I've tried to install vmware workstation 6, with this result[/i]
kernel is recompiled to avoid paravirt problematic stuff[/i]
In which directory do you want to install the application's icon?
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)? \[yes]
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: se ingresa al directorio `/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.20.20070509/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: se ingresa al directorio `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20.20070509'
CC /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/common/comport.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/common/hash.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/common/task.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/common/vmciContext.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/common/vmciDatagram.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/common/vmciDriver.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/common/vmciDs.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/common/vmciGroup.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/common/vmciHashtable.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/common/vmciProcess.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/common/vmciResource.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/common/vmciSharedMem.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.o
LD /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/vmmon.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/vmmon.mod.o
LD /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko
make[1]: se sale del directorio `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20.20070509'
cp -f vmmon.ko ./../vmmon.o
make: se sale del directorio `/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only'
sh: line 1: 10662 segmentation fault 'insmod' -p '/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon.o' >/dev/null 2>&1
Unable to make a vmmon module that can be loaded in the running kernel:
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.
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.
root@:/tmp/vmware-config4$ strace insmod vmmon.o
execve("/sbin/insmod", \["insmod", "vmmon.o"], ) = 0
brk(0) = 0x804b000
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
mmap2(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f72000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, \{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=108054, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 108054, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f57000
close(3) = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\0`\1\000"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, \{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1315328, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 1320356, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7e14000
mmap2(0xb7f51000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x13d) = 0xb7f51000
mmap2(0xb7f54000, 9636, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f54000
close(3) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7e13000
set_thread_area(\{entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb7e136c0, limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0
mprotect(0xb7f51000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
munmap(0xb7f57000, 108054) = 0
brk(0) = 0x804b000
brk(0x806c000) = 0x806c000
\--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) ---
\+++ killed by SIGSEGV \+++
Process 11915 detached
What exact Linux distribution are you trying to use?
Post the output from the following
VMWARE_DEBUG=yes vmware-config.pl
Debian sid/unstable.
Info is almost the same.
root@:~$ export VMWARE_DEBUG=yes
root@:~$ vmware-config.pl
Making sure services for VMware Workstation are stopped.
Stopping VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor done
Blocking file system:umount: /proc/fs/vmblock/mountPoint: no se ha encontrado
done
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 done
Host network detection done
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet2 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 theme 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?
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)? \[yes]
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: se ingresa al directorio `/tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.20.20070509/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: se ingresa al directorio `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20.20070509'
CC /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/common/comport.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/common/hash.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/common/task.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/common/vmciContext.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/common/vmciDatagram.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/common/vmciDriver.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/common/vmciDs.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/common/vmciGroup.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/common/vmciHashtable.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/common/vmciProcess.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/common/vmciResource.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/common/vmciSharedMem.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.o
LD /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/vmmon.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/vmmon.mod.o
LD /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko
make[1]: se sale del directorio `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20.20070509'
cp -f vmmon.ko ./../vmmon.o
make: se sale del directorio `/tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only'
sh: line 1: 2980 segmentation fault 'insmod' -p '/tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon.o' >/dev/null 2>&1
Unable to make a vmmon module that can be loaded in the running kernel:
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.
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.
hi,
i noticed the exact same thing in my debian sid installation. i suspect this is due to the recent libc update (see below).
regards
martin
apt-cache policy libc6
libc6:
Installed: 2.5-7
Candidate: 2.5-7
Version table:
2.6~20070518-2 0
1 http://ftp.de.debian.org experimental/main Packages
2.5-7 0
990 http://ftp.de.debian.org sid/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2.3.6.ds1-13 0
300 http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/main Packages
500 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Packages
I did suspect, but I wasn't quite sure if it was me or could happend somebody else.
Rebuildng module-init-tools has not solved the problem.
regards
I am also experiencing this problem with VMware workstation installation on Debian unstable. I have been unable to resolve this. Please let me know if you find a solution to this
...
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-config1/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.21.2-greebo/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/d/linux/linux-2.6.21.2'
CC /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/comport.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/hash.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/vmciContext.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/vmciDatagram.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/vmciDriver.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/vmciDs.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/vmciGroup.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/vmciHashtable.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/vmciProcess.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/vmciResource.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/vmciSharedMem.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.o
LD /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/vmmon.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/vmmon.mod.o
LD /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/d/linux/linux-2.6.21.2'
cp -f vmmon.ko ./../vmmon.o
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only'
sh: line 1: 7935 Segmentation fault 'insmod' -p '/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon.o' >/dev/null 2>&1
Unable to make a vmmon module that can be loaded in the running kernel:
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.
