On Mon, 2010-09-20 at 12:25 +0200, Dominique Leuenberger wrote:
Hi everybody,
Just a heads up in case somebody relies on VMware and is 'toying' with Factory:
Kernel 2.6.36-rc3 hit Factory these days and VMware is not yet able to cope with the latest changes; the various modules fail to build (again).
So in case you require vmware to work, better stay a few more days with the 2.6.34 kernel. Probably not too long to wait until an update appears.
I just started my first virtual machine in vmware 7.1.1 running on a 2.6.36 kernel. attached the patch I just spun up. It does not fully work backwards compatible, but is good enough for us now I think. How to apply (as root) cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source tar xf vmware.tar cd vmware-only patch -p1 < ~/patch/to/my/file.patch cd .. tar cf vmmon.tar vmmon-only Then start vmware 7.1.1, provide the root pass and it will succeed building the vmmon module and allow you to start the machine. (vsock.ko seems not to build yet... but it's not mandatory to start a machine... i'll have a look at that later on). Dominique