Fedora 6 & VMware server

[chejose]

I did an installation of VMware server on Fedora 6, following the "Howto" instructions. All went well, with no errors, including the configuration. But..

1 - It takes 4.5 minutes for the console to open (during various trial runs).

2 - I wanted to set up a Win 2K installation. But it opens up to a black screen with no cursor. In other words, no way to process the created HD. I tried it twice, both with the same result, so there are two incomplete installations waiting. The row of buttons is also faded out.

I am fairly new to Linux, so please put any answer in "simple" terms.
Many thanks

[falko]

Are there any errors in the logs in the /var/log directory? What's the output of

uname -a

?

[chejose]

Thanks for getting back to me!

I looked through the log, and only found the following that is close to an error.The rest seems to have gone OK


Mar 15 07:36:11: app| UndopointGetSuspendState failed Failed to read from snapshot helper fd.
Mar 15 07:36:11: app| .
Mar 15 07:36:11: app| UndopointHasIndependentDisks failed Failed to read from snapshot helper fd.


[root@localhost jose]# uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.20-1.2925.fc6 #1 SMP Sat Mar 10 19:15:16 EST 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Jose

[chejose]

Falko:

I just made another try at opening VMserver and the consel simply did not open. There was nothing in the log for the attempt.

But looking at the log, I realize now that it is the boot up sesion that I made this morning, and not the last time I tried to open the consel. The end of the log says:

Mar 15 07:36:11: app| VM suddenly changed state: poweredOff.
Mar 15 07:36:11: app| VM suddenly changed state: poweredOff.
Mar 15 07:36:11: app| impersonate Impersonate_Undo called when refCount == 0
Mar 15 07:36:11: app| Serverd hostname: localhost.localdomain
Mar 15 07:36:11: app| Setting up serverd discovery channel for vmxes
Mar 15 07:36:11: app| Successfully set up serverd discovery channel for vmxes
Mar 15 07:36:11: app| vmware-serverd entering main loop.
Mar 15 07:36:11: app| Signal 15 caught. Requesting shutdown.
Mar 15 07:36:11: app| Shutting down vmserverd (0).

Whether that means anything or not I have no idea. But it looks like I am at zero right now.
Jose

[nomadic]

Excellent tutorial - thank you.
Two minor issues I came across

w32codec
- w32codec was not available from atrpms using tutorial instructions.
- checked atrpms site and w32codec was not listed as a fedora 6 package, tho
I did find it when I listed all packages by name
- I downloaded and installed it separately from atrpms site.

Nvu
I think the line
rpm -ivh xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5.i386.rpms
should end with .rpm rather than .rpms ?

Again, many thanks

nomadic

[falko]

Originally Posted by chejose

[root@localhost jose]# uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.20-1.2925.fc6 #1 SMP Sat Mar 10 19:15:16 EST 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Jose

Is this the same kernel that was installed when you installed VMware? Or is it a newer one?

[falko]

Originally Posted by nomadic

I think the line
rpm -ivh xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.5.i386.rpms
should end with .rpm rather than .rpms ?

That's right. I've corrected it in the tutorial.

[chejose]

Falko
Since there are downloads almost every day for system adjustments, it could be that the kernal has been changed since then.
Yesterday I could not even open VMserver, but noticed today that in the boot list it said that the config file should be run again. So I did it, and it is full of errors. After dioing it literally froze Fedora and I had to hit the "panic button" since it would not reboot. Don't know if it is possible to make sense of it, but here goes:

Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.20-1.2925.fc6/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.20-1.2925.fc6-i686'
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:80:
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘compat_exit’
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘exit_code’
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of ‘_syscall1’
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.20-1.2925.fc6-i686'
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.

I suspect that I must re-install or something similar, but I am afraid that I am lost for the moment.
Thanks for either suggesting a solution or telling me to give up.
Jose

[till]

Please check at vmware if there is a newer package. It loks that this package either contains a bug or is not compatible with the kernel installed on your server.

[chejose]

Till:
Thanks for the suggestion. I had just recently downloaded the VMserver package, but it could easily be broken. I guess I will uninstall VM server once more, and will attempt another fresh installation. If it doesn't work this time, I give up.
José