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.
d@greebo:~/tmp/vmware-distrib$ uname -a
Linux greebo 2.6.21.2-greebo #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed May 23 15:52:39 PDT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
d@greebo:~/tmp/vmware-distrib$ apt-cache policy libc6
libc6:
Installed: 2.5-8
Candidate: 2.5-8
Version table:
2.6~20070518-2 0
1 http://localhost experimental/main Packages
2.5-8 0
990 http://localhost unstable/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
d@greebo:~/tmp/vmware-distrib$
Yes, that's it. I also tested with recent Debian package linux-image version 2.6.21.
Same result.
I think it's a problem of libc6.
I think I'm going to have to take a look to diff source packages from debian and ubuntu because yesterday I installed succesfully vmware workstation 6 in a ubuntu feisty which has a libc6 version 2.5-0.
I had a similiar issue, I found the solution here:
http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?threadID=85612
(installed module-init-tools from stable)
Ok, downgrading module-init-tools (and thus insmod) has sorted it.
Looks like an upstream bug in insmod.
For other peoples reference - if you're seeing segfaults when calling insmod on debian - downgrade from 3.3pre-11-1 to 3.3-pre4-2
It worked for me.
No more insmod segfaults in 2.6.20. I suppose 2.6.21 will be the same.
Thanks for your help folks.
Yup, insmod was the culprit. The patch below seems innocuous and works for me, if you're not inclined to downgrade:
\--- module-init-tools-3.3-pre11.orig/insmod.c 2007-03-22 00:36:02.000000000 -0700
\+++ module-init-tools-3.3-pre11/insmod.c 2007-05-25 11:42:43.000000000 -0700
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
unsigned long len;
void *file;
char *filename, *options = strdup("");
\- char *p, *progname = argv[0];
+ char *progname = argv[0];
if (!options) {
fprintf(stderr,
@@ -115,11 +115,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
exit(1);
}
\- (p = strrchr(argv[0], '/')) ? p++ : argv[0];
\- if (strstr(p, "insmod.static"))
\- try_old_version("insmod.static", argv);
\- else
+ if (strstr(progname, "insmod.static") == NULL)
try_old_version("insmod", argv);
+ else
+ try_old_version("insmod.static", argv);
if (argv[1] && (streq(argv[1], "--version") || streq(argv[1], "-V"))) {
puts(PACKAGE " version " VERSION);
awesome. I checked this with my machine at home and vmware-server and it works. Thanks for the help everybody.
Confirmed under Debian, module-init-tools_3.3-pre11-1 has this problem but module-init-tools_3.3-pre4-2 does not. Version of gcc and libc6 makes no difference.
Kernel 2.6.21 OK too.
Quick FYI, you can also comment out the "if" portion that tries to run the "insmod -p". It is the only time the script calls insmod, the rest of the time it calls modprobe which works fine.
For vmware server 1.0.3 it is lines 2920-2924 in /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl
Debian etch stable, kernel 2.6.18-4
There is one more problem after...
module-init-tools_3.3-pre4-2
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmwareui.so.0/libvmwareui.so.0: undefined symbol: ZN3Gtk13RecentManager11getdefaultEv
I'll try Kernel 2.6.21.5....
the installation went fine after commenting out the 'if', but as I want to start vmware ws 6
it didn't work out:
$ vmware
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: undefined symbol: ZN3Gtk8Notebook24setwindow_creation_hookERKN4sigc4slotIPS0_PNS_6WidgetEiiNS1_3nilES6_S6_S6_EE
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-tray: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-tray: undefined symbol: ZN3Gtk10StatusIcon6createERKNS7StockIDE
$ uname -a
Linux hannez 2.6.18-4-amd64 #1 SMP Fri May 4 00:37:33 UTC 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux
I've downgrade module-init-tools to 3.3-pre4.2 and now the config script works fine but when I try to launch vmplayer I've this error too:
/usr/local/lib/vmware/bin/vmplayer: symbol lookup error: /usr/local/lib/vmware/lib/libvmwareui.so.0/libvmwareui.so.0: undefined symbol: ZN3Gtk13RecentManager11getdefaultEv
Ma config: Debian testing, kernel 2.6.18-4
this problem is solved by doing this
$ export VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=yes
before starting vmware
The version 3.3-pre11-3 of debian module-init-tools works fine for me (amd-64).
I got hit by this using module-init-tools 3.3-pre11 on a non debian system too. (32 bit kernel and distro). Thought I was doing a good thing by getting the latest module-init-tools (it's a "from scratch" system, so compiled from source, not a binary package from a distributor). So it's not specific to the debian packages.
I already had vmware configured for my 2.6.22-rc4 kernel at the time, so I didn't have a problem until I had to run vmware-config.pl again when I installed the next kernel.
Fortunately I had already seen threads about this problem here so it didn't take me long to remember.
I "downgraded" to the latest stable module-init-tools 3.2.2 which is evidently what I should have gotten in the first place.