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vmware 5 in Ubuntu Breezy

Anyone installed vmware 5 successfully? i received this when i tried it.

Unable to copy the source file ./installer/services.sh to the destination file
/etc/init.d/vmware.

Have you tried running the installer as root?

It sounds like taht is the problem to me.Try to install from the root terminal ;)

I did. I tried both root and user. vmware is uninstallable in both Breezy and Hoary. I did an successful install on worty though.

I used vmware 5 build 13124 successfully on my laptop running ubuntu hoary hedgehog 'right out of the box' however i cant get it to install on breezy.

i get the error saying the gcc version used to compile my kernel is earlier than the one i have currently installed and this is not currently supported by vmware.

Quote:

Originally posted by Sharktale
I did. I tried both root and user. vmware is uninstallable in both Breezy and Hoary. I did an successful install on worty though.

Sorry man but that statement is wrong (vmware is uninstallable in both breezy and hoary). I have ubuntu 5.04 and I have vmware workstation version 5 running fine in it. your problem might be caused by a lack of headers for the specific kernels that you are using and / or compilers. I would suggest you to do a search in the ubuntu forums site for vmware before you can say that it is not possible, which I know for sure that it works because I have it working.

Quote:

Originally posted by linuxtoaster
I used vmware 5 build 13124 successfully on my laptop running ubuntu hoary hedgehog 'right out of the box' however i cant get it to install on breezy.

i get the error saying the gcc version used to compile my kernel is earlier than the one i have currently installed and this is not currently supported by vmware.

I had the same problem, and solved it by installing gcc-3.4 and using it for compiling ("export CC=/usr/bin/gcc-3.4"). No problem there.

However, when I try to compile vmmon module I get the following message:

Code:

Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.



Building the vmmon module.



Using 2.6.x kernel build system.

make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only'

make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-9-amd64-generic/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-9-amd64-generic'

  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o

/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:33:25: asm/ioctl32.h: Filen eller katalogen finns inte

/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function `register_ioctl32_handlers':

/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:222: varning: implicit deklaration av funktion "register_ioctl32_conversion"

/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function `unregister_ioctl32_handlers':

/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:248: varning: implicit deklaration av funktion "unregister_ioctl32_conversion"

make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Fel 1

make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only] Fel 2

make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-9-amd64-generic'

make: *** [vmmon.ko] Fel 2

make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config4/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.

Can't figure out what's wrong. (ah, yeah, all header files etc are what they should be, of that I'm certain).

Anyone?

Quote:

Originally posted by Wille Raab
I had the same problem, and solved it by installing gcc-3.4 and using it for compiling ("export CC=/usr/bin/gcc-3.4"). No problem there.

Thanks very much, the above export statement set my vmware troubles straight. My modules didn't encounter any obstacles when compiling either. I also have an AMD64 however the ubuntu amd64 tells me that my cpu does not support long point extensions or something to that extent. Ive long since settled for the 386 kernel.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wille Raab

However, when I try to compile vmmon module I get the following message:

Code:

Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.



Building the vmmon module.



Using 2.6.x kernel build system.

make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only'

make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-9-amd64-generic/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-9-amd64-generic'

  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o

/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:33:25: asm/ioctl32.h: Filen eller katalogen finns inte

/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function `register_ioctl32_handlers':

/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:222: varning: implicit deklaration av funktion "register_ioctl32_conversion"

/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function `unregister_ioctl32_handlers':

/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:248: varning: implicit deklaration av funktion "unregister_ioctl32_conversion"

make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Fel 1

make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only] Fel 2

make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-9-amd64-generic'

make: *** [vmmon.ko] Fel 2

make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config4/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.

Can't figure out what's wrong. (ah, yeah, all header files etc are what they should be, of that I'm certain).

Anyone?

Install this patch: http://ftp.cvut.cz/vmware/vmware-any...date101.tar.gz
I had the same problem and it was solved by it.