The key to figuring out was doing an lsmod.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lsmod |grep v

vmnet                  54732  3** vsock                  31536  0

vmci                   65832  1 vsock

vmmon                  85968  0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vsock wasn't showing up until I did what you are suggesting ... now bridged mode works, and the virtual machines are showing up on my DHCP server.

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4. Jul 9, 2009 8:02 AM in response to: llamahunter
Re: vsock fails to build during install of VMware Server 2.0.1 on Ubuntu 9.04

 

I had exactly the same problem!

 

 

I was able to fixed it using the solution posted on this article which worked perfectly:

 

 

http://kramfs.com/vmware-server-2-unable-to-build-the-vsock-module/

 

 

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5. Jul 9, 2009 8:10 AM in response to: llamahunter
Re: vsock fails to build during install of VMware Server 2.0.1 on Ubuntu 9.04

 

I had exactly the same problem but I eventually managed to fixed it.

 

 

I documented the process here:

 

 

http://kramfs.com/vmware-server-2-unable-to-build-the-vsock-module/

 

 

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6. Jul 9, 2009 10:55 AM in response to: kramfs
Re: vsock fails to build during install of VMware Server 2.0.1 on Ubuntu 9.04

 

kramfs -- I've used your approach but I found that if I reran vmware-config.pl later on, it complained that there were modules present that it hadn't installed, and then I would have to go back and manually remove the modules before I could run vmware-config.pl. ryoohki's approach seems to avoid that by fixing the source first and then letting vmware-config.pl do the compilation.

 

 

Unfortunately, my joy at getting the bridged mode to work was short-lived. Once I rebooted, bridged mode no longer worked, even though ismod showed that vsock was loaded. So apparently my conclusions were incorrect. Fortunately I don't really need bridged mode at this time, so I'm not going to worry about it. I'm not terribly impressed with Server 2 ... the web interface is unstable and slow.

 

 

--eric

 

 

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7. Feb 4, 2010 1:57 PM in response to: ryoohki
Re: vsock fails to build during install of VMware Server 2.0.1 on Ubuntu 9.04

Thank you ryoohki !!!

Your commands for vsock really help.

Many thanks!

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8. Feb 6, 2010 7:30 AM in response to: ryoohki
Re: vsock fails to build during install of VMware Server 2.0.1 on Ubuntu 9.04

ryoohki Thank You!!!

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9. Apr 15, 2010 6:29 AM in response to: ryoohki
Re: vsock fails to build during install of VMware Server 2.0.1 on Ubuntu 9.04

Hi , ryoohki :

 

is necessary to stop or restart the server ?

i have a production server.

 

thanks

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10. Apr 20, 2010 10:54 AM in response to: llamahunter
Re: vsock fails to build during install of VMware Server 2.0.1 on Ubuntu 9.04

Hola, hice lo de  ryoohki.

 

Ahora veo el vsock con el lsmod, pero sigo sin poder usar los dispositivos del Host.

En la vmtools de la maquina virtual no aparece ningun dispositivo.

En el hostd.log aparace este mensaje :

It appears that other virtual machines are running. Some host devices may be unavailable to this virtual machine. Some host devices (such as CD-ROM drives) may be shared among several virtual machines by toggling the entries in the "VM > Removable Devices" menu.

Select OK to continue, Cancel to power off

 

Necesito reinstalar una maquina virtual y no tengo acceso ni por el CD, ni por .iso

 

Alguna idea ??,  que mas puedo hacer ??

 

Gracias.

 

salu2

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