Feisty VMware install
Installing VMware Server is pretty straight-forward on Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn). Make sure you have the build-essential package and the correct linux-headers for your kernel.
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`
Download VMware and extract the contents to vmware-server-distrib. Run the installation script and read through it all. I ended up just saying 'yes' throughout the entire script
$ sudo ./vmware-server-distrib/vmware-install.pl
I encountered a little problem compiling the vmmon module while installing VMware Server on Ubuntu Feisty Fawn (7.04). At some point, the install script will ask you if