Ubuntu 9.10 VMware Server 2 Installation

[raiderleaf]

Hello All,

I have never had trouble like this just getting VMware set up, but I just can't get it to configure right in the terminal to then allow me to open up /usr/bin/vmware . It keeps saying that the vmware-config.pl wasn't set up right. Here is the problem that it is giving me, verbatim:

root@raiderleaf-desktop:/usr/bin# ./vmware-config.pl
Making sure services for VMware Server are stopped.

Stopping VMware autostart virtual machines:
Virtual machines failed
Stopping VMware management services:
VMware Virtual Infrastructure Web Access
VMware Server Host Agent failed
Stopping VMware services:
VMware Authentication Daemon done
Virtual machine monitor done

None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Server 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? [/lib/modules/2.6.31-14-generic/build/include]

Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.

Building the vmmon module.

Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.31-14-generic/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31-14-generic'
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:31:
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/compat_wait.h:78: error: conflicting types for ‘poll_initwait’
include/linux/poll.h:70: note: previous declaration of ‘poll_initwait’ was here
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vmware.h:38,
from /tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:99:
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_basic_types.h:108:7: warning: "__FreeBSD__" is not defined
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vcpuset.h:103,
from /tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/modulecall.h:37,
from /tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./common/vmx86.h:33,
from /tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:29,
from /tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:101:
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:329:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:333:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:401:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:407:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:460:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:506:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:551:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:595:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:640:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:684:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:729:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:773:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:775:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:816:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:860:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:862:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:903:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:945:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:947:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:986:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:1028:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:1030:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:1069:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:1223:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:1227:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:1313:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:1536:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:1663:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:1796:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86_64.h:39,
from /tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm.h:41,
from /tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:103:
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86.h:486:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86.h:779:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86.h:820:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86.h:922:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm.h:41,
from /tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:103:
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86_64.h:56:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:119:
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/./common/hostif.h:53:7: warning: "WINNT_DDK" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function ‘LinuxDriverSyncCallOnEachCPU’:
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1423: error: too many arguments to function ‘smp_call_function’
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function ‘LinuxDriver_Ioctl’:
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1987: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘euid’
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1987: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘uid’
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1988: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘fsuid’
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1988: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘uid’
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1989: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘egid’
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1989: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘gid’
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1990: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘fsgid’
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1990: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘gid’
/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:2007: error: too many arguments to function ‘smp_call_function’
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** _module_/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31-14-generic'
make: *** http://vmmon.ko Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config7/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/go/unsup-linux-products" and
"http://www.vmware.com/go/unsup-linux-tools".

Execution aborted.
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Anyone have any ideas?

[ericab]

i have the *exact* same problem!

some please help!

ps, i tried the kernel patchfix method i saw on the vmware forums;

http://communities.vmware.com/message/1305526#1305526

it didnt work

[radu.ro]

Check this post on my blog: How to install VMware Server 2.0.x on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala. The VSOCK module won't be compiled but VMware Server will work without it.

Hope it will be useful to you!

[ericab]

thank you for your write-up and reply to our problem.

i tried the steps you outlined but:

eric@lnx-serv:~/temp$ sudo ./vmware-server-2.0.x-kernel-2.6.31-14-install.sh

results in:

There is no archive containing VMware Server in the path you indicated!

"VMware-server-2.0.2-203138.x86_64.tar.gz" is placed in the same folder as "vmware-server-2.0.x-kernel-2.6.31-14-install.sh"

[radu.ro]

Done. It should work now for x86_64 too. It was a regex I used to identify the archive you had. Before it was

"^(VMware-server-2.0.[0-9]-)[0-9]*.[A-Za-z0-9]*.tar.gz"

and it didn't match for VMware-server-2.0.2-203138.x86_64.tar.gz, only for the i686 version.

So now the regex is

"^(VMware-server-2.0.[0-9]-)[0-9]*.[A-Za-z0-9_]*.tar.gz"

and the script should work as advertised. Sorry, I was really tired and that slipped me away.

Download the script again and follow the instructions I wrote in the blog post. Thank you!

[supraman_tt]

thank you for your write-up and reply to our problem.

i tried the steps you outlined but:

eric@lnx-serv:~/temp$ sudo ./vmware-server-2.0.x-kernel-2.6.31-14-install.sh

results in:

There is no archive containing VMware Server in the path you indicated!

"VMware-server-2.0.2-203138.x86_64.tar.gz" is placed in the same folder as "vmware-server-2.0.x-kernel-2.6.31-14-install.sh"

I had the same message appear when I attempted to run the script from within the extracted archive.

Simply move the script to the same level as the tar.gz file.

I'm in the process of installing it now.

Looks to work a treat

Thanks radu.ro

[radu.ro]

@supraman_tt: That was written in the instructions. "3. Run the script with super user rights either in the same folder where you have downloaded the server archive, either by providing it the path to that folder."

But @ericab was right. I didn't filtered the output of a regex for the x86_64 version of VMware. Now it works for that too.

[ericab]

ahhh !

eric@lnx-serv:~/temp$ sudo ./vmware-server-2.0.x-kernel-2.6.31-14-install.sh

sudo: ./vmware-server-2.0.x-kernel-2.6.31-14-install.sh: command not found

O_o

[radu.ro]

ahhh !

eric@lnx-serv:~/temp$ sudo ./vmware-server-2.0.x-kernel-2.6.31-14-install.sh

sudo: ./vmware-server-2.0.x-kernel-2.6.31-14-install.sh: command not found

O_o

Make it executable: chmod +x vmware-server-2.0.x-kernel-2.6.31-14-install.sh

[ericab]

DOH !

your a lifesaver !!
thanks for all your work