vmware-specific-specific 5.5.x and kernel 2.6.27-2.6.28
Posted on October 20th, 2008
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Here were are again with a new kernel version, 2.6.27, of course with new API changes and no one at vmware to update their modules for old vmware versions (and at the time of writing, for new ones also :p).
Anyway, for fellow vmware 5.5.x users, here’s the latest patch that works with the kernel 2.6.27.
Small word of warning, this one only works with x86 based computers (32bit and 64bit)
Have fun:
Update: Fixed a NULL pointer bug while setting the clock rate.
Update: This patch also works with the new 2.6.28. Happy new year! ;p
vmware-update-2.6.27-5.5.7-2.tar.gz
To use this, simply install vmware, unpack the archive and run as root runme.pl
e.g.: sudo ./runme.pl
October 20th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
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October 22nd, 2008 at 3:29 am
Sir, a most helpful posting. What IS the deal with VMWare not keeping up with the latest kernels … it’s not like the source code isn’t kept in a public forum.
Thanks again.
October 22nd, 2008 at 4:47 am
really the best solution.
i run a intrepid box, 2.27.7-7 kernel with vmware 1.0.7 and this patch works fine!
Congratulations
October 24th, 2008 at 12:59 am
So this won’t work on amd64, right?
October 24th, 2008 at 3:06 am
it is gonna work, its x86 based 64 bit ;p
October 24th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Thanks!! This worked for me too! (Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid and VMWare WS 5.5)
October 24th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Are there instructions on how to apply this patch? If it helps (or maybe it makes things worse), I am a gentoo user. I’m also asking there.
I can see there is a runme.pl file, which seems like a good place to start, but I don’t really know what already has to be in place to apply the patch.
Thanks in advance.
October 25th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
install vmware in whatever way
sudo ./runme.pl
follow instructions
October 26th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Thanks Kang.
Thaks a ton for great patch.
I will appeal all to vote Kang for President.
F*** Bush, F*** Obama
Vote for Kang !
Lol !
October 27th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Thank you. Everything seems to work OK.
$ sudo ./runme.pl
Updating /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl … corrupted
Updating /usr/bin/vmware … No patch needed/available
Updating /usr/bin/vmnet-bridge … No patch needed/available
Updating /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx … No patch needed/available
Updating /usr/lib/vmware/bin-debug/vmware-vmx … No patch needed/available
VMware modules in “/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source” has been updated.
Is the “corrupted” message anything to worry about? I am able to continue and then indeed start some VMs. Although I have seen some crashes (The Windows guest dies, not even a blue screen, just completely goes away) that I don’t ever recall seeing before. I don’t know and I’m not trying to suggest this is related.
Indeed, thank you very much for this patch!
-Jason
October 27th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
jcornez, I actually noticed a few hours ago this bug with windows guests.
it’s fixed in the new archive of the post:
http://www.insecure.ws/warehouse/vmware-update-2.6.27-5.5.7-2.tar.gz
You will need to reboot your computer first, then apply the new patch (sudo ./runme.pl) then start vmware again.
You need to reboot because the vmware module crashes (its kernel related) and it’s stuck there, unremovable until reboot. You also cannot start new machines until you do that.
Thanks for the report
ps: don’t worry about the “corrupted” message, it doesn’t matter. It just means your vmware-config.pl is already updated (perhaps you already used any-any patches or my patches).
October 27th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Kang,
Thank you so much. I can confirm that the Windows guest no longer crashes where it used to. For me, running Microsoft Update would cause the crash (possibly other stuff too). Now, Microsoft Update seems to be working well.
This is fantastic work. Kudos to you.
-Jason
October 29th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
It works on ubuntu 8.10 Beta but the vmon version dismatchs. :S
October 29th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
it means you’re not using vmware workstation 5.5.x or server 1.0.x
for newer version other patches are already available on the net i believe.
October 29th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
I have VMware Server 1.0.7 (installed from VMware-server-1.0.7-108231.tar.gz) with the vmware-update-2.6.27-5.5.7-2.tar.gz patch. Everything installs and builds find on kubuntu 8.10 RC, but the VMs fail to start. With debug information turned on, I learned “version mismatch with vmmon module: expecting 138.0, got 137.0″.
October 30th, 2008 at 4:14 am
You’re a champion, saved me some severe brown trouser action
October 30th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
taghi, please check how you are installing the patch (run it after vmware server install without configuring it)
The patch has version 138 (the one your vmware server tells it’s expecting)
you can verify it in the source by unpacking vmmon.tar
vmmon-only/include/iocontrols_compat.h
#define VMMON_VERSION_GSX1 (3 << 16 | 0)
#define VMMON_VERSION_V3 (8 << 16 | 0)
#define VMMON_VERSION_V32 (10 << 16 | 0)
#define VMMON_VERSION_GSX2 (21 << 16 | 0)
#define VMMON_VERSION_V321 (30 << 16 | 0)
#define VMMON_VERSION_GSX25 (41 << 16 | 0)
#define VMMON_VERSION_GSX251 (42 << 16 | 0)
#define VMMON_VERSION_V4 (52 << 16 | 0)
#define VMMON_VERSION_V45 (79 << 16 | 0)
#define VMMON_VERSION_V452 (81 << 16 | 0)
#define VMMON_VERSION_GSX32 (85 << 16 | 0)
#define VMMON_VERSION_V5 (116 << 16 | 0)
#define VMMON_VERSION_V55 (137 << 16 | 0)
#define VMMON_VERSION_S1B1 (138 << 16 | 0)
#define VMMON_VERSION_V6 (161 << 16 | 0)
this is what you should get.
it means it works with vmware 55 (137) and server 1 (138) and few others by the way. the check happens at compilation time so make sure the modules are being compiled on the same machine and that you have only one version of vmware installed. (obviously it can’t work for 2 different versions at the same time)
October 30th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
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October 31st, 2008 at 11:59 am
look.. i don’t know what to say.. after few days on google
just want to say Thank you!!!!!!!! finaly someone did it!!!
Thanks! thanks!
October 31st, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Thank you!
it work fine with vmware server 1.0.6 on Ubuntu 8.10
November 1st, 2008 at 6:07 am
I upgraded to ubuntu 8.10 last night and I’m running vmserver 1.0.7. I played with this bug for awhile with no luck, before consulting google. Your fix saved me alot of time.
Thank you!
menace
November 1st, 2008 at 8:57 am
I rebooted and ran runme.pl, and now when I try to start vmware with the ‘vmware’ command I get ‘/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libgio-2.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_thread_gettime’.
November 2nd, 2008 at 6:14 am
Sean, this problem isnt related to the kernel modules (and thus the patch)
You probably need to remove/change some of the vmware provided’s libraries. g_thread_gettime is some gtk stuff afaik. good luck tho ;p
November 2nd, 2008 at 2:59 pm
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November 2nd, 2008 at 10:02 pm
Hi there,
I’m probably being a dweeb, but I tried to apply the patch, it ends ok, but vmware console wont start.
I upgraded from 8.04 to 8.10 and was using 1.07.
I unzipped the files, entered vmware server and executed the sudo ./vmware-install.pl
when asked to execute the vmware-config.pl, I say no and then proceed to the vmware-update-dir and execute the sudo ./runme.pl.
After that, there are reports that it gets up and running, but no luck here.
Thanks
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:42 pm
Hi Kang
Not working for me, neither with Player and Vmware Workstation 2.5
=====================
Updating /usr/bin/vmware … No patch needed/available
Updating /usr/bin/vmnet-bridge … No patch needed/available
Updating /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx … No patch needed/available
Updating /usr/lib/vmware/bin-debug/vmware-vmx … No patch needed/available
VMware modules in “/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source” has been updated.
==================
And then finally:
Execution aborted.
You’ve any clues? Cheers.
November 3rd, 2008 at 2:00 am
Is there a way to fix vmware tools with ubuntu. It is having problems as well….
November 3rd, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Thanks a lot! When installing vmware server 1 this worked fine for me, but do make sure you have g++ and (x)inetd installed:
sudo apt-get install g++ xinetd
November 3rd, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Lee, vmware 2.5 is too old ;p
Latest version of player works with vmware’s source which is included (or see vmware.com for a download)
November 4th, 2008 at 9:00 am
8.10 & 1.0.6
new install, works first time
thanks
November 5th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
best solution!
thanks a lot
November 7th, 2008 at 9:34 am
danke
November 7th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
I can’t make it work
I’m using vmware-server 1.0.7
I installed vmware-server-modules, then vmware-server, then I ran runme.pl : it patched the files (except corrupted on vmware-config.pl) and then it launched vmware.config.pl, I configured and at the end, it can’t launch vmware (Failed starting the process).
I’m lost, and I don’t know what to do
Thanks for helping.
November 8th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
THANK YOU !
November 9th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Thanks, worked fine on Slackware 12.1 -current (2.6.27.5 kernel)!
November 9th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
This worked for Ubuntu 8.10 (current kernel: 2.6.27-7-server) and vmware-server 1.07.
Thanks!!!
