vmware server 1.0.0 failed to start and Unable to build the vmmon module after getting ubuntu distribution upgrade from Ubuntu 7.04 to Ubuntu 7.10

Bug #159846 reported by Zeeshan Saeed Paracha
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Bug Description

Hello Friends,

I m getting trouble in running vmware server 1.0 and it fails to sart after getting distribution update from
ubuntu 7.04 to ubuntu 7.10

In ubuntu 7.04 vmware server 1.0 was working well and running virtual PC's with full compatibility
But after having distribution upgrade it crashed and failed to load vmware server gui and console both ,

My current distribution is :
root@SecureStation-V:~#
Linux version 2.6.22-14-generic (buildd@palmer) (gcc version 4.1.3 20070929 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.2-16ubuntu2)) #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007

Out put of vmware server is :

root@SecureStation-V:~/vmware# vmware
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.

After getting re-configure i m getting following errors :

root@SecureStation-V:~/vmware# /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl
Making sure services for VMware Server are stopped.

Stopping VMware services:
   Virtual machine monitor done
   Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 done
   DHCP server on /dev/vmnet1 done
   Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 done
   DHCP server on /dev/vmnet8 done
   NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 done
   Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 done
   Virtual ethernet done

Configuring fallback GTK+ 2.4 libraries.

In which directory do you want to install the mime type icons?
[/usr/share/icons]

What directory contains your desktop menu entry files? These files have a
.desktop file extension. [/usr/share/applications]

In which directory do you want to install the application's icon?
[/usr/share/pixmaps]

Trying to find a suitable vmmon module for your running kernel.

None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Server is suitable for your
running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmmon module for
your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? [yes]

Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to override.

What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
kernel? [/lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/build/include]

Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.

Building the vmmon module.

Building for VMware Server 1.0.0.
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-14-generic'
  CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
  CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
  CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
  CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/hash.o
  CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o
  CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o
  CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/task.o
cc1plus: warning: command line option "-Wdeclaration-after-statement" is valid for C/ObjC but not for C++
cc1plus: warning: command line option "-Wno-pointer-sign" is valid for C/ObjC but not for C++
cc1plus: warning: command line option "-Wstrict-prototypes" is valid for Ada/C/ObjC but not for C++
cc1plus: warning: command line option "-ffreestanding" is valid for C/ObjC but not for C++
include/asm/page.h: In function ‘pte_t native_make_pte(long unsigned int)’:
include/asm/page.h:112: error: expected primary-expression before ‘)’ token
include/asm/page.h:112: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘{’ token
include/asm/page.h:112: error: expected primary-expression before ‘.’ token
include/asm/page.h:112: error: expected `;' before ‘}’ token
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-14-generic'
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/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.

Kindly help me with this error as i m running new version of ubuntu 7.10 gusty with no errors accept crash of vmware server 1.0.

awaiting for help

Zeeshan Saeed Paracha
https://Launchpad.net/~paracha
Ubuntutero = Yes

Tags: server vmware
Revision history for this message
Toby Glenn (tobyglenn) wrote :

I am also having the same problem with the same errors building the vmmon module in VMware Workstation 6.0.2

Revision history for this message
J. Austin Rodriguez (jeanaustinr) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. There have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time you reported the bug and your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates. If you could test the current Ubuntu development version, this would help us a lot. If you can test it, and it is still an issue, we would appreciate if you could upload updated logs by running apport-collect <bug #>, and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

Changed in vmware-player (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
Changed in vmware-ubuntu:
status: New → Fix Released
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