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Old 09-16-2005, 04:17 AM   #1
xKintaro
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VMware 5/2.6.14-rc1


I just built and booted the latest kernel rc and it has problems with VMware.

Code:
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-config0/vmnet-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.14-rc1/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.14-rc1'
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/driver.o
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/vnet.h:14,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/vnetInt.h:10,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/driver.c:40:
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/vm_atomic.h:56:5: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/vm_oui.h:14,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/vnetInt.h:11,
                 from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/driver.c:40:
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/vm_basic_asm.h:50:5: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/driver.c: In function `VNetProcessOwnsPort':
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/driver.c:1816: error: structure has no member named `max_fds'
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.14-rc1'
make: *** [vmnet.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only'
Unable to build the vmnet module.

Execution aborted.
I have the any-any patch applied however it appears the new kernel has broke the vmnet module from building. vmmon built with no problems.

Anyone else has this problem? It should probably be reported.
 
Old 09-17-2005, 09:34 AM   #2
Markieman234
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I had similar issues with VMWare 5 when attempting to install under SUSE Linux 9.3, so I went to the VMWare support site where I was prompted to install the kernel-source package and recompile my kernel with different arguments before running the VMWare configure tool again.

After following the given instructions I found I had no problem; it appears that under newer distros (thus also newer kernels), VMWare has issues.

Browse over to the VMWare site and have a look under their support / troubleshooting section. Hopefully that should sort you out.

http://www.vmware.com


Good luck!

Mark
 
  


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