November 9th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Strange,
using 64 bits version and 2.6.27-7, no problem with vmmon but with **vsock** (http://kramfs.com/2008/07/13/vmware-server-2-unable-to-build-the-vsock-module/)
November 11th, 2008 at 12:47 am
What was the bug you fixed with respect to the seg fault on setting the clock rate? I encounter it on WS 6.0.x and want to see if your fix might help or give a clue
November 11th, 2008 at 11:40 am
check a few posts back for 2.6.26
i don’t know if it works with your version tho..
you can download http://www.insecure.ws/warehouse/vmware-update-2.6.27-5.5.7-2.tar.gz and http://www.insecure.ws/warehouse/vmware-update-2.6.27-5.5.7.tar.gz
unpack vmmon.tar and make a diff (diff -urNp vmmon-only ../path/to/other/vmmon-only) to see exactly where the change here (just easier like that – i dont even remember right now
November 12th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Thanks! worked on Ubuntu 8.10 (2.6.27-7) with VMware Server 1.08.
Excellent work!
November 13th, 2008 at 12:37 am
Thank yopu for the patch – it worked fine with Kubuntu 8.10 initially.
However, after a software update on the system I now get the error:
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib32/libgio-2.0.so.0: undefined symbol: g_thread_gettime
just as the vmware window opens and dies…
Any ideas please??
(Running AMD64 system)
November 13th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Thanks a lot, worked flawlessly!
November 13th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Thanks for the patch. I’m having the same problem with the g_thread_gettime. I’ve tried the ‘unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH’ without success. Anyone else had any success with fixing this problem this?
November 14th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Using Kubuntu 8.10, AMD64 and WS 5.5.9 it all works flawlessly and I can run VMware, EXCEPT that when I reboot it complains it hasn’t been properly configured and I have to re-run vmware-config.pl.
Any ideas? I noted that vmware-config.pl says it’s building modules for 5.5.2 or 5.5.3 — is that relevant?
Great patch, despite the problem!
November 15th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Following up the above, this appears to be a separate problem, due to the start and stop scripts generating a not_configured “flag” in /etc/vmware. There seems to be more than one view on why/how this happens.
Running the following cleans up the rc.d files, and now it works (for me).
sudo update-rc.d -f vmware remove
sudo update-rc.d vmware defaults 90 08
November 16th, 2008 at 6:33 am
Thanks, this worked on Fedora 9, 2.6.27.5-37.fc9.i686.
November 17th, 2008 at 6:52 am
tested on Kubuntu Intrepid ibex (8.10) x86_64, and just released VMWare Server 1.0.8.
Works flawlessly
Thanks Kang
November 18th, 2008 at 3:39 am
Not working for me with kernel 2.6.27.5-37.fc9.i686.PAE on Fedora 9. I get past the semaphore.h problem with your patch, but vmware-config.pl then fails with:
“”"
Building the vmblock module.
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config8/vmblock-only’
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.27.5-37.fc9.i686.PAE/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.27.5-37.fc9.i686.PAE’
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config8/vmblock-only/linux/block.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config8/vmblock-only/linux/control.o
/tmp/vmware-config8/vmblock-only/linux/control.c: In function ‘SetupProcDevice’:
/tmp/vmware-config8/vmblock-only/linux/control.c:153: error: ‘proc_root_fs’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/tmp/vmware-config8/vmblock-only/linux/control.c:153: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/tmp/vmware-config8/vmblock-only/linux/control.c:153: error: for each function it appears in.)
/tmp/vmware-config8/vmblock-only/linux/control.c: In function ‘CleanupProcDevice’:
/tmp/vmware-config8/vmblock-only/linux/control.c:213: error: ‘proc_root_fs’ undeclared (first use in this function)
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config8/vmblock-only/linux/control.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config8/vmblock-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.27.5-37.fc9.i686.PAE’
make: *** [vmblock.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config8/vmblock-only’
Unable to build the vmblock module.
“”"
Suggestions gratefully received!
Thanks,
Ian
November 20th, 2008 at 8:31 am
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November 20th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Works as advertised.
Fedora 9, VMWare Server 1.0.7
I was ALREADY patched to Linux Kernel 2.6.26, this patch overlays beautifully, compiled first time.
Thanks a bunch.
November 21st, 2008 at 1:01 am
In response to those experiencing “g_thread_gettime” problem: I’ve replaced some libraries under /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib with older ones (taken from Hardy).
- libglib-2.0.so.0
- libgmodule-2.0.so.0
- libgobject-2.0.so.0
- libgthread-2.0.so.0
- libXrender.so.1
- libgio-2.0.so.0 <== NEW
- libX11.so.6 <== NEW
I also patched /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/wrapper-gtk24.sh to preload the NEW ones.
Now with
VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=”force” vmware-server-console
everything works again.
More details and files to download here: http://www.monarialx.it/en/node/121
HTH
November 21st, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Hello.
Patch works with vmware 1.0.8 and kernel 2.6.27.4 on slackware.
Great.
The only thing is: wireless bridge doesn’t work.
