Vmware 7.1.5 and SuSE 12.1

[unass]

Hi folks,

I just upgraded to SuSE 12.1 and wanted to re-install Vmware 7.1.5 (I have valid license).
After using the appropriate patches to the 3.1.0 kernel I started vmware and got:

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No value set for `/desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility'
No value set for `/desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility'
Logging to /tmp/vmware-unass/setup-22539.log
/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:76: error: unexpected identifier `colorize_scrollbar', expected character `}'
filename: /lib/modules/3.1.0-1.2-desktop/misc/vmmon.ko
supported: external
license: GPL v2
description: VMware Virtual Machine Monitor.
author: VMware, Inc.
srcversion: 68C22817D39F5FB303F916C
depends:
vermagic: 3.1.0-1.2-desktop SMP preempt mod_unload modversions
filename: /lib/modules/3.1.0-1.2-desktop/misc/vmnet.ko
supported: external
license: GPL v2
description: VMware Virtual Networking Driver.
author: VMware, Inc.
srcversion: 7C4E38AD339719E6DA1C6CA
depends:
vermagic: 3.1.0-1.2-desktop SMP preempt mod_unload modversions
filename: /lib/modules/3.1.0-1.2-desktop/misc/vmblock.ko
supported: external
version: 1.1.2.0
license: GPL v2
description: VMware Blocking File System
author: VMware, Inc.
srcversion: C1CDE8E2FA0304E156E753C
depends:
vermagic: 3.1.0-1.2-desktop SMP preempt mod_unload modversions
parm: root:The directory the file system redirects to. (charp)
filename: /lib/modules/3.1.0-1.2-desktop/misc/vmci.ko
supported: external
license: GPL v2
description: VMware Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI).
author: VMware, Inc.
srcversion: 8C242AC6430749CEB135F04
depends:
vermagic: 3.1.0-1.2-desktop SMP preempt mod_unload modversions
filename: /lib/modules/3.1.0-1.2-desktop/misc/vsock.ko
supported: external
license: GPL v2
version: 1.0.0.0
description: VMware Virtual Socket Family
author: VMware, Inc.
srcversion: FE16753D85EDBC693BBF729
depends: vmci
vermagic: 3.1.0-1.2-desktop SMP preempt mod_unload modversions
filename: /lib/modules/3.1.0-1.2-desktop/misc/vmmon.ko
supported: external
license: GPL v2
description: VMware Virtual Machine Monitor.
author: VMware, Inc.
srcversion: 68C22817D39F5FB303F916C
depends:
vermagic: 3.1.0-1.2-desktop SMP preempt mod_unload modversions
No value set for `/desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility'
No value set for `/desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility'
process 22536: Attempt to remove filter function 0x7f2744279980 user data 0x8d5000, but no such filter has been added
D-Bus not built with -rdynamic so unable to print a backtrace
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That's it! The logfile seems to be o.k.

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Nov 30 12:26:03.889: app-140387300677376| Log for VMware Workstation pid=22539 version=7.1.5 build=build-491717 option=Release
Nov 30 12:26:03.889: app-140387300677376| The process is 64-bit.
Nov 30 12:26:03.889: app-140387300677376| Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8
Nov 30 12:26:03.889: app-140387300677376| Logging to /tmp/vmware-unass/setup-22539.log
Nov 30 12:26:04.036: app-140387300677376| System distribution is SuSE
Nov 30 12:26:04.036: app-140387300677376| System version is 12.1
Nov 30 12:26:04.036: app-140387300677376| modconf query interface initialized
Nov 30 12:26:04.037: app-140387300677376| modconf library initialized
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What's wrong?

Thanks in advance

Uwe.

[hendersj]

On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:06:03 +0000, unass wrote:

> I just upgraded to SuSE 12.1 and wanted to re-install Vmware 7.1.5 (I
> have valid license).
> After using the appropriate patches to the 3.1.0 kernel I started vmware
> and got:

Which patches did you apply?

I'm running 7.1.5 on 12.1 x64 right now and what was posted at:

http://weltall.heliohost.org/wordpre...for-linux-3-1/

And that did the trick for me.

