Hi.
I am using Debian with its kernel v2.6.22-1-k7 (#1 SMP Sun Jul 29 15:15:55 UTC 2007 i686). I had VMware v5.5.7 and upgraded to v5.5.8 (installed into /home/Programs/VMware558/ for doc, man, and lib), but I am having problems starting my VMware even after running vmware-any-any-update115.tar.gz and making modules successfully.
When I try to start my old Windows 2000 SP4 VMware v5.5.7 guest image, I get these three errors:
"Version mismatch with vmmon module: expecting 138.0, got 137.0. You have an incorrect version of the 'vmmon' kernel module. Try reinstalling VMware Workstation."
"Failed to initalize monitor device."
"Unable to change virtual machine power state: Cannot find a valid peer process to connect to."
Here is what I did:
$ cd /home/Programs/VMware558/
$ ls -l
total 1912
drwxr-xr-x 2 root staff 4096 2008-08-31 09:50 doc
drwxr-xr-x 17 root staff 4096 2008-08-31 09:50 lib
drwxr-xr-x 3 root staff 4096 2008-08-31 09:50 man
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root staff 6160 2008-08-31 09:50 vmnet-bridge
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root staff 110872 2008-08-31 09:50 vmnet-dhcpd
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root staff 118884 2008-08-31 09:50 vmnet-natd
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root staff 5192 2008-08-31 09:50 vmnet-netifup
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root staff 8140 2008-08-31 09:50 vmnet-sniffer
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root staff 4574 2008-08-31 09:50 vmplayer
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root staff 4946 2008-08-31 09:50 vmrun
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root staff 12292 2008-08-31 09:50 vm-support
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root staff 4570 2008-08-31 09:50 vmware
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root staff 287265 2008-08-31 09:50 vmware-config.pl
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root staff 490464 2008-08-31 09:50 vmware-loop
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root staff 25489 2008-08-31 09:50 vmware-mount.pl
-r-sr-xr-x 1 root staff 10852 2008-08-31 09:50 vmware-ping
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root staff 95436 2008-08-31 09:50 vmware-uninstall.pl
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root staff 695752 2008-08-31 09:50 vmware-vdiskmanager
I downloaded http://platan.vc.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/vmware-any-any-update115.tar.gz since I couldn't compile my VMware v5.5.8 modules.
$ tar -xzvf vmware-any-any-update115.tar.gz
vmware-any-any-update115/
vmware-any-any-update115/services.sh
vmware-any-any-update115/runme.pl
vmware-any-any-update115/update.c
vmware-any-any-update115/vmnet.tar
vmware-any-any-update115/update
vmware-any-any-update115/vmblock.tar
vmware-any-any-update115/vmmon.tar
$ cd vmware-any-any-update115
$ ls
runme.pl services.sh update update.c vmblock.tar vmmon.tar vmnet.tar
ls -l
total 2436
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ant ant 25263 2007-07-22 03:40 runme.pl
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ant ant 32159 2005-07-09 16:48 services.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ant ant 21708 2006-02-19 00:51 update
-rw-rr 1 ant ant 27575 2006-02-19 00:51 update.c
-rrr-- 1 ant ant 307200 2007-11-28 02:37 vmblock.tar
-rw-rr 1 ant ant 1525760 2007-11-28 03:01 vmmon.tar
-rw-rr 1 ant ant 532480 2007-11-28 02:32 vmnet.tar
./runme.pl
Updating /home/Programs/VMware558/vmware-config.pl ... corrupted
Updating /home/Programs/VMware558/vmware ... No patch needed/available
Updating /home/Programs/VMware558/vmnet-bridge ... No patch needed/available
Updating /home/Programs/VMware558/lib/bin/vmware-vmx ... No patch needed/available
Updating /home/Programs/VMware558/lib/bin-debug/vmware-vmx ... No patch needed/available
VMware modules in "/home/Programs/VMware558/lib/modules/source" has been
updated.
Before running VMware for the first time after update, you need to configure it
for your running kernel by invoking the following command:
"/home/Programs/VMware558/vmware-config.pl". Do you want this script to invoke
Making sure services for VMware Workstation are stopped.
Stopping VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor done
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 done
DHCP server on /dev/vmnet1 done
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 done
DHCP server on /dev/vmnet8 done
NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 done
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 done
Virtual ethernet done
Configuring fallback GTK+ 2.4 libraries.