Any ideas ?
November 22nd, 2008 at 1:36 am
I’m running Fedora 9, with kernel 2.6.27.5-41.fc9.i686.
The patch worked (very nicely) for both vmware-server 1.0.7 and 1.0.8… installed via RPM’s.
So far, I haven’t had any troubles with the guest OS’s running under either (that can’t be explained by problems in the guest OS).
If I had a million dollars, I’d buy you a green dress…
November 23rd, 2008 at 2:28 am
congratulations that works perfectly…. I *love* FOSS.
In the proprietary world I would still be waiting, and waiting, and waiting…..
Ubuntu 8.10 vmware server 1.06
November 25th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
Works! many thanks…
by
master_zion (brazil)
November 26th, 2008 at 10:14 am
Kang: I’m trying to install VMware server 1.0.7 using this guide : http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/11/01/vmware-server-107-on-ubuntu-810-intrepid-2627-7-generic/ …. it looks like this already has your patch in the instructions. I’ve followed everything, and I keep getting execution aborted. The only thing in the guide I couldn’t do, i think, was get the compiler tools. When i type in the commands i get this:
Couldn’t find any package whose name or description matched “build-essential”
etc..also when I click the link it says could not find package. This is the error I’m getting when trying to build the kernel:
chris@XPS:~$ cd vmware-server-distrib/
chris@XPS:~/vmware-server-distrib$ cd ../vmware-update*/
chris@XPS:~/vmware-update-2.6.27-5.5.7-2$ sudo ./runme.pl
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:3441: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘send_sig’ discards qualifiers from pointer target type
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/comport.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/hash.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task.o
gcc: error trying to exec ‘cc1plus’: execvp: No such file or directory
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-7-generic’
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only’
Unable to build the vmmon module.
Anyone help?
November 26th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
CJC, you’re obviously missing g++ (the c++ gcc compiler)
check that you have the build essential package installed and that there is g++
basically:
sudo apt-get install g++ build-essential
then run the stuff again
November 26th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
Kang- you are the MAN! Thanks for the advice. I’m brand new to this and couldn’t find anyone else to help. I had to run:
apt-get update
and then get build essential, and now:
The configuration of VMware Server 1.0.7 build-108231 for Linux for this
running kernel completed successfully.
Thanks again.
December 2nd, 2008 at 7:08 am
THANK YOU!!!!
I was trying to install VMWARE Workstation 6 build 45731 on an 64 platform and I had major problems. Your patch did the work.
December 3rd, 2008 at 2:34 pm
FYI this works with workstation 6.5.1 build-126130 and Debian kernel 2.6.26-1-686. Also it works with server 1.0.8 and Debian kernel 2.6.26-1-686.
Many thanks
December 4th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
It works with VMware workstation 6.x too!!!
thanks really
cojonudo
December 6th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
thank you!
works with opensuse 11.1 rc2 + server 1.0.8. I only had to install the gcc-c++ package.
December 8th, 2008 at 2:31 am
works with fedora 10 kernel-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686
and VMware workstation 5.5.9
December 10th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Works great on Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) and VMWare 1.0.8.
Thanks!
December 16th, 2008 at 1:54 am
Works like a charm on Fedora 10 (x86_64 and 2.6.27.7-134.fc10) and VMware Server 1.0.8 on a MacBook Pro 3,1.
Many thanks and my full gratitude to the author — this fix has saved me many a headache
@Dexter
December 18th, 2008 at 2:07 am
many thanks, it works for the vmware 5.5.5.
December 18th, 2008 at 8:32 am
Works on Slackware Linux 12.2(ish) and VMWare Server 1.0.4. Thanks!
December 20th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Works fine with kernel 2.6.27-9 generic and vmware server 1.0.6 build-91891
Thanks! Great work!
December 21st, 2008 at 4:36 am
Hi, your patch worked for me with VM Workstation v.6.0.0
and linux kernel 2.6.27.10 under Slackware 12.1.
However I have a problem with the vmblock module
similar to that described by Ian Dickenson (above).
Luckily in my case this is a non-fatal error and the
build proceeds (but without the utilities provided
by vmblock).
Does anyone know how to fix this error?
December 21st, 2008 at 10:11 am
I can confirm that this patch works on VMware Workstation 4.5.3 build-19414 and Linux 2.6.27.6
I still use version 4.5 because some programs do not run un der 5.5.
I think the page and patch name should be updated to reflect that it also works on 4.5
I appreciate this work very much. Let me know where i can make a donation to support further development.
December 22nd, 2008 at 6:41 am
Thanks a lot.
Note for users looking for VMWare WS6, this patch works fine with VMWare Workstation 6.0.0 build-45731.
Great work. Keep it up buddy.
