Running /opt/vmware/bin/vmware-config.pl first time around looks like this: ----- Making sure services for VMware Workstation are stopped. Stopping VMware services: Virtual machine monitor done You must read and accept the End User License Agreement to continue. Press enter to display it. Do you accept? (yes/no) yes Thank you. Trying to find a suitable vmmon module for your running kernel. None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Workstation is suitable for your running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmmon module for your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? [yes] Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to override. What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/lib/modules/2.6.8-gentoo-r3/build/include] Extracting the sources of the vmmon module. Building the vmmon module. Building for VMware Workstation 4.5.2 or VMware GSX Server 3.1.0. Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only' make -C /lib/modules/2.6.8-gentoo-r3/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.8-gentoo-r3' CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/hash.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/task.o cc1plus: warning: "-Wdeclaration-after-statement" is valid for C/ObjC but not for C++ CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/vmcore/compat.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/vmcore/compilercheck.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.o LD [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/vmmon.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/vmmon.mod.o LD [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.8-gentoo-r3' cp -f vmmon.ko ./../vmmon.o make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only' The module loads perfectly in the running kernel. Extracting the sources of the vmnet module. Building the vmnet module. Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only' make -C /lib/modules/2.6.8-gentoo-r3/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.8-gentoo-r3' CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/driver.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/hub.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/userif.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/netif.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/bridge.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/procfs.o LD [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/vmnet.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/vmnet.mod.o LD [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/vmnet.ko make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.8-gentoo-r3' cp -f vmnet.ko ./../vmnet.o make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only' The module loads perfectly in the running kernel. Do you want networking for your virtual machines? (yes/no/help) [yes] 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 VMware Workstation is installed, but it has not been (correctly) configured for the running kernel. To (re-)configure it, invoke the following command: /opt/vmware/bin/vmware-config.pl. The configuration of VMware Workstation 4.5.2 build-8848 for Linux for this running kernel completed successfully. You can now run VMware Workstation by invoking the following command: "/opt/vmware/bin/vmware". Enjoy, --the VMware team ----- which obviously didn't work out, so I redo it: ---- Making sure services for VMware Workstation are stopped. Stopping VMware services: Virtual machine monitor done Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 done DHCP server on /dev/vmnet1 done Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 done DHCP server on /dev/vmnet8 done NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 done Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 done Virtual ethernet done Trying to find a suitable vmmon module for your running kernel. None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Workstation is suitable for your running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmmon module for your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? [yes] Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to override. What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/lib/modules/2.6.8-gentoo-r3/build/include] Extracting the sources of the vmmon module. Building the vmmon module. Building for VMware Workstation 4.5.2 or VMware GSX Server 3.1.0. Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only' make -C /lib/modules/2.6.8-gentoo-r3/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.8-gentoo-r3' CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/hash.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/task.o cc1plus: warning: "-Wdeclaration-after-statement" is valid for C/ObjC but not for C++ CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/vmcore/compat.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/vmcore/compilercheck.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.o LD [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/vmmon.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/vmmon.mod.o LD [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.8-gentoo-r3' cp -f vmmon.ko ./../vmmon.o make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only' The module loads perfectly in the running kernel. Extracting the sources of the vmnet module. Building the vmnet module. Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only' make -C /lib/modules/2.6.8-gentoo-r3/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.8-gentoo-r3' CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/driver.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/hub.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/userif.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/netif.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/bridge.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/procfs.o LD [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/vmnet.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/vmnet.mod.o LD [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/vmnet.ko make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.8-gentoo-r3' cp -f vmnet.ko ./../vmnet.o make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only' The module loads perfectly in the running kernel. You have already setup networking. Would you like to skip networking setup and keep your old settings as they are? (yes/no) [yes] 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] no VMware Workstation is installed, but it has not been (correctly) configured for the running kernel. To (re-)configure it, invoke the following command: /opt/vmware/bin/vmware-config.pl. The configuration of VMware Workstation 4.5.2 build-8848 for Linux for this running kernel completed successfully. You can now run VMware Workstation by invoking the following command: "/opt/vmware/bin/vmware". Enjoy, --the VMware team ---- Kernel is 2.6.8-gentoo-r3, not even SMP. The script doesn't have any options for extended debugging output, and obviously the errors emitted are useless. Please advice.
Honestly, it looks like the script is stupid. It should have tried to load the modules after you select "no" for networking and local file-system. I'm really not sure why it did that, but I'll look into it.
Does the -r2 ebuild work?
I am having the same problem with the most recent ebuild as of today
See if either the newer ebuilds on the new VMware 5 ebuild fixes this problem for you.
Karl, any luck?
Alright, since this is an error with VMWare-supplied code and not the ebuild, I am going to recommend that you contact them for support on this commercial product. I don't feel that I should be spending my time providing support for a commercial vendor's code. I'm more than willing to add any necessary patches to the ebuild to resolve this issue, but don't feel I should be providing VMWare with my services without compensation, as they have their own technical staff.
