On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 21:16 -0400, David Relson wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:23:51 +0930
> Iain Buchanan wrote:
>
> > David - at this point I'd try a couple of things. Since you've
> > upgraded your linux-headers, it's a good idea to recompile your
> > system libc, as per the elog message.
> >
> > Also, since you're getting version error messages, recompile your
> > kernel and reboot into it. Just to make sure, as you've just done
> > headers and libc (may be a long shot, but may as well rule it out).
> >
> > Then unload all vm* modules and recompile them also. (Say no to all
> > vmware-config questions first, then second time around say yes!). If
> > it doesn't work, downgrade to a previous version of modules and try
> > them. I use vmware-modules-1.0.0.11-r1 because that's the only
> > version that works with workstation 4, which I have a license for.
> >
> > Finally, if this all still fails, try with an earlier kernel and see
> > if it magically works. Then you know it's probably a new kernal
> > feature thats bugging you!
> >
> > I hope you have a few spare clock cycles for all this compiling :)
>
> Hi Iain,
>
> I've been using 'uname -r' and its reporting '2.6.25-gentoo-r4' matches
> the module path, i.e. /lib/modules/2.6.25-gentoo-r4/misc/vmnet.ko, in
> the "invalid module" message. I'm as certain as can be that there's no
> mismatch here.
don't be so sure! Do you know that you won't get the same message if,
for example, you used different compilers for the kernel and the module?
In my experience, this message can appear when the actual kernel number
is ok, but it's been compiled differently...
> Also, I've removed all vm* packages and reinstalled vmware-server (and
> whatever it pulls in, i.e. vmware-modules). This was done after
> removing all vmware entries from /etc/portage/package*, so the vm*
> packages are all stable versions -- no ~amd64 versions.
>
> Haven't tried rebuilding glibc ...
>
> Instead I've installed the latest stable amd64 versions of 2.6.24
> sources and headers. The kernel is now being built. I should know
> before too long whether this helps.
good! Let's see what happens...
> Another possibility not yet tried is to disable CONFIG_MODVERSIONS.
>
> That's it for now...
>
> Regards,
>
> David
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