Thanks again.
December 22nd, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Along with Suresh I can confirm that your patch works with
VMware Workstation 6.0.0-45731 and kernel 2.6.27.10
under Slackware 12.1. The problems I had with vmblock
(see above) were apparently due to some missing libraries,
specifically libprelude and libpam.
December 30th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Works for opensuse 11.1 and vmware server 1.0.8.
December 30th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
[...] I’ve got it working. Install 1.0.8 as normal but don’t configure it yet. go to this site (vmware-specific-specific 5.5.x and kernel 2.6.27 | insecure) and follow the instructions there. the runme.pl will call the vmware config after patching vmmon [...]
December 30th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Thanks a lot works for me with 2.6.27.9-73.fc9
for Fedora 8 and fedora 9 users that have xcb_xlib_unlock problem,
install libX11.so* from libX11-1.0.3-8-fc7.i386.rpm in a separate folder and do a preload of that library before starting wmware (5.5.1-build-19175 for me) with
export LD_PRELOAD=path/libX11.so
December 30th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
many many thanks for the publisher
Works fine
December 31st, 2008 at 2:24 am
You’re a God, dude!
December 31st, 2008 at 11:18 am
Any word on kernel 2.6.28? That is, has anyone tested this patch on that kernel, or is there any plan for a new patch if needed. Happy New Year.
January 5th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
I have tested the patch with VMWare Server 1.0.8 on linux kernel 2.6.28 and it’s working (distribution: Debian Lenny)
Thanks a lot. Great work.
January 6th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
I am trying to get server 1.0.8 running on Slackware 12.2.
I have tried both 2.6.27.9 and 2.6.28.
In both cases, after using the vmware-update-2.6.27-5.5.7-2.tar.gz patches, everything seems to be fine, right up to where I run /usr/bin/vmserver, at which point it says
vmware: xcb_lock.c:77: _XGetXCBBuffer: Assertion `((int) ((xcb_req) – (dpy->request)) >= 0)’ failed.
Anyway have any insight or clever suggestion for this?
Thanks very much.
January 6th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Well, to answer my own question, in case anyone else comes here…
After following 138 incorrect leads, I found the last post (as of today) in
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/vmware-fails-to-load-after-update-of-libx11-1.1.5-from-current-solution-671280/
gives me part of the answer, and a bit more is above that. So after installing 1.0.8 and patching with vmware-update-2.6.27-5.5.7-2.tar.gz, do the following.
In summary, d/l the noted libX11.so file, put it somewhere like /usr/local/lib/libX11.so, and then start up the client with a line like
env LD_PRELOAD=/usr/local/lib/libX11.so /usr/bin/vmware
and finally it was happy (on 2.6.28).
January 8th, 2009 at 5:15 am
Thank you sir, I was driven nuts with that annoying VMWARE server 2.0 and my Ubuntu kernel didn’t allow me to compile vmware 1.08.
January 8th, 2009 at 6:15 am
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January 9th, 2009 at 7:51 am
Works with;
Fedora 10 – 2.6.27.9-159.fc10.i686
VMware Workstation – 5.5.9 build-126128
Many thanks for keeping VMware Workstation – 5.5.x alive.
January 11th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
I have tried installing it on amd opteron with kernel 2.6.27
and vmmod still does not compile. The linux system installed is a 32 bit one, so I thought it should work. Were my expectration wrong?
Thanks
January 18th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
2 full days into this project. finally, the module loads properly. THANKSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
January 19th, 2009 at 12:15 am
It works fine with Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27, x86 32 bit and VMware server 1.0.8 build-126538.
Thank you very much!
January 20th, 2009 at 6:40 am
Works great with kernel 2.6.27-9-generic. Thanks!
January 21st, 2009 at 5:42 pm
[...] < Kang’s da man! [...]
January 22nd, 2009 at 1:34 am
thank you very much!!
January 26th, 2009 at 1:07 am
FC9/kernel 2.6.27.9-73, VMware 5.5.4: your fixes work great.
Thank you very much!
January 30th, 2009 at 3:56 am
As everyone else has said, thank you! This saves me some time.
February 1st, 2009 at 3:20 pm
Fedora 10, Server 1.08 using 2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10.i686.PAE
and vmware-update-2.6.27-5.5.7-2.tar.gz works!
A few compiler warnings, but everything works great.
I wish I had found this update a few hours ago.
Thanks for your efforts!
Dan
February 1st, 2009 at 6:58 pm
[...] released a patch that adjusted all the calls VMWare kernel module was making to deprecated features. Sadly, VMWare [...]
February 3rd, 2009 at 10:35 pm
[...] around led me to this site with a patch (vmware-update-2.6.27-5.5.7-2.tar.gz). Extract, cd, and run the run.pl file as root (sudo [...]
