Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3138 mails)

[Richard <rick47@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> What errors did you get?
> > Should I have run make modules
> > and make modules-install after make cloneconfig and make prepare?
>
> No, these steps are not needed.
>
> > I seem to
> > recall some earlier discussion, that I did not save, about there being an
> > appropriate module/better module already included in SuSE and to use this
> > instead.  Is this so?  Where and how?  Thanks for any assistance. 
> > Richard
>
> There are no ready vmware modules included in 9.2.
> Moreover, vmware complaine about kernel version in 9.2 but runs fine.
>
> Worked for me on 4 systems already.
>
> Make sure that you have kernel-syms and kernel-source installed.
> (the latest are -2.6.8-24.5)

I did not recall installing kernel-syms, but had installed kernel-source.  I 
went back to DVD, installed kernel-syms, then did online update to ensure 
both kernel-source and kernel-syms were current, same (2.6.8-24.5-default, 
confirmed by uname -a).   I then did make cloneconfig, make prepare, then ran 
vmware-config.pl.  Again refuse to complete process.

Error report follows:

Building the vmmon module.

Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only'
make -C /usr/src/linux/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.8-24.5'

WARNING: Symbol version dump /usr/src/linux-2.6.8-24.5/Module.symvers is  
missing, modules will have CONFIG_MODVERSIONS disabled.

  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function `MapCrossPage':
/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:566: error: 
`PAGE_KERNEL_EXECUTABLE' undeclared (first use in this function)
/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:566: error: (Each undeclared 
identifier is reported only once
/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:566: error: for each function it 
appears in.)
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.8-24.5'
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config4/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 did not see an obvious location for Module.symvers above and am not sure 
where to go if I did find it, except maybe copy to /usr/src/linux and see 
what would happen next.  What am I missing?  Thanks again.  Richard