11.4 RC2 Vmware Player Issue

blinde · March 4, 2011, 10:00am

Hi.

Trying to install 11.4RC2 in VmPlayer 3.1.1

Seems to work corrrectly but some issues with vm-tools.

In Dmesg :

[190.800616] vmtoolsd[9264]: segfault at 0 ip b4e10ac2 sp bfd49de0 error 4 in libunity.so[b4df000+3d000]

Shared Folders :

I am trying to install shared folders.
Not sure how it works, but I guess vmhgfs.ko need to be loaded.
When I try modprobe vmhgs, it fails :
error : -1 Invalide parameters.

In dmesg:
vmhgfs: no symbol version for VMCIDatagram_Send
…

VMCI module is loaded.

vmmemctl :

Also tried /etc/init.d/vmtoolsd start in a shell :
Module vmmemctl not found .

Thanks

Chris

stamostolias · March 4, 2011, 2:36pm

Open a terminal

su

# zypper search libunity.so

Before that open yast–>software–>software install/unistall and write libunity.so and tell me if this library exist.

blinde · March 4, 2011, 4:54pm

Hi

In yast, yes. Provided by open-vm-tools-gui (2010.12.19-3.3)
On disk file in /usr/lib/open-vm-tools/plugins/vmusr/libunity.so

zypper search -> No packages found.

Chris

blinde · March 4, 2011, 4:58pm

For Information, for shared folders :

modprobe --force-modversion vmhgfs

It allows the load of the module and I am able to access shared folders.
However, there must be something broken, I guess “modprobe vmhgfs” should work.

Chris

stamostolias · March 4, 2011, 4:58pm

su

# zypper search libunity.so-32bit

blinde · March 4, 2011, 5:04pm

No packages found…

stamostolias · March 4, 2011, 5:08pm

I find something for you software.opensuse.org: Search Results

Tell me your installation process.

blinde · March 4, 2011, 5:30pm

Tried rpm -i vmware-guest-kmp-desktop-2010.03.20_k2.6.34.0_12-3.14.i586.rpm

error: Failed dependencies:
kernel(desktop:mm) = d9a0186770892034 is needed by vmware-guest-kmp-desktop-2010.03.20_k2.6.34.0_12-3.14.i586
kernel(desktop:fs) = 30619c3fac3be17e is needed by vmware-guest-kmp-desktop-2010.03.20_k2.6.34.0_12-3.14.i586
kernel(desktop:net_core) = e979cdcc3b08998b is needed by vmware-guest-kmp-desktop-2010.03.20_k2.6.34.0_12-3.14.i586
kernel(desktop:kernel) = 32caa831272d7714 is needed by vmware-guest-kmp-desktop-2010.03.20_k2.6.34.0_12-3.14.i586
kernel(desktop:arch_x86_mm) = fdc12e96ebad72ab is needed by vmware-guest-kmp-desktop-2010.03.20_k2.6.34.0_12-3.14.i586
kernel(desktop:vmlinux) = a2e224452a5809ec is needed by vmware-guest-kmp-desktop-2010.03.20_k2.6.34.0_12-3.14.i586
kernel(desktop:arch_x86_kernel_cpu) = e73853421b72cb98 is needed by vmware-guest-kmp-desktop-2010.03.20_k2.6.34.0_12-3.14.i586
kernel(desktop:kernel_irq) = c181cb9d566edd10 is needed by vmware-guest-kmp-desktop-2010.03.20_k2.6.34.0_12-3.14.i586
kernel(desktop:drivers_pci) = e97600f04142a04c is needed by vmware-guest-kmp-desktop-2010.03.20_k2.6.34.0_12-3.14.i586
kernel(desktop:net_ethernet) = ac362064716a1851 is needed by vmware-guest-kmp-desktop-2010.03.20_k2.6.34.0_12-3.14.i586
kernel(desktop:net) = 02883a2e89fb0cc8 is needed by vmware-guest-kmp-desktop-2010.03.20_k2.6.34.0_12-3.14.i586
kernel(desktop:net_sched) = 9d57ce0a1e22ff7b is needed by vmware-guest-kmp-desktop-2010.03.20_k2.6.34.0_12-3.14.i586
kernel(desktop:arch_x86_kernel) = e0e68631d401febf is needed by vmware-guest-kmp-desktop-2010.03.20_k2.6.34.0_12-3.14.i586
kernel(desktop:kernel_time) = 840ec33fe884644e is needed by vmware-guest-kmp-desktop-2010.03.20_k2.6.34.0_12-3.14.i586
kernel(desktop:drivers_char) = f78e0c64b25eae09 is needed by vmware-guest-kmp-desktop-2010.03.20_k2.6.34.0_12-3.14.i586
kernel(desktop:drivers_base) = 47f06476d33bccaf is needed by vmware-guest-kmp-desktop-2010.03.20_k2.6.34.0_12-3.14.i586
kernel(desktop:fs_proc) = 5d197657681419c2 is needed by vmware-guest-kmp-desktop-2010.03.20_k2.6.34.0_12-3.14.i586
kernel(desktop:security) = 71c925a001b530f6 is needed by vmware-guest-kmp-desktop-2010.03.20_k2.6.34.0_12-3.14.i586

stamostolias · March 4, 2011, 5:36pm

Try to install it through here software.opensuse.org: Search Results

blinde · March 4, 2011, 6:00pm

Well, due to firewall issues I currently can"t have a web browser running in my vmplayer :

