Hi, After I do a vmware-config.pl, I can't run "/etc/init.d/vmware start" or I get an "unconfigured" error message. However, if I run "/etc/vmware/init.d/vmware stop" then "/etc/init.d/vmware start", it works fine: doesn't work: vmware-config.pl; /etc/init.d/vmware start does work: vmware-config.pl; /etc/vmware/init.d/vware stop; /etc/init.d/vware start I assume this is because vmware-config.pl starts vmware, but it doesn't use the gentoo init.d script to start it - it uses the vmware script, which then means the gentoo script doesn't know it's started. or something. Should vmware-config.pl be patched for gentoo?
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 107930 ***
OK, I finally got around to re-opening, sorry about the delay! Take close note of the paths of the initscripts in my original post /etc/vmware/... and /etc/init.d/... The problem happens because vmware-config.pl starts /etc/vmware/init.d/vmware which is not the "gentoo way" of starting it, and so gentoo doesn't know it's started. When you then do a `/etc/init.d/vmware start`, gentoo tries to start it again, fails (cause its already started) and then puts the "not_configured" file in /etc/vmware. To fix it that: rm /etc/vmware/not_configured; /etc/vmware/init.d/vmware stop; /etc/init.d/vmware/start So my proposal is to patch vmware-config.pl so it runs /etc/init.d/vmware instead of /etc/vmware/init.d/vmware (I had a look, but couldn't figure out how to do it - thats one hellova script :)
I'm going to assume that you mean on vmware-workstation, since you never said anywhere.
sorry, app-emulation/vmware-workstation-4.5.3.19414 is the current one I'm using.
Please try the latest revision and see if the problem is solved. I'm not sure why you're having this problem, since I cannot reproduce it.
Once I could actually download the thing... (something wierd going on with file sizes) I upgraded to app-emulation/vmware-workstation-4.5.3.19414-r3 iain@orpheus ~ $ sudo emerge -u vmware-workstation iain@orpheus ~ $ sudo `which vmware-config.pl ` ... iain@orpheus ~ $ sudo /etc/init.d/vmware start * Starting VMware services: [ ok ] * Virtual machine monitor [ !! ] * Virtual ethernet [ !! ] * Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 [ !! ] iain@orpheus ~ $ sudo rm /etc/vmware/not_configured iain@orpheus ~ $ sudo /etc/vmware/init.d/vmware stop Stopping VMware services: Virtual machine monitor done Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 done Virtual ethernet done iain@orpheus ~ $ sudo /etc/init.d/vmware start * Starting VMware services: [ ok ] * Virtual machine monitor [ ok ] * Virtual ethernet [ ok ] * Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 [ ok ] Notice how the only thing I do to make it work, is delete not_configured, stop the vmware init file, and start the gentoo init file. Strange? thanks.
Still happens with app-emulation/vmware-workstation-4.5.3.19414-r4
Well, I have never been able to reproduce this, so I'm really at a loss. Perhaps a newer baselayout has cleared this up? Can someone who is experiencing this give me the following: vmware-workstation version baselayout version module-init-tools version kernel version udev version Thanks
Sure! app-emulation/vmware-workstation-4.5.3.19414-r4 sys-apps/baselayout-1.12.5 sys-apps/module-init-tools-3.2.2-r1 sys-kernel/suspend2-sources-2.6.18 sys-fs/udev-100-r2 (doesn't seem to be dependant on whether I start from hibernate, or clean boot) I hear there's a new version of vmware-workstation out, so I'll try that now...
Created attachment 98346 [details] output from vmware-config.pl, etc Here's the output from the commands I need to run to get it going. Hope it helps!
Chris, it looks as though the workstation-4.5 series is missing the 004_all_do-not-build-modules.patch (and several of the others) and also the use-modprobe-over-insmod patch. My guess is that the modprobe-over-insmod patch will fix it, but I'll leave it to you for testing since I'm guessing the original batch of patches were probably not all there for a reason...
Good eye. I hadn't noticed that. I think it actually is more a by-product of the changes in how the patches were done, rather than intentional, as I can't think of a reason why they were skipped. I'm testing right now with some changes in the patches applied and will report back once I've found something.
OK. I've updated the patches in CVS. Can you try merging vmware-workstation again and see if this resolves the issue?
[In a small voice] where's CVS?