February 13th, 2009 at 12:38 am
Just to confirm this works great with Ubuntu 8.10 (recent 2.6.27*) and VMWare Workstation 5.5.9 (32-bit, have yet to try 64)
I got the “vmware-config.pl corrupted” message even though I did this to a clean install of VMWare 5.5.9, however when the patch kit went ahead and ran it, it worked great (subject to the usual compiler warnings)
I share everyone’s frustration with the need to hunt down such patches every time you do a kernel update.
I agree that VMWare could do better, but at the same time (much as I’m a fan) this is a limitation of the design of Linux which other OS’es kernels, notably the Windows NT line, do not share.
It would be good if the Linux kernel developers could put in stable APIs for use by VMWare and, more importantly, non-FOSS hardware drivers. Not everyone has the resources to tweak, build and test their drivers for every minor kernel revision.
Hats off to the folks in the community who keep older VMWare versions rolling.
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:13 pm
*Very* *impressive* backport. Where’s the “donate” button?
February 25th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Hi,
Thank you for spending the time and effort in doing this.
It worked perfectly for me (Ubuntu Intrepid, amd-64, Kernel 2.6.27-11-generic, Vmware server version 1.0.8).
Thank you!
David.
March 10th, 2009 at 3:31 am
Thank you–this worked perfectly!
March 12th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Thank you!
Works with SUSE 2.6.27.19-3.2-pae #1 SMP 2009-02-25 15:40:44 +0100 i686 i686 i386 GNU/ and
VMware Server 1.0.8 build-126538Linux
Thank you very much!!
March 15th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
Ubuntu 8.10 (patched current through 3/15/2009)
kernel 2.6.27-11-generic
VMware-workstation-5.5.8-108000.tar.gz
Your patch worked perfectly. Nice job.
Thanks!!!
March 16th, 2009 at 11:01 pm
Thank you!
This worked perfectly on Ububtu 8.10 kernel 2.6.27-11-server for VMware-server-1.0.8
March 17th, 2009 at 7:12 am
The patch works perfectly. Excellent work!
March 17th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
[...] Recently, I upgraded from Ubuntu 8.04 (the host machine) to 8.10. Suddenly, the VMWare binaries wouldn’t run. I won’t bore you with details, but if you see the error that asm/semaphore.h couldn’t be found or simply that it couldn’t build vmnet.o, then join the club. If you’re seeing these errors, then you should refer to this site before you do anything else: http://www.insecure.ws/2008/10/20/vmware-specific-specific-55x-and-kernel-2627. [...]
March 17th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Patch work perfectly on Kubuntu 8.10 x64 kernel 2.6.27-11 and VmWare WKS 5.5.5.
Great job! Thanks.
March 24th, 2009 at 2:20 am
The man is a hero, an absolute hero!
I paid good money for VMware workstation 5.5 and have been very badly let down by VMWare the company.
If it wasn’t for Kang, I would be totally stuffed right now.
March 29th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
no joy ….
“sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)”
OK thats done
Next
sudo ./runme.pl
==============
Updating /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl … corrupted
sh: ./update: not found
sh: ./update: not found
sh: ./update: not found
sh: ./update: not found
VMware modules in “/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source” has been updated.
==============
so I run “sudo /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl” and it is happy.
but when I run “sudo /usr/bin/vmware” I get
=================
vmware is installed, but it has not been (correctly) configured
for this system. To (re-)configure it, invoke the following command:
/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl.
=================
VMWare WS for Linux 5.9.9
Ubuntu 8.10 (intrepid) WS with Intel Q6600 an 4Gb of ram.
Kernel Linux 2.6.27-7
March 30th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
Thank you! After a long overdue kernel update, I reached for my trusty vmware-any-any-update patch (after I realised why I wasn seeing my VM sessions). Only for it to tell me that the vmmon module wouldn’t build. A few hours of searching later, I found this handy page, and everything’s cool! Thanks!
April 2nd, 2009 at 10:03 pm
Hi,
In kernel 2.6.27.19-3.2 not work.
I tested 1.0.8 , 1.0.9 and 2.0.1 vmware versions.
Any sugestion?
April 13th, 2009 at 8:36 am
Works for me on Ubuntu 8.10 (server) x86 and x64. Thanks!
April 13th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
I forgot to mention I tested with VMware Server 1.0.9.
May 3rd, 2009 at 3:45 am
The “large buttons” across the left side of the top toolbar area (e.g. “Quick Switch” “Full Screen” , etc.) are missing – why? Otherwise this patch worked fine for Jaunty 9.04 + vmware server 1.0.9 and kernel 2.6.28-11.
Is there a fix for the “missing” large buttons?
