Subject: Re: vmware on Gentoo 1.4
From: Tim Jordan (timothy_jordan@labor.state.ak.us)
Date: Wed Oct 29 2003 - 11:08:46 AKST
Greg Madden wrote:
>On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 09:53, Tim Jordan, Network Services wrote:
>
>
>>Can you advise on my vmware problem?
>>
>>I'm building a Gentoo box for our DP manager. Everything is running
>>smooth on the box except Vmware. If Vmware doesn't work on Gentoo then
>>my project is dead.
>>
>>Gentoo1.4 with gentoo-sources on a Dell GX260.
>>TIA,
>>Tim
>>
>>
>>
>
>A lot of issues with Vmware are due to kernel source and modules not
>matching..perfectly.I haven't used Gentoo so I don't know how or where
>it puts things. I use the path '/usr/src/linux/include' during the
>install though I have heard (conflicting) opinions on the path you used.
>
>snip
>
>
>> > The thing that really confuses me is that I installed vmware from there
>> > web site on another Gentoo box. The install went good and I started to
>> > build VM's. I came in a day later and none of my VM's will start.
>> > Nothing...nada....weird!
>> > Have any idea on this one?
>> >
>> > Tim
>>
>>
>
>Sometimes if the 'hostonly or NAT' doesn't start the not_configured
>message appears. Look in 'var/log/*', this is from the vmware news
>groups. another good source of help. Vmware runs it own news server,
>news.vmware.com, though google probably picks it up.
>
>vmware.for-linux.configuration
>vmware.for-linux.general
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/usr/src/linux/include/linux/modversions.h:295:35: warning:
linux/modules/sysrq.ver: No such file or directory
I can't locate this sysrq.ver on my system at all ?
I do have:
/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-gentoo-r8/include/linux/sysrq.h
/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-gentoo-r8/include/linux/modules/sysrq.stamp
/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-gentoo-r8/include/config/magic/sysrq.h
/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-gentoo-r8/drivers/char/sysrq.c
/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-gentoo-r8/drivers/char/sysrq.o
/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-gentoo-r8/drivers/char/.sysrq.o.flags
/usr/src/linux-2.4.20-gentoo-r8/Documentation/sysrq.txt
/usr/include/linux/sysrq.h
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