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srunni
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 Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 2:30 am Post subject: VMware Workstation 6.5 |
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Hi,
I'm trying to get an XP virtual machine running in VMware Workstation 6.5, but I'm having problems configuring the network adapter. I'm getting this error when I try to start it: | Code: | | Could not open /dev/vmnet0: No such file or directory. Failed to connect virtual device Ethernet0. |
Does anyone know how I can fix this? I have modprobed vmmon, vmci, and vmnet, but it has not helped.
Thanks!
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 2:35 am Post subject: |
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| How did you install Vmware Workstation 6.5? There are no valid e-builds that I know of to install it. I had to just use their installer to do it. What sort of networking did you choose in the configuraton gui? |
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srunni
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 2:55 am Post subject: |
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I just manually installed it, using the provided shell script. I chose bridged networking.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 11:48 am Post subject: |
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Ok, I had the same issues....the vmmon kernel module isn't loaded (actually, I suspect none of them are loaded). You have to start vmware services, which load the modules. Since, like me, you had to install outside of the normal Gentoo system, you'll need to provide your own init script to start them when you reboot. Try this:
/etc/vmware/init.d/vmware start
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srunni
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, I tried starting /etc/init.d/vmware.d/vmware, and I got | Code: | Starting VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor failed
Virtual machine communication interface done
Blocking file system done
Virtual ethernet failed |
Any way to debug this? It doesn't give any other output.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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| well, that was attempting to insert the vmware modules. dmesg should show you any errors that where encountered. Also, what kernel sources and version are you using? |
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srunni
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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OK, this was very odd. I did /etc/init.d/vmware.d/vmware start, which didn't result in any change in dmesg output. Then I tried /etc/init.d/vmware.d/vmware restart, which showed the services stopping. Then I ran restart again, and it complained in dmesg about the vmci and vmmon modules, which I have in /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 (along with vmnet). So I modprobed vmci and vmmon, and then ran /etc/init.d/vmware.d/restart, and it successfully started the ethernet service. Now the ethernet works. Note that this happened after restarting last night, so that may have affected it.
I'm running gentoo-sources 2.6.25-r8 (the latest stable version).
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Yeah...ok, the kernel isn't the problem...I am running the exact same version as you. First, I would remove the modules from modules.autoload.d and start the vmware services and let them load the modules. The vmware initialization services are pretty complicated...so I just wrote a simple init script to call the vmware scripts and have never had a problem. And yes, the restart may have affected it as well....here's a simple init script I wrote if you want to try it (again, you have to take the modules out of modules.autoconf.d or they will conflict while loading...I you want to try this, make sure and run rc-update to add the new vmware service to the default runlevel on start and stop:
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#!/sbin/runscript
# Copyright 1999-2008 Gentoo Foundation
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
# $Header: $
depend() {
echo ""
}
start() {
/etc/vmware/init.d/vmware start
}
stop() {
/etc/vmware/init.d/vmware stop
}
restart() {
/etc/vmware/init.d/vmware restart
}
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I was wondering why there is no ebuild for VMWare Workstation 6.5 in any repo, neither in Gentoo's portage tree nor in any overlay? Well, I did not check all overlays though. It looks like as if there was an ebuild but it had been removed. Can anyone shed some light on this?
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| Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:49 am Post subject: |
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| massimo wrote: | | I was wondering why there is no ebuild for VMWare Workstation 6.5 in any repo, neither in Gentoo's portage tree nor in any overlay? Well, I did not check all overlays though. It looks like as if there was an ebuild but it had been removed. Can anyone shed some light on this? |
It seems that the since the 6.5 betas, installation is not so easy for unsupported distros, and it will take a while before the ebuilds can be made to work. bug
I guess the ebuilds will hit the vmware overlay before the main tree, but right now there are no working ebuilds.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 2:38 am Post subject: |
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| 6.5 was put into the VMware overlay sometime on 10/15 |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 3:04 am Post subject: |
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| skutnar wrote: | | 6.5 was put into the VMware overlay sometime on 10/15 |
Sorry, but that one is old and does not exist anymore...it's an old beta that has been removed from the mirrors and the vmware site itself. VMware does not support tarballs with WS 6.5. The current release is now in 'bundle' format, which was appearently designed to prevent vmware installation in any way, except by using the vmware graphical installer...where it will just dump binaries wherever vmware sees fit....it is a package that requires extensive reverse engineering to install via portage. Mike Auty (and several others) deserve a lot of credit an our grateful thanks for amazing work the have been doing to get this version in the vmware overlay. But it is a grueling task. So no, the only way to install vmware-workstation 6.5 at this point in time, is via the native vmware installer..but progress is being made on a portage compatible version...just hold your breath and let those who are trying their best, work on it undisturbed:
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=232230 |
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skutnar
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| Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 5:09 am Post subject: |
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| I was incorrect... Mike Auty only added some of the files that will be used for 6.5. I didn't look closely until just a few minutes ago, wondering why my emerge -auvD world didn't pull in the update from the overlay. I'm CC'd on that bug. |
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