patch instructions

vmware-modules-instructions.txt (text/plain), 1.16 KB, created by Andreas Proteus on 2008-08-05 15:17:34 UTC

These steps worked for me for vmware-workstation-6.0.4.93057  installed with a
normal emerge.

1.  Copy vmware-modules-1.0.0.20.ebuild.patch to portage subdirectory 
    /app-emulation/vmware-modules/

2.  Copy  vmblock-2.6.26.patch, vmmon-2.6.26.patch and vmnet-2.6.26 to
    /app-emulation/vmware-modules/files/patches/

3.  cd to ... /app-emulation/vmware-modules/

4.  patch < vmware-modules-1.0.0.20.ebuild.patch

5.  ebuild vmware-modules-1.0.0.20.ebuild manifest

6.  emerge -av vmware-modules

7.  load the modules:
            modprobe vmblock
            modprobe vmnet
            modprobe vmmon

8.  Run vmware-config.pl    (I find that a reboot is needed after this ).

9.  Below is the script I use to start vmware-workstation. ie load the modules
    before run /etc/init.d/vmware start
#------------------------------------------snip
      #! /bin/sh
      sudo modprobe vmblock
      sudo modprobe vmnet
      sudo modprobe vmmon
      sudo /etc/init.d/vmware start
      VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=force vmware
#------------------------------------------snip


P.S. Dont forget to compile the kernel with CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS = "y" 
     to take care of the init_mm bug.