Jim



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[buckmaster60]

If your license permits maybe you can upgrade to Workstation 8.01. Mind is running fine on OS12.1 64 bit.

[hendersj]

On Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:46:02 +0000, buckmaster60 wrote:

> If your license permits maybe you can upgrade to Workstation 8.01. Mind
> is running fine on OS12.1 64 bit.

8.0.1 is what's currently supported on the 3.1 kernel (indeed I did get a
warning that I was running on an unsupported kernel), but unless VMware
provided some sort of 'upgrade protection' for recent purchases, then a
7.x license doesn't entitle one to version 8 without paying.

(And I just missed the window on the 30% sale they were doing... )

On the flip side, I've started playing around with VirtualBox as well,
and it's pretty good as well. I never looked at it before because the USB
2.0 support is an add-on, but I never realized that for personal use,
it's a free add-on.

Jim

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[unass]

Hi Jim,

thanks for your hints, but ............... I used, of course, the patch you mentioned.
I also downloaded the 8.0.1 version, just to see if this one will do the job. But
unfortunately I got nearly the same vmware behaviour. So I think the problem can
be an installation one with SuSE 12.1. May be I missed to install a certain package.
But, which one. May be, the last part of the startup message rings a bell:

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No value set for `/desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility'
No value set for `/desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility'
process 22536: Attempt to remove filter function 0x7f2744279980 user data 0x8d5000, but no such filter has been added
D-Bus not built with -rdynamic so unable to print a backtrace
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Thanks again,

Uwe.

[hendersj]

On Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:56:03 +0000, unass wrote:

> thanks for your hints, but ............... I used, of course, the patch
> you mentioned.
> I also downloaded the 8.0.1 version, just to see if this one will do the
> job. But unfortunately I got nearly the same vmware behaviour. So I
> think the problem can be an installation one with SuSE 12.1. May be I
> missed to install a certain package.
> But, which one. May be, the last part of the startup message rings a
> bell:

That doesn't ring a bell - but have you installed the kernel-devel
package and associated build tools? (Guessing you have or the patch
wouldn't have applied, but still worth making sure).

Are the modules building?

Jim
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[unass]

Hi Jim,

the kernel-devel package is installed and every package that seems
to be associated with vmware:

libvmtools0-8.8.0-2.1.2.x86_64
libvmtools-devel-8.8.0-2.1.2.x86_64
yast2-vm-2.21.4-1.1.1.x86_64
lvm2-2.02.84-19.1.3.x86_64
vmware-guest-kmp-default-8.8.0_k3.1.0_1.1-2.1.2.x86_64
open-vm-tools-8.8.0-2.1.2.x86_64
open-vm-tools-gui-8.8.0-2.1.2.x86_64
vmware-guest-kmp-desktop-8.8.0_k3.1.0_1.1-2.1.2.x86_64

The modules have been compiled flawlessly.

Thanks for looking again,

Uwe.

[hendersj]

On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:26:02 +0000, unass wrote:

> Hi Jim,
>
> the kernel-devel package is installed and every package that seems to be
> associated with vmware:
>
> libvmtools0-8.8.0-2.1.2.x86_64 libvmtools-devel-8.8.0-2.1.2.x86_64
> yast2-vm-2.21.4-1.1.1.x86_64 lvm2-2.02.84-19.1.3.x86_64
> vmware-guest-kmp-default-8.8.0_k3.1.0_1.1-2.1.2.x86_64
> open-vm-tools-8.8.0-2.1.2.x86_64 open-vm-tools-gui-8.8.0-2.1.2.x86_64
> vmware-guest-kmp-desktop-8.8.0_k3.1.0_1.1-2.1.2.x86_64
>
> The modules have been compiled flawlessly.
>
> Thanks for looking again,

No problem - so when you run vmware in a terminal, what's the complete
output? Or is it resolved now?

