jda1701
April 27th, 2009, 03:31 AM
IRC was chattering about installation problems with VMWare. Here's how I solved it.
First, install build-essential.
sudo aptitude install build-essential
Second, move the binary modules folder according to VMWare communities website (http://communities.vmware.com/message/1135664#1141322), or else you'll get a seg fault.
mv /usr/lib/vmware/modules/binary /usr/lib/vmware/modules/binary.old
Third, rebuild the kernel modules
sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
Should be able to start vmware. If not, try starting from console (/usr/bin/vmware) and copy/paste any kind of console errors you get.
Happy VMing.
Jeff Anderson
http://www.jeffanderson.us/
First, install build-essential.
sudo aptitude install build-essential
Second, move the binary modules folder according to VMWare communities website (http://communities.vmware.com/message/1135664#1141322), or else you'll get a seg fault.
mv /usr/lib/vmware/modules/binary /usr/lib/vmware/modules/binary.old
Third, rebuild the kernel modules
sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
Should be able to start vmware. If not, try starting from console (/usr/bin/vmware) and copy/paste any kind of console errors you get.
Happy VMing.
Jeff Anderson
http://www.jeffanderson.us/