I need to install VMVare Server 1.0.10 on an Ubuntu 9.10 SERVER (AMD64). I used the how to "How To Install VMware Server 1.0.x On An Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop" ( at the link http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-vmware-server-1.0.x-on-an-ubuntu-9.10-desktop ) in a new installation without the upgrade. after the step : Code: dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.31.4-custom_2.6.31.4-custom-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb linux-headers-2.6.31.4-custom_2.6.31.4-custom-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb retrurn the follow message Code: Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common Setting up linux-headers-2.6.31.4-custom (2.6.31.4-custom-10.00.Custom) ... dpkg: warning: obsolete option '--print-installation-architecture', please use '--print-architecture' instead. after reboot, when the VM started, the host jams ! what about ? thanks. best regards.
I think so, bat when the VM start the system halted now I reinstall ubuntu 9.10 server , vmware 1.0.10 and post the logs
I've reinstalled all. After install the new kernel ( the old kernel was 2.6.31-16-server) 2.6.31.4-vmware-1.10 Code: make-kpkg clean fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=-custom kernel_image kernel_headers when I install or remove a program, the system return the follow error Code: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done mc is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used. Setting up linux-image-2.6.31.4-vmware-1.10 (2.6.31.4-vmware-1.10-10.00.Custom) ... Running depmod. Finding valid ramdisk creators. Using mkinitramfs-kpkg to build the ramdisk. initrd.img(/boot/initrd.img-2.6.31.4-vmware-1.10 ) points to /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31.4-vmware-1.10 (/boot/initrd.img-2.6.31.4-vmware-1.10) -- doing nothing at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.31.4-vmware-1.10.postinst line 588. vmlinuz(/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.4-vmware-1.10 ) points to /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.4-vmware-1.10 (/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.4-vmware-1.10) -- doing nothing at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.31.4-vmware-1.10.postinst line 588. Running postinst hook script update-grub. Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ... Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.4-vmware-1.10 Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-16-server Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-16-generic Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-server Found GRUB 2: /boot/grub/core.img Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 20 Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.31.4-vmware-1.10.postinst line 1186. dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.31.4-vmware-1.10 (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-2.6.31.4-vmware-1.10 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) The question : do you think is possible to install the vmware-server-1.0.10 onto ubuntu 9.10 server with the last kernel ? If this is possible can you exlane me how to do it ? best regards.
problem after recompile the kernen After recopile the kernel, when i can to try to install a program (eg. mc), I've the proplem : E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Code: Lettura elenco dei pacchetti... Fatto Generazione albero delle dipendenze Lettura informazioni sullo stato... Fatto Pacchetti suggeriti: arj xpdf dbview odt2txt I seguenti pacchetti NUOVI saranno installati: mc 0 aggiornati, 1 installati, 0 da rimuovere e 5 non aggiornati. 1 non completamente installati o rimossi. È necessario scaricare 2192kB di archivi. Dopo quest'operazione, verranno occupati 6521kB di spazio su disco. Scaricare:1 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe mc 2:4.6.2-2ubuntu1 [2192kB] Recuperati 2192kB in 9s (234kB/s) Selezionato il pacchetto mc. (Lettura del database... 190081 file e directory attualmente installati.) Estrazione di mc (da .../mc_2%3a4.6.2-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb)... Elaborazione dei trigger per man-db... Configurazione di linux-image-2.6.31.4-custom (2.6.31.4-custom-10.00.Custom)... Running depmod. Finding valid ramdisk creators. Using mkinitramfs-kpkg to build the ramdisk. initrd.img(/boot/initrd.img-2.6.31.4-custom ) points to /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31.4-custom (/boot/initrd.img-2.6.31.4-custom) -- doing nothing at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.31.4-custom.postinst line 588. vmlinuz(/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.4-custom ) points to /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.4-custom (/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.4-custom) -- doing nothing at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.31.4-custom.postinst line 588. Running postinst hook script update-grub. Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ... Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.4-custom Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-16-server Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-16-generic Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-server Found GRUB 2: /boot/grub/core.img Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d. run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 20 Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.31.4-custom.postinst line 1186. dpkg: errore nell'elaborare linux-image-2.6.31.4-custom (--configure): il sottoprocesso vecchio script di post-installation ha restituito lo stato di errore 2 Configurazione di mc (2:4.6.2-2ubuntu1)... Si sono verificati degli errori nell'elaborazione: linux-image-2.6.31.4-custom E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) and the process is to slow then before. how to do ? Thanks.
I've resolved the problem with synaptic ( delete nvidia driver and after reinstalled with Driver Hardware)
the kernel release In original installation (ubuntu 9.10 server AMD64) the kernel was 2.6.31-14-server after upgrade was 2.6.31-16-server after rebuild is 2.6.31.4-custom the question : do you think it's possible to compile the kernel with the (last) release 2.6.31-server ? If yes : how to do it ? and in the next relese I will recompile the kernell every upgrade ? best regards. HNY for all.
