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Kaum installiert man einen neuen Kernel, schon geht die Fixerei los. VMWare Server 2 lässt sich nicht installieren und quittiert mit folgender Meldung

debian:/install/VMWare/vmware-server-distrib# vmware-config.pl
Making sure services for VMware Server are stopped.

Stopping VMware autostart virtual machines:
Virtual machines                                                   failed
Stopping VMware management services:
VMware Virtual Infrastructure Web Access
VMware Server Host Agent                                           failed
Stopping VMware services:
VMware Authentication Daemon                                        done
Virtual machine communication interface                             done
Virtual machine monitor                                             done
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0                                   done
Host network detection                                              done
DHCP server on /dev/vmnet1                                          done
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1                                 done
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet2                                   done
DHCP server on /dev/vmnet8                                          done
NAT service on /dev/vmnet8                                          done
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8                                 done
Virtual ethernet                                                    done

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.

What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
kernel? [/lib/modules/2.6.29/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/2.6.29/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.29′
CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:31:
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/compat_wait.h:78: error: conflicting types for ‘poll_initwait’
include/linux/poll.h:67: error: previous declaration of ‘poll_initwait’ was here
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./common/vmx86.h:31,
from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:29,
from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:101:
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/x86apic.h:97:1: warning: “APIC_BASE_MSR” redefined
In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.6.29/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap_32.h:29,
from /usr/src/linux-2.6.29/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-2.6.29/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h:8,
from /usr/src/linux-2.6.29/arch/x86/include/asm/smp.h:13,
from include/linux/smp.h:36,
from include/linux/topology.h:33,
from include/linux/mmzone.h:767,
from include/linux/gfp.h:4,
from include/linux/kmod.h:22,
from include/linux/module.h:13,
from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/compat_module.h:27,
from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:26:
/usr/src/linux-2.6.29/arch/x86/include/asm/apicdef.h:132:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function ‘LinuxDriverSyncCallOnEachCPU’:
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1423: error: too many arguments to function ‘smp_call_function’
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function ‘LinuxDriver_Ioctl’:
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1987: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘euid’
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1987: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘uid’
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1988: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘fsuid’
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1988: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘uid’
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1989: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘egid’
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1989: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘gid’
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1990: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘fsgid’
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1990: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘gid’
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:2007: error: too many arguments to function ‘smp_call_function’
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Fehler 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only] Fehler 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.29′
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Fehler 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/go/unsup-linux-products” and
“http://www.vmware.com/go/unsup-linux-tools”.

Execution aborted.

Datei vmware-server-modules-2629 runterladen und nach “vmware-server-distrib/lib/modules/source/” entpacken und neu installieren.

Download the file  vmware-server-modules-2629 and extract it to “vmware-server-distrib/lib/modules/source/” and then reinstall.

Was ich selbst noch als wichtig empfinde, den Autostart rauszunehmen, unter meinem Debian mache ich das wiefolgt:

To change the autostart use following command:

find /etc/ | grep rc | grep S | grep vmware | xargs -I ‘{}’ rm -f ‘{}’