How to install vmware server 2.0.x in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)

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First you need to download vmware server 2.0.x from vmware website and get the vmware server installation key

Currently we have a problems compiling vmware server under kernel version 2.6.31 so this tutorial will explain how to install vmware server 2.0.x in Ubuntu 9.10

Now we have VMware-server-2.0.2-203138.i386.tar.gz file so unpack this file

tar -zvxf VMware-server-2.0.2-203138.i386.tar.gz

go to vmware-server-distrib directory

cd vmware-server-distrib

Run vmware-install.pl script using the following command

./vmware-install.pl

Now you might receive compilation error messages so now you need to download required patch files from here in vmware-server-distrib directory these patches from  vmware forum

You can use the following command to download patches

wget  http://www.ubuntugeek.com/images/vmware-server.2.0.1_x64-modules-2.6.30.4-fix.tgz

After downloading extract vmware-server.2.0.1_x64-modules-2.6.30.4-fix.tgz file

tar xvzf vmware-server.2.0.1_x64-modules-2.6.30.4-fix.tgz

Now run the patch script using the following command

sh vmware-server.2.0.1_x64-modules-2.6.30.4-fix.sh

Note:- This script will work 2.6.30,2.6.31 kernel versions

After each completing the patch installation you should see similar to the following message

After completing the patch installation you need to remove /usr/lib/vmware/modules/binary directory because The original VMware modules directory is still in the way so this will confuses VMware that is why we are removing this directory

rm -rf /usr/lib/vmware/modules/binary

Now run vmware-config.pl script

vmware-config.pl

This should complete the vmware server installation.

Now open your browser type https://PC-ipaddress:8333 once it opens you should see similar to the following screen

Whe you try to login using your ubuntu user login details you might see "You do not have permissions to login to the server" error this is because you need to enable root account on your ubuntu machine using this tutorial or login as user who is having root permissions

Once you login you should see similar to the following screen

Reinstall Vmware server

If you still having  problems with your vmware server installation follow these steps

Delete the vmware modules using the following command

rm -rf /usr/lib/vmware/modules/

rm -rf /lib/modules/2.6.31-13-server/misc/vm*

Now kill all vmware processes manually

kill -9 $( ps -ef | awk ‘/vm/ { print $2 }' )

Now run vmware-install.pl file

./vmware-install.pl

at the time of installation where you see the following message type no and press enter

Before running VMware Server for the first time, you need to configure it by
invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl". Do you want this
program to invoke the command for you now? [yes] no

Now you need to run the patch script file using the following command

sh vmware-server.2.0.1_x64-modules-2.6.30.4-fix.sh

After completing this you should run vmware-config.pl

/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl

Error message

When i try to install vmware server 2.0.2 under ubuntu 9.10 i got the following error so i installed the patch file with the procedure specified above

/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] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31-14-generic'
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/go/unsup-linux-products" and
"http://www.vmware.com/go/unsup-linux-tools".

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