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

By: pet supplies plus

pet supplies plus — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:58:37 +0000

The only problem I have is the if you click to fast in your browser (eq IE8) then you will get error messages and need to re-login. The web interface is quite slow. (But if you are patient workable)

Working on Ubuntu 2.6.31-20-server #58-Ubuntu SMP
(64 bit version); The processor in this box makes it imposable to run 64 guests.

By: Maxime

Maxime — Mon, 02 May 2011 21:58:25 +0000

Thanks a lot!!
That works perfectly. I was stuck with a linux-headers problem.

One more time, Thanks a lot!

By: Marc Cortinas

Marc Cortinas — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:35:28 +0000

if i’m running 2.6.32-21 generic kernel version on ubuntu, what command should i use instead of

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

By: Maja

Maja — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:10:18 +0000

Tank you very much, this was a great walktrough! Really saved my day, being in a real hurry to get it to work.

By: Jeroen

Jeroen — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:33:34 +0000

Any change with Ubuntu 10.04 LTE (kernel 2.6.32-22)

Thanks in advance

By: Ajit Hatti

Ajit Hatti — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:40:21 +0000

GREAT HELP,
Cant thank you enough….
Thanks a lot.

~Ajit

By: Manuel

Manuel — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:27:09 +0000

Muchas gracias!!!

Thank you very much!!!

Vielen Dank!!

Merci beaucoup!!

By: Jeroen

Jeroen — Fri, 28 May 2010 08:05:46 +0000

at April 5, 2010 at 7:18 pm I wrote:
> Unfortunally I have problems with starting &
> stopping the services.

Solved. Clean install did the job.

One remark;
Sound is played on the server (if configured). This is imho a design failure.

The only problem I have is the if you click to fast in your browser (eq IE8) then you will get error messages and need to re-login. The web interface is quite slow. (But if you are patient workable)

Working on Ubuntu 2.6.31-20-server #58-Ubuntu SMP
(64 bit version); The processor in this box makes it imposable to run 64 guests.

Thanks for sharing your effort!

By: tla

tla — Mon, 24 May 2010 09:47:14 +0000

M Kogan; I had the same issue with firefox. The reason is SSLv2 is disabled by default in the later versions of the browser (does not affect http non-SSL connections) and the vmserver SSL web interface uses SSLv2. Change your browser by opening about:config in the address bar and type security.enable_ssl2 into the filter box. Double click to change the setting from false to true. Restart your browser and try again. Bear in mind this option will have been disabled for a reason so you will not want to use it to connect to non-vmware server web servers.

By: Michel Kogan

Michel Kogan — Thu, 13 May 2010 09:30:51 +0000

when I try to reinstall the vmware server under Ubuntu server 9.10, after running the vmware-config.pl , it stops for long time on this line:

Stopping VMware services:
VMware virtual infrastructure web access

and configuration wizard starts and finished succefully. But when I try to connect to:

https://:8333/

I got this error

Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at 192.168.1.8:8333.

Though the site seems valid, the browser was unable to establish a connection.

* Could the site be temporarily unavailable? Try again later.
* Are you unable to browse other sites? Check the computer’s network connection.
* Is your computer or network protected by a firewall or proxy? Incorrect settings can interfere with Web browsing.

I can ping my server, but cant access to this page. I reconfigure it more and more and more. restart many times but still no luck. SOMEBODY HELP ME !!!

