Hello, I used the same patch with 12.1 Milestone 1 and with Milestone 3. You can use the script patch-modules_2.6.39.sh from the website you mentioned to apply the patch. But, that's not all. If you try to start vmware you will receive the following error: process 31673: Attempt to remove filter function 0x7ff3fbdd0f50 user data 0x8d17c0, but no such filter has been added D-Bus not built with -rdynamic so unable to print a backtrace This can be avoided by starting haldaemon: /etc/init.d/haldaemon start Then you can start vmware. I'm able to create, delete and modify virtual machines. But I'm able to start a virtual machine. Starting a virtual machine always fails with the error: *** VMware Workstation internal monitor error *** vcpu-0:ASSERT vmcore/vmm/main/irq.c:100 bugNr=2293 Haven't found a solution for this one. Bye, viele gruesse aus der physik in wuerzburg, andreas klein From: pearson44j To: opensuse-factory@opensuse.org Date: 08/26/2011 12:33 PM Subject: [opensuse-factory] [SOLVED] Installing VMware Workstation 7.1.4 on openSUSE 12.1 Hello I managed to install VMware-Workstation-7.1.4-385536.i386.bundle on openSUSE 12.1 so I thought that I would share it here in a "How To" form. My Factory install was updated today and I was getting "Failed to compile module vmmon!" | "Unable to install vmmon" error messages (see below) when I tried to manually compile the vmware modules. OS Information OS: Linux 3.0.0-rc7-2-desktop i686 System: openSUSE 12.1 (i586) KDE: 4.7.00 (4.7.0) # installed packages kernel-source-3.0.rc7-2.1.noarch kernel-desktop-devel-3.0.rc7-2.1.i586 kernel-default-3.0.0-2.4.i586 kernel-default-devel-3.0.rc7-2.1.i586 kernel-desktop-3.0.rc7-2.1.i586 kernel-firmware-20110709-8.1.noarch kernel-devel-3.0.rc7-2.1.noarch gcc-4.6-14.2.i586 make-3.82-144.3.i586 gcc-c++-4.6-14.2.i586 # Error message # "vmware-modconfig" command log M3A78:~ # vmware-modconfig --console --install-all Stopping VMware services: VMware USB Arbitrator done VM communication interface socket family done Virtual machine communication interface done Virtual machine monitor done Blocking file system done Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only' make -C /lib/modules/3.0.0-rc7-2-desktop/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ MODULEBUILDDIR= modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0.0-rc7-2-obj/i386/desktop' make -C ../../../linux-3.0.0-rc7-2 O=/usr/src/linux-3.0.0-rc7-2-obj/i386/desktop/. modules CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/driverLog.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/iommu.o /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/iommu.c:47:44: error: ?SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED? undeclared here (not in a function) /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/iommu.c: In function ?IOMMU_SetupMMU?: /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/iommu.c:103:28: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size [-Wpointer-to-int-cast] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/iommu.c:113:17: warning: format ?%lx? expects argument of type ?long unsigned int?, but argument 3 has type ?long long unsigned int? [-Wformat] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/iommu.c:117:35: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/iommu.c:120:20: warning: format ?%lu? expects argument of type ?long unsigned int?, but argument 3 has type ?uint64? [-Wformat] make[4]: *** [/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/iommu.o] Error 1 make[3]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only] Error 2 make[2]: *** [sub-make] Error 2 make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0.0-rc7-2-obj/i386/desktop' make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2 make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only' Unable to install vmmon # Solution I googled and found a solution by making a patch "The patch is made extracting all packages in a folder and doing a diff between the clean packages and the edited ones extracted that way. The patches are based on 7.1.4 sources" $ mkdir /tmp/vmware && cd /tmp/vmware $ cp -R /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/ . $ cd /tmp/vmware/source $ wget http://weltall.heliohost.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/vmware2.6.... # if the link above does not work, an alternative is to wget http://kaslit.com/downloads/vmware2.6.39fixed.patch $ for i in ./*.tar; do tar -xf $i; done $ for i in ./*.tar; do mv $i $i.orginal; done $ patch ?batch ?force -p1 < vmware2.6.39fixed.patch $ tar cf vmblock.tar vmblock-only $ tar cf vmci.tar vmci-only $ tar cf vmmon.tar vmmon-only $ tar cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only $ tar cf vsock.tar vsock-only $ cp -vf *.tar /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/ ########### # Start ########### mkdir /tmp/vmware && cd /tmp/vmware cp -R /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/ . M3A78:/tmp/vmware # ls -trl total 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 26 11:59 source cd /tmp/vmware/source wget http://weltall.heliohost.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/vmware2.6.... M3A78:/tmp/vmware/source # ls -trl total 4448 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9536 May 14 20:05 vmware2.6.39fixed.patch -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 942080 Aug 26 11:59 vsock.tar -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 757760 Aug 26 11:59 vmblock.tar -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 870400 Aug 26 11:59 vmnet.tar -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1177600 Aug 26 11:59 vmmon.tar -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 788480 Aug 26 11:59 vmci.tar for i in ./*.tar; do tar -xf $i; done M3A78:/tmp/vmware/source # for i in ./*.tar; do tar -xf $i; done M3A78:/tmp/vmware/source # ls -trl total 4468 drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Mar 26 06:02 vmmon-only drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 26 06:02 vmnet-only drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Mar 26 06:02 vmci-only drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Mar 26 06:02 vmblock-only drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Mar 26 06:02 vsock-only -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9536 May 14 20:05 vmware2.6.39fixed.patch -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 942080 Aug 26 11:59 vsock.tar -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 757760 Aug 26 11:59 vmblock.tar -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 870400 Aug 26 11:59 vmnet.tar -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1177600 Aug 26 11:59 vmmon.tar -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 788480 Aug 26 11:59 vmci.tar for i in ./*.tar; do mv $i $i.orginal; done M3A78:/tmp/vmware/source # for i in ./*.tar; do mv $i $i.orginal; done M3A78:/tmp/vmware/source # ls -trl total 4468 drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Mar 26 06:02 vmmon-only drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 26 06:02 vmnet-only drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Mar 26 06:02 vmci-only drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Mar 26 06:02 vmblock-only drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Mar 26 06:02 vsock-only -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9536 May 14 20:05 vmware2.6.39fixed.patch -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 942080 Aug 26 11:59 vsock.tar.orginal -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 757760 Aug 26 11:59 vmblock.tar.orginal -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 870400 Aug 26 11:59 vmnet.tar.orginal -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1177600 Aug 26 11:59 vmmon.tar.orginal -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 788480 Aug 26 11:59 vmci.tar.orginal -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9536 May 14 20:05 vmware2.6.39fixed.patch -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 942080 Aug 26 11:59 vsock.tar.orginal -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 757760 Aug 26 11:59 vmblock.tar.orginal -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 870400 Aug 26 11:59 vmnet.tar.orginal -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1177600 Aug 26 11:59 vmmon.tar.orginal -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 788480 Aug 26 11:59 vmci.tar.orginal ls -trl /tmp/vmware/source/vmware2.6.39fixed.patch patch -t -f -p1 < /tmp/vmware/source/vmware2.6.39fixed.patch M3A78:/tmp/vmware/source # patch -t -f -p1 < /tmp/vmware/source/vmware2.6.39fixed.patch patching file vmblock-only/linux/dentry.c patching file vmblock-only/linux/filesystem.c patching file vmblock-only/linux/module.c patching file vmci-only/linux/driver.c patching file vmmon-only/linux/driver.c patching file vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c patching file vmmon-only/linux/iommu.c patching file vmnet-only/driver.c patching file vmnet-only/filter.c patching file vmnet-only/hub.c patching file vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.c patching file vsock-only/linux/util.c tar cf vmblock.tar vmblock-only tar cf vmci.tar vmci-only tar cf vmmon.tar vmmon-only tar cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only tar cf vsock.tar vsock-only cp -vf *.tar /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/ Tried to compile Vmwareworkstation manually again vmware-modconfig --console --install-all M3A78:/tmp/vmware/source # vmware-modconfig --console --install-all Stopping VMware services: VMware USB Arbitrator done VM communication interface socket family done Virtual machine communication interface done Virtual machine monitor done Blocking file system done Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only' make -C /lib/modules/3.0.0-rc7-2-desktop/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ MODULEBUILDDIR= modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0.0-rc7-2-obj/i386/desktop' make -C ../../../linux-3.0.0-rc7-2 O=/usr/src/linux-3.0.0-rc7-2-obj/i386/desktop/. modules CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/driverLog.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/iommu.o /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/iommu.c: In function ?IOMMU_SetupMMU?: /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/iommu.c:103:28: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size [-Wpointer-to-int-cast] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/iommu.c:113:17: warning: format ?%lx? expects argument of type ?long unsigned int?, but argument 3 has type ?long long unsigned int? [-Wformat] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/iommu.c:117:35: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/iommu.c:120:20: warning: format ?%lu? expects argument of type ?long unsigned int?, but argument 3 has type ?uint64? [-Wformat] CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function ?HostIFReadUptimeWork?: /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:2048:10: warning: ?newUpBase? may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized] CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/common/hashFunc.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/common/task.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/common/comport.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.o LD [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/vmmon.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 1 modules CC /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/vmmon.mod.o LD [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0.0-rc7-2-obj/i386/desktop' make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only' make[1]: `postbuild' is up to date. make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only' cp -f vmmon.ko ./../vmmon.o make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only' Built vmmon module Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmnet-only' make -C /lib/modules/3.0.0-rc7-2-desktop/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ MODULEBUILDDIR= modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0.0-rc7-2-obj/i386/desktop' make -C ../../../linux-3.0.0-rc7-2 O=/usr/src/linux-3.0.0-rc7-2-obj/i386/desktop/. modules CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmnet-only/driver.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmnet-only/hub.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmnet-only/userif.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmnet-only/netif.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmnet-only/bridge.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmnet-only/filter.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmnet-only/procfs.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmnet-only/smac_compat.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmnet-only/smac.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmnet-only/vnetEvent.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmnet-only/vnetUserListener.o LD [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmnet-only/vmnet.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 1 modules CC /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmnet-only/vmnet.mod.o LD [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmnet-only/vmnet.ko make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0.0-rc7-2-obj/i386/desktop' make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmnet-only' make[1]: `postbuild' is up to date. make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmnet-only' cp -f vmnet.ko ./../vmnet.o make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmnet-only' Built vmnet module Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only' make -C /lib/modules/3.0.0-rc7-2-desktop/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ MODULEBUILDDIR= modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0.0-rc7-2-obj/i386/desktop' make -C ../../../linux-3.0.0-rc7-2 O=/usr/src/linux-3.0.0-rc7-2-obj/i386/desktop/. modules CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only/linux/dbllnklst.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.o /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.c: In function ?DentryOpRevalidate?: /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.c:107:4: warning: passing argument 3 of ?kern_path? from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] /usr/src/linux-3.0.0-rc7-2/include/linux/namei.h:76:12: note: expected ?struct path *? but argument is of type ?struct nameidata *? CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only/linux/file.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only/linux/block.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only/linux/inode.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only/linux/super.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only/linux/filesystem.o /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only/linux/filesystem.c: In function ?Iget?: /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only/linux/filesystem.c:348:4: warning: passing argument 3 of ?kern_path? from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] /usr/src/linux-3.0.0-rc7-2/include/linux/namei.h:76:12: note: expected ?struct path *? but argument is of type ?struct nameidata *? CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only/linux/module.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only/linux/stubs.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only/linux/control.o LD [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only/vmblock.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 1 modules CC /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only/vmblock.mod.o LD [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only/vmblock.ko make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0.0-rc7-2-obj/i386/desktop' make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only' make[1]: `postbuild' is up to date. make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only' cp -f vmblock.ko ./../vmblock.o make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only' Built vmblock module Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only' make -C /lib/modules/3.0.0-rc7-2-desktop/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ MODULEBUILDDIR= modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0.0-rc7-2-obj/i386/desktop' make -C ../../../linux-3.0.0-rc7-2 O=/usr/src/linux-3.0.0-rc7-2-obj/i386/desktop/. modules CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/linux/driverLog.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/linux/driver.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/linux/vmciKernelIf.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciProcess.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciDriver.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciResource.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciContext.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciDatagram.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciHashtable.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciEvent.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciQueuePair.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciGroup.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/common/vmciDs.o LD [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/vmci.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 1 modules CC /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/vmci.mod.o LD [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only/vmci.ko make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0.0-rc7-2-obj/i386/desktop' make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only' make[1]: `postbuild' is up to date. make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only' cp -f vmci.ko ./../vmci.o make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmci-only' Built vmci module Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only' make -C /lib/modules/3.0.0-rc7-2-desktop/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ MODULEBUILDDIR= modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0.0-rc7-2-obj/i386/desktop' make -C ../../../linux-3.0.0-rc7-2 O=/usr/src/linux-3.0.0-rc7-2-obj/i386/desktop/. modules CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/vsockAddr.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/util.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/stats.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/linux/notify.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/driverLog.o LD [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/vsock.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 1 modules CC /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/vsock.mod.o LD [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only/vsock.ko make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.0.0-rc7-2-obj/i386/desktop' make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only' make[1]: `postbuild' is up to date. make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only' cp -f vsock.ko ./../vsock.o make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vsock-only' Built vsock module Starting VMware services: VMware USB Arbitrator done Virtual machine monitor done Virtual machine communication interface done VM communication interface socket family done Blocking file system done Virtual ethernet done Shared Memory Available done Hope this helps someone. 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