In which directory do you want to install the mime type icons?
What directory contains your desktop menu entry files? These files have a
In which directory do you want to install the application's icon?
/usr/share/applications/vmware-workstation.desktop: warning: value "vmware-workstation.png" for key "Icon" in group "Desktop Entry" is an icon name with an extension, but there should be no extension as described in the Icon Theme Specification if the value is not an absolute path
/usr/share/applications/vmware-player.desktop: warning: value "vmware-player.png" for key "Icon" in group "Desktop Entry" is an icon name with an extension, but there should be no extension as described in the Icon Theme Specification if the value is not an absolute path
Trying to find a suitable vmmon module for your running kernel.
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)?
Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to override.
Your kernel was built with "gcc" version "4.1.3", while you are trying to use
"/usr/bin/gcc" version "4.3.1". This configuration is not recommended and
VMware Workstation may crash if you'll continue. Please try to use exactly same
compiler as one used for building your kernel. Do you want to go with compiler
"/usr/bin/gcc" version "4.3.1" anyway? yes
What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.
Building the vmmon module.
VMware 2 or VMware Express detected, building for VMware 2, VMware Express and VMware Workstation 4.0.x.
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.22-1-k7/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-1-k7'
/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/Makefile:126: *** Inappropriate build environment: you wanted to use gcc version 4.3.1 while kernel attempts to use gcc version 4.1.3.
/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/Makefile:128: *** For proper build you'll have to replace gcc-4.1 -m32 with symbolic link to /usr/bin/gcc. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-1-k7'
make: *** http://vmmon.ko Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only'
Unable to build the vmmon module.
For more information on how to troubleshoot module-related problems, please
visit our Web site at "http://www.vmware.com/download/modules/modules.html" and
"http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/linux/prebuilt_modules_linux.html".
Execution aborted.
<< I made a symbolic link for gcc to use 4.1.3 instead of 4.3). >>
gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 4.1.3 20080623 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-23)
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
ls
runme.pl services.sh update update.c vmblock.tar vmmon.tar vmnet.tar
./runme.pl
Updating /home/Programs/VMware558/vmware-config.pl ... corrupted
Updating /home/Programs/VMware558/vmware ... No patch needed/available
Updating /home/Programs/VMware558/vmnet-bridge ... No patch needed/available
Updating /home/Programs/VMware558/lib/bin/vmware-vmx ... No patch needed/available
Updating /home/Programs/VMware558/lib/bin-debug/vmware-vmx ... No patch needed/available
VMware modules in "/home/Programs/VMware558/lib/modules/source" has been
updated.
Before running VMware for the first time after update, you need to configure it
for your running kernel by invoking the following command:
"/home/Programs/VMware558/vmware-config.pl". Do you want this script to invoke
Making sure services for VMware Workstation are stopped.
Stopping VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor done
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 done
DHCP server on /dev/vmnet1 done
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 done
DHCP server on /dev/vmnet8 done
NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 done
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 done
Virtual ethernet done
Configuring fallback GTK+ 2.4 libraries.
In which directory do you want to install the mime type icons?
What directory contains your desktop menu entry files? These files have a
In which directory do you want to install the application's icon?
/usr/share/applications/vmware-workstation.desktop: warning: value "vmware-workstation.png" for key "Icon" in group "Desktop Entry" is an icon name with an extension, but there should be no extension as described in the Icon Theme Specification if the value is not an absolute path
/usr/share/applications/vmware-player.desktop: warning: value "vmware-player.png" for key "Icon" in group "Desktop Entry" is an icon name with an extension, but there should be no extension as described in the Icon Theme Specification if the value is not an absolute path
Trying to find a suitable vmmon module for your running kernel.
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)?
Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to override.
What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.
Building the vmmon module.
VMware 2 or VMware Express detected, building for VMware 2, VMware Express and VMware Workstation 4.0.x.
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.22-1-k7/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-1-k7'
CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driverLog.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/comport.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/hash.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task.o
cc1plus: warning: command line option "-Wdeclaration-after-statement" is valid for C/ObjC but not for C++
cc1plus: warning: command line option "-Wno-pointer-sign" is valid for C/ObjC but not for C++
cc1plus: warning: command line option "-Wstrict-prototypes" is valid for Ada/C/ObjC but not for C++
cc1plus: warning: command line option "-ffreestanding" is valid for C/ObjC but not for C++
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h: In function ‘int Vmx86_RunVM(VMCrossPage, VMDriver) ':
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2491: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::rsp' is used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2492: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::rip' is used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:3028: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::validEIP' may be used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:3028: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::cs' may be used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h: In function ‘int Vmx86_RunVM(VMCrossPage, VMDriver) ':
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2491: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::rsp' is used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2492: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::rip' is used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:3028: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::validEIP' may be used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:3028: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::cs' may be used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h: In function ‘int Vmx86_RunVM(VMCrossPage, VMDriver) ':
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2491: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::rsp' is used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2492: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::rip' is used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:3028: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::validEIP' may be used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:3028: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::cs' may be used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h: In function ‘int Vmx86_RunVM(VMCrossPage, VMDriver) ':
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2491: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::rsp' is used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2492: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::rip' is used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:3028: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::validEIP' may be used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:3028: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::cs' may be used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h: In function ‘int Vmx86_RunVM_V4(VMDriver*, Vcpuid) ':
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:3028: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::validEIP' may be used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:3028: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::cs' may be used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:3028: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::rsp' may be used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:3028: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::rip' may be used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h: In function ‘int Vmx86_RunVM(VMDriver*, Vcpuid)':
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2491: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::rsp' is used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2492: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::rip' is used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:3028: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::validEIP' may be used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:3028: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::cs' may be used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:3028: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::validEIP' may be used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:3028: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::cs' may be used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:3028: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::rsp' may be used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:3028: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::rip' may be used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:3028: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::validEIP' may be used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:3028: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::cs' may be used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:3028: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::rsp' may be used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:3028: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::rip' may be used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h: In function ‘void Task_Switch_V45(VMDriver*, Vcpuid)':
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2666: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::validEIP' may be used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2666: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::cs' may be used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2666: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::rsp' may be used uninitialized in this function
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2666: warning: ‘sysenterState.SysenterStateV45::rip' may be used uninitialized in this function
CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/vmciContext.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/vmciDatagram.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/vmciDriver.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/vmciDs.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/vmciGroup.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/vmciHashtable.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/vmciProcess.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/vmciResource.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/vmciSharedMem.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/vmcore/compat.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.o
LD /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/vmmon.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/vmmon.mod.o
LD /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-1-k7'
cp -f vmmon.ko ./../vmmon.o
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only'
The module loads perfectly in the running kernel.
You have already setup networking.
Would you like to skip networking setup and keep your old settings as they are?
Extracting the sources of the vmnet module.
Building the vmnet module.
VMware 2 or VMware Express detected, building for VMware 2, VMware Express and VMware Workstation 4.0.x.
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config2/vmnet-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.22-1-k7/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-1-k7'
CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmnet-only/driver.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmnet-only/hub.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmnet-only/userif.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmnet-only/netif.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmnet-only/bridge.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmnet-only/filter.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmnet-only/procfs.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmnet-only/smac_compat.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmnet-only/smac_linux.x386.o
LD /tmp/vmware-config2/vmnet-only/vmnet.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmnet-only/vmnet.mod.o
LD /tmp/vmware-config2/vmnet-only/vmnet.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-1-k7'
cp -f vmnet.ko ./../vmnet.o
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config2/vmnet-only'
The module loads perfectly in the running kernel.
Starting VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor done
Virtual ethernet done
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 done
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background) done
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background) done
NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 done
The configuration of VMware Workstation 5.5.8 build-108000 for Linux for this
running kernel completed successfully.
You can now run VMware Workstation by invoking the following command:
"/home/Programs/VMware558/vmware".
Enjoy,
--the VMware team
What's wrong and how do I fix this? Thank you in advance. 
Accepted Solutions
vmware-any-any-updates were developed by Petr Vandrovic but it seems like he longer works for VMWare. He had an enormous knowledge of computer hardware and software and once even helped me solving a very specific bug which affected VMWare BIOS - the solution is now a part of a mainline distribution.
Please, mark the thread as answered and my answer as correct. Thank you
vmware-any-any-updates were developed by Petr Vandrovic but it seems like he longer works for VMWare. He had an enormous knowledge of computer hardware and software and once even helped me solving a very specific bug which affected VMWare BIOS - the solution is now a part of a mainline distribution.
Please, mark the thread as answered and my answer as correct. Thank you
Dang it. I upgraded my Kernel to 2.6.26-1-i686. I reran the .runme.pl for vmware-any-any-update117d.
I tried to start my Windows 2000 guest image and got this error: "Version mismatch with vmmon module: expecting 138.0. got 168.0.
You have an incorrect version of the 'vmmon' kernel module. Try reinstalling VMware Workstation."
I tried again and again, but it won't start. What's wrong now? 
Oh and I am using gcc v4.1.3.
Thank you in advance.
Try this unofficial (yet correct and working) vmware any any update vmware-any-any-update117d.tar.gz.
If it still doesn't work for you then raise VMMON_VERSION_V6 in vmmon-only/include/iocontrols_compat.h.
Where is vmmon-only/include/iocontrols_compat.h? I don't see it with locate command.
Also, how do I undo the "answered" status? 
Unpack vmmon.tar archive, locate the file, pack it again, like
tar -xf vmmon.tar
edit the file using your favorite editor
tar -cf vmmon.tar vmmon-only
Overwrite the old file in /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source, run vmware-config.pl
I found vmmon_version section, but did not see VMMON_VERSION_V6 (isn't this for VMware v6? If so, then I am using v5.5.8):
#define VMMON_VERSION (168 << 16 | 0)
#define VMMON_VERSION_MAJOR(v) ((uint32) (v) >> 16)
#define VMMON_VERSION_MINOR(v) ((uint16) (v))
Am I missing something?
Message was edited by: ant
http://pastie.org/269485 for nice formatting since forum keeps changing formats.
Updated vmmon-only/include/iocontrols_compat.h's line to have: define VMMON_VERSION (138 << 16 | 0)
tar -cf vmmon.tar vmmon-only/
Don't have a /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source.
As su, ran runme.pl Perl script that ran vmware-config.pl
locate vmware/modules/source
...:/storage/SharedFiles/linux/VMware5/vmware-any-any-update117d# ./runme.pl
Updating /home/Programs/VMware558/bin/vmware-config.pl ... corrupted
Updating /home/Programs/VMware558/bin/vmware ... No patch needed/available
Updating /home/Programs/VMware558/bin/vmnet-bridge ... No patch needed/available
Updating /home/Programs/VMware558/lib/bin/vmware-vmx ... No patch needed/available
Updating /home/Programs/VMware558/lib/bin-debug/vmware-vmx ... No patch needed/available
VMware modules in "/home/Programs/VMware558/lib/modules/source" has been
updated.
Before running VMware for the first time after update, you need to configure it
for your running kernel by invoking the following command:
"/home/Programs/VMware558/bin/vmware-config.pl". Do you want this script to
invoke the command for you now?
Making sure services for VMware Workstation are stopped.
Stopping VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor done
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 done
DHCP server on /dev/vmnet1 done
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1
Message from syslogd@... at Tue Sep 9 22:45:40 2008 ...
... kernel: http://84315.992019 unregister_netdevice: waiting for vmnet1 to become free. Usage count = 3
Message from syslogd@... at Tue Sep 9 22:45:50 2008 ...
... kernel: http://84326.232017 unregister_netdevice: waiting for vmnet1 to become free. Usage count = 3
done
DHCP server on /dev/vmnet8 done
NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 done
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8
Message from syslogd@... at Tue Sep 9 22:46:10 2008 ...
... kernel: http://84346.244022 unregister_netdevice: waiting for vmnet8 to become free. Usage count = 3
Message from syslogd@... at Tue Sep 9 22:46:20 2008 ...
... kernel: http://84356.484024 unregister_netdevice: waiting for vmnet8 to become free. Usage count = 3
done
Virtual ethernet failed
Unable to stop services for VMware Workstation
Execution aborted.
:/storage/SharedFiles/linux/VMware5/vmware-any-any-update117d# ./runme.pl
Updating /home/Programs/VMware558/bin/vmware-config.pl ... corrupted
Updating /home/Programs/VMware558/bin/vmware ... No patch needed/available
Updating /home/Programs/VMware558/bin/vmnet-bridge ... No patch needed/available
Updating /home/Programs/VMware558/lib/bin/vmware-vmx ... No patch needed/available
Updating /home/Programs/VMware558/lib/bin-debug/vmware-vmx ... No patch needed/available
VMware modules in "/home/Programs/VMware558/lib/modules/source" has been
updated.
Before running VMware for the first time after update, you need to configure it
for your running kernel by invoking the following command:
"/home/Programs/VMware558/bin/vmware-config.pl". Do you want this script to
invoke the command for you now?
