done on a system with the following kernel config:
Linux sun 3.0.0-15-server #26-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 20 19:07:39 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
first you need to link some files to make the script start generating the modules...
$ sudo ln -s /lib/modules/your_kernel_version/build/include/generated/utsrelease.h /lib/modules/your_kernel_version/build/include/linux/utsrelease.h
$ sudo ln -s /lib/modules/your_kernel_version/build/include/generated/autoconf.h /lib/modules/your_kernel_version/build/include/linux/autoconf.h
which now makes the installation fail with some error of missing smp.h header files
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:40: fatal error: linux/smp_lock.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
next step was to downgrade the kernel to the last version where I found enough info about it to make it compile with vmware.
Linking the files again
ln -s /lib/modules/2.6.38-10-server/build/include/generated/utsrelease.h /lib/modules/2.6.38-10-server/build/include/linux/utsrelease.h
ln -s /lib/modules/2.6.38-10-server/build/include/generated/autoconf.h /lib/modules/2.6.38-10-server/build/include/linux/autoconf.h
and now it fails with the following error
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1423:4: error: too many arguments to function ‘smp_call_function’
include/linux/smp.h:73:5: note: declared here
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function ‘LinuxDriver_Ioctl’:
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1987:18: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘euid’
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1987:35: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘uid’
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1988:11: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘fsuid’
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1988:29: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘uid’
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1989:18: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘egid’
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1989:35: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘gid’
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1990:11: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘fsgid’
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1990:29: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘gid’
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:2007:7: error: too many arguments to function ‘smp_call_function’
include/linux/smp.h:73:5: note: declared here
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.38-10-server'
getting frustrated I went back to a bit more car research. Still at the point of 335i vs Cayman vs Boxster vs Z4. It all depends on the european delivery of if I can find a nice 1-2 year old cpo'ed car in my area.
calmed down a lot and so the next step was to rename my vmware server archive to the right extension:
mv VMware-server-2.0.2-203138.x86_64.gz VMware-server-2.0.2-203138.x86_64.tar.gz
and following the instructions here
and it worked
Starting VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor done
Virtual machine communication interface done
VM communication interface socket family: done
Virtual ethernet done
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 done
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background) done
DHCP server on /dev/vmnet1 done
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background) done
DHCP server on /dev/vmnet8 done
NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 done
VMware Server Authentication Daemon (background) done
Shared Memory Available done
Starting VMware management services:
VMware Server Host Agent (background) done
VMware Virtual Infrastructure Web Access
Starting VMware autostart virtual machines:
Virtual machines done
The configuration of VMware Server 2.0.2 build-203138 for Linux for this
running kernel completed successfully.
Housekeeping...
Thank you for using the script!
Patch provided by:
Ramon de Carvalho Valle
http://risesecurity.org
updated by sirusdv (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=1289848)
Script author:
Radu Cotescu
http://radu.cotescu.com
now I just need to convince grub to use the 'old' kernel by default...
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