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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”.
Execution aborted.
Thanks!
Thanks! This was very helpful
Great tutorial. Took me forever thanks to older patches getting in the way. You might want to make a note to remove old entries from /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source. (Anything with old in it at least).
One other note: you don’t need to enable the root login to make this work in ubuntu. You can just set whatever user you like as the Administrator. I set myself and it works just fine.
Thanks ruchi for the excellent article.
Thank you very much for this tutorial - it was very helpful. In the end I was able to get up and running on my Ubuntu 9.10 machine and all is well.
EXCELENT!!!!!!
it was very very helpful.
Thanks you. so much.
Disculpen mi ingles, pero este tutorial ha sido excelene, me ha ayudado mucho para tener una maquina virtual en mi Pc con Ubuntu 9.10
I’m recently installed vmware server on a freshly installed and updated of version of Ubuntu 9.1.
Today I wanted to change the network setup, so I tried to run /urs/bin/vmware-config.pl. I got the error:
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The following VMware kernel modules have been found on your system that were
not installed by the VMware Installer. Please remove them then run this
installer again.
vmnet
vmci
vmmon
I.e. - ‘rm /lib/modules/2.6.31-17-generic/misc/.{o,ko}’
Execution aborted.
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I’m almost positive this is caused by the patched versions that were installed.
Is there some way I can run the script without recompiling? Or, make the version I have work?
I found the following (semi)related website…
http://communities.vmware.com/thread/60867;jsessionid=B3446B5E206F1A2E1E49D2D2C81EDC7B
Thanks a lot
very very helpful tutorial Ruchi …
This is the straight up pimp version of documention for installing vmware on Karmic Koala. Thanks for making it noob-proof.
Thx for the tutorial. But I cannot bring up the web interface?
Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at 127.0.0.1:8333
Starting VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor done
Virtual machine communication interface done
Virtual ethernet done
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 done
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background) done
DHCP server on /dev/vmnet1 done
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background) done
DHCP server on /dev/vmnet8 done
NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 done
VMware Server Authentication Daemon (background) done
Shared Memory Available done
Starting VMware management services:
VMware Server Host Agent (background) done
VMware Virtual Infrastructure Web Access
Starting VMware autostart virtual machines:
Virtual machines done
The configuration of VMware Server 2.0.2 build-203138 for Linux for this
running kernel completed successfully.
Fantastic tutorial. Got it working first time thanks to this. Thank you!