From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1G173b-00064R-L9 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:41:08 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k6DJVTij018653; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:31:29 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6DJ2nGY014871 for ; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:02:50 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA04A64662 for ; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:02:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 16768-16 for ; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:02:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cubo.math.ist.utl.pt (cubo.math.ist.utl.pt [193.136.196.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 731046448F for ; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:02:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from jmaa.math.ist.utl.pt (jmaa.math.ist.utl.pt [193.136.196.112]) by cubo.math.ist.utl.pt (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k6DJ2dkd032716 for ; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 20:02:39 +0100 Received: (qmail 12671 invoked from network); 13 Jul 2006 20:02:37 +0100 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 13 Jul 2006 20:02:37 +0100 Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 20:02:37 +0100 (WEST) From: Jorge Almeida To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] vmware install fails Message-ID: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.597 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.002, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.597 X-Spam-Level: X-Archives-Salt: af630937-091b-4250-9248-3c51da028410 X-Archives-Hash: c053585dfbfd686e27283c37dff3256d I'm giving vmware a try. I emerged app-emulation/vmware-workstation, which compiled without problems. The problem is with the script vmware-config.pl. I accepted the default location for C headers and I checked it corresponds to the current kernel. /usr/src/linux is the correct symlink, and include/version.h seems right. I added root to the vmware group. The forums show similar problems, but no solution. The links at the end of the error message seem useless. What can I try? $ /opt/vmware/workstation/bin/vmware-config.pl Making sure services for VMware Workstation are stopped. * ERROR: "vmware" has not yet been started. Configuring fallback GTK+ 2.4 libraries. Trying to find a suitable vmmon module for your running kernel. None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Workstation is suitab le for your running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmmon module for your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system) ? [yes] Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to override. What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r7/build/include] Extracting the sources of the vmmon module. Building the vmmon module. make: execvp: ./getversion.pl: Permission denied make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only' Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make -C /lib/modules/2.6.16-gentoo-r7/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.16-gentoo-r7' make[2]: execvp: /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/./getversion.pl: Permission denied CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:107: error: syntax error before ';' token make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.16-gentoo-r7' make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2 make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only' Unable to build the vmmon module. For more information on how to troubleshoot module-related problems, please visit our Web site at "http://www.vmware.com/download/modules/modules.html" and "http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/linux/prebuilt_modules_linux.html". Execution aborted. -- Jorge Almeida -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list