I have just downloaded the sources for open-vm-tools-2010.12.19-339835.tar.gz
./configure --disable-unity --without-gtkmm --without-procps --without-dnet --without-icu
make
make install

→ the disable flags could maybe be removed but it needs additional libs …
→ the generated .ko files looks better (no more error on the vmhgfs)

I still have some error in dmesg, but if I insert correct modules and start vmtoolsd, it works fine (shared folders OK, X resize OK)
So with just changing /etc/rc.d/vmtoolsd, I think it will work (vmemctl and vmsync are not generated during build, so maybe they should be removed of the script)

Seems that used package in 11.4 RC2 is not correctly compiled.

Just a last question, when I do make install, vmhgfs.ko is installed in /lib/modules/2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop/kernel/fs/vmhgfs/ whereas if was before in /lib/modules/2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop/update

But when I do modprobe vmhgfs, it still tries to load the one in /lib/modules/2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop/update
What is the clean way to update the database used by modprobe ??

Thanks

ChristianHJW · March 7, 2011, 10:28pm

Warning - Double posting from here

Hi All,

please bear with me, i am a complete LInux n00b, just installed openSUSE 11.4 RC2 on two of my machines this very weekend, worked like charm, all my hardware got supported immediately, very nice …

I then started installing VMWare Player 3.1.3 on one of the machines. Downloaded the .bundle , started a terminal window as root and could get installation to start by typing the command

sh VMware-Player-3.1.3-324285.x86_64.bundle

Installation started, it asked me to install GCC 4.5.1 and linux kernel-desktop-devel 2.6.37.1-1.2, which i did by using YAST2, also worked out very nice. Only difference was that YAST2 offered me a newer version of kernel-desktop-devel 2.6.37.2-1.1 instead of 1-1.2 .

But then my problems started:

Although installation completed fine, when first running it it failed, pointing me to the following error log:

Mär 06 21:23:45.750: app-140621960910592| Log for VMware Workstation pid=30860 version=7.1.3 build=build-324285 option=Release
Mär 06 21:23:45.750: app-140621960910592| The process is 64-bit.
Mär 06 21:23:45.750: app-140621960910592| Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8
Mär 06 21:23:45.750: app-140621960910592| Logging to /tmp/vmware-root/setup-30860.log
Mär 06 21:23:45.948: app-140621960910592| System distribution is SuSE
Mär 06 21:23:45.948: app-140621960910592| System version is 11.4
Mär 06 21:23:45.948: app-140621960910592| modconf query interface initialized
Mär 06 21:23:45.949: app-140621960910592| modconf library initialized
Mär 06 21:23:45.995: app-140621960910592| Searching for GCC 4.5.
Mär 06 21:23:45.999: app-140621960910592| Kernel compiled with: GCC 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.000: app-140621960910592| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.006: app-140621960910592| Searching for GCC 4.5.
Mär 06 21:23:46.010: app-140621960910592| Kernel compiled with: GCC 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.010: app-140621960910592| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.029: app-140621960910592| Searching for GCC 4.5.
Mär 06 21:23:46.033: app-140621960910592| Kernel compiled with: GCC 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.033: app-140621960910592| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.060: app-140621960910592| Searching for GCC 4.5.
Mär 06 21:23:46.063: app-140621960910592| Kernel compiled with: GCC 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.064: app-140621960910592| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.085: app-140621960910592| Searching for GCC 4.5.
Mär 06 21:23:46.089: app-140621960910592| Kernel compiled with: GCC 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.089: app-140621960910592| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.157: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.161: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.164: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.168: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.172: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.212: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.216: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.219: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.223: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.227: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.231: app-140621960910592| Searching for GCC 4.5.
Mär 06 21:23:46.235: app-140621960910592| Kernel compiled with: GCC 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.235: app-140621960910592| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.255: app-140621960910592| Searching for GCC 4.5.
Mär 06 21:23:46.259: app-140621960910592| Kernel compiled with: GCC 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.259: app-140621960910592| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.478: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.481: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.485: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.489: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.492: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.498: app-140621960910592| Searching for GCC 4.5.
Mär 06 21:23:46.504: app-140621960910592| Kernel compiled with: GCC 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.504: app-140621960910592| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.523: app-140621960910592| Searching for GCC 4.5.
Mär 06 21:23:46.528: app-140621960910592| Kernel compiled with: GCC 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.528: app-140621960910592| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mär 06 21:23:46.641: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.644: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.649: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.653: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:46.656: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:47.073: app-140621960910592| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mär 06 21:23:47.074: app-140621960910592| Can’t get required utilities make, tar, echo, grep, rmmod, insmod
Mär 06 21:23:47.074: app-140621960910592| Could not prepare build system.

Does any of you have an idea what could be wrong ? Do i have to ‘downgrade’ to the elder kernel-desktop-devel ?

Thanks

Christian