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I've been having problems getting vmware to work. I'm running linux-2.6.9-ck3 (although I've tried it with ck-2) and vmware-workstation-4.5.2.8848-r1. I keep running the vmware-config.pl script, and the modules build fine and load fine. But when I goto start the vmware script, vmware monitor and vmware ethernet fail. I've uninstalled vmware twice now, (although I haven't gotten rid of the character devices when I did) and nothing seems to work. I've done everything suggested in all the posts on vmware, (including rm'ing /etc/vmware/not_configured) and I still can't get it to work...any ideas?
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I believe for vmmonitor to work correctly, you need the vmmon modules loaded:
Hope that helps some.
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jklmnop
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when playing with vmware... be very sure that all of the vmware processes are stopped.
when vmware fails to completely start for whatever reason or another it
tends to leave some of the processes hanging about. make sure to
stop it, kill off all of the vmware processes and try again. often i have
to build it, configure it, let it fail, remove junk, and then just
'rm /etc/vmware/not_configured'. then it works just fine.
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# /etc/init.d/vmware start
* VMware Workstation is installed, but it has not been (correctly) configured
* for the running kernel. To (re-)configure it, invoke the
* following command: /opt/vmware/bin/vmware-config.pl.
* VMware is not properly configured! See above. [ !! ]
# /opt/vmware/bin/vmware-config.pl
Making sure services for VMware Workstation are stopped.
...
# /etc/init.d/vmware start
* Starting VMware services: [ ok ]
* Virtual machine monitor [ !! ]
* Virtual ethernet [ !! ]
* Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 [ !! ]
* Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background) [ ok ]
* Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background) [ ok ]
* NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 [ !! ]
# ps augxww | grep v[m]ware
root 31837 0.0 0.0 1220 288 pts/2 S 22:18 0:00 /opt/vmware/bin/vmnet-bridge -d /var/run/vmnet-bridge-0.pid /dev/vmnet0 eth0
root 31849 0.0 0.0 1508 512 ? Ss 22:18 0:00 /opt/vmware/bin/vmnet-natd -d /var/run/vmnet-natd-8.pid -m /var/run/vmnet-natd-8.mac -c /etc/vmware/vmnet8/nat/nat.conf
root 31991 0.0 0.0 1220 284 pts/2 S 22:18 0:00 /opt/vmware/bin/vmnet-netifup -d /var/run/vmnet-netifup-vmnet1.pid /dev/vmnet1 vmnet1
root 32001 0.0 0.0 1220 284 pts/2 S 22:18 0:00 /opt/vmware/bin/vmnet-netifup -d /var/run/vmnet-netifup-vmnet8.pid /dev/vmnet8 vmnet8
root 32033 0.0 0.0 1656 668 ? Ss 22:18 0:00 /opt/vmware/bin/vmnet-dhcpd -cf /etc/vmware/vmnet8/dhcpd/dhcpd.conf -lf /etc/vmware/vmnet8/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases -pf /var/run/vmnet-dhcpd-vmnet8.pid vmnet8
root 32034 0.0 0.0 1660 676 ? Ss 22:18 0:00 /opt/vmware/bin/vmnet-dhcpd -cf /etc/vmware/vmnet1/dhcpd/dhcpd.conf -lf /etc/vmware/vmnet1/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases -pf /var/run/vmnet-dhcpd-vmnet1.pid vmnet1
root 32036 0.0 0.1 2572 1252 ? Ss 22:18 0:00 /opt/vmware/bin/vmware-nmbd -D -l /dev/null -s /etc/vmware/vmnet1/smb/smb.conf -f /var/run/vmware-nmbd-vmnet1.pid
root 32038 0.0 0.1 3552 1392 ? Ss 22:18 0:00 /opt/vmware/bin/vmware-smbd -D -l /dev/null -s /etc/vmware/vmnet1/smb/smb.conf -f /var/run/vmware-smbd-vmnet1.pid
# kill `ps augxww | grep v[m]ware | awk '{print $2}'`
# rmmod vmmon
# rmmod vmnet
# /etc/init.d/vmware start
* VMware Workstation is installed, but it has not been (correctly) configured
* for the running kernel. To (re-)configure it, invoke the
* following command: /opt/vmware/bin/vmware-config.pl.