Jim



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[unass]

Hi Jim,

unfortunately not resolved )-: ! Invoking vmware as user gives the following messages:

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No value set for `/desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility'
No value set for `/desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility'
Logging to /tmp/vmware-unass/setup-5716.log
filename: /lib/modules/3.1.0-1.2-default/misc/vmmon.ko
supported: external
license: GPL v2
description: VMware Virtual Machine Monitor.
author: VMware, Inc.
srcversion: 68C22817D39F5FB303F916C
depends:
vermagic: 3.1.0-1.2-default SMP mod_unload modversions
filename: /lib/modules/3.1.0-1.2-default/misc/vmnet.ko
supported: external
license: GPL v2
description: VMware Virtual Networking Driver.
author: VMware, Inc.
srcversion: 7C4E38AD339719E6DA1C6CA
depends:
vermagic: 3.1.0-1.2-default SMP mod_unload modversions
filename: /lib/modules/3.1.0-1.2-default/weak-updates/updates/vmblock.ko
supported: external
version: 1.1.2.0
license: GPL v2
description: VMware Blocking File System
author: VMware, Inc.
srcversion: DB510DDBA5985523980B171
depends:
vermagic: 3.1.0-1.1-default SMP mod_unload modversions
parm: root:The directory the file system redirects to. (charp)
filename: /lib/modules/3.1.0-1.2-default/weak-updates/updates/vmci.ko
supported: external
license: GPL v2
version: 9.1.18.0
description: VMware Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI).
author: VMware, Inc.
srcversion: 6595324D70364E51E6540AC
alias: pci:v000015ADd00000740sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
depends:
vermagic: 3.1.0-1.1-default SMP mod_unload modversions
parm: disable_hostisable driver host personality - (default=0) (bool)
parm: disable_guestisable driver guest personality - (default=0) (bool)
parm: disable_msiisable MSI use in driver - (default=0) (bool)
parm: disable_msixisable MSI-X use in driver - (default=0) (bool)
filename: /lib/modules/3.1.0-1.2-default/weak-updates/updates/vsock.ko
supported: external
alias: vmware_vsock
license: GPL v2
version: 9.1.1.0
description: VMware Virtual Socket Family
author: VMware, Inc.
srcversion: 13A4F20FA433CB954ADB707
depends:
vermagic: 3.1.0-1.1-default SMP mod_unload modversions
filename: /lib/modules/3.1.0-1.2-default/misc/vmmon.ko
supported: external
license: GPL v2
description: VMware Virtual Machine Monitor.
author: VMware, Inc.
srcversion: 68C22817D39F5FB303F916C
depends:
vermagic: 3.1.0-1.2-default SMP mod_unload modversions
No value set for `/desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility'
No value set for `/desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility'
process 5713: Attempt to remove filter function 0x7fdf77d64980 user data 0x8d71e0, but no such filter has been added
D-Bus not built with -rdynamic so unable to print a backtrace

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The log file gives:

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Dec 04 12:19:47.020: app-140711479936768| Log for VMware Workstation pid=5716 version=7.1.5 build=build-491717 option=Release
Dec 04 12:19:47.020: app-140711479936768| The process is 64-bit.
Dec 04 12:19:47.020: app-140711479936768| Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8
Dec 04 12:19:47.020: app-140711479936768| Logging to /tmp/vmware-unass/setup-5716.log
Dec 04 12:19:47.184: app-140711479936768| System distribution is SuSE
Dec 04 12:19:47.184: app-140711479936768| System version is 12.1
Dec 04 12:19:47.184: app-140711479936768| modconf query interface initialized
Dec 04 12:19:47.185: app-140711479936768| modconf library initialized

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So, only reading the log file, I cannot see any error! But......

Thanks for looking again,

Uwe.

[unass]

Hi Jim,

sorry, it's me again. Just to give you another hint:

In order to patch the vmware modules, I use the "patch-modules_2.6.39.sh" shell script with
the "vmware3.1.0.patch" file. It comes from a "fullvmwarelinux310patch.tar.gz" file BUT gives
warnings like

" WARNING: Can't read module /lib/modules/3.1.0-1.2-default/weak-updates/updates/vmxnet.ko: No such file or directory"

And there is indeed no ../weak-updates/updates/vmxnet.ko file. Did I miss something?
How do you patch vmware v7.1.5?

Thanks again,

Uwe.