Re: vmware no kernel 2.6.16 ( denovo)
Em Domingo 30 Julho 2006 18:24, edmarcos escreveu:
> Para todos que devem estar atualizando o seu kernel do debian etch para
> a versão 2.6.16 deverão enfrentar problemas na compilação do vmware.
> Mas a solução deste problema está descrita no seguinte blog:
> http://ken.vandine.org/?p=153
>
> Que consiste em baixar um patch deste link:
> http://ftp.cvut.cz/vmware/vmware-any-any-update101.tar.gz
>
> Segue abaixo a reprodução do texto:
>
[segue texto]
Olá!
Obrigado pela dica, já tinha olhado este site, mas como o problema não
corresponde exatamente ao meu não dei muita atenção. Ainda por cima achei
estranho aplicar um patch assim, de origem desconhecida, num produto
comercial gratuito. Fui procurar mais informações, mas não achei nada útil.
Depois de ler seu e-mail, procurei mais, e acabei encontrando uma explicação
do autor do patch [1] - que pelo que entendi nunca documentou seu trabalho.
Ainda não testei com o patch, assim que o fizer digo qual foi o resultado.
Tiago.
[1] - Segue a explicação, retirada da página
http://vmware-forum.de/viewtopic.php?t=2731
Only available information I ever wrote is changelog contained in
http://platan.vc.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/readme.txt. Maybe there are some
information scattered through newsgroups from time I initially wrote first
patch back in 1999, but I doubt.
So... You can redistribute or translate text below as you want, in whole or
in part, as long as it is clear that I wrote it. You can also fix grammatical
errors during redistribution. Semantic modifications are not allowed without
special permission.
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What is vmware-any-any-update ?
First, if you rely on support from VMware, or you are paying for it, just
stop reading here. Unless VMware support told you to download that file and
gave you instructions how to apply it, then DO NOT APPLY it. VMware support
will not help you if you are running on unsupported host, and I'll not help
you either. Now, if you can help yourself, you can continue reading. But you
have been warned.
If you find that VMware, VMware Express, VMware Workstation or VMware GSX
Server does not work on your Linux host, it is probably time to upgrade your
VMware software. So before doing anything make sure that you are using latest
product available for your license: VMware 2.0.4, VMware Express 2.0.4,
VMware Workstation 3.2.1, VMware GSX Server 1.0.3, VMware GSX Server 2.5.1,
VMware Workstation 4.5.2 or VMware GSX Server 3.1.0. Maybe it will fix
problem for you, and you'll not have to apply vmware-any-any-update at all.
It is especially important to upgrade from WS 3.2.0 to WS 3.2.1.
If you have still problem with building kernel modules, or if VMware
application refuses to run complaining that your kernel is too new, it is
time to download this patch. You can find latest version of patch at
http://platan.vc.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware , or at its mirror
ftp://ftp.cvut.cz/vmware (which is dead at least until Monday).
Filename of patch has
form "vmware-<product>-<version>-update<sequence>.tar.gz" where <product> is
currently "any" (it was ws/gsx in past; maybe it will be host/tools in
future), <version> is currently also "any" (it was build number long ago when
patch was not that universal), and <sequence> is just number starting at 1
and incremented with each release.
Download newest file which matches system you are using: currently it is
simple, just grab latest vmware-any-any-update*.tar.gz file you can download.
After downloading unpack file into some directory, enter that directory and
run "./runme.pl". After doing that run "vmware-config.pl", or, if you
installed update on system which is supported by your product (though I do
not understand why you installed product in this
case) "vmware-config.pl -compile". Note that while original modules from
VMware do not need C++ compiler, my updates need it, and won't build
without - it is price I had to pay to get support for all these products from
one source.
After that your kernel should not complain about problems with kernel modules
anymore, and everything should run as on supported host.
And some general advices: if you are having problems with starting your '99
product on your '04 distribution, you should try 'LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.20
vmware' instead of pure 'vmware'. And make sure that your /tmp filesystem is
not mounted with 'noexec' and that you have sufficient space there (several
gigs at least).
That should be everything needed. If you want to know what really changed
between releases, you can download older versions of patch from 'obsolete'
subdirectory of http://platan.vc.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware. It contains all
updates I ever released - since first one, which is more than 5 years old.
Petr Vandrovec, Prauge, Oct 30, 2004
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