[gentoo-user] vmware problem

[gentoo-user] vmware problem

[David Relson]

Greetings,

I've got vmware-server installed on my AMD64x2 workstation with kernel
2.6.25-gentoo-r4.  It used to work fine with kernel 2.6.22-gentoo-r9.

My current versions are:

   vmware-server:  1.0.5.80187
   vmware-modules: 1.0.0.15-r1

Today vmware won't start up.  It's complaining:

  vmware is installed, but it has not been (correctly) configured
  for this system. To (re-)configure it, invoke the following command:
  /opt/vmware/server/bin/vmware-config.pl.

I've run vmware-config.pl and accepted the default answers to all
questions -- the same thing I've done several times over the past
year.  The run ends with the following messages:

     * Starting VMware services:      [ ok ]
     *   Virtual machine monitor      [ !! ]
     *   Virtual ethernet      [ !! ]
     *   Module vmnet is not loaded. Please verify that it is loaded
before [ !! ]
     *   running this script.      [ !! ]

    The configuration of VMware Server 1.0.5 build-80187 for Linux for
this running kernel completed successfully.

Given the "module vmnet" message, I've run "emerge --oneshot
vmware-modules" and verified that /lib/modules/2.6.25-gentoo-r4/misc
has new versions of vmmon.ko and vmnet.ko.  When I run "modprobe
vmnet", it reports:

    FATAL: Error inserting vmnet
    (/lib/modules/2.6.25-gentoo-r4/misc/vmnet.ko): Invalid module
    format

What detail am I missing about building vmnet.ko ??

Thanks.

David


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Re: [gentoo-user] vmware problem

[Andrey Falko]

On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 8:12 PM, David Relson <relson@osagesoftware.com> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I've got vmware-server installed on my AMD64x2 workstation with kernel
> 2.6.25-gentoo-r4.  It used to work fine with kernel 2.6.22-gentoo-r9.
>
> My current versions are:
>
>   vmware-server:  1.0.5.80187
>   vmware-modules: 1.0.0.15-r1
>
> Today vmware won't start up.  It's complaining:
>
>  vmware is installed, but it has not been (correctly) configured
>  for this system. To (re-)configure it, invoke the following command:
>  /opt/vmware/server/bin/vmware-config.pl.
>
> I've run vmware-config.pl and accepted the default answers to all
> questions -- the same thing I've done several times over the past
> year.  The run ends with the following messages:
>
>     * Starting VMware services:      [ ok ]
>     *   Virtual machine monitor      [ !! ]
>     *   Virtual ethernet      [ !! ]
>     *   Module vmnet is not loaded. Please verify that it is loaded
> before [ !! ]
>     *   running this script.      [ !! ]
>
>    The configuration of VMware Server 1.0.5 build-80187 for Linux for
> this running kernel completed successfully.
>
> Given the "module vmnet" message, I've run "emerge --oneshot
> vmware-modules" and verified that /lib/modules/2.6.25-gentoo-r4/misc
> has new versions of vmmon.ko and vmnet.ko.  When I run "modprobe
> vmnet", it reports:
>
>    FATAL: Error inserting vmnet
>    (/lib/modules/2.6.25-gentoo-r4/misc/vmnet.ko): Invalid module
>    format
>
> What detail am I missing about building vmnet.ko ??
>
> Thanks.
>
> David
>
>
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> relson@osagesoftware.com       Ann Arbor, MI 48103
> www.osagesoftware.com
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>
>

I have a hunch that vmware-modules-1.0.0.17 is too old for
kernel-2.6.25. See what happens if you do: modprobe --force vmnet

Perhaps you reconfigured something with your kernel that throws it
off. I can't read German too well, I think this guy got it working my
fixing his kernel config:
http://www.gentooforum.de/artikel/11913/gel-st-problem-nach-vmware-update.html
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Re: [gentoo-user] vmware problem

[Iain Buchanan]

