VMware 4.5.2 installs all right using Kernel 2.6.12-r6. vmware-config.pl compiles the necessary modules. No errors. While loading vmnet an error occures. The module is not loadable. In tune VMware 4.5.2 does not start. If the module is loaded while the system starts up, the system will hang. Waiting about two hours will make it finish starting. If you ain't got that time, the only way out is hard resetting it, booting without VMware modules loaded. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Copile Kernel 2.6.12-r6 with your standart setup 2. run "vmware-config.pl" 3. Actual Results: vmnet-module does not load, in tune VMware Workstation 4.5.2 refuses to run. Expected Results: vmnet-module loaded, VMware Workstation 4.5.2 running. Portage 2.0.51.22-r2 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.5-r0, 2.6.11-gentoo-r9 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r9 i686 Pentium II (Deschutes) Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13 dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.11 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.5 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18-r1 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=pentium2 -O3 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium2 -O3 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks fixpackages notitles sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://hazel.tps/gentoo http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j1" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/home/tps/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X alsa apache2 apm arts avi bitmap-fonts browserplugin cdr crypt cups curl eds emboss encode esd fam flac foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm gif gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imagemagick imlib ipv6 java jpeg junit kde ldap libg++ libwww linguas_de linguas_en linguas_fr mad mikmod motif mozcalendar mozdevelop mozilla mozsvg mozxmlterm mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nptl ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline ruby sdl slang snmp softmmu speex spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts vorbis xine xml xml2 xmms xv zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS
Created attachment 65798 [details] What dmesg says
Created attachment 65799 [details] The Kernel config used
The error is found with kernel 2.6.12-gentoo-r9 too. After starting VMware with these kernels (2.6.12-gentoo-r[69]) a regular shutdown hangs at the network device. Only a hard reset helps or halting the system with "halt -f".
It appears that you're having an error with VMWare-supplied code. Since you have purchased VMWare and are entitled to support, I recommend you excercise your right to it and file this with them. I'm more than willing to add any necessary patches to the ebuild, but am not willing to spend my time doing free support for a commercial company. This error is obviously not ebuild-related, and therefore does not belong here.
