I've just installed vmware-server and it doesn't start.
Environment: 2.6.19-gentoo-r1 kernel on x86
vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r1
vmware-server-1.0.1.29996-r4
vmware-server-console-1.0.1.29996-r4
When I run /etc/init.d/vmware start, the following messages appear
in /var/log/messages
... rc-scripts: Vmware Server is installed, but it has not been
(correctly) configured
... rc-scripts: for the running kernel.
... rc-scripts: Please ensure that the modules have been compiled for
this kernel:
... rc-scripts: emerge --oneshot vmware-modules
... rc-scripts: Also ensure Vmware Server has been configured:
... rc-scripts: /opt/vmware/server/bin/vmware-config.pl
... rc-scripts: VMware is not properly configured! See above.
... modprobe: FATAL: Module vmmon not found.
... modprobe: FATAL: Module vmnet not found.
... vmware-start: Virtual machine monitor ... failed
... vmware-start: Virtual ethernet ... failed
... vmware-start: Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 ... failed
I've run both suggested commands (several times) to no avail.
Looking in /lib/modules/2.6.19-gentoo-r1 directory misc has newly built
modules vmmon.ko and vmnet.ko
It would seem that modprobe is looking in the wrong directory. Running
"strace modprobe vmmon" shows a read of
"/lib/modules/2.6.19-gentoo-r1/ke"..., which is (unfortunately) an
incomplete path.
Anybody know what's wrong and how to fix it?
Thank you.
David
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