I tried upgrading VMware server on one of my machines from 1.0.9 to
2.0.1 today. After the upgrade, I couldn't get any of the modules to
insert (Invalid module format). I decided that I would downgrade back
to vmware-server-1.0.9.156507 and vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r2 so that I
could get the machine back into a working state.
I keyworded vmware-server-2* and masked !=vmware-modules-1.0.0.15* to
make sure that I'd downgrade the two components of VMware server. I ran
emerge, it listed the two packages as downgrades, and let it run.
Almost immediately it died while starting the build for vmware-modules
with the following error:
* Could not find a usable .config in the kernel source directory.
* Please ensure that /usr/src/linux points to a configured set of Linux
sources.
* If you are using KBUILD_OUTPUT, please set the environment var so that
* it points to the necessary object directory so that it might find
.config.
*
* ERROR: app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r2 failed.
* Call stack:
* ebuild.sh, line 48: Called pkg_setup
* environment, line 3300: Called vmware-mod_pkg_setup
* environment, line 4423: Called linux-mod_pkg_setup
* environment, line 2695: Called linux-info_pkg_setup
* environment, line 2671: Called check_extra_config
* environment, line 653: Called require_configured_kernel
* environment, line 3539: Called die
* The specific snippet of code:
* die "Kernel not configured; no .config found in ${KV_OUT_DIR}";
* The die message:
* Kernel not configured; no .config found in
/lib/modules/2.6.27-gentoo-r8/build
I looked in the directory that the .config file was supposedly missing
from, but it was right there. Also, this message seemed a little
strange since my currently running kernel is 2.6.28-gentoo-r5, though I
kept a copy of 2.6.27-r10 around. I don't even have a directory for
modules for 2.6.27-gentoo-r8 around anymore.
Why is the vmware-modules ebuild trying to find a .config for a kernel
that I don't have installed anywhere on my computer?
Thanks,
Chris Lieb