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 11 May 2010 01:06:08 +0000

Didnt work for me - any ideas ?

root@gridbe:/home/yoda/Downloads# sh vmware-server.2.0.1_x64-modules-2.6.30.4-fix.sh
Found tar file for vmmon module
Found tar file for vmnet module
Found tar file for vmci module
Found tar file for vsock module
Using patch file: /home/joseph/Downloads/vmware-server.2.0.1_x64-modules-2.6.30.4-fix.patch
Using module directory: /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source
Using backup directory: /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source-backup
Backing up ./vmmon.tar to /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source-backup/./vmmon.tar
Backing up ./vmnet.tar to /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source-backup/./vmnet.tar
Backing up ./vmci.tar to /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source-backup/./vmci.tar
Backing up ./vsock.tar to /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source-backup/./vsock.tar
Untarring vmmon.tar
Untarring vmnet.tar
Untarring vmci.tar
Untarring vsock.tar
Testing patch
vmware-server.2.0.1_x64-modules-2.6.30.4-fix.sh: 71: patch: not found
Sorry, problem with the patch, I can’t apply it
root@gridbase:/home/yoda/Downloads# sh vmware-server.2.0.1_x64-modules-2.6.30.4-fix.sh
Found tar file for vmmon module
Found tar file for vmnet module
Found tar file for vmci module
Found tar file for vsock module
Using patch file: /home/joseph/Downloads/vmware-server.2.0.1_x64-modules-2.6.30.4-fix.patch
Using module directory: /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source
Using backup directory: /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source-backup
Untarring vmmon.tar
Untarring vmnet.tar
Untarring vmci.tar
Untarring vsock.tar
Testing patch
vmware-server.2.0.1_x64-modules-2.6.30.4-fix.sh: 71: patch: not found
Sorry, problem with the patch, I can’t apply it

By: Katy

Katy — Mon, 10 May 2010 20:41:07 +0000

if i’m running 2.6.32-22 generic kernel version on ubuntu, what command should i use instead of

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

By: Cleiner

Cleiner — Wed, 05 May 2010 00:58:59 +0000

Hi Ralle and mssbusybee,
I had the same problem and the solution worked really fine!

Thankyou very much!!!

By: PSilva

PSilva — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:18:15 +0000

Thank you for your great job, this works for me.

By: Ralle

Ralle — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:57:43 +0000

hi mssbusybee,
you can try one of these three options:
Have a look here:

http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/vmware-server-2-maus-unsteuerbar-springt-stae/

Solution 1 works fine on my computer.

Open this file by root and added these lines to /usr/bin/firefox:

export VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=force
export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=true

After you’ve added this two lines close Firefox.
Then open Firefox again and everything is o.k. with the mouse

By: mssbusybee

mssbusybee — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 08:37:48 +0000

My Guest OS is having a hard time with the mouse, when ever I click on left or right click the control comes out of the guest os and then goes inside.

CTRL + ALT

By: spiration

spiration — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:55:10 +0000

Yes- this is working just fine on my 2.6.31-20-generic-pae kernel on whatever version of Ubuntu this is (debian squeeze/sid).

Thanks.

By: Ralle

Ralle — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:44:22 +0000

hi igor,
i’ve got the same problems with my ubuntu 9.10 64bit machine.
After i installed the packages “xinetd” and “build-essential” (the “linux-header” was already installed) i reboot my computer.
Then i followed the install-steps.
Before run vmware, you must have a root account on your computer. Run following command to make a password for root: sudo passwd
Then type your new password for root and don’t forget it !!!
Then run the command vmware and you can login with your root account.

By: Hans

Hans — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 05:16:22 +0000

I´ve used vmware server 1 in some years on debian systems (etch i386 and amd64/intel) with no problems in a production environment. 15 servers on one iron. No problem. Now Ive installed vmware server 2 on several systems (lenny (i386 and amd64/intel), ubuntu 9 server(amd64/intel)) and with a little twinkling it is running. BUT is NOT stable for me. Importing a machine can even take the iron down! (network services stops - so i need to restart then from the console). The client-console plugin does not work under firefox (osx).

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Does enyone have same problems - and a solution?
Or an explanation?
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I am thinking Xen at the moment, but it takes time to setup - and Ive got a lot of servers running vmware….
So… vmware server1 will be tested again - but it does not install nicely on lenny (my exp)
BR

By: emh

emh — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:29:02 +0000

Thank you so much! Worked like a charm