[gentoo-user] Reverting VMware Server

[gentoo-user] Reverting VMware Server

[Chris Lieb]

I tried upgrading VMware server on one of my machines from 1.0.9 to
2.0.1 today.  After the upgrade, I couldn't get any of the modules to
insert (Invalid module format).  I decided that I would downgrade back
to vmware-server-1.0.9.156507 and vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r2 so that I
could get the machine back into a working state.

I keyworded vmware-server-2* and masked !=vmware-modules-1.0.0.15* to
make sure that I'd downgrade the two components of VMware server.  I ran
emerge, it listed the two packages as downgrades, and let it run. 
Almost immediately it died while starting the build for vmware-modules
with the following error:

 * Could not find a usable .config in the kernel source directory.
 * Please ensure that /usr/src/linux points to a configured set of Linux
sources.
 * If you are using KBUILD_OUTPUT, please set the environment var so that
 * it points to the necessary object directory so that it might find
.config.
 *
 * ERROR: app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r2 failed.
 * Call stack:
 *               ebuild.sh, line   48:  Called pkg_setup
 *             environment, line 3300:  Called vmware-mod_pkg_setup
 *             environment, line 4423:  Called linux-mod_pkg_setup
 *             environment, line 2695:  Called linux-info_pkg_setup
 *             environment, line 2671:  Called check_extra_config
 *             environment, line  653:  Called require_configured_kernel
 *             environment, line 3539:  Called die
 * The specific snippet of code:
 *           die "Kernel not configured; no .config found in ${KV_OUT_DIR}";
 *  The die message:
 *   Kernel not configured; no .config found in
/lib/modules/2.6.27-gentoo-r8/build

I looked in the directory that the .config file was supposedly missing
from, but it was right there.  Also, this message seemed a little
strange since my currently running kernel is 2.6.28-gentoo-r5, though I
kept a copy of 2.6.27-r10 around.  I don't even have a directory for
modules for 2.6.27-gentoo-r8 around anymore.

Why is the vmware-modules ebuild trying to find a .config for a kernel
that I don't have installed anywhere on my computer?

Thanks,
Chris Lieb

[gentoo-user] Re: Reverting VMware Server

[Chris Lieb]

On 5/11/2009 2:58 PM, Chris Lieb wrote:
> I tried upgrading VMware server on one of my machines from 1.0.9 to
> 2.0.1 today.  After the upgrade, I couldn't get any of the modules to
> insert (Invalid module format).  I decided that I would downgrade back
> to vmware-server-1.0.9.156507 and vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r2 so that I
> could get the machine back into a working state.
> 
> I keyworded vmware-server-2* and masked !=vmware-modules-1.0.0.15* to
> make sure that I'd downgrade the two components of VMware server.  I ran
> emerge, it listed the two packages as downgrades, and let it run. 
> Almost immediately it died while starting the build for vmware-modules
> with the following error:
> 
>  * Could not find a usable .config in the kernel source directory.
>  * Please ensure that /usr/src/linux points to a configured set of Linux
> sources.
>  * If you are using KBUILD_OUTPUT, please set the environment var so that
>  * it points to the necessary object directory so that it might find
> .config.
>  *
>  * ERROR: app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r2 failed.
>  * Call stack:
>  *               ebuild.sh, line   48:  Called pkg_setup
>  *             environment, line 3300:  Called vmware-mod_pkg_setup
>  *             environment, line 4423:  Called linux-mod_pkg_setup
>  *             environment, line 2695:  Called linux-info_pkg_setup
>  *             environment, line 2671:  Called check_extra_config
>  *             environment, line  653:  Called require_configured_kernel
>  *             environment, line 3539:  Called die
>  * The specific snippet of code:
>  *           die "Kernel not configured; no .config found in ${KV_OUT_DIR}";
>  *  The die message:
>  *   Kernel not configured; no .config found in
> /lib/modules/2.6.27-gentoo-r8/build
> 
> I looked in the directory that the .config file was supposedly missing
> from, but it was right there.  Also, this message seemed a little
> strange since my currently running kernel is 2.6.28-gentoo-r5, though I
> kept a copy of 2.6.27-r10 around.  I don't even have a directory for
> modules for 2.6.27-gentoo-r8 around anymore.
> 
> Why is the vmware-modules ebuild trying to find a .config for a kernel
> that I don't have installed anywhere on my computer?
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris Lieb
> 

Sorry, false alarm.  I was trying to emerge some old binpackages that I
had made of vmware-modules when I first installed them.
--ignore-default-opts fixed it.  Sorry for the noise.

Chris

Re: [gentoo-user] Reverting VMware Server

[Paul Hartman]

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Chris Lieb <chris.lieb@gmail.com> wrote:
> I tried upgrading VMware server on one of my machines from 1.0.9 to
> 2.0.1 today.  After the upgrade, I couldn't get any of the modules to
> insert (Invalid module format).  I decided that I would downgrade back
> to vmware-server-1.0.9.156507 and vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r2 so that I
> could get the machine back into a working state.
>
> I keyworded vmware-server-2* and masked !=vmware-modules-1.0.0.15* to
> make sure that I'd downgrade the two components of VMware server.  I ran
> emerge, it listed the two packages as downgrades, and let it run.
> Almost immediately it died while starting the build for vmware-modules
> with the following error:
>
>  * Could not find a usable .config in the kernel source directory.
>  * Please ensure that /usr/src/linux points to a configured set of Linux
> sources.

Often times these tests are done by looking for the presence of a
specific file. It is possible they are looking for a file that exists
in other kernel versions but not the particular version you're using.
You'd have to check the build scripts from that package to see exactly
what file it is looking for in your kernel sources.