On 1/21/07, Kam Leo <kam.leo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 1/21/07, Matthew Saltzman <mjs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 21 Jan 2007, Kam Leo wrote: > > > On 1/21/07, toracat <toracat@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 11:16:21 -0800, Kam Leo wrote: > >> > >> >> > >> >> The error message is "Unable to open the installer database > >> >> /etc/vmware/locations in read-mode.". > >> >> > >> >> > see? Also update106 is out now. Have you tried that one? > >> >> > >> >> It is not at http://http://ftp.cvut.cz/vmware/. What is the URL? > >> >> > >> >> > >> > Found the file at > >> > http://knihovny.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/vmware-any-any-update106.tar.gz > >> > > >> > Does not work with workstation 5.5.3. Still getting the "Unable to open > >> > installer..." error. > >> > >> Your error sounds unusual. Does the /etc/vmware/locations file exist? > >> This error message would occur if the installation script > >> (vmware-install.pl) cannot open that file. If your vmware installation is > >> broken somehow, uninstall and reinstall might help. > >> > > > > vmware-any-any-update106/runme.pl expects "location" to be in > > /etc/vmware. The directory, /etc/vmware, is empty. It would appear > > that version 5.5.3 of workstation has moved its files to > > /etc/vmware-tools. > > > > I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling. Also linking /etc/vmware > > to /etc/vmware-tools. Neither works. > > Very strange, as I have VMwareWorkstation-5.5.3-34685 and it builds fine > (except for one warning in the network compile--and works fin--with > kernel-2.6.19-1.2895.fc6 and without the vmware-any-any patch. > > $ ls /etc/vmware/ > config locations vmnet1/ > installer.sh state/ vmnet8/ > $ rpm -qf /etc/vmware > VMwareWorkstation-5.5.3-34685 > > /etc/vmware-tools is from the vmware-tools guest package, not the VMware > host package. > > So what is the host OS and what is the guest OS? What package did you > install on the host, and what on the guest? What are you trying to build > on the host and what on the geust? RPM or tarball? Host is Windows 2000. Guest is FC6. VMware-Tools is installed as an RPM. > Matthew Saltzman
I should clarify the problem further. vmware-config.pl runs fine until compiling of the vmxnet module. This is the error that appears: Building the vmxnet module. Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config18/vmxnet-only' make -C /lib/modules/2.6.19-1.2895.fc6/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.19-1.2895.fc6-i686' CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config18/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.o /tmp/vmware-config18/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c: In function \u2018vmxnet_netpoll\u2019: /tmp/vmware-config18/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c:1058: error: too many arguments to function \u2018vmxnet_interrupt\u2019 make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config18/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config18/vmxnet-only] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.19-1.2895.fc6-i686' make: *** [vmxnet.ko] Error 2 make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config18/vmxnet-only' Unable to build the vmxnet module.