[SOLVED] install vmware 32bit karmic 9.10 kernel 2.6

[devnulljp]

Anyone had any luck installing vmware on 2.6.31.x kernel 32 bit?
I had vmware Workstation 6.0.x running fine on my old Thinkpad T42 under Kubuntu 8.x
I did a fresh install of 9.10, it's running the 2.6.31-21 kernel, 32 bit, and I can't get vmware to install
Tried v7, but it won't install on that hardware.
Tried 6.5.4-246459 fomr the bundle on the vmware site -- the install gets about 80% done and then won't complete.
Tried 6.0.5-109488.i386 form the tar bundle -- it fails to configure the vmmod module.

Any ideas how to get it running?

[Snowhog]

Re: install vmware 32bit karmic 9.10 kernel 2.

Ensure that you have the kernel sources installed.

[devnulljp]

Re: install vmware 32bit karmic 9.10 kernel 2.

Ensure that you have the kernel sources installed.

Yes they'r there along with the headers.
I just figured this out though: the installer's balking on module compile output. Fixed it with a gcc wrapper script to remove -W flags like this:

#!/usr/bin/python

import sys

import copy

import os

argv = copy.copy(sys.argv)

i = len(argv)

for i in range(i-1, 0, -1):

  if len(argv[i]) > 4 and argv[i][:2] == "-W" and argv[i][3] != ",":

    del argv[i]

argv[0] = "/usr/bin/gcc"

os.execv(argv[0], argv)

chmod +x and move to /tmp/gcc
Run sudo env PATH=/tmp:$PATH sh ./VMware-Installer.bundle

and it went fine.

See here: http://blog.digital-scurf.org/2010/04/20

[Snowhog]

Re: [SOLVED] install vmware 32bit karmic 9.10 kernel 2.6

Hmm.

[devnulljp]

Re: [SOLVED] install vmware 32bit karmic 9.10 kernel 2.6

Hmm.

I wasted 2 or 3 days on this. The wrapper did the trick...

[Snowhog]

Re: [SOLVED] install vmware 32bit karmic 9.10 kernel 2.6

And it's VMware Workstation, not the VMware Player, yes?

[devnulljp]

Re: [SOLVED] install vmware 32bit karmic 9.10 kernel 2.6

And it's VMware Workstation, not the VMware Player, yes?

Yes, this one: http://downloads.vmware.com/d/info/d...orkstation/6_5
v7 won't run on that machine.