May 4th, 2009 at 12:41 am
It allowed install of vmware server 1.0.9 to complete but there are issues with the key mappings. I went to install centos 4.7 as a vm and the “media check” key was stuck in an endless loop – no way to stop it. I verified my centos 4.7 .iso files were ok by doing the vm build in Virtual Box. This patch may be ok for vmware workstation 5.5 but it probably has some key mapping issues for vmware server builds.
May 4th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
Networking over wireless is not working for me. I have Ubuntu 9.04
I downloaded vmware-server 1.0.9, ran the installation which aborted after running vmware-config.pl due to compilation problems. I then run runme.pl in the specific-specific package and configured vmnet2 to be bridged over wlan0 (and vmnet0 over eth0, vmnet1 as host only). I then launched a windows XP guest (using a preinstalled windows on my laptop booting with ‘vmware’ hardware configuration). Network in the guest doesn’t work. The windows interface attached to vmnet2 doesn’t get dhcp (from my wireless router, with mac filtering turned off)
I would greatly appreciate any tips
May 6th, 2009 at 2:27 am
Hi, i have the same problem!
VMware-server-1.0.9 won’t compile the vmmon modules on OpenSuse 11.2 x86_64 (2.6.27.21-0.1).
Applying the patch *does* work, *but only* for my lan-card, the patch doesn’t work for my wlan-card.
It seems i have host-to-host connectivity (in the VM) when I bridge the wlan card (the VM can ping the host), but that’s it.
I do see some errors of vmware telling me that i’m using a patched version, and that WiFi won’t work with it.
But it’s currently the only way of getting lan to work
Any suggestions?
(system is a lenovo thinkpad x61-tablet)
May 18th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Thanks, it worked sweet!! with Jaunty and vmware 1.06.
May 18th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
Thank you very much for this post. I really appreciate this help. It worked with VM 6.03 Workstation on Ubuntu v8.10.
thanks
May 26th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
Thanks a lot for the patch, but as Ian mentioned, I also have the vmblock compile error.
Wootletootle, are you sure that missing libprelude and libpam were the problem? I’ve installed both of them(including dev packages) but didn’t work.
I’m using VM WS6.0 on 2.6.28-11 (Jaunty 9.04).
Does anybody know the solution or hints to this problem?
Thank you.
May 31st, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Hi,
thanks for the work. I’m trying to install VMware Server 1.0.9 on Ubuntu Desktop 8.10 with a custom kernel (I took 2.6.27-11 and added PAE support).
The compilation resulted in 2 packages,
linux-image-2.6.27-11-pae64g_2.6.27-11.27_i386.deb and
linux-headers-2.6.27-11-pae64g_2.6.27-11.27_i386.deb
which I installed on Ubuntu: no prob.
The problem is that VMware Server 1.0.9 doesn’t want to compile vmmon:
# Building the vmmon module.
# Building for VMware Server 1.0.0.
# Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
# make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only’
# make -C /lib/modules/2.6.27-11-pae64g/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
# make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-11-pae64g’
# Makefile:528: /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-11-pae64g/arch/i686/Makefile: No such file or directory
# make[1]: *** No rule to make target `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-11-pae64g/arch/i686/Makefile’. Stop.
There is no “i686″ subdirectory in …/arch, only “x86″
The output of uname -a is:
Linux timbal 2.6.27-11-pae64g #1 SMP Sun Mar 8 21:10:12 CET 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
I tried the vmware-update-2.6.27-5.5.7-2 patch,
then I tried vmware-any-any-update115, but it led to the same error.
Any idea ?
Thanks,
Tobe
June 1st, 2009 at 7:27 pm
[...] 2: Download and install kernel patch You can find the patch here. Now, un-tar and run the installer script ‘runme.pl’ as sudo. Now, when the patch [...]
June 2nd, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Hi,
I tried to use the vmware-update-2.6.27-5.5.7-2 patch, it seemed to be happy until vmmon compilation, where I get the same error.
No, the problem seems to be linked to the way the custom
kernel was compiled. Vmmon compilation is looking for
a “i686″ directory when I only have a “x86″ one.
I compiled the kernel in an Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop in a VMware
virtual machine, maybe this could be a problem …
June 8th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
Hi!
I just wanted to forward my thanks for posting this patch. Awesome.
Man, it’s situations like this that remind me why I am in the open source community.
June 20th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Thank you for the patch, it works perfectly!
The only problem is that I need to install VMWare (I’m using Server 1.0.9) in the default location (/usr/bin and /usr/lib). If I install it in /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/lib, it compiles OK but when you try to start a virtual machine, the following error appears: “Version mismatch with vmmon module: expecting 138.0, got 137.0″
I’ve checked it twice with a clean install and both times it happened the same: OK in /usr, and wrong in /usr/local
Thank you!
