Bug 521872

Summary:	app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.2 - .../work/vmblock-only/linux/inode.c:138:32: error: incompatible types when assigning to type ‘kgid_t’ from type ‘int’
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Andrea (Ben) Benini <andreabenini>
Component:	[OLD] Library	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	critical	CC:	andreabenini
Priority:	High
Version:	autobuilds
Hardware:	AMD64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	emerge --info '=app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.2::gentoo' emerge -pqv '=app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.2::gentoo' emerge vmware-modules (build output) vmware-modules-279.2.ebuild 279-linux-3.14.patch 279-vmblock-3.11.patch 279-vmblock-3.12.patch

Description Andrea (Ben) Benini 2014-09-01 08:13:00 UTC

I'm using systemd and I'm trying to emerge vmware-modules but I cannot emerge, plus I cannot see nor start vmware service.

kernel 3.14.14, stable branch up to date portage (2014-09-01)
ben ~# uname -a
Linux 3.14.14-gentoo #1 SMP Tue Aug 26 15:44:00 2014 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

I'm just using standard portage with stable packages but with systemd on it (shame on me)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge --sync
2. emerge vmware-modules
NOTE: I don't have (yet) vmware service loaded because there's no trace of it in systemd services. My system has emerged app-emulation/vmware-player (6.0.2.1744117) but I didn't started it yet even if I've executed:
- env-update && source /etc/profile
- emerge --config vmware-player
as suggested
Actual Results:  
I cannot emerge vmware-modules even if I'm up to date and I have synced with portage tree

Expected Results:  
I'd like to have vmware-modules emerged

I cannot even start vmware service manually. I have created a vmware service for systemd with these information:
ben ~# cat /usr/lib/systemd/system/vmware.service
[Unit]
Description=VMware network
[Service]
ExecStart=/opt/vmware/bin/vmware-networks --start
ExecStop=/opt/vmware/bin/vmware-networks --stop
PIDFile=/var/lock/subsys/vmware
TimeoutSec=0
RemainAfterExit=yes
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

(Hint: there's no vmware.service in portage, it could be nice to have it like this one)

but after trying a start I get:
ben ~# systemctl enable vmware
ben ~# systemctl start vmware
ben ~# systemctl status vmware
vmware.service - VMware network
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib64/systemd/system/vmware.service; enabled)
   Active: active (exited) (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2014-09-01 09:39:43 CEST; 32min ago
 Main PID: 10536 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Sep 01 09:39:44 ben vmnet-dhcpd[10601]: 
Sep 01 09:39:44 ben vmnet-dhcpd[10601]: Configured subnet: 192.168.113.0
Sep 01 09:39:44 ben vmnet-dhcpd[10601]: Setting vmnet-dhcp IP address: 192.168.113.254
Sep 01 09:39:44 ben vmnet-dhcpd[10601]: Cannot open /dev/vmnet8: No such device or address
Sep 01 09:39:44 ben vmnet-dhcpd[10601]: exiting.
Sep 01 09:39:44 ben vmware-networks[10536]: Failed to start DHCP service on vmnet8
Sep 01 09:39:44 ben vmware-networks[10536]: Failed to start some/all services
Sep 01 09:39:44 ben vmware-networks[10536]: Started Bridge networking on vmnet0
Sep 01 09:39:44 ben systemd[1]: vmware.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Sep 01 10:12:14 ben systemd[1]: Started VMware network.


Please see my portage and system information as attachment

Thanks 
Ben

Comment 1 Andrea (Ben) Benini 2014-09-01 08:15:41 UTC

Created attachment 384042 [details]
emerge --info '=app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.2::gentoo'

emerge info app-emulation/vmware-modules

Comment 2 Andrea (Ben) Benini 2014-09-01 08:18:08 UTC

Created attachment 384044 [details]
emerge -pqv '=app-emulation/vmware-modules-279.2::gentoo'

Comment 3 Andrea (Ben) Benini 2014-09-01 08:19:55 UTC

Created attachment 384046 [details]
emerge vmware-modules (build output)

Comment 4 Andrea (Ben) Benini 2014-09-01 08:25:43 UTC

I have a fresh installation with kernel 3.14.14 no vmware stuff was there before this emerge.
I have seen bug #521408 that seems to be pretty similar. Let me know if you need more information

Comment 5 Andrea (Ben) Benini 2014-09-02 10:49:01 UTC

Created attachment 384096 [details]
vmware-modules-279.2.ebuild

proposed ebuild for vmware-modules

Comment 6 Andrea (Ben) Benini 2014-09-02 10:50:02 UTC

Created attachment 384100 [details, diff]
279-linux-3.14.patch

Proposed patch

Comment 7 Andrea (Ben) Benini 2014-09-02 10:50:35 UTC

Created attachment 384102 [details, diff]
279-vmblock-3.11.patch

proposed patch

Comment 8 Andrea (Ben) Benini 2014-09-02 10:51:08 UTC

Created attachment 384104 [details, diff]
279-vmblock-3.12.patch

proposed patch

Comment 9 Andrea (Ben) Benini 2014-09-02 10:56:03 UTC

I have figured out the problem and after some searches I have found these attached files :
279-linux-3.14.patch
279-vmblock-3.11.patch
279-vmblock-3.12.patch
vmware-modules-279.2.ebuild

Original credit goes to http://k53sv.blogspot.it/2014/04/app-emulationvmware-modules-2792gentoo.html where I have found these. Same kernel (stable and official on gentoo source tree right now) and same problems during compilation, after copying these patches and the ebuild I can confirm to emerge vmware-modules without troubles.
Please take a look at these edits to see if it could be a nice idea to merge them in the stable branch tree.

Let me know if there're further news
Ben

Comment 10 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2014-09-02 18:13:32 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 462666 ***