Re: [gentoo-user] Re: vmware fails: Virtual Machine Monitor does not start

[Kevin O'Gorman]

On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Noven <lists@××××××××.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:19:33 Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Noven <lists@××××××××.net> wrote:
>> > On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:03:55 Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
>> >> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Allistar <allistar.m@×××××.com> wrote:
>> >> > Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
>> >> >> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 12:43 AM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >>> On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:24:15 -0800, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
>> >> >>>> I've re-emerge vmware-modules, re-run ...vmware-config.pl, and
>> >> >>>> prayed. I still cannot do
>> >> >>>>    /etc/init.d/vmware start
>> >> >>>> because this one part fails: Virutal machine Monitor
>> >> >>>> and trying "vmware&" says I need to run the config script (again).
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> I'm getting nowhere and I really do want to run that VM again.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Have you updated your kernel? VMware Workstation gives me problems
>> >> >>> like this with each new kernel, which is why I'm still running
>> >> >>> 2.6.26 on my desktop.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I'm running 2.6.25-r8.  I probably have updated since the last time I
>> >> >> ran VMware.
>> >> >> But I thought the above steps took care of that.  I guess not.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> So what do I do now?
>> >> >
>> >> > From what I've experienced, the order you emerge vmware-workstation
>> >> > and vmware-modules is important. When getting the error you mention, a
>> >> > simple re-emerge of vmware-modules did the job.
>> >>
>> >> This did not help.
>> >>
>> >> I tried downloading VMWare-workstation, but the emerge fails on fetch
>> >> restrictions,
>> >> and the message points to a file on a server that denies it has such a
>> >> file.
>> >>
>> >> The workstation bundle runs an installer that wants a runlevel
>> >> directory, but rejects
>> >> the /etc/runlevels directory and subdirectories.  I'm guessing it
>> >> wants something
>> >> more like SYSV.
>> >
>> > In your /etc dir, link rc{0-6}.d and rcS.d to /etc/init.d .
>> >
>> > Also ensure vmware-modules is *not* installed before running the
>> > installer bundle.
>> >
>> > Can't remember if I did anythig else tricky, but its workig beautifully
>> > here.
>> >
>> > - Noven
>>
>> Okay, now it installs okay, and I can modprobe vmmon.
>>
>> However, "vmware" gives me:
>>
>>
>> kevin@treat ~ $ vmware
>> /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-modconfig: symbol lookup error:
>> /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libview.so.2/libview.so.2: undefined symbol:
>> _ZThn8_N3Gtk4HBoxD1Ev
>> kevin@treat ~ $
>>
>> And I have absolutely no clue what that's about.
>>
>> ++ kevin
>
> Did you re-run vmware-config.pl? That will recompile modules for your
> system.You have unmerged vmware-modules before doing this?

Now that I've unmerged everything, where would that be?
Self-installed software can be so wierd.

>
> On mine, K08vmware and S19vmware are links to /etc/init.d/vmware.

Here, they are links to ../vmware, which is /etc/vmware, and contains
a bunch of things.

>
> I recall I pinched the vmware init script out of
> portage - /usr/portage/app-emulation/vmware-workstation/files/vmware-workstation.rc
>
> move it to /etc/init.d, rename it vmware and make it executable. start as
> normal.

It's not quite working.  I tried a restart, and it failed on link 84 which is:
     /etc/vmware/init.d/vmware stop | vmware_prettify stop
but there's no such file: as /etc/vmware/init.d/vmware.   There are
rc?.d entries there.
These contain symlinks which are broken, pointing to the same non-existent file.
Sigh.


>
> - Noven


-- 
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD