On 10/28/06, Jeffrey D. Yuille <jeffy5@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Unable to make a vmmon module that can be loaded in the running
>> kernel:
>> > insmod: error inserting '/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon.o': -1 Invalid
>> module
>> > format
>>
>> Aha... while getting out-of-tree Wifi driver working on my stepson's
>> laptop last night I saw the same. I eventually tracked it down (Google
>> had people asking and no real answers) to Anaconda having given his
>> Athlon laptop an i586 kernel whereas the rest of the bits and bobs were
>> i686. Do a
>>
>> dmesg | tail
>>
>> and if you see a complaint about a vermagic mismatch, check the two
>> strings full of tokens for the differences. In our case it was i586 vs
>> i686. We confirmed we had the i586 kernel like this
>>
>> rpm -q --queryformat "%{name}-%{arch}\n" kernel
>>
>> What we did was to download the i686 kernel and kernel-devel from an
>> http mirror, then
>>
>> rpm -e --nodeps kernel kernel-devel
>>
>> (don't worry about the grubby warning) then added back in the i686
>> stuff we just downloaded
>>
>> rpm -i kernel*.rpm
>>
>> On reboot, the previously compiled module "just worked" without a
>> recompile, now it had an i686 arch kernel to get into.
>
> Did that, but now the /boot directory is empty and FC6 does not boot.
> Any ideas?
>
> Paul
>
Hello Paul,
This is the difficulty that I am having in installing VWware server
on my laptop. The compile information is listed below. I also have
matching kernel and kernel development file extensions (i686).
[jeffrey@jeffrey ~]$ su -
Password:
[root@jeffrey ~]# cd /usr/bin
[root@jeffrey bin]# ./vmware-config.pl
Making sure services for VMware Server are stopped.
Stopping VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor [ OK ]
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 [ OK ]
DHCP server on /dev/vmnet1 [ OK ]
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 [ OK ]
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet2 [ OK ]
DHCP server on /dev/vmnet8 [ OK ]
NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 [ OK ]
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 [ OK ]
Virtual ethernet [ OK ]
Configuring fallback GTK+ 2.4 libraries.
In which directory do you want to install the mime type icons?
[/usr/share/icons] /usr/share/icons
What directory contains your desktop menu entry files? These files have a
.desktop file extension. [/usr/share/applications] /usr/share/applications
In which directory do you want to install the application's icon?
[/usr/share/pixmaps] /usr/share/pixmaps
Trying to find a suitable vmmon module for your running kernel.
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] 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/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/build/include]
/lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/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-config8/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD
SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6-i686'
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/common/hash.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/common/task.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.o
LD [M] /tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/vmmon.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST
CC /tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/vmmon.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6-i686'
cp -f vmmon.ko ./../vmmon.o
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only'
The module loads perfectly in the running kernel.
This program previously created the file /dev/vmmon, and was about to
remove
it. Somebody else apparently did it already.
This program previously created the file /dev/vmnet0, and was about to
remove
it. Somebody else apparently did it already.
This program previously created the file /dev/vmnet1, and was about to
remove
it. Somebody else apparently did it already.
This program previously created the file /dev/vmnet2, and was about to
remove
it. Somebody else apparently did it already.
This program previously created the file /dev/vmnet8, and was about to
remove
it. Somebody else apparently did it already.
You have already setup networking.
Would you like to skip networking setup and keep your old settings as
they are?
(yes/no) [yes] yes
Extracting the sources of the vmnet module.
Building the vmnet module.
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config8/vmnet-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD
SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6-i686'
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config8/vmnet-only/driver.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config8/vmnet-only/hub.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config8/vmnet-only/userif.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config8/vmnet-only/netif.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config8/vmnet-only/bridge.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config8/vmnet-only/procfs.o
/tmp/vmware-config8/vmnet-only/procfs.c:33:26: error: linux/config.h: No
such file or directory
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config8/vmnet-only/procfs.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config8/vmnet-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6-i686'
make: *** [vmnet.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config8/vmnet-only'
Unable to build the vmnet 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.
[root@jeffrey bin]#
Any help and advice would be appreciated.
Maybe, Jeff, you could try instead the pair i586 kernel and
kernel-devel. (It works here.)
Paul
