Vmware 7 doesn't install on Opensuse 11.3

**Ansus** · 26-Jul-2010, 14:11

this shopuld allow you to compile the necessary modules for vmware.

This does not work

**silenuz** · 26-Jul-2010, 14:21

Well thats what I did to get it running. If you never built a kernel, you may also be missing /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h as well which would also be required, so you may have to symlink this too.

Note too you must link to the version of your kernel under /usr/src/linux-2.6.34-12-obj/x86_64 which is appropiate.

**Ansus** · 26-Jul-2010, 14:29

Well thats what I did to get it running. If you never built a kernel, you may also be missing /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h as well which would also be required, so you may have to symlink this too.

Note too you must link to the version of your kernel under /usr/src/linux-2.6.34-12-obj/x86_64 which is appropiate.

This does not help either :-(

**silenuz** · 26-Jul-2010, 14:43

You can try running this script, it tries to manually compile the modules, at the very least it wil probably tell you what files it can't find:

Code:

cd ~
rm -rf vmware-modules
mkdir vmware-modules
cd vmware-modules
find /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source -name "*.tar" -exec tar xf '{}' \;
mkdir -p /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc
rm -f /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc/{vmblock.ko,vmci.ko,vmmon.ko,vmnet.ko,vsock.ko}
cd vmblock-only; make; cd ..; cp -p vmblock.o /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc/vmblock.ko
cd vmci-only; make; cd ..; cp -p vmci.o /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc/vmci.ko
cd vmmon-only; make; cd ..; cp -p vmmon.o /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc/vmmon.ko
cd vmnet-only; make; cd ..; cp -p vmnet.o /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc/vmnet.ko
#cd vmppuser-only; make; cd ..; cp -p vmppuser.o /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc/vmppuser.ko
cd vsock-only; make; cd ..; cp -p vsock.o /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc/vsock.ko
depmod -a
service vmware restart
#If a new install, remove the not_configured tag or the error will keep coming back
rm -f /etc/vmware/not_configured

**MrSolar** · 29-Jul-2010, 05:07

I am in the same boat, try to get VMware Player 3.0 running after updating to opernsuse 11.3

Code:

/ # service vmware restart
Stopping VMware services:
   VMware USB Arbitrator                                               done
   VM communication interface socket family                            done
   Virtual machine communication interface                             done
   Virtual machine monitor                                             done
   Blocking file system                                                done
Starting VMware services:
   VMware USB Arbitrator                                               done
   Virtual machine monitor                                            failed
   Virtual machine communication interface                            failed
   VM communication interface socket family                           failed
   Blocking file system                                               failed
   Virtual ethernet                                                   failed

if I try to start the machine, I get the message Kernel headers for version 2.6.34-12-default were not found. Browsing to '/usr/src/linux-2.6.34-12' gives the message C header files matching your running kernel were not found ...
but :

Code:

uname -r
2.6.34-12-default

I have installed for version 2.6.34-12:

kernel-coverage
kernel-default
kernel-default-base
kernel-default-devel
kernel-desktop-devel
kernel-devel
kernel-firmware
kernel-source
kernel-syms
kernel-xen-devel
kexec-tools

????

**JJMT** · 29-Jul-2010, 06:14

Just for the record, I couldn't get Workstation 7 to install on 11.3 (couldn't find kernel headers), so rather than wrestling with that (again), I just downloaded Workstation 7.1 from the VMWare site and that installed fine.

Carlos E. R. · 29-Jul-2010, 07:05

On 2010-07-29 13:36, MrSolar wrote:

> I am in the same boat, try to get VMware Player 3.0 running after
> updating to opernsuse 11.3

Did you look here?

<http://radu.cotescu.com/2010/01/19/how-to-install-vmware-server-ubuntu-fedora-opensuse/>

It is about the server version, but you might get ideas.

--
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 "Emerald" GM (Elessar))

**Ansus** · 29-Jul-2010, 17:21

Originally Posted by JJMT

Just for the record, I couldn't get Workstation 7 to install on 11.3 (couldn't find kernel headers), so rather than wrestling with that (again), I just downloaded Workstation 7.1 from the VMWare site and that installed fine.

I tried the WS 7.1 on 11.3 and it says it cannot find the headers.

**MrSolar** · 02-Aug-2010, 07:03

Thanks Carlos! I am not that knowlegable to modiefy scripts like that!

btw have solved the problem by throwing out all kernels and VMWare Player, then freshly reinstalled kernel desktop and a newer version of player, now it works beautifully!
I am actually considering going back to WinXP (in the virtual machine) as I have trouble with ooo now, can't access the fileserver in our small network ... relax guys, was just a joke!
Thank you!