VMware Server fails to compile with the new kernel

[Ed Greshko]

Ed Greshko wrote:
> Paul Smith wrote:
>   
>> On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 12:46 AM, Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko at greshko.com> wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>>>>> Thanks, Kevin and Christopher. When trying to run VMware Server, I get
>>>>>> the following:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "The server is not responding. Please check that the server is running
>>>>>> and accepting connections.",
>>>>>>
>>>>>> even with Selinux disabled. Any ideas?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>           
>>>>>>             
>>>>> Did you start the server?  What does:
>>>>>
>>>>> /sbin/service vmware status
>>>>>
>>>>> tell you?
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> # /sbin/service vmware status
>>>> Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 is running
>>>> Host network detection is not running
>>>> Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 is running
>>>> DHCP server on /dev/vmnet1 is running
>>>> Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 is running
>>>> DHCP server on /dev/vmnet8 is running
>>>> NAT networking on /dev/vmnet8 is running
>>>> Module vmmon loaded
>>>> Module vmnet loaded
>>>> #
>>>>
>>>> Paul
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> ps -eaf | grep serverd
>>>
>>> /usr/sbin/vmware-serverd  running?
>>>
>>> vmware-config-server-console.pl  previously run?
>>>     
>>>       
>> # ps -eaf | grep serverd
>> root      5696  3704  0 00:49 pts/2    00:00:00 grep serverd
>> #
>>
>> Never ran  vmware-config-server-console.pl.
>>
>>   
>>     
> Suggest you do some reading of the VMware manuals....  Things have
> changed quite a bit from V1 to V2.
>   
Hummm....  You know...I just realized the system that I thought was
running V2 was still running V1?  Duh...

I hope V2 uses the server-console model and I'm not talking out of by
ass again.  :-(

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