Installing VMWare 5.5.3/Linux under Kubuntu (Kernel 2.6.20)

[MagicalAkrus]

Hello!

I have a problem with VMware installation under Kubuntu with Kernel version 2.6.20. Compilation fails with this error message:

CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o

In file included from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:80:

/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘compat_exit’

/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘exit_code’

/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of ‘_syscall1’

make[2]: *** Error 1

make[1]: *** \[_module_/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-1-generic'

make: *** \[vmmon.ko] Error 2

make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'

Unable to build the vmmon module.

Actually I need 2.6.20 due to missing sound card module in previous versions.

Under 2.6.19 compilation is okay.

Could someone help me with patching it or something like?

Thanks!

[selinux]

I posted a patch that 'works for me' under Fedora Core 2.6.20 kernels:

http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?threadID=65982&tstart=30

Does that work for you?

tom

[Jeff_Chua]

I just tested the patch and this works for me on Linux-2.6.20-rc2.

Thank,

Jeff.

[0nn0]

I tried the patch on Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn with the 2.6.20 kernel and it works for me too.

[Jorge_Bastos]

Hi,

I can compile this sucessfull, but only uncompressing the tar and compiling.

Is the correct mode for this, uncompress the tar, made the changes and then recreate the tar and compile it normally?

Jorge

[selinux]

Yeah.

You need to untar 'vmmon.tar', apply the patch, save a copy of the tar file, and create a new tar version of vmmon.tar.

vmware-config.pl should then use this new tar file ....

tom

[Jorge_Bastos]

Working but,

When starting vmware, with 2.6.20-rc2 it just start to make high load on the server.

Normal?

[Jorge_Bastos]

Ok fixed with -rc3

All ok

😛

[Jeff_Chua]

Does anyone has a patch for Linux-2.6.20-rc5 with CONFIG_PARAVIRT enabled in the kernel?

The vmmon.ko compiled ok, but can't load. got a paravirt_ops unknown symbol while loading.

Thanks in advance,

Jeff Chua.

[MarkE78]

I cannot get the patch to work with the Release version of AMD 64 Feisty Fawn and VMWare Workstation 5.5.3

vmware is installed, but it has not been (correctly) configured

for this system. To (re-)configure it, invoke the following command:

/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl.

Very handy error is shown... Are there any debug logs or anything I can look at?

[evilhomer]

The patch works fine for me, but I must configure after EVERY reboot. I see /etc/vmware/not_configured gets written every time, but I can't figure out why.