Hehehe, Iain, CVS is just the place that the main repository is stored, and it's how the developers can write to the portage tree. Once it's in the main (single) CVS repository, it gets pulled (every hour or so) by many mirrors around the world which then offer the repository out (in read-only form) over rsync, which is where you eventually will read it from when you do emerge --sync. In short, it's just our way of saying it'll be available if you do an emerge --sync in a few hours and remerge the affected package. Hope that explains it... 5:)
Oh, ok. I'm used to CVS as being "check it out from cvs and compile it yourself". I think I already got app-emulation/vmware-workstation-4.5.3.19414-r5 from `emerge --sync` before I saw your post. Bad news, same behaviour. Just a thought: I have in the past installed my own version of the vmware-any-any thing - could there be something stale lying around? I heard once of a program that checked every file on your gentoo system and reported orphaned files - do you think it's worth trying it? or would a --noconfmem help any? I did some investigation - I couldn't understand why the gentoo init script fails when all it does is call the vmware init script. So I removed the "vmware-prettify" and set VMWARE_DEBUG, and this is the output, right after a vmware-config.pl: $ sudo /etc/init.d/vmware start Starting VMware services: Virtual machine monitorinsmod: error inserting '/lib/modules/2.6.18-suspend2/misc/vmmon.o': -1 File exists failed Virtual ethernetinsmod: error inserting '/lib/modules/2.6.18-suspend2/misc/vmnet.o': -1 File exists failed Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0eth0: Resource deadlock avoided failed as you can see, it's failing because the modules are already loaded (by vmware-config.pl). can someone check the vmware init file: $ cksum /etc/vmware/init.d/vmware 3229718463 32373 /etc/vmware/init.d/vmware other than that, I'm lost...
Hmm, I emerge -C'd and deleted everything vmware-ish (init-scripts and all). Then I re-emerged it, and now I can't start it at all, no matter what I do! The init script keeps telling me vmware is not configured. When I run vmware-config.pl, it seems to complete without errors. This is what the init script says (with the prettify output bypassed, and VMWARE_DEBUG set): $ sudo /etc/init.d/vmware start Starting VMware services: Virtual machine monitor done Virtual ethernet done Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0Module version mismatch. Please update host.: Success failed re-merging vmware-modules or re-running vmware-config.pl seems to make no difference... *sigh*...
Please emerge --sync again. What you got in comment #16 tells me that you didn't get the updated ebuild, as it should now use modprobe instead of insmod.
Ah ok, I saw the update to -r5 on sep 29th, so I thought that was the one you'd just checked in. I just synced, and got app-emulation/vmware-workstation-4.5.3.19414-r6, but vmware-config.pl fails (again bypassing the prettify output, and setting VMWARE_DEBUG): $ sudo `which vmware-config.pl` Making sure services for VMware Workstation are stopped. * Caching service dependencies ... [ ok ] * WARNING: vmware has not yet been started. You have already setup networking. Would you like to skip networking setup and keep your old settings as they are? (yes/no) [yes] Do you want this program to automatically configure your system to allow your virtual machines to access the host's filesystem? (yes/no/help) [no] Starting VMware services: Virtual machine monitor done Virtual ethernet done Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0Module version mismatch. Please update host. : Success failed The configuration of VMware Workstation 4.5.3 build-19414 for Linux for this running kernel completed successfully. You can now run VMware Workstation by invoking the following command: "/opt/vmware/workstation/bin/vmware". Enjoy, --the VMware team even thought it says it was successful, it wasn't... as you can see, something to do with "Module version mismatch"? thanks for your time on this...
Ok, that's much better now. Now could you please double check that vmmon and vmnet are not loaded (do lsmod). If they are, please go for a reboot, or rmmod them. Then give vmware-modules a rebuild, you should be using vmware-modules-1.0.0.11 (and not any higher versions). Then start vmware again and see if that fixes the situation. If it doesn't, please attach the output from emerging vmware-modules and we'll try and see what's going on. If it does, then please do the happy dance... 5:)
(In reply to comment #20) > Ok, that's much better now. I'm glad you think so ;) > Now could you please double check that vmmon and > vmnet are not loaded (do lsmod). If they are, please go for a reboot, or rmmod > them. modprobe -r'd them. > Then give vmware-modules a rebuild, you should be using > vmware-modules-1.0.0.11 (and not any higher versions). it wanted to pull in 1.0.0.15, so I forced 1.0.0.11. > Then start vmware again got this message: $ sudo /etc/init.d/vmware start * Vmware Workstation is installed, but it has not been (correctly) configured * for the running kernel. * Please ensure that the modules have been compiled for this kernel: * emerge --oneshot vmware-modules * Also ensure Vmware Workstation has been configured: * /opt/vmware/workstation/bin/vmware-config.pl * VMware is not properly configured! See above. [ !! ] How come the modules aren't built as part of "vmware-config.pl" now? > and see if that fixes the situation. If it doesn't, please attach the output > from emerging vmware-modules and we'll try and see what's going on. If it > does, then please do the happy dance... 5:) *lol* I wish I was doing the happy dance... I emerged vmware-modules again, and started vmware init.d service and got the same message. Once again without the pretty output: $ sudo /etc/init.d/vmware start Vmware Workstation is installed, but it has not been (correctly) configured for the running kernel. Please ensure that the modules have been compiled for this kernel: emerge --oneshot vmware-modules Also ensure Vmware Workstation has been configured: /opt/vmware/workstation/bin/vmware-config.pl output to follow...
