[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.

> --
> Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
>



-- 
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD

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

[Noven]

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?

On mine, K08vmware and S19vmware are links to /etc/init.d/vmware.

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.

- Noven 

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

[Kevin O'Gorman]

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


-- 
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD

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

[Iain Buchanan]

Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Noven<lists@magedata.net>  wrote:

>> 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.

sorry to come in late - did you install it without using portage?

>> 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.

that's because you "unmerged everything"?

You appear to be going around in circles a little bit :)  I had a quick 
read over the thread and you've tried a few different things but with 
different versions of vmware-modules or workstation or whatever.

Can we get back to a known state by:
1. unmerge everything vmware
2. `slocate vmware` and delete all the modules, binaries, libs, init 
scripts etc off your filesystem (except the VM's of course).  Basically 
try and get to a system that has never seen vmware.
3. pick a version of vmware (workstation, player, whatever) and let us 
know what version of what product you're going to install, what version 
of the kernel you have, and use the portage version (please!).

Then let's see if we can stick to one product+version+install_type at a 
time.

HTH,
-- 
Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>

I have a map of the United States.  It's actual size.  I spent last summer
folding it.  People ask me where I live, and I say, "E6".
		-- Steven Wright

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

[Noven]

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