Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vmware fails: Virtual Machine Monitor does not start

[Noven <lists@magedata.net>]

On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:02:18 Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Noven <lists@magedata.net> wrote:
> > On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:19:33 Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> >> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Noven <lists@magedata.net> wrote:
> >> > On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:03:55 Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> >> >> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Allistar <allistar.m@gmail.com> 
wrote:
> >> >> > Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 12:43 AM, Neil Bothwick
> >> >> >> <neil@digimed.co.uk>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> >>> On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:24:15 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> >> >> >>>> I've re-emerge vmware-modules, re-run ...vmware-config.pl, and
> >> >> >>>> prayed. I still cannot do
> >> >> >>>>    /etc/init.d/vmware start
> >> >> >>>> because this one part fails: Virutal machine Monitor
> >> >> >>>> and trying "vmware&" says I need to run the config script
> >> >> >>>> (again).
> >> >> >>>>
> >> >> >>>> I'm getting nowhere and I really do want to run that VM again.
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> Have you updated your kernel? VMware Workstation gives me
> >> >> >>> problems like this with each new kernel, which is why I'm still
> >> >> >>> running 2.6.26 on my desktop.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I'm running 2.6.25-r8.  I probably have updated since the last
> >> >> >> time I ran VMware.
> >> >> >> But I thought the above steps took care of that.  I guess not.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> So what do I do now?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > From what I've experienced, the order you emerge vmware-workstation
> >> >> > and vmware-modules is important. When getting the error you
> >> >> > mention, a simple re-emerge of vmware-modules did the job.
> >> >>
> >> >> This did not help.
> >> >>
> >> >> I tried downloading VMWare-workstation, but the emerge fails on fetch
> >> >> restrictions,
> >> >> and the message points to a file on a server that denies it has such
> >> >> a file.
> >> >>
> >> >> The workstation bundle runs an installer that wants a runlevel
> >> >> directory, but rejects
> >> >> the /etc/runlevels directory and subdirectories.  I'm guessing it
> >> >> wants something
> >> >> more like SYSV.
> >> >
> >> > In your /etc dir, link rc{0-6}.d and rcS.d to /etc/init.d .
> >> >
> >> > Also ensure vmware-modules is *not* installed before running the
> >> > installer bundle.
> >> >
> >> > Can't remember if I did anythig else tricky, but its workig
> >> > beautifully here.
> >> >
> >> > - Noven
> >>
> >> Okay, now it installs okay, and I can modprobe vmmon.
> >>
> >> However, "vmware" gives me:
> >>
> >>
> >> kevin@treat ~ $ vmware
> >> /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-modconfig: symbol lookup error:
> >> /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libview.so.2/libview.so.2: undefined symbol:
> >> _ZThn8_N3Gtk4HBoxD1Ev
> >> kevin@treat ~ $
> >>
> >> And I have absolutely no clue what that's about.
> >>
> >> ++ kevin
> >
> > Did you re-run vmware-config.pl? That will recompile modules for your
> > system.You have unmerged vmware-modules before doing this?
>
> Now that I've unmerged everything, where would that be?
> Self-installed software can be so wierd.
>
> > On mine, K08vmware and S19vmware are links to /etc/init.d/vmware.
>
> Here, they are links to ../vmware, which is /etc/vmware, and contains
> a bunch of things.
>
> > I recall I pinched the vmware init script out of
> > portage -
> > /usr/portage/app-emulation/vmware-workstation/files/vmware-workstation.rc
> >
> > move it to /etc/init.d, rename it vmware and make it executable. start as
> > normal.
>
> It's not quite working.  I tried a restart, and it failed on link 84 which
> is: /etc/vmware/init.d/vmware stop | vmware_prettify stop
> but there's no such file: as /etc/vmware/init.d/vmware.   There are
> rc?.d entries there.
> These contain symlinks which are broken, pointing to the same non-existent
> file. Sigh.
>
> > - Noven

Remove everything and follow this guide: 
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-711726-highlight-vmware+bundle.html

- Noven