No need to confirm a confirmed bug :-) On 10/16/08, Andrea Gardoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Same problem here, no way to get out. > > -- > VMWare Server on kernel 2.6.27-2-generic: cannot compile vmmon module > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263837 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Ubuntu: Confirmed > > Bug description: > I have recently upgraded the kernel of Ubuntu Hardy (8.04) to the latest > Intrepid kernel (2.6.27-2-generic). VMWare Server stopped running as a > result of this. I tried to reconfigure VMWare Server by means of > > sudo /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl > > First this complained that I had the wrong version of gcc (4.2 instead of > 4.3). So I installed the package gcc-4.3 and changed the /usr/bin/gcc > symbolic link to point to 4.3 instead of 4.2: > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2008-09-01 22:11 /usr/bin/gcc -> gcc-4.3 > > Next it complained that there was a missing header file asm/semaphore.h. So > I created the following symbolic link: > > /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-2-generic/include/asm/semaphore.h -> > /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-2/include/linux/semaphore.h > > I tried reconfiguring VMWare by means of sudo /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl, and > I also tried reinstalling VMWare completely. In both cases here is what > happens: > > Trying to find a suitable vmmon module for your running kernel. > > None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Server is suitable for your > running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmmon module > for > your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? [yes] > > Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to override. > > What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your > running > kernel? [/lib/modules/2.6.27-2-generic/build/include] > > Extracting the sources of the vmmon module. > > Building the vmmon module. > > Using 2.6.x kernel build system. > make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only' > make -C /lib/modules/2.6.27-2-generic/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD > SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-2-generic' > CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o > In file included from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/machine.h:24, > from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:15, > from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:49: > /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/x86.h:830:1: warning: > "PTE_PFN_MASK" redefined > In file included from include/asm/paravirt.h:7, > from include/asm/irqflags.h:55, > from include/linux/irqflags.h:57, > from include/asm/system.h:11, > from include/asm/processor.h:17, > from include/linux/prefetch.h:14, > from include/linux/list.h:6, > from include/linux/module.h:9, > from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:12: > include/asm/page.h:22:1: warning: this is the location of the previous > definition > /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:146: error: unknown field > 'nopage' specified in initializer > /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:147: warning: initialization > from incompatible pointer type > /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:150: error: unknown field > 'nopage' specified in initializer > /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:151: warning: initialization > from incompatible pointer type > /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function > 'LinuxDriver_Ioctl': > /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1670: error: too many > arguments to function 'smp_call_function' > make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1 > make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only] Error 2 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-2-generic' > make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2 > make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only' > Unable to build the vmmon module. > > For more information on how to troubleshoot module-related problems, please > visit our Web site at "http://www.vmware.com/download/modules/modules.html"; > and > "http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/linux/prebuilt_modules_linux.html";. > > Execution aborted. >
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