Hi,

On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 20:12 -0400, David Relson wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I've got vmware-server installed on my AMD64x2 workstation with kernel
> 2.6.25-gentoo-r4.  It used to work fine with kernel 2.6.22-gentoo-r9.
> 
> My current versions are:
> 
>    vmware-server:  1.0.5.80187
>    vmware-modules: 1.0.0.15-r1
> 
> Today vmware won't start up.  It's complaining:
> 
>   vmware is installed, but it has not been (correctly) configured
>   for this system. To (re-)configure it, invoke the following command:
>   /opt/vmware/server/bin/vmware-config.pl.
> 
> I've run vmware-config.pl and accepted the default answers to all
> questions -- the same thing I've done several times over the past
> year.  The run ends with the following messages:
> 
>      * Starting VMware services:      [ ok ]
>      *   Virtual machine monitor      [ !! ]
>      *   Virtual ethernet      [ !! ]
>      *   Module vmnet is not loaded. Please verify that it is loaded
> before [ !! ]
>      *   running this script.      [ !! ]
> 
>     The configuration of VMware Server 1.0.5 build-80187 for Linux for
> this running kernel completed successfully.
> 
> Given the "module vmnet" message, I've run "emerge --oneshot
> vmware-modules" and verified that /lib/modules/2.6.25-gentoo-r4/misc
> has new versions of vmmon.ko and vmnet.ko.  When I run "modprobe
> vmnet", it reports:
> 
>     FATAL: Error inserting vmnet
>     (/lib/modules/2.6.25-gentoo-r4/misc/vmnet.ko): Invalid module
>     format
> 
> What detail am I missing about building vmnet.ko ??

I have various vmware module problems, and there are a number of tweaks
I try when I get to a brick wall:

sometimes just `rm /etc/vmware/not_configured` is enough, but given you
can't load it manually, maybe not!

try both:
/etc/init.d/vmware stop
/etc/vmware/init.d/vmware stop
and make sure all vm* modules are unloaded.

run vmware-config, but say no to everthing.  Then start start the vmware
init.d service, see if it works.  (don't run vmware).

stop vmware, run vmware-config again, and then add in your options.
Start the vmware service again... and cross your fingers :)

There might also be some useful messages in dmesg, or syslog (can't
remember where they go) about why the module isn't loading - perhaps
there's a deprecated kernel option you have to compile in?

HTH,
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Re: [gentoo-user] vmware problem

[David Relson]

On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:45:46 +0930
Iain Buchanan wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 20:12 -0400, David Relson wrote:
> > Greetings,
> > 
> > I've got vmware-server installed on my AMD64x2 workstation with
> > kernel 2.6.25-gentoo-r4.  It used to work fine with kernel
> > 2.6.22-gentoo-r9.
> > 
> > My current versions are:
> > 
> >    vmware-server:  1.0.5.80187
> >    vmware-modules: 1.0.0.15-r1
> > 
> > Today vmware won't start up.  It's complaining:
> > 
> >   vmware is installed, but it has not been (correctly) configured
> >   for this system. To (re-)configure it, invoke the following
> > command: /opt/vmware/server/bin/vmware-config.pl.
> > 
> > I've run vmware-config.pl and accepted the default answers to all
> > questions -- the same thing I've done several times over the past
> > year.  The run ends with the following messages:
> > 
> >      * Starting VMware services:      [ ok ]
> >      *   Virtual machine monitor      [ !! ]
> >      *   Virtual ethernet      [ !! ]
> >      *   Module vmnet is not loaded. Please verify that it is loaded
> > before [ !! ]
> >      *   running this script.      [ !! ]
> > 
> >     The configuration of VMware Server 1.0.5 build-80187 for Linux
> > for this running kernel completed successfully.
> > 
> > Given the "module vmnet" message, I've run "emerge --oneshot
> > vmware-modules" and verified that /lib/modules/2.6.25-gentoo-r4/misc
> > has new versions of vmmon.ko and vmnet.ko.  When I run "modprobe
> > vmnet", it reports:
> > 
> >     FATAL: Error inserting vmnet
> >     (/lib/modules/2.6.25-gentoo-r4/misc/vmnet.ko): Invalid module
> >     format
> > 
> > What detail am I missing about building vmnet.ko ??
> 
> I have various vmware module problems, and there are a number of
> tweaks I try when I get to a brick wall:
> 
> sometimes just `rm /etc/vmware/not_configured` is enough, but given
> you can't load it manually, maybe not!
> 
> try both:
> /etc/init.d/vmware stop
> /etc/vmware/init.d/vmware stop
> and make sure all vm* modules are unloaded.
> 
> run vmware-config, but say no to everthing.  Then start start the
> vmware init.d service, see if it works.  (don't run vmware).
> 
> stop vmware, run vmware-config again, and then add in your options.
> Start the vmware service again... and cross your fingers :)
> 
> There might also be some useful messages in dmesg, or syslog (can't
> remember where they go) about why the module isn't loading - perhaps
> there's a deprecated kernel option you have to compile in?
> 

