George Stoianov wrote:
>>
>> A few questions
>> - Have you installed it from the tar.gz or rpm ?
>
> Yes
>
>> If have no experience in installing VMWare from rpm but, if you install
>> from tar.gz you also need the following:
>>     - kernel-sources and all goodies to compile a kernel among others.
>> Try to install the kernel.development section - It should do.
>>     - you need to go to /usr/src/linux and type:
>>        - make cloneconfig
>>        - make prepare
>> Then unpack and run vmware-config.pl as root
>
> I have installed the gcc compiler and the kernel sources, ofcourse at
> the time I had already upgraded the kernel to a newer version and did
> not have the matching sources on the DVD so I had to uninstall and
> reinstall the original kernel with sources and then apply the patch
> and keep the source and after that run vmware-config.pl
>
>>
>> You have to run vmware-config.pl script every time you upgrade your
>> kernel. You also should do a make cloneconfig and make prepare too.
>
> Yes I have run the vmware-config.pl script my problem is that the
> module disappears after each reboot. Can eloborate on why I should run
> cloneconfig and make prepare too??
- make cloneconfig configures your kernel with SuSE settings from
/proc/config.gz
- make prepare: I don't know exactly what it does but, at VMware's site
they say one should do this every time you upgrade your kernel.
>
> Thanks.
> George
Rui
>  
>

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On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 09:50 -0400, George Stoianov wrote:

I have installed the gcc compiler and the kernel sources, ofcourse at the time I had already upgraded the kernel to a newer version and did not have the matching sources on the DVD so I had to uninstall and reinstall the original kernel with sources and then apply the patch and keep the source and after that run vmware-config.pl

This shouldn't be necessary with 10.1. If you have the update configured, you should get the latest version automatically if you install a package for the first time

Thanks Joachim, I have already fund the answer thanks to Kevin from VMware. There forum is really good. Solution link: http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?threadID=58126&messageID=494371#494371. Thank you. George On 10/14/06, Joachim Schrod <jschrod@acm.org> wrote:

George Stoianov wrote:

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Hello everyone,

I have the following rather anoying problem with VMware workstation 5.5.2 build-29772 on my SuSE Linux 10.1 host, namely everytime I reboot the vmmon module I had compiled and loaded in the kernel is for some reason gone [...]

Is there a way to just load the module and keep it there? Is this a VMware issue or is it SUSE?

The module is normale loaded at boot time by the init.d-script vmware.

What's the output of chkonfig -l vmware ? It should show "on" for run levels 2, 3, and 5. If it doesn't, issue the command chkconfig -a vmware If it outputs "vmware: unknown service", you have a problem with your installation.

HTH, Joachim

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