Problem with installing VMware

[Paul Smith]

On 10/5/05, Paul Smith <phhs80 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > When trying to install the version 5.5 beta, I get the following error:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > # rpm -ihv VMware-workstation-5.5.0-16958.i386.rpm
> > > > > > > > Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > error: %pre(VMwareWorkstation-5.5.0-16958.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
> > > > > > > > error:   install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping
> > > > > > > > VMwareWorkstation-5.5.0-16958
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > rpm -qp --scripts VMware-workstation-5.5.0-16958.i386.rpm
> > > > > > > will tell you what it is trying to do - look for the preinstall script
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > if you try running the command itself you may get a better idea what is
> > > > > > > going on.
> > > > > > > Incidentally this doesn't necessarily mean that the packages was *not*
> > > > > > > installed. I would check this if I were you.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks, Stuart. I got this:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > # rpm -qp --scripts VMware-workstation-5.5.0-16958.i386.rpm | grep preinstall
> > > > > > preinstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh):
> > > > > > #
> > > > >
> > > > > That is true. It is installed, but it says that I have to configure it
> > > > > using vmware-config.pl. I am trying to locate vmware-config.pl to do
> > > > > the needed configuration.
> > > >
> > > > I get the following error when running vmware-config.pl:
> > > >
> > > > «make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.13-1.1526_FC4-i686'
> > > > cp -f vmnet.ko ./../vmnet.o
> > > > make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only'
> > > > Unable to make a vmnet module that can be loaded in the running kernel:
> > > > insmod: error inserting '/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet.o': -1 Unknown
> > > > symbol in module
> > > > There is probably a slight difference in the kernel configuration between the
> > > > set of C header files you specified and your running kernel.  You may want to
> > > > rebuild a kernel based on that directory, or specify another directory.
> > > >
> > > > 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 forgot to say that I am using kernel 2.6.13-1.1526_FC4.
> >
> > One other thought...
> >
> > The installation does require the ability to "make modules" - which
> > implies that there needs to be several other packages installed on your
> > system.  For one, do you have "kernel-devel" installed?  That is what we
> > now use instead of installing the entire kernel source tree.
> >
> > The reason we need to let VMWare "make" is because it is not an
> > "officially" supported kernel release that you are installing this on.
> > Though I will say that I have had no problems with VMWare 5.0 and the
> > vmware-any-any-update getting it to compile....
>
> Thanks to all who have helped me with this. I was meanwhile able to
> install VMware 4.5.2. When I start running my virtual machine a get
> the following error:
>
> «Version mismatch with vmmon module: expecting 81.0, got 116.0. You
> have an incorrect version of the 'vmmon' kernel module. Try
> reinstalling VMware Workstation.»

The installation of the version 5.5 from the tarball is flawless!
Thanks to all who have helped me.

Paul