Created attachment 98701 [details] output from `emerge -va =vmware-modules-1.0.0.11`
D'oh! Well, I've had another bug come in relating to vmware-workstation-4.5 and the module system. And, during all of this, we've had a few difficulties dealing with an openssl so it's gonna take a couple of days to sort out. If you really want to try and get it working today, you can try unmasking -r7 of vmware-workstation, and removing the VMWARE_VER line from /usr/portage/eclass/vmware-mod.eclass. If that's all a bit much, then give it a couple of days and hopefully we'll get it all sorted out. Sorry for the mess... 5:(
(In reply to comment #23) > D'oh! and this is your pearl of wisdom, that I stayed up late especially to hear ;) > And, during all of this, we've had a few difficulties dealing > with an openssl so it's gonna take a couple of days to sort out. I noticed a libssl-something unpack error when I tried to downgrade to -r4... > If you really > want to try and get it working today, you can try unmasking -r7 of > vmware-workstation, and removing the VMWARE_VER line from > /usr/portage/eclass/vmware-mod.eclass. yes, I really want to try and get it working - had I known I would have stuck with -r4. But I do run unstable after all 5:) (adopted your hair-do) -----------^ anyway, I'm doing some plc programming atm and I need vmware to run the programming IDE. Otherwised I'd have to boot to windows (yeuch). Just making idle chatter till the compile finishes... > Sorry for the mess... 5:( not at all - you and Chris have been more than helpful. I'm the one running ~x86 after all :) some of my bug reports (even when I go so far as providing pathces) just get the response "why the hell would I want to apply that patch to my ebuild?"... ok it's compiled (-r7 that is) and guess what? same modules problem. I get "not configured" after recompiling vmware-modules and starting /etc/init.d/vmware... looks like I'm booting to windows for a while... cya.
HALLELUJAH! IT WORKS! *happy dance* The final working combination is: app-emulation/vmware-workstation-4.5.3.19414-r7 app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.11 it didn't work last night because I was using vmware-modules-1.0.0.15... (In reply to comment #24) > and this is your pearl of wisdom, that I stayed up late especially to hear ;) that was a joke by the way :) Thank you _very_ much. Now I won't touch vmware in the middle of a project again!
Hold the phone... it doesn't work with 2.6.18 anymore... I re-merged vmware-modules (1.0.0.11) and vmware-config, and I get the "Module version mismatch" problem. Can anyone shed any light? $ sudo vmware-config.pl Making sure services for VMware Workstation are stopped. * WARNING: vmware has not yet been started. Do you want networking for your virtual machines? (yes/no/help) [no] yes Configuring a bridged network for vmnet0. Do you want to be able to use NAT networking in your virtual machines? [yes] no Do you want to be able to use host-only networking in your virtual machines? [no] no Do you want this program to automatically configure your system to allow your virtual machines to access the host's filesystem? (yes/no/help) [no] no * Starting VMware services: [ ok ] * Virtual machine monitor [ ok ] * Virtual ethernet [ ok ] Module version mismatch. Please update host. : Success * Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 [ !! ] The configuration of VMware Workstation 4.5.3 build-19414 for Linux for this running kernel completed successfully. You can now run VMware Workstation by invoking the following command: "/opt/vmware/workstation/bin/vmware". Enjoy, --the VMware team
That's a know issue which I thought I'd fixed. Apparently I only ever fixed it in the overlay, sorry about that. I'll commit it to the main tree as soon as I get back home (so by the end of the day). I do apologize about that... 5:(
*woot* it's aliiiive! app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.11-r1 app-emulation/vmware-workstation-4.5.3.19414-r7 sys-kernel/suspend2-sources-2.6.18 I think this bug can be closed :) Thanks heaps to all who helped.
Cool, glad you got it all working finally... 5:) Marking as FIXED. Please feel free to reopen this if the problem returns.