Making sure services for VMware Workstation are stopped.
Stopping VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor done
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 done
DHCP server on /dev/vmnet1 done
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 done
DHCP server on /dev/vmnet8 done
NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 done
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 done
Virtual ethernet done
Configuring fallback GTK+ 2.4 libraries.
In which directory do you want to install the mime type icons?
What directory contains your desktop menu entry files? These files have a
In which directory do you want to install the application's icon?
/usr/share/applications/vmware-workstation.desktop: warning: value "vmware-workstation.png" for key "Icon" in group "Desktop Entry" is an icon name with an extension, but there should be no extension as described in the Icon Theme Specification if the value is not an absolute path
/usr/share/applications/vmware-player.desktop: warning: value "vmware-player.png" for key "Icon" in group "Desktop Entry" is an icon name with an extension, but there should be no extension as described in the Icon Theme Specification if the value is not an absolute path
Trying to find a suitable vmmon module for your running kernel.
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)?
Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to override.
What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.
Building the vmmon module.
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.26-1-686/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.26-1-686'
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/comport.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/hash.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/task.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/vmciContext.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/vmciDatagram.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/vmciDriver.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/vmciDs.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/vmciGroup.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/vmciHashtable.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/vmciProcess.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/vmciResource.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/vmciSharedMem.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.o
LD /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/vmmon.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_LICENSE() in /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/vmmon.o
see include/linux/module.h for more information
WARNING: modpost: module vmmon.ko uses symbol 'init_mm' marked UNUSED
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/vmmon.mod.o
LD /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.26-1-686'
cp -f vmmon.ko ./../vmmon.o
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'
The module loads perfectly in the running kernel.
This program previously created the file /dev/vmmon, and was about to remove
it. Somebody else apparently did it already.
You have already setup networking.
Would you like to skip networking setup and keep your old settings as they are?
Extracting the sources of the vmnet module.
Building the vmnet module.
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.26-1-686/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.26-1-686'
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/driver.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/hub.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/userif.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/netif.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/bridge.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/filter.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/procfs.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/smac_compat.o
SHIPPED /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/smac_linux.x386.o
LD /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/vmnet.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_LICENSE() in /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/vmnet.o
see include/linux/module.h for more information
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/vmnet.mod.o
LD /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/vmnet.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.26-1-686'
cp -f vmnet.ko ./../vmnet.o
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only'
The module loads perfectly in the running kernel.
Starting VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor done
Virtual ethernet done
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 done
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background) done
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background) done
NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 done
The configuration of VMware Workstation 5.5.8 build-108000 for Linux for this
running kernel completed successfully.
You can now run VMware Workstation by invoking the following command:
"/home/Programs/VMware558/bin/vmware".
Enjoy,
--the VMware team
I tried running VMware, but didn't get far as well:
Question -- It appears that other virtual machines are running. Some
host devices may be unavailable to this virtual machine. Some host
devices (such as floppy drives) may be shared among several virtual
machines by toggling the entries in menu VM > Removal Devices. Select OK
to continue, Cancel to power off.
I hit the OK button.
Error -- Unable to change virtual machine power state: Cannot find a
valid peer process to connect to.
In Terminal when I ran /home/Programs/VMware558/bin/vmware, I saw:
$ /home/Programs/VMware558/bin/vmware
NOT_IMPLEMENTED
/build/mts/release/bora-108000/bora/lib/left/vmmonPosix.c:1213
NOT_IMPLEMENTED
/build/mts/release/bora-108000/bora/lib/left/vmmonPosix.c:1213
Panic loop
dmesg showed:
http://84657.280258 /dev/vmmon[26742]: Unknown ioctl 2066
http://84657.281377 /dev/vmmon[26742]: Unknown ioctl 2065
http://84657.283448 /dev/vmmon[26775]: VMCI: Ioctl 2047 only valid for handle
http://84657.297661 /dev/vmmon[26742]: Unknown ioctl 2065
Now what? Did I miss something or do something wrong?
It looks like updated vmware 6 modules are not compatible with vmware 5.5.8.
Wait, are you saying the vmware-any-any-update117d.tar.gz is for VMware v6? How do I fix this?
I posted my issue in http://groups.google.com/group/vmkernelnewbies to see if they can help. I also tried uninstalling and reinstalling without the any-any patch, but that didn't compile vmmon module.