* VMware is not properly configured! See above. [ !! ]
# rm /etc/vmware/not_configured
# /etc/init.d/vmware start
* Starting VMware services: [ ok ]
* Virtual machine monitor [ ok ]
* Virtual ethernet [ ok ]
* Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 [ ok ]
* Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background) [ ok ]
* Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background) [ ok ]
* NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 [ ok ]
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I've gone as far to reboot in between changes, but I'll make totally sure. Let you guys know what happens... BTW, what are the major / minors for the vmnet[0-8] devices? I'm using 119, 0-8...anybody have anything different?
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jklmnop: I follow your procedure, but i still get:
| Code: | Starting VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor done
Virtual ethernet done
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 failed
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background) done
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background) done
NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 failed |
when configuring, and | Code: | * Starting VMware services: [ ok ]
* Virtual machine monitor [ ok ]
* Virtual ethernet [ ok ]
* Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 [ !! ]
* Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background) [ ok ]
* Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background) [ ok ]
* NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 [ !! ] |
When I start the service. |
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Still having a problem...dumped all the modules out of my kernel, stopped the services, and recompilied the modules...Still no dice. Here's the (obvious) output
| Code: | * Starting VMware services: [ ok ]
* Virtual machine monitor [ !! ]
* Virtual ethernet [ !! ]
* Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 [ !! ]
* Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background) [ ok ]
* NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 [ !! ]
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GRRRR hate proprietary software. Quick thought...What kernels are people using that are / aren't having problems? I've had a problems on 2.6.9-ck 1,2,3. Anybody else?
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I can think of 2 possible problems.
1) You have 1 gig of ram and specified that in the the kernel config. I believe the ck patches support the 1 gig memory. This breaks stuff like vmware. Probably not the the issue because the modules won't compile with this.
2) the devices do not exist in /dev. This can be corrected by changing the the vmware script in /etc/init.d. This is the script I use. The changes are in the dev creation. This was pulled from a different gentoo thread on vmware. Search is your friend.
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#!/sbin/runscript
# Copyright 1999-2004 Gentoo Foundation
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/app-emulation/vmware-workstation/files/vmware.rc,v 1.4 2004/07/14 21:24:28 agriffis Exp $
depend() {
need localmount
use logger net samba
}
vmware-prettify() {
# Yea, the code is ugly but the output is pretty
state=$1
waserror=0
msgtype=0
while read line
do
[ "$line" == "" ] && continue
if [ "$msgtype" -le "0" ]
then
if [ "$msgtype" == "-1" ]
then
ewarn $line
continue
fi
if [ "${line/*:*/}" == "" ]
then
einfon $line
echo
eend 0
msgtype=1
else
ewarn $line
msgtype=-1
waserror=1
fi
continue
fi
# Strip out anything after the <esc> code
message=`echo $line | sed -e "s/^\(.*\) .*$/\1/"`
einfon " $message"
echo
echo $line | grep done > /dev/null
status=$?
eend $status
if [ "$status" != "0" ]
then
logger -p local0.err -t vmware-${state} "$line"
waserror=$status
fi
done
if [ "$msgtype" == "-1" ]
then
eend 1 "VMware is not properly configured! See above."
fi
return $waserror
}
start(){
# ========================================================
# create device nodes for use with udev
# ========================================================
einfo "Creating Vmware device nodes"
if [ ! -e "/dev/vmnet0" ]; then
mknod -m 600 /dev/vmnet0 c 119 0
fi
if [ ! -e "/dev/vmnet1" ]; then
mknod -m 600 /dev/vmnet1 c 119 1
fi
if [ ! -e "/dev/vmnet8" ]; then
mknod -m 600 /dev/vmnet8 c 119 8
fi
if [ ! -e "/dev/vmmon" ]; then
mknod -m 666 /dev/vmmon c 10 165
fi
if [ ! -e "/dev/parport0" ]; then
mknod -m 600 /dev/parport0 c 99 0
fi
if [ ! -e "/dev/parport1" ]; then
mknod -m 600 /dev/parport1 c 99 1
fi
if [ ! -e "/dev/parport2" ]; then
mknod -m 600 /dev/parport2 c 99 2
fi
if [ ! -e "/dev/parport3" ]; then
mknod -m 600 /dev/parport3 c 99 3
fi
# ========================================================
# end of device node creation
# ========================================================
test -x /etc/vmware/init.d/vmware || \
eend 1 "vmware init script not found. Aborting" || return 1
/etc/vmware/init.d/vmware start | vmware-prettify start
return $?
