hey folks,

new version – new problems! ubuntu 10.10 with the 2.6.35-22 kernel needs more attention (see articel “installing vmware workstation 6.5.x on ubuntu”). here [1] i found the first solution for the problem “gcc and kernel headers must be installed”. it was necessary to link two header files to the include/linux directory. the next problem was the vsock module. the solution can be found here [2].

summarized there are following steps to be done:

in one terminal, run:

while true; do sudo killall -9 vmware-modconfig-console; sleep 1; done

in a second terminal, run:

sudo ./VMware-Workstation-6.5.4-246459.x86_64.bundle --ignore-errors

kill loop in first terminal.
and now those commands:

cd /tmp
vi vmnet-only/vnetUserListener.c (near line 37 add #include "compat_sched.h")
tar cf /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar vmnet-only
tar xf /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmci.tar
vi vmci-only/linux/vmciKernelIf.c (add #include "compat_sched.h" around line 30)
vi vmci-only/include/pgtbl.h  (add #include "compat_sched.h" around line 30)
tar cf /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmci.tar vmci-only
tar xf /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar
cd /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/include/linux/
ln -sf ../generated/autoconf.h .
ln -sf ../generated/utsrelease.h .
cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source
cp -a vsock.tar vsock-orig.tar
tar xf vsock.tar
cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/sourcevsock-only/linux
patch -p0 < /path/to/vsock.patch
cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source
tar cf vsock.tar vsock-only
rm -rf vsock-only

and now finally

cd /tmp
sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

hopefully everything went fine 😉

thanks for all the fish!

[1] “VMWare Workstation 6.5.4 with Linux kernel 2.6.33.4” (http://bovitron.com/blogostu/2010/06/01/vmware-workstation-with-linux-kernel-2-6-33-4)

[2] “Persuading VMware Workstation 7.1 to cooperate with Linux kernel 2.6.35” (http://www.linuxinsight.com/persuading-vmware-workstation-7.1-to-cooperate-with-linux-kernel-2.6.35.html)

[3] vsock.patch

hey folks!

today i’ve got the message that vmware workstation was updated and that version 6.5.4 is out. so, i downloaded it and wanted to install … *schmecks*

there was a problem – i remembered it, that the version 6.5.3 made similar troubles – the installer hung up at configuring the vmplayer. here and here we found again the solution. shortly briefed:

• in one terminal, run: while true; do sudo killall -9 vmware-modconfig-console; sleep 1; done
• in a second terminal, run: sudo ./VMware-Workstation-6.5.4-246459.x86_64.bundle –ignore-errors
• kill loop in first terminal.
• # cd /tmp
  # tar xf /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar
  # vi vmnet-only/vnetUserListener.c (near line 37 add #include “compat_sched.h”)
  # tar cf /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar vmnet-only
  # tar xf /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmci.tar
  # vi vmci-only/linux/vmciKernelIf.c (add #include “compat_sched.h” around line 30)
  # vi vmci-only/include/pgtbl.h (add #include “compat_sched.h” around line 30)
  # tar cf /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmci.tar vmci-only
• run: sudo vmware-modconfig –console –install-all
• edit /etc/vmware/bootstrap to add the line: VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=force

and everything is fine 🙂

thanks for all the fish!