segmentation fault when trying to build vmware modules on SUSE 11.1Beta3 X86_64

mkossmann — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:16:58 GMT

Installed vmware 6.5 on SUSE 11.1Beta3 . Then started vmware. The result is a segmentation fault :

mk@linux-6fqv:~> Logging to /tmp/vmware-mk/setup-6446.log

modinfo: could not find module vmmon

modinfo: could not find module vmnet

modinfo: could not find module vmblock

modinfo: could not find module vmci

modinfo: could not find module vsock

modinfo: could not find module vmmon

modinfo: could not find module vmnet

modinfo: could not find module vmblock

modinfo: could not find module vmci

modinfo: could not find module vsock

/usr/lib/vmware/bin/launcher.sh: line 231: 6446 Segmentation fault "$binary" "$@"

setup-6446.log contains no hint to the problem:

Oct 26 17:49:41.047: app| Log for VMware Workstation pid=6446 version=6.5.0 build=build-118166 option=Release

Oct 26 17:49:41.047: app| Host codepage=ANSI_X3.4-1968 encoding=ASCII

Oct 26 17:49:41.047: app| Logging to /tmp/vmware-mk/setup-6446.log

The attached core file, which seems to come from "modconfig --all" is produced by the segmentation fault.

Any Ideas how to solve that problem ?

Re: segmentation fault when trying to build vmware modules on SUSE 11.1Beta3 X86_64

mkossmann — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:43:59 GMT

Seems the same problem as described in <http://communities.vmware.com/thread/172023> . The workaround by gjmoed works for me, too.