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

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

[Kevin O'Gorman]

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.

-- 
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD

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

[Neil Bothwick]

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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.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

If you think that there is good in everybody, you haven't met everybody.

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

[Allistar]

Neil Bothwick 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.

You're running 2.6.26 and have VMWare Workstation working properly? What
architecture? I am still on 2.6.19 because any later kernels result in
Workstation not working (it crashes when starting a VM, and also stops my
keyboard from working).

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

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:53:39 +1300, Allistar wrote:

> > 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.  
> 
> You're running 2.6.26 and have VMWare Workstation working properly? What
> architecture? I am still on 2.6.19 because any later kernels result in
> Workstation not working (it crashes when starting a VM, and also stops
> my keyboard from working).

I'm using 6.0.5 installed directly from the vmware tarball. The portage
version worked with 2.6.25 but stopped with 2.6.26. When I get a chance,
I'll try 6.5.0 with 2.6.27.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

My wallet's cache is disabled.

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

[Kevin O'Gorman]

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?



-- 
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD

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

[Kevin O'Gorman]

On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman@gmail.com> 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?

Oh, and I've been running vmware-server because that's what I was teaching with
at school.  Now the school has gone to VirtualBox because it appears
not  to have
the update hassles of VMware.  I'll probably do the same, but I have
to recover a bunch
of data from this VMware VM first.

Server was also nice because I could create new VMs with it, which Workstation
would not do.  VirtualBox will do that too, it seems.

I think I'll try that Workstation tarball...
-- 
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD

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

[William Kenworthy]

reinstall vmware-modules

vmware-workstation creates new VM's!

BillK



On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 14:57 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman@gmail.com> 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

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

[Andrey Falko]

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On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman@gmail.com> 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?
>
>
>
> --
> Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
>
>
Can you post the output of the following commands:

emerge -pv vmware-modules

modprobe vmmon

We might be able to get to the cause of the problem. I'm having absolutely
no problems on a 2.6.24.7 kernel and vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r1

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

[Allistar]

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.

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

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:57:48 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:

> Server was also nice because I could create new VMs with it, which
> Workstation would not do.

Really? I created three today.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

I'm really easy to get along with once you people learn to worship me.

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

[Kevin O'Gorman]

On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:57:48 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
>
>> Server was also nice because I could create new VMs with it, which
>> Workstation would not do.
>
> Really? I created three today.
>

Maybe now.  But when I made the choice, workstation would not do that.
I'm gonna wait for my workstation download (30 mins or so), then try all the
things you better-informed folks have suggested.

I had no idea about the order of emerge.  Tricky.

++ kevin


-- 
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD

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

[William Kenworthy]

On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 16:20 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:57:48 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> >
> >> Server was also nice because I could create new VMs with it, which
> >> Workstation would not do.
> >
> > Really? I created three today.
> >
> 
> Maybe now.  But when I made the choice, workstation would not do that.
> I'm gonna wait for my workstation download (30 mins or so), then try all the
> things you better-informed folks have suggested.
> 
> I had no idea about the order of emerge.  Tricky.
> 
> ++ kevin
> 
> 
Ive never known workstation to not do it - you may have configuration
issues!

Am in the process of upgrading from 5 to 6.5 this morning on my work
laptop :)

1, 3_>4->5 have all created VM's for me, and so should 6 (its actually
my justification to the boss for purchase, creating VM's compatible with
the latest vmware)

I use qemu at home and its lot easier to deal with than vmware - but its
slightly slower than vmware (I use win2k in it there) and USB is not in
the same class so its not suitable for everything :(  

BillK

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

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:20:55 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:

> >> Server was also nice because I could create new VMs with it, which
> >> Workstation would not do.  
> >
> > Really? I created three today.
> >  
> 
> Maybe now.  But when I made the choice, workstation would not do that.

I've been creating VMs with Workstation since version 2.0, about seven
years ago.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Anything worth fighting for is worth fighting dirty for.

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

[Kevin O'Gorman]

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.





-- 
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD

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

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:03:55 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:

> 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.

Yes, just tell it to use /etc/rc.d and it will be happy.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

"Bother," said Pooh, as he said f**k in the wrong conference.

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

[Kevin O'Gorman]

On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
>> On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:57:48 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
>>
>>> Server was also nice because I could create new VMs with it, which
>>> Workstation would not do.
>>
>> Really? I created three today.
>>
>
> Maybe now.  But when I made the choice, workstation would not do that.
> I'm gonna wait for my workstation download (30 mins or so), then try all the
> things you better-informed folks have suggested.
>
> I had no idea about the order of emerge.  Tricky.
>
> ++ kevin
>

Okay, I had that wrong.  What I used to use before vmware-server was
the vmware player, not workstation.

-- 
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD

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

[Kevin O'Gorman]

On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Andrey Falko <ma3oxuct@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman@gmail.com> 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?
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
>>
>
> Can you post the output of the following commands:
>
> emerge -pv vmware-modules
>
> modprobe vmmon
>
> We might be able to get to the cause of the problem. I'm having absolutely
> no problems on a 2.6.24.7 kernel and vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r1
>

These are:

treat ~ # emerge -pv vmware-modules

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild   R   ] app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r1  0 kB

Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB
treat ~ # modprobe vmmon
FATAL: Error inserting vmmon
(/lib/modules/2.6.25-gentoo-r8-kosmanor/misc/vmmon.ko): Unknown symbol
in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
treat ~ #


And the symbol reported in dmesg is init_mm

I hope this is enough...  Let me know if you need anything else.




-- 
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD

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

[Noven]

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

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

[Kevin O'Gorman]

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

-- 
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD

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

[Kevin O'Gorman]

On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 7:19 PM, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman@gmail.com> 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.

I did notice that /etc/init.d has S19vmware and K08vmware entries,
which would be pretty normal for SYSV, except I don't
remember SYSV having them as directories; I would expect them to be
scripts.  Moreover, I have no idea how they should be
invoked. There are other differences from SYSV usage, but that's
probably not germane anyway.

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> Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
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Kevin O'Gorman, PhD