chris, I think I do not know enough about linux......the script above produces errors when I run it, it can't find vmware-server-kernel-modules or build-essentials... however I believe build-essentials is already installed, there are other errors as follows :
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo bash [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# aptitude install vmware-server-kernel-modules build-essentials Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Building tag database... Done No candidate version found for vmware-server-kernel-modules Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "build-essentials" No candidate version found for vmware-server-kernel-modules Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "build-essentials" No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. Writing extended state information... Done Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Building tag database... Done [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# export TMPDIR=`mktemp -d` [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# mkdir -p $TMPDIR [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# cd $TMPDIR [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/tmp.VPkFW26563# tar xvjf /usr/src/vmware-server.tar.bz2 tar: /usr/src/vmware-server.tar.bz2: Cannot open: No such file or directory tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now tar: Child returned status 2 tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/tmp.VPkFW26563# cd modules/vmware-server-kernel/ bash: cd: modules/vmware-server-kernel/: No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/tmp.VPkFW26563# [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/tmp.VPkFW26563# export KPKG_DEST_DIR=/root/deb/ # otherwise fakeroot won't work [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/tmp.VPkFW26563# mkdir $KPKG_DEST_DIR mkdir: cannot create directory `/root/deb/': File exists [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/tmp.VPkFW26563# [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/tmp.VPkFW26563# export KVERS=`uname -r` [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/tmp.VPkFW26563# fakeroot debian/rules binary-modules /usr/bin/fakeroot: 166: debian/rules: not found [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/tmp.VPkFW26563# sudo dpkg -i $KPKG_DEST_DIR/vmware-server-kernel-modules-`uname -r`*.deb dpkg: error processing /root/deb//vmware-server-kernel-modules-2.6.24-21-generic*.deb (--install): cannot access archive: No such file or directory Errors were encountered while processing: /root/deb//vmware-server-kernel-modules-2.6.24-21-generic*.deb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/tmp.VPkFW26563# cd - /home/gene [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# rm -r modules rm: cannot remove `modules': No such file or directory [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# sudo /etc/init.d/vmware-server restart sudo: /etc/init.d/vmware-server: command not found [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# cd [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# rm -rf $TMPDIR in short, I have no clue if I am just supposed to copy and past your script in a term as root or what ? -- No vmnet module for -386er Kernel https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185415 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