/var/log/messages says:

   vmnet: disagrees about version of symbol struct_module

So I upgraded linux-headers from 2.6.23-r3 to 2.6.25-r4, then emerged
vmware-modules again, ran "modprobe vmnet", and (again) got the above
message 

Attempted to upgrade vmware-modules from 1.0.0.15-r1 to 1.0.0.17-r1 and
found it blocked by vmware-server-1.0.5.80187:

    emerge --oneshot vmware-modules
      Calculating dependencies... done!
      [ebuild     U ] app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.17-r1 [1.0.0.15-r1] 
      [blocks B     ] >=app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.16 (is blocking
         app-emulation/vmware-server-1.0.5.80187)

It seems that the vmware-server ebuild only permits modules-1.0.0.15 ...

Is any of this ringing any bells???

Also, reading the google translation of the German posting, it seems to
say there was a conflict with dual core and vmmon and (perhaps)
disabling SMP, then building vmmon, then enabling SMP gave a working
module. This is a guess and I've not yet tried it.
 
Regards,

David
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Re: [gentoo-user] vmware problem

[Andrey Falko]

On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 11:57 PM, David Relson <relson@osagesoftware.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:45:46 +0930
> Iain Buchanan wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 20:12 -0400, David Relson wrote:
>> > Greetings,
>> >
>> > I've got vmware-server installed on my AMD64x2 workstation with
>> > kernel 2.6.25-gentoo-r4.  It used to work fine with kernel
>> > 2.6.22-gentoo-r9.
>> >
>> > My current versions are:
>> >
>> >    vmware-server:  1.0.5.80187
>> >    vmware-modules: 1.0.0.15-r1
>> >
>> > Today vmware won't start up.  It's complaining:
>> >
>> >   vmware is installed, but it has not been (correctly) configured
>> >   for this system. To (re-)configure it, invoke the following
>> > command: /opt/vmware/server/bin/vmware-config.pl.
>> >
>> > I've run vmware-config.pl and accepted the default answers to all
>> > questions -- the same thing I've done several times over the past
>> > year.  The run ends with the following messages:
>> >
>> >      * Starting VMware services:      [ ok ]
>> >      *   Virtual machine monitor      [ !! ]
>> >      *   Virtual ethernet      [ !! ]
>> >      *   Module vmnet is not loaded. Please verify that it is loaded
>> > before [ !! ]
>> >      *   running this script.      [ !! ]
>> >
>> >     The configuration of VMware Server 1.0.5 build-80187 for Linux
>> > for this running kernel completed successfully.
>> >
>> > Given the "module vmnet" message, I've run "emerge --oneshot
>> > vmware-modules" and verified that /lib/modules/2.6.25-gentoo-r4/misc
>> > has new versions of vmmon.ko and vmnet.ko.  When I run "modprobe
>> > vmnet", it reports:
>> >
>> >     FATAL: Error inserting vmnet
>> >     (/lib/modules/2.6.25-gentoo-r4/misc/vmnet.ko): Invalid module
>> >     format
>> >
>> > What detail am I missing about building vmnet.ko ??
>>
>> I have various vmware module problems, and there are a number of
>> tweaks I try when I get to a brick wall:
>>
>> sometimes just `rm /etc/vmware/not_configured` is enough, but given
>> you can't load it manually, maybe not!
>>
>> try both:
>> /etc/init.d/vmware stop
>> /etc/vmware/init.d/vmware stop
>> and make sure all vm* modules are unloaded.
>>
>> run vmware-config, but say no to everthing.  Then start start the
>> vmware init.d service, see if it works.  (don't run vmware).
>>
>> stop vmware, run vmware-config again, and then add in your options.
>> Start the vmware service again... and cross your fingers :)
>>
>> There might also be some useful messages in dmesg, or syslog (can't
>> remember where they go) about why the module isn't loading - perhaps
>> there's a deprecated kernel option you have to compile in?
>>
>
> /var/log/messages says:
>
>   vmnet: disagrees about version of symbol struct_module
>
> So I upgraded linux-headers from 2.6.23-r3 to 2.6.25-r4, then emerged
> vmware-modules again, ran "modprobe vmnet", and (again) got the above
> message
>
> Attempted to upgrade vmware-modules from 1.0.0.15-r1 to 1.0.0.17-r1 and
> found it blocked by vmware-server-1.0.5.80187:
>
>    emerge --oneshot vmware-modules
>      Calculating dependencies... done!
>      [ebuild     U ] app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.17-r1 [1.0.0.15-r1]
>      [blocks B     ] >=app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.16 (is blocking
>         app-emulation/vmware-server-1.0.5.80187)
You need to emerge -C =app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.16 first...I think.
>
> It seems that the vmware-server ebuild only permits modules-1.0.0.15 ...
>
> Is any of this ringing any bells???
>
> Also, reading the google translation of the German posting, it seems to
> say there was a conflict with dual core and vmmon and (perhaps)
> disabling SMP, then building vmmon, then enabling SMP gave a working
> module. This is a guess and I've not yet tried it.
>
> Regards,
>
> David
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Re: [gentoo-user] vmware problem