}
stop() {
/etc/vmware/init.d/vmware stop | vmware-prettify stop
return $?
}
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I only have 256MB of ram. You're talking about CONFIG_1GLOWMEM, right? I saw that in another post...that is not enabled in my kernel.
I searched everywhere. In my topmost post i mentioned that I have the devices already...Here are the relevant devices:
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crw------- 1 root root 99, 0 Nov 21 12:52 parport0
crw------- 1 root root 99, 1 Nov 21 12:52 parport1
crw------- 1 root root 99, 2 Nov 21 12:52 parport2
crw------- 1 root root 99, 3 Nov 21 12:52 parport3
crw------- 1 root root 119, 9 Nov 21 12:12 vmnet9
crw------- 1 root root 119, 7 Nov 21 12:12 vmnet7
crw------- 1 root root 119, 6 Nov 21 12:12 vmnet6
crw------- 1 root root 119, 5 Nov 21 12:12 vmnet5
crw------- 1 root root 119, 4 Nov 21 12:12 vmnet4
crw------- 1 root root 119, 3 Nov 21 12:12 vmnet3
crw------- 1 root root 119, 2 Nov 21 12:12 vmnet2
crw------- 1 root root 119, 1 Nov 21 12:12 vmnet1
crw------- 1 root root 119, 0 Nov 21 12:52 vmnet0
crw------- 1 root root 119, 8 Nov 21 12:52 vmnet8
lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 10 Nov 21 12:53 vmmon -> misc/vmmon
crw-r----- 1 root root 10, 165 Dec 31 1969 misc/vmmon
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I used your script...same results:
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* Creating Vmware device nodes
* Starting VMware services: [ ok ]
* Virtual machine [ !! ]
* Virtual [ !! ]
* Bridged networking on [ !! ]
* Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background) [ ok ]
* NAT service on [ !! ]
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Do the modules exist? Can you load them manually?
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freak4u
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yes the modules exist and I can load them manually. My machine is a dual boot (FC3). Your script helped with FC3, works fine now. Gentoo is still having a problem though. After I build the modules everything loads fine but the service doesn't start. The devices are all present, the modules are present, they load fine but it just doesn't work. What kernel are you using? I'm using 2.6.9-ck3 right now...
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I'm using 2.6.9-gentoo-r4. The latest gentoo dev sources.
Once all the modules load the vmware service is running and the app should work ok.
I don't know why you are having so many problems with the init script.
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I did download and compile those sources, having the same problem though. I'll give it another shot with those sources. Thanks for all your help
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here's my kernel now | Code: | | Linux slide 2.6.9-gentoo-r4 #2 Sat Nov 20 15:07:35 EST 2004 i686 mobile AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1600+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux |
run /opt/vmware/vmware-config.pl and get
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Starting VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor done
Virtual ethernet done
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 done
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background) done
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background) done
NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 done
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But vmware won't run and the service says it's stopped. The modules are automatically loaded and when I start the vmware service I get
| Code: | * Creating Vmware device nodes
* Starting VMware services: [ ok ]
* Virtual machine [ !! ]
* Virtual [ !! ]
* Bridged networking on [ !! ]
* Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background) [ ok ]
* Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background) [ ok ]
* NAT service on [ !! ]
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Any chance you are running udev?