I have installed (aptitude install) linux-source-2.6.31 before upgrade, and now : Code: dpkg -l | grep linux-source ii linux-source-2.6.31 2.6.31-16.53 Linux kernel source for version 2.6.31 with
The HOWTO appears to be missing a step After installing the custom kernel and entering uname -a: Code: Linux foobar 2.6.31.6-custom #1 SMP Fri Jan 8 14:12:15 EST 2010 i686 GNU/Linux the HOWTO asks the reader to Code: cd /home/falko/Downloads/vmware-update*/ sudo ./runme.pl However, vmware-update was not previously mentioned in the HOWTO. After some googling, I decided that vmware-update is a VMware patch and I found a set of vmware patches at http://groups.google.com/group/vmkernelnewbies/files?pli=1. I tried the 117d patch and the 2.6.28 patch (there is no 2.6.31 patch in that repository), but both of them result in a failure of the vmmon kernel module to compile. The output of runme.pl is below. Am I on the right track here? If so, am I using the right patch version? Code: # cd vmware-update-2.6.27-5.5.7-2/ # ./runme.pl Updating /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl ... already patched Updating /usr/bin/vmware ... No patch needed/available Updating /usr/bin/vmnet-bridge ... No patch needed/available Updating /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx ... No patch needed/available Updating /usr/lib/vmware/bin-debug/vmware-vmx ... No patch needed/available VMware modules in "/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source" has been updated. Before running VMware for the first time after update, you need to configure it for your running kernel by invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl". Do you want this script to invoke the command for you now? [yes] ... Building the vmmon module. Building for VMware Server 1.0.0. Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only' make -C /lib/modules/2.6.31.6-custom/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.31' CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o In file included from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/vmware.h:25, from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:52: /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/vm_basic_types.h:97:7: warning: "__FreeBSD__" is not defined In file included from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/x86.h:21, from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:15, from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:53: /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/x86apic.h:80:1: warning: "APIC_BASE_MSR" redefined ... /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:273:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:277:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined ... /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1781: error: too many arguments to function ‘smp_call_function’ 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-source-2.6.31' make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2 make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only' Unable to build the vmmon module. 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 guess you missed this step? Code: cd /home/falko/Downloads wget -c http://www.insecure.ws/warehouse/vmware-update-2.6.31-5.5.9.tar.bz2 tar xvfj vmware-update*.tar.bz2
No, I didn't see that at all. I couldn't even find it with Alt-F in Firefox. Thanks, it's working fine now.
The output is : Code: drwxrwsr-x 13 root src 4096 2010-01-09 18:55 . drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 2010-01-01 19:52 .. drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 2010-01-01 18:45 linux-headers-2.6.31-14 drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 2010-01-01 18:45 linux-headers-2.6.31-14-server drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 2010-01-01 19:08 linux-headers-2.6.31-16 drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 2010-01-01 19:08 linux-headers-2.6.31-16-generic drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 2010-01-02 13:51 linux-headers-2.6.31-16-server drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 2010-01-09 16:04 linux-headers-2.6.31-17 drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 2010-01-09 16:04 linux-headers-2.6.31-17-generic drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 2010-01-09 16:04 linux-headers-2.6.31-17-server -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 6320106 2010-01-01 21:58 linux-headers-2.6.31.4-custom_2.6.31.4-custom-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 2010-01-09 18:16 linux-headers-2.6.31.6-vmware -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 6321090 2010-01-09 18:10 linux-headers-2.6.31.6-vmware_2.6.31.6-vmware-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 403672782 2010-01-01 21:57 linux-image-2.6.31.4-custom_2.6.31.4-custom-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 403798724 2010-01-09 18:08 linux-image-2.6.31.6-vmware_2.6.31.6-vmware-10.00.Custom_amd64.deb drwxr-xr-x 26 root root 4096 2010-01-09 18:09 linux-source-2.6.31 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 62171637 2009-12-10 20:32 linux-source-2.6.31.tar.bz2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 62171637 2009-12-10 20:32 linux-source-2.6.31.tar.bz2.old drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2010-01-09 18:55 nvidia-190.53
I'm experiencing stability problems with VMs under VMware Server 1.0.10 on Ubuntu 9.10 with this configuration. Windows XP VMs lock or crash frequently (every day) and CentOS VMs crash once a week, none of which happened under Ubuntu 8.04. Does anyone else have similar problems? Is VMware Server 2 more reliable on Ubuntu 9.10 than 1.0.10? If so, can you connect remotely to VMware Server 1 hosts from Server 2?