[Andrey Falko]

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 1:41 AM, Andrey Falko <ma3oxuct@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 11:57 PM, David Relson <relson@osagesoftware.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:45:46 +0930
>> Iain Buchanan wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 20:12 -0400, David Relson wrote:
>>> > Greetings,
>>> >
>>> > I've got vmware-server installed on my AMD64x2 workstation with
>>> > kernel 2.6.25-gentoo-r4.  It used to work fine with kernel
>>> > 2.6.22-gentoo-r9.
>>> >
>>> > My current versions are:
>>> >
>>> >    vmware-server:  1.0.5.80187
>>> >    vmware-modules: 1.0.0.15-r1
>>> >
>>> > Today vmware won't start up.  It's complaining:
>>> >
>>> >   vmware is installed, but it has not been (correctly) configured
>>> >   for this system. To (re-)configure it, invoke the following
>>> > command: /opt/vmware/server/bin/vmware-config.pl.
>>> >
>>> > I've run vmware-config.pl and accepted the default answers to all
>>> > questions -- the same thing I've done several times over the past
>>> > year.  The run ends with the following messages:
>>> >
>>> >      * Starting VMware services:      [ ok ]
>>> >      *   Virtual machine monitor      [ !! ]
>>> >      *   Virtual ethernet      [ !! ]
>>> >      *   Module vmnet is not loaded. Please verify that it is loaded
>>> > before [ !! ]
>>> >      *   running this script.      [ !! ]
>>> >
>>> >     The configuration of VMware Server 1.0.5 build-80187 for Linux
>>> > for this running kernel completed successfully.
>>> >
>>> > Given the "module vmnet" message, I've run "emerge --oneshot
>>> > vmware-modules" and verified that /lib/modules/2.6.25-gentoo-r4/misc
>>> > has new versions of vmmon.ko and vmnet.ko.  When I run "modprobe
>>> > vmnet", it reports:
>>> >
>>> >     FATAL: Error inserting vmnet
>>> >     (/lib/modules/2.6.25-gentoo-r4/misc/vmnet.ko): Invalid module
>>> >     format
>>> >
>>> > What detail am I missing about building vmnet.ko ??
>>>
>>> I have various vmware module problems, and there are a number of
>>> tweaks I try when I get to a brick wall:
>>>
>>> sometimes just `rm /etc/vmware/not_configured` is enough, but given
>>> you can't load it manually, maybe not!
>>>
>>> try both:
>>> /etc/init.d/vmware stop
>>> /etc/vmware/init.d/vmware stop
>>> and make sure all vm* modules are unloaded.
>>>
>>> run vmware-config, but say no to everthing.  Then start start the
>>> vmware init.d service, see if it works.  (don't run vmware).
>>>
>>> stop vmware, run vmware-config again, and then add in your options.
>>> Start the vmware service again... and cross your fingers :)
>>>
>>> There might also be some useful messages in dmesg, or syslog (can't
>>> remember where they go) about why the module isn't loading - perhaps
>>> there's a deprecated kernel option you have to compile in?
>>>
>>
>> /var/log/messages says:
>>
>>   vmnet: disagrees about version of symbol struct_module
>>
>> So I upgraded linux-headers from 2.6.23-r3 to 2.6.25-r4, then emerged
>> vmware-modules again, ran "modprobe vmnet", and (again) got the above
>> message
>>
>> Attempted to upgrade vmware-modules from 1.0.0.15-r1 to 1.0.0.17-r1 and
>> found it blocked by vmware-server-1.0.5.80187:
>>
>>    emerge --oneshot vmware-modules
>>      Calculating dependencies... done!
>>      [ebuild     U ] app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.17-r1 [1.0.0.15-r1]
>>      [blocks B     ] >=app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.16 (is blocking
>>         app-emulation/vmware-server-1.0.5.80187)
> You need to emerge -C =app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.16 first...I think.
Sorry, I meant vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r1.
>>
>> It seems that the vmware-server ebuild only permits modules-1.0.0.15 ...
>>
>> Is any of this ringing any bells???
>>
>> Also, reading the google translation of the German posting, it seems to
>> say there was a conflict with dual core and vmmon and (perhaps)
>> disabling SMP, then building vmmon, then enabling SMP gave a working
>> module. This is a guess and I've not yet tried it.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> David
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>>
>>
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Re: [gentoo-user] vmware problem

