vmware workstation 6, kernel 2.6.20, insmod segfaults

[don_ousian]

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

kernel?

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.

strace is not very useful[/b]

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

Any clue?[/b]

[claes_backstrom]

Hi

I've noticed that the seg fault with insmod only happens when you run insmod without the path to it. If you change the vmware-config.pl script to run /sbin/insmod instead of insmod it works for me. Only 2 places in the script to change if I remember correctly.

And I'm on openSUSE 10.3 alpha 5 so this seams like it's not a Debian specific problem.

Claes