Install and Configure VMWare Server virtualization in openSUSE

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  1. Downloaded ok but cannot figure out how to sign the EULA! It prints in the terminal but then there is no way to accept. “Enter” gives no response, it just sits there. No question is asked, do you accept etc. So cannot continue with the installation. Any insights appreciated.

    linux-arizona:~ # rpm -qa | grep -i vmware
    VMware-server-1.0.6-91891
    linux-arizona:~ # vmware &
    [1] 5516
    linux-arizona:~ # vmware is installed, but it has not been (correctly) configured
    for this system. To (re-)configure it, invoke the following command:
    /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl.
    linux-arizona:~ # /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl
    Making sure services for VMware Server are stopped.

    Stopping VMware services:
    Virtual machine monitor done

    You must read and accept the End User License Agreement to continue.
    Press enter to display it.

    So then the agreement shows up, hit page-downs to get to the bottom, and then it just sits there, and there is no option to actually agree. Last characters are (END)

    Using gnome terminal.

  2. Go to the bottom of the agreement, then press q and type yes to agree.

  3. hit the letter Q and then type yes and it should get you through it.
    (hopefully you already figured it out since it has been 4 months but if not there you go)

  4. sorry SuseGuru I did not see your post already I will go get my presc checked!

  5. I’ve tried this tutorial and it fails. Why is there no preparatory info, for example about what packages are necessary prior to installation. Also, why is the rpm command formatted to upgrade rather than simply install (-Uvh)? This is a compact tut and I appreciate the pics, but if there is any problem it is due to these two crucial and long-established traditional points being omitted from the installation instructions.

    Here is what my konsole reads:

    ==================================================================================== begin Konsole

    prompt:/home/common/Programs/Installed> rpm -qa | grep -i vmware
    VMware-server-1.0.6-91891
    prompt:/home/common/Programs/Installed> /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl
    Please re-run this program as the super user.

    Execution aborted.

    prompt:/home/common/Programs/Installed> su
    Password:
    craig:/home/common/Programs/Installed # /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl
    Making sure services for VMware Server are stopped.

    Stopping VMware services:
    Virtual machine monitor done

    You must read and accept the End User License Agreement to continue.
    Press enter to display it.

    Do you accept? (yes/no) yes

    Thank you.

    Configuring fallback GTK+ 2.4 libraries.

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

    The file /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48×48/mimetypes/application-x-vmware-vm.png
    that this program was about to install already exists. Overwrite? [yes] yes

    The file /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48×48/mimetypes/application-x-vmware-team.png
    that this program was about to install already exists. Overwrite? [yes]

    The file
    /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48×48/mimetypes/application-x-vmware-vmdisk.png that
    this program was about to install already exists. Overwrite? [yes]

    The file
    /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48×48/mimetypes/application-x-vmware-snapshot.png that
    this program was about to install already exists. Overwrite? [yes]

    The file
    /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48×48/mimetypes/application-x-vmware-vmfoundry.png
    that this program was about to install already exists. Overwrite? [yes]

    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 “4.3.2”, while you are trying to use
    “/usr/bin/gcc” version “4.3”. 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 “4.3” anyway? [no] yes

    What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
    kernel? [/lib/modules/2.6.27.7-9-default/build/include]

    Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.

    Building the vmmon module.

    Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
    make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only’
    make -C /lib/modules/2.6.27.7-9-default/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
    make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.27.7-9-obj/x86_64/default’
    make -C ../../../linux-2.6.27.7-9 O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.27.7-9-obj/x86_64/default/. modules
    CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
    In file included from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/x86.h:20,
    from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/machine.h:24,
    from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:15,
    from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:49:
    /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/x86apic.h:79:1: warning: “APIC_BASE_MSR” redefined
    In file included from include2/asm/numa_64.h:5,
    from include2/asm/numa.h:4,
    from include2/asm/acpi.h:28,
    from include2/asm/fixmap_64.h:15,
    from include2/asm/fixmap.h:7,
    from include2/asm/apic.h:9,
    from include2/asm/smp.h:13,
    from /usr/src/linux-2.6.27.7-9/include/linux/smp.h:28,
    from /usr/src/linux-2.6.27.7-9/include/linux/topology.h:33,
    from /usr/src/linux-2.6.27.7-9/include/linux/mmzone.h:687,
    from /usr/src/linux-2.6.27.7-9/include/linux/gfp.h:4,
    from /usr/src/linux-2.6.27.7-9/include/linux/kmod.h:22,
    from /usr/src/linux-2.6.27.7-9/include/linux/module.h:13,
    from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:12:
    include2/asm/apicdef.h:134:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
    In file included from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/machine.h:24,
    from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:15,
    from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:49:
    /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/x86.h:830:1: warning: “PTE_PFN_MASK” redefined
    In file included from include2/asm/pda.h:8,
    from include2/asm/current.h:19,
    from include2/asm/processor.h:15,
    from /usr/src/linux-2.6.27.7-9/include/linux/prefetch.h:14,
    from /usr/src/linux-2.6.27.7-9/include/linux/list.h:6,
    from /usr/src/linux-2.6.27.7-9/include/linux/module.h:9,
    from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:12:
    include2/asm/page.h:22:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
    In file included from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/vmhost.h:13,
    from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:71:
    /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/compat_semaphore.h:5:27: error: asm/semaphore.h: No such file or directory
    /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:146: error: unknown field ‘nopage’ specified in initializer
    /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:147: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
    /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:150: error: unknown field ‘nopage’ specified in initializer
    /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:151: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
    /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function ‘LinuxDriver_Ioctl’:
    /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1670: error: too many arguments to function ‘smp_call_function’
    make[4]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
    make[3]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only] Error 2
    make[2]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
    make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
    make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.27.7-9-obj/x86_64/default’
    make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
    make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/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.
    ==================================================================================== end Konsole

    The icon errors came because I had tried to install the Workstation first, then all packages that are in SuSE 11.1 regarding VMWare. Each of these two times I had troubles regarding vmon (?) and vnet (?) … anyway, I read an article that only VMWare server works properly on the 64-bit openSuSE 11.1, so I grabbed it and tried your tut. That brings you up to speed with where I am.

    I also made sure the 64-bit versions of all the versions of gcc/gcc+ are installed (what a mess that’s become!!!), as well as binutils and the kernel source. I am running the default kernel, though I will be installing the Realtime kernel soon for live recording studio applications. Non of the 32-bit versions of either gcc/gcc+ or binutils are installed.

    I am running nVidia with the latest drivers and kernel mod for the default kernel, 3-processor (AMD 64) with 4G RAM.

    I hope this info helps. I need help. I’ve been at this since just two days after openSuSE 11.1 came out.

  6. I meant : Also, why is the rpm command NOT formatted to upgrade rather than simply install (-Uvh)?

  7. I am using VMware Workstation with SUSE 11.1 and I’m getting the same the same error message “….error: asm/semaphore.h: No such file or directory” while using the perl script to build the vmmon module.

    Has anyone figured this out yet?


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