[David Relson]

On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:42:50 -0400
Andrey Falko wrote:

...[snip]...

> >>
> >> Attempted to upgrade vmware-modules from 1.0.0.15-r1 to
> >> 1.0.0.17-r1 and found it blocked by vmware-server-1.0.5.80187:
> >>
> >>    emerge --oneshot vmware-modules
> >>      Calculating dependencies... done!
> >>      [ebuild     U ] app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.17-r1
> >> [1.0.0.15-r1] [blocks B     ]
> >> >=app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.16 (is blocking
> >> >app-emulation/vmware-server-1.0.5.80187)
> > You need to emerge -C =app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.16
> > first...I think.
> Sorry, I meant vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r1.
> >>
> >> It seems that the vmware-server ebuild only permits
> >> modules-1.0.0.15 ...
> >>
> >> Is any of this ringing any bells???
> >>
> >> Also, reading the google translation of the German posting, it
> >> seems to say there was a conflict with dual core and vmmon and
> >> (perhaps) disabling SMP, then building vmmon, then enabling SMP
> >> gave a working module. This is a guess and I've not yet tried it.

OK.  I've removed all vmware builds.  "emerge -C vmware-modules" reports

   --- Couldn't find 'vmware-modules' to unmerge.

and 'find /var/db/pkg/ -name "*vmware*"' doesn't find anything.

Doing a new "emerge -aDtqv vmware-server" brings in:

  [ebuild  N    ] app-emulation/vmware-server-1.0.5.80187  
  [ebuild  N    ]  app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r1  

Then "modprobe vmmon" reports (as before):

    FATAL: Error inserting vmmon
   (/lib/modules/2.6.25-gentoo-r4/misc/vmmon.ko): Invalid module format

with /var/log/messages saying:

  Jun 12 07:26:15 osage vmmon: disagrees about version of symbol
  struct_module

I've googled the above message and found this thread (from last night)
and another thread in which the running kernel version didn't match the
installed version of linux-headers.  I've running the 2.6.25-gentoo-r4
kernel and have the same versions of linux-headers and gentoo-sources
installed.

Looking for more ideas as to what's wrong :->

Regards,

David
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Re: [gentoo-user] vmware problem

[Andrey Falko]