July 20th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
Hello,
I finally found a solution to my problem exposed in post #120.
The thing to do is to prefix the VMware installation commands with “ARCH=x86″, like:
# ARCH=x86 ./vmware-install.pl
# ARCH=x86 ./runme.pl
Regards,
Tobe
August 1st, 2009 at 6:49 am
I used the patch to install Vmware Server 1.09 on Ubuntu jaunty desktop. Everything turned out. Thank you. Kernel 2.6.28-14-generic # 47-Ubuntu SMP Sat Jul 25 00:28:35 UTC 2009 i686 GNU / Linux
August 7th, 2009 at 7:29 am
What about Open VM Tools:
http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net/
August 15th, 2009 at 6:03 am
Mercy me. You are my hero. I’ve been banging my head against a brick wall for DAYS trying to get VMWware Server 1.09 running under Ubuntu 9.04 (because the web-based VMWare Server 2.0.1 console flat out *doesn’t work* and times out before the server can respond). I must have read dozens of pages of ’solutions’, none of which did anything to help me install the dreaded vmmon module.
Another happy Kernel 2.6.28-14-generic user.
August 22nd, 2009 at 6:50 pm
What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
kernel? [/lib/modules/2.6.26-2-amd64/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-config8/vmmon-only’
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.26-2-amd64/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.26-2-amd64′
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
/tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:146: error: unknown field ânopageâ specified in initializer
/tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:147: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:150: error: unknown field ânopageâ specified in initializer
/tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:151: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Fehler 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only] Fehler 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.26-2-amd64′
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Fehler 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config8/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.
…I’am down…please help me quick—3 days now
Thanks
August 22nd, 2009 at 7:20 pm
schirmchen , for 2.6.26 u need 2.6.26 patch
http://www.insecure.ws/2008/07/24/vmware-anspecific-specific-557-and-kernel-2626
August 28th, 2009 at 2:03 am
I have the same error… but the solution is:
i install the vmware workstation 5.5.3
but it’s the same server or workstation…
tar -xvzf WMare…..
cd vmware-distrib
sudo ./vmware-install.pl
then next next next
and the same error…
solution:
you need to download vmware-update-2.6.27-5.5.7-2.tar.gz
tar -xvzf vmware-update …..
cd vmware-update….
sudo ./runme.pl
next next next
and works!!!
but other error…
you need to copy libs
#cd /usr/lib/
#cp libglib-2.0.so.0 /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0/
#cp libgmodule-2.0.so.0 /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0/
#cp libgobject-2.0.so.0 vmware/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0/
#cp libgthread-2.0.so.0 vmware/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0/
#cp libXrender.so.1 vmware/lib/libXrender.so.1/
#cp libgio-2.0.so.0 vmware/lib/<— new
#cp libX11.so.6 vmware/lib/ <— new
#cp libpng12.so.0 vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0/
#cd /
#vmware &
andddddddddddddddddddd
WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 5th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I’ve been battling for the last 48 hours with both Virtualbox (on Ubuntu 9.04) and VMware Player, then VMWare Server just to get a sensible file sync system going on my WM5 mobile device (so it’s technically Microsoft’s fault for being so slimey).
The VMWare stuff has been running me in circles ALL DAY and your patch has worked.
{{{{big HUG}}}}
September 15th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
It works fine, thank you, but there is a problem with wlan0. It cannot be bridged on wlan0, and this is a big problem for me
October 12th, 2009 at 11:28 am
Excellent fix. Let the world point here. If VMWare are too lame to fix their own bugs, why don’t they hire you?
October 12th, 2009 at 11:46 am
This built the modules but I’m getting “Version mismatch with vmmon module: expected 169.0, got 161.0. This is with VMWare Player 2.5.3. Any idea which version I should install instead?
Thanks, Adrian.
October 31st, 2009 at 1:41 pm
B I G T H A N K Y O U !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fedora release 10 (Cambridge)
VMware-server-1.0.10-203137.i386
vmware-update-2.6.27-5.5.7-2.tar.gz
working 100s
November 5th, 2009 at 2:49 am
VMware Workstation 6.5 …
An interesting post by a bloger made me ……
November 7th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
Don’t know, who you are, but…. after searching for about half a day for a solution, you gave me one and that’s it.
ThanX
Martin
November 27th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
Don’t work VMware Server 1.0.10 on openSuSE 11.1 64Bit with patch vmware-update-2.6.27-5.5.7-2.tar.gz and the standard kernel 2.6.27.7-9-default x86_64
The make Compiler answer
Unable to build the vmmon module.
Execution aborted.
November 28th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
I have forgotten to install the gcc-c++ compiler on openSuSE 11.1 64Bit. The patch works fine, thank you.