VMware server 2 vsock warning

[ieee754]

I've successfully gotten vmware server up on the last beta and the 4-16 RC for Jaunty Server x64.

Here's my recipe:

If you are not logged in as root, remember to precede all commands with sudo.

Register an account at the VMWare site. Once you are logged in you can download VMWare Server, you will need to save the Product Keys from the download page to a text file.

tar –xvf <download file>
apt-get install linux-headers-`uname –r` build-essential xinetd
cd /vmware-server-distrib
./vmware-install.pl
To most questions you will accept the default.
If it doesn't accept your Product Key, you can enter that after installation.
You may want to specify a different directory than the default for your virtual machine location, I give them a big partition and mount it at vm, then share it with Samba so it is easy to put stuff there.
The last question asks you to configure VMWare server. Answer No.
You will need to create an account at Ubuntu Forums in order to download this file: http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.p...7&d=1227872015 to /usr/bin/
patch /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl.patch
Now you can run /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl. This script will walk you through setting up your networks and compiles some support libraries. Generally go with the default.
Launch firefox to https://<your vmware host name>:8333 and login with the account specified during installation (default is the account used for install), from the application menu choose enter serial number and cut and paste the number you saved earlier. From administration you may want to add one or more user accounts, on linux these must be local accounts, the web interface seems unaware of domain accounts accessible through winbind.

I can confirm this works with VMware Server 2.0.2 build-203138 on debian

#uname -a
Linux sydpxe 2.6.26-2-686 #1 SMP Sat Dec 26 09:01:51 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

#vmware-config.pl

.................

Starting VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor done
Virtual machine communication interface done
VM communication interface socket family: done
Virtual ethernet done
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 done
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet2 done
VMware Server Authentication Daemon (background) done
Shared Memory Available done
Starting VMware management services:
VMware Server Host Agent (background) done
VMware Virtual Infrastructure Web Access
Starting VMware autostart virtual machines:
Virtual machines done

The configuration of VMware Server 2.0.2 build-203138 for Linux for this
running kernel completed successfully.

.................


thankyou thankyou!

[hulkeypoo]

how to fix vsock error (vsock won't build)

Are you working with vmware tools or server > 2.0?

Does this error look familar?

insmod: error inserting '/tmp/vmware-config0/vsock.o': -1 Unknown symbol in module

replace /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vsock.tar
with this patched file that includes the missing symbols.
http://www.worldmulticast.com/help_me_out/vsock.tar

run the vmware config perl script (following directions to remove any old files) and it will compile the vsock stuff without error!
enjoy!

[fratzi]

this fixed ALL my errors (i tried a lot before!)

http://radu.cotescu.com/2009/10/30/h...-karmic-koala/

[HDave]

I have to say that after constantly stuggling with this issue after every release, I finally switched over to open-vm-tools. Its a click away in synaptic and works with both desktop and server vm's for vmware workstation and desktop. Easy peasy.

[Morcego XXX]

delgurth, your patch works like charm on Debian 5 amd64 + VMware Server 2.

vsock warning is gone, tyvm.

[tuique]

Thank you delgurth and bond00.