Running VMWare Workstation on an Ubuntu upgraded to 6.10
I upgrade my Ubuntu 6.06 to 6.10 and VMWare Workstation don't run anymore!
This is because vmmon need compile again. When you run /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl for compile vmmon this tool finish with the following error.
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This is because vmmon need compile again. When you run /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl for compile vmmon this tool finish with the following error.
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only'
make -C /usr/src/linux/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-10-386'
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:20,
from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:49:
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/compat_wait.h:37:5: warning: "VMW_HAVE_EPOLL" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/compat_wait.h:43:5: warning: "VMW_HAVE_EPOLL" is not defined
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:20,
from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:49:
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/compat_wait.h:60: error: conflicting types for ‘poll_initwait’
include/linux/poll.h:62: error: previous declaration of ‘poll_initwait’ was here
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:145: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:149: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-10-386'
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only'
Unable to build the vmmon module.
Don't panic!!
Use:
- For see what packages you need: Installing VMware Tools 5.5.2 on Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft
- For patch compilation error: VMWare Workstation on SuSE Linux 10.1