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 7:41 AM, David Relson <relson@osagesoftware.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:42:50 -0400
> Andrey Falko wrote:
>
> ...[snip]...
>
>> >>
>> >> Attempted to upgrade vmware-modules from 1.0.0.15-r1 to
>> >> 1.0.0.17-r1 and found it blocked by vmware-server-1.0.5.80187:
>> >>
>> >>    emerge --oneshot vmware-modules
>> >>      Calculating dependencies... done!
>> >>      [ebuild     U ] app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.17-r1
>> >> [1.0.0.15-r1] [blocks B     ]
>> >> >=app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.16 (is blocking
>> >> >app-emulation/vmware-server-1.0.5.80187)
>> > You need to emerge -C =app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.16
>> > first...I think.
>> Sorry, I meant vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r1.
>> >>
>> >> It seems that the vmware-server ebuild only permits
>> >> modules-1.0.0.15 ...
>> >>
>> >> Is any of this ringing any bells???
>> >>
>> >> Also, reading the google translation of the German posting, it
>> >> seems to say there was a conflict with dual core and vmmon and
>> >> (perhaps) disabling SMP, then building vmmon, then enabling SMP
>> >> gave a working module. This is a guess and I've not yet tried it.
>
> OK.  I've removed all vmware builds.  "emerge -C vmware-modules" reports
>
>   --- Couldn't find 'vmware-modules' to unmerge.
>
> and 'find /var/db/pkg/ -name "*vmware*"' doesn't find anything.
>
> Doing a new "emerge -aDtqv vmware-server" brings in:
>
>  [ebuild  N    ] app-emulation/vmware-server-1.0.5.80187
>  [ebuild  N    ]  app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r1
>
> Then "modprobe vmmon" reports (as before):
>
>    FATAL: Error inserting vmmon
>   (/lib/modules/2.6.25-gentoo-r4/misc/vmmon.ko): Invalid module format
>
> with /var/log/messages saying:
>
>  Jun 12 07:26:15 osage vmmon: disagrees about version of symbol
>  struct_module
>
> I've googled the above message and found this thread (from last night)
> and another thread in which the running kernel version didn't match the
> installed version of linux-headers.  I've running the 2.6.25-gentoo-r4
> kernel and have the same versions of linux-headers and gentoo-sources
> installed.
>
> Looking for more ideas as to what's wrong :->
>
> Regards,
>
> David
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>
>

Opps, it was my mistake. I have 1.0.0.17 installed with ~x86
workstation, server. According to vmware-server ebuild, only 1.0.0.15
will work with the latest vmware-server. I'd file a bug in
bugs.gentoo.org that vmware-server does not work for you with 2.6.25.
As a work around, try to use 2.6.24 kernel or earlier.

Sorry for my blunder.
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Re: [gentoo-user] vmware problem

[Kevin O'Gorman]

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On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 5:51 AM, Andrey Falko <ma3oxuct@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 7:41 AM, David Relson <relson@osagesoftware.com>
> wrote:
> > On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:42:50 -0400
> > Andrey Falko wrote:
> >
> > ...[snip]...
> >
> >> >>
> >> >> Attempted to upgrade vmware-modules from 1.0.0.15-r1 to
> >> >> 1.0.0.17-r1 and found it blocked by vmware-server-1.0.5.80187:
> >> >>
> >> >>    emerge --oneshot vmware-modules
> >> >>      Calculating dependencies... done!
> >> >>      [ebuild     U ] app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.17-r1
> >> >> [1.0.0.15-r1] [blocks B     ]
> >> >> >=app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.16 (is blocking
> >> >> >app-emulation/vmware-server-1.0.5.80187)
> >> > You need to emerge -C =app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.16
> >> > first...I think.
> >> Sorry, I meant vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r1.
> >> >>
> >> >> It seems that the vmware-server ebuild only permits
> >> >> modules-1.0.0.15 ...
> >> >>
> >> >> Is any of this ringing any bells???
> >> >>
> >> >> Also, reading the google translation of the German posting, it
> >> >> seems to say there was a conflict with dual core and vmmon and
> >> >> (perhaps) disabling SMP, then building vmmon, then enabling SMP
> >> >> gave a working module. This is a guess and I've not yet tried it.
> >
> > OK.  I've removed all vmware builds.  "emerge -C vmware-modules" reports
> >
> >   --- Couldn't find 'vmware-modules' to unmerge.
> >
> > and 'find /var/db/pkg/ -name "*vmware*"' doesn't find anything.
> >
> > Doing a new "emerge -aDtqv vmware-server" brings in:
> >
> >  [ebuild  N    ] app-emulation/vmware-server-1.0.5.80187
> >  [ebuild  N    ]  app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r1
> >
> > Then "modprobe vmmon" reports (as before):
> >
> >    FATAL: Error inserting vmmon
> >   (/lib/modules/2.6.25-gentoo-r4/misc/vmmon.ko): Invalid module format
> >
> > with /var/log/messages saying:
> >
> >  Jun 12 07:26:15 osage vmmon: disagrees about version of symbol
> >  struct_module
> >
> > I've googled the above message and found this thread (from last night)
> > and another thread in which the running kernel version didn't match the
> > installed version of linux-headers.  I've running the 2.6.25-gentoo-r4
> > kernel and have the same versions of linux-headers and gentoo-sources
> > installed.
> >
> > Looking for more ideas as to what's wrong :->
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > David
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> >
>
> Opps, it was my mistake. I have 1.0.0.17 installed with ~x86
> workstation, server. According to vmware-server ebuild, only 1.0.0.15
> will work with the latest vmware-server. I'd file a bug in
> bugs.gentoo.org that vmware-server does not work for you with 2.6.25.
> As a work around, try to use 2.6.24 kernel or earlier.
>
> Sorry for my blunder.
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> I have been watching this thread and wondering why my vmware keeps
working.  Then I noticed that all the 2.6.25 kernels are ~x86.  If I were
you I'd check if they're ~arch for you too, and if so it might be best to
go back to stable versions of both vmware and the kernel.