Here is how I create the devices, in the vmware init script:
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start() {
rm /dev/vmnet*
rm /dev/vmmon
for a in `seq 0 9`; do mknod /dev/vmnet$a c 119 $a; done
test -x /etc/vmware/init.d/vmware || \
eend 1 "vmware init script not found. Aborting" || return 1
/etc/vmware/init.d/vmware start | vmware-prettify start
return $?
}
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running devfs but I'll give it a shot. What's the difference between udev and devfs?
edit Still no dice... Virtual Machine Monitor and Vitrual Ethernet won't start, everything else starts fine but vmware still won't run
UPDATE
Ok, so I decided to remove a few variables. I reconfigured vmware without networking. The only module it built was the vmmon. I tried to start vmware and I got
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* Starting VMware services: [ ok ]
* Vitrual Machine monitor [ !! ]
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I had the same issue on 2.6.9-gentoo-r4 - make sure you have real time clock compiled in the kernel and parport_pc as a module, reboot, then re-emerge vmware-workstation and re-run vmware-config.pl. Worked for me.
p.s. also had to chmod +r /opt/vmware/bin/vmware to make it readable to non root users !?!? |
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| freak4u wrote: | here's my kernel now | Code: | | Linux slide 2.6.9-gentoo-r4 #2 Sat Nov 20 15:07:35 EST 2004 i686 mobile AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1600+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux |
run /opt/vmware/vmware-config.pl and get
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Starting VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor done
Virtual ethernet done
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 done
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background) done
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background) done
NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 done
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But vmware won't run and the service says it's stopped. The modules are automatically loaded and when I start the vmware service I get
| Code: | * Creating Vmware device nodes
* Starting VMware services: [ ok ]
* Virtual machine [ !! ]
* Virtual [ !! ]
* Bridged networking on [ !! ]
* Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background) [ ok ]
* Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background) [ ok ]
* NAT service on [ !! ]
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/opt/vmware/vmware-config.pl already starts the service for you at the end of the configuration. That's why you will get the errors above when trying to start the service manually with /etc/init.d/vmware. |
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I've got exactly the same problem since I updated to kernel 2.6.9. The same vmware installation worked perfectly on kernel 2.6.8.
Now I'm using 2.6.9-gentoo-r8.
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Fixed it today, new gentoo-dev kernel release came out (2.6.9-r9), so I recompiled with some changes:
made sure I had the real time stuff compiled in (see above)
changed the pc_parport to a module
added kernel .config support + support through /proc/config
I did the chmod +r on the vmware binary, so my normal user could use it. I also configured the /etc/init.d/vmware script so it makes the devices for the vmnet modules.
I just configured vmware. Don't try to start the init.d script or so, leave it here. I removed the /etc/vmware/not_configured and rebooted and it worked.
Now I have no idea which part of the process actually worked, but the whole thing seemed to do the trick. |
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| Code: | # /opt/vmware/bin/vmware-config.pl
# reboot
# rm /etc/vmware/not_configured
# /etc/init.d/vmware start |
I don't know why, but the reboot is necessary BEFORE starting the services.
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| mrpdaemon wrote: | Any chance you are running udev?
Here is how I create the devices, in the vmware init script:
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start() {
rm /dev/vmnet*
rm /dev/vmmon
for a in `seq 0 9`; do mknod /dev/vmnet$a c 119 $a; done
test -x /etc/vmware/init.d/vmware || \
eend 1 "vmware init script not found. Aborting" || return 1
/etc/vmware/init.d/vmware start | vmware-prettify start
return $?
}
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Do this, delete /etc/vmware/not_configured and reboot. Works for me. |
thanks, this help me.
I was using devfs and have not problems with vmware. I did change to udev and after each new start of PC I had to run config script to strart vmware. NOW it's okay  |
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| mrpdaemon wrote: | Any chance you are running udev?
Here is how I create the devices, in the vmware init script:
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start() {
rm /dev/vmnet*
rm /dev/vmmon
for a in `seq 0 9`; do mknod /dev/vmnet$a c 119 $a; done
test -x /etc/vmware/init.d/vmware || \
eend 1 "vmware init script not found. Aborting" || return 1
/etc/vmware/init.d/vmware start | vmware-prettify start
return $?
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Great! Worked for me too  
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