/dev/vmmon missing from Debianlenny-VMware could not install VM guest
Trying to install an XP Pro virtual machine as a guest in VMware Workstation 7.1.2, fails with the error: "Could not open /dev/vmmon. No such file or directory. Please make sure that the kernel module 'vmmon' is loaded".
Host OS is Debian-Lenny. Was able to specify the new virtual machine configuration, but VMware failed to create the new image (because of the error specified in previous paragraph). I am new to Debian, Linux administration, and VMWare. Have a new machine with 6 cores, 8GB RAM. Is the problem that Debian is not loading/executing a needed process? Should I be directing this problem to either Debian or VMware? I searched the VMware documentation, and it mentioned something about chkconfig (Redhat), or the rcconf/ksysv utilities to change SUSE configuration levels. I am unfamiliar with the syntax, don't know why this is necessary. Any guidance on this problem is appreciated. Thanks. |
If after starting the VMware services 'lsmod vmmon' returns naught run 'vmware-config.pl' or build the LKM from source (/usr/lib/vmware.*/modules/source/vmmon.tar).
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Restart of Debian Host cured all
Thanks for your response to my problem. On a guess, I restarted my host OS, then powered-up my XP virtual machine; the building then commenced in a normal way.
I'm uncertain how to perform the rebuild that was suggested, but expect I will learn this in time. I now know what the lsmod and LKM terms mean. Generally, how does one perform a build? Again, Thank you for responding. |
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