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emtjr928
December 23rd, 2008, 11:37 AM
I upgraded easily from gutsy to hardy. Was expecting to have to fix my vmserver.
Ran sudo vmware-config.pl

Making sure services for VMware Server are stopped.

Stopping VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor done
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 done
DHCP server on /dev/vmnet1 done
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 done
DHCP server on /dev/vmnet8 done
NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 done
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 done
Virtual ethernet done

Configuring fallback GTK+ 2.4 libraries.

In which directory do you want to install the mime type icons?
[/usr/share/icons]

What directory contains your desktop menu entry files? These files have a
.desktop file extension. [/usr/share/applications]

In which directory do you want to install the application's icon?
[/usr/share/pixmaps]

/usr/share/applications/vmware-server.desktop: warning: value "vmware-server.png" for key "Icon" in group "Desktop Entry" is an icon name with an extension, but there should be no extension as described in the Icon Theme Specification if the value is not an absolute path
/usr/share/applications/vmware-console-uri-handler.desktop: warning: value "vmware-server.png" for key "Icon" in group "Desktop Entry" is an icon name with an extension, but there should be no extension as described in the Icon Theme Specification if the value is not an absolute path
Trying to find a suitable vmmon module for your running kernel.

None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Server is suitable for your
running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmmon module for
your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? [yes]

Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to override.

Your kernel was built with "gcc" version "4.2.3", while you are trying to use
"/usr/bin/gcc" version "4.2.4". This configuration is not recommended and
VMware Server may crash if you'll continue. Please try to use exactly same
compiler as one used for building your kernel. Do you want to go with compiler
"/usr/bin/gcc" version "4.2.4" anyway? [no]

If I run anyway it will abort.

Question: How can I fix this? gcc 4.2.3 doesn't appear in the repositories. I have searched and not found the easy answer.
Thanks Ed

inobe
December 23rd, 2008, 05:38 PM
things to consider...


if you used backports and went back to 4.2.3. you could break something in hardy' it may lead to a list of missing dependencies.

or you could recompile the kernel and lose your setup.

i learned the hard way upgrading myself, never upgrade running virtual machines, even after reinstalling' i had problems.

HermanAB
December 23rd, 2008, 06:23 PM
Yup - Don't fix it if it ain't broke. If you have VMs running, you quickly learn to leave the system alone...

emtjr928
December 24th, 2008, 11:18 AM
Well, I had upgraded from gutsy to Hardy with updatemanager. To fix my VM I uninstalled VMserver and then downloaded and reinstalled. Everything went fine and my win2K virtual machine was still there and now works fine.

inobe
December 24th, 2008, 11:56 PM
my win2K virtual machine was still there and now works fine.

wow' i wasn't so lucky, congrats man :)