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Re: [gentoo-user] vmware problem

[Iain Buchanan]

David - at this point I'd try a couple of things.  Since you've upgraded
your linux-headers, it's a good idea to recompile your system libc, as
per the elog message.

Also, since you're getting version error messages, recompile your kernel
and reboot into it.  Just to make sure, as you've just done headers and
libc (may be a long shot, but may as well rule it out).

Then unload all vm* modules and recompile them also.  (Say no to all
vmware-config questions first, then second time around say yes!).  If it
doesn't work, downgrade to a previous version of modules and try them.
I use vmware-modules-1.0.0.11-r1 because that's the only version that
works with workstation 4, which I have a license for.

Finally, if this all still fails, try with an earlier kernel and see if
it magically works.  Then you know it's probably a new kernal feature
thats bugging you!

I hope you have a few spare clock cycles for all this compiling :)

HTH,
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Re: [gentoo-user] vmware problem

[David Relson]

On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:23:51 +0930
Iain Buchanan wrote:

> David - at this point I'd try a couple of things.  Since you've
> upgraded your linux-headers, it's a good idea to recompile your
> system libc, as per the elog message.
> 
> Also, since you're getting version error messages, recompile your
> kernel and reboot into it.  Just to make sure, as you've just done
> headers and libc (may be a long shot, but may as well rule it out).
> 
> Then unload all vm* modules and recompile them also.  (Say no to all
> vmware-config questions first, then second time around say yes!).  If
> it doesn't work, downgrade to a previous version of modules and try
> them. I use vmware-modules-1.0.0.11-r1 because that's the only
> version that works with workstation 4, which I have a license for.
> 
> Finally, if this all still fails, try with an earlier kernel and see
> if it magically works.  Then you know it's probably a new kernal
> feature thats bugging you!
> 
> I hope you have a few spare clock cycles for all this compiling :)

Hi Iain,

I've been using 'uname -r' and its reporting '2.6.25-gentoo-r4' matches
the module path, i.e. /lib/modules/2.6.25-gentoo-r4/misc/vmnet.ko, in
the "invalid module" message.  I'm as certain as can be that there's no
mismatch here.

Also, I've removed all vm* packages and reinstalled vmware-server (and
whatever it pulls in, i.e. vmware-modules).  This was done after
removing all vmware entries from /etc/portage/package*, so the vm*
packages are all stable versions -- no ~amd64 versions.

Haven't tried rebuilding glibc ...

Instead I've installed the latest stable amd64 versions of 2.6.24
sources and headers.  The kernel is now being built.  I should know
before too long whether this helps.

Another possibility not yet tried is to disable CONFIG_MODVERSIONS.

That's it for now...

Regards,

David
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Re: [gentoo-user] vmware problem

[Iain Buchanan]

On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 21:16 -0400, David Relson wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:23:51 +0930
> Iain Buchanan wrote:
> 
> > David - at this point I'd try a couple of things.  Since you've
> > upgraded your linux-headers, it's a good idea to recompile your
> > system libc, as per the elog message.
> > 
> > Also, since you're getting version error messages, recompile your
> > kernel and reboot into it.  Just to make sure, as you've just done
> > headers and libc (may be a long shot, but may as well rule it out).
> > 
> > Then unload all vm* modules and recompile them also.  (Say no to all
> > vmware-config questions first, then second time around say yes!).  If
> > it doesn't work, downgrade to a previous version of modules and try
> > them. I use vmware-modules-1.0.0.11-r1 because that's the only
> > version that works with workstation 4, which I have a license for.
> > 
> > Finally, if this all still fails, try with an earlier kernel and see
> > if it magically works.  Then you know it's probably a new kernal
> > feature thats bugging you!
> > 
> > I hope you have a few spare clock cycles for all this compiling :)
> 
> Hi Iain,
> 
> I've been using 'uname -r' and its reporting '2.6.25-gentoo-r4' matches
> the module path, i.e. /lib/modules/2.6.25-gentoo-r4/misc/vmnet.ko, in
> the "invalid module" message.  I'm as certain as can be that there's no
> mismatch here.

don't be so sure!  Do you know that you won't get the same message if,
for example, you used different compilers for the kernel and the module?
In my experience, this message can appear when the actual kernel number
is ok, but it's been compiled differently...

> Also, I've removed all vm* packages and reinstalled vmware-server (and
> whatever it pulls in, i.e. vmware-modules).  This was done after
> removing all vmware entries from /etc/portage/package*, so the vm*
> packages are all stable versions -- no ~amd64 versions.
> 
> Haven't tried rebuilding glibc ...
> 
> Instead I've installed the latest stable amd64 versions of 2.6.24
> sources and headers.  The kernel is now being built.  I should know
> before too long whether this helps.

good! Let's see what happens...

> Another possibility not yet tried is to disable CONFIG_MODVERSIONS.
> 
> That's it for now...
> 
> Regards,
> 
> David
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[gentoo-user] SOLVED [was: vmware problem]

[David Relson]

On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:06:01 +0930
Iain Buchanan wrote:

> On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 21:16 -0400, David Relson wrote:
> > On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:23:51 +0930
> > Iain Buchanan wrote:
> > 
> > > David - at this point I'd try a couple of things.  Since you've
> > > upgraded your linux-headers, it's a good idea to recompile your
> > > system libc, as per the elog message.
> > > 
> > > Also, since you're getting version error messages, recompile your
> > > kernel and reboot into it.  Just to make sure, as you've just done
> > > headers and libc (may be a long shot, but may as well rule it
> > > out).
> > > 
> > > Then unload all vm* modules and recompile them also.  (Say no to
> > > all vmware-config questions first, then second time around say
> > > yes!).  If it doesn't work, downgrade to a previous version of
> > > modules and try them. I use vmware-modules-1.0.0.11-r1 because
> > > that's the only version that works with workstation 4, which I
> > > have a license for.
> > > 
> > > Finally, if this all still fails, try with an earlier kernel and
> > > see if it magically works.  Then you know it's probably a new
> > > kernal feature thats bugging you!
> > > 
> > > I hope you have a few spare clock cycles for all this compiling :)
> > 
> > Hi Iain,
> > 
> > I've been using 'uname -r' and its reporting '2.6.25-gentoo-r4'
> > matches the module path,
> > i.e. /lib/modules/2.6.25-gentoo-r4/misc/vmnet.ko, in the "invalid
> > module" message.  I'm as certain as can be that there's no mismatch
> > here.
> 
> don't be so sure!  Do you know that you won't get the same message if,
> for example, you used different compilers for the kernel and the
> module? In my experience, this message can appear when the actual
> kernel number is ok, but it's been compiled differently...
> 
> > Also, I've removed all vm* packages and reinstalled vmware-server
> > (and whatever it pulls in, i.e. vmware-modules).  This was done
> > after removing all vmware entries from /etc/portage/package*, so
> > the vm* packages are all stable versions -- no ~amd64 versions.
> > 
> > Haven't tried rebuilding glibc ...
> > 
> > Instead I've installed the latest stable amd64 versions of 2.6.24
> > sources and headers.  The kernel is now being built.  I should know
> > before too long whether this helps.
> 
> good! Let's see what happens...

I've reverted to 2.6.24, emerged vmware-modules, run vmware-config.pl
and am pleased to report that the vmware-modules are loading without
complaint and that vmware-server is running.

I did _not_ disable CONFIG_MODVERSIONS or rebuild glibc.

Regards,

David
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[gentoo-user] Vmware and <= 2.6.25 kernels

[Eric Phillips]

I have noticed that many people seem to be having issues with vmware 
products. I believe that some of the issues may be related to some 
symbols being removed from the mainline kernel causing modules from 
vmware-modules to not load into the kernel. To fix it you need to enable 
UNUSED_SYMBOLS here 'kernel hacking -> Enable unused/obsolete exported 
symbols'. Hopefully this helps if anyone wants to use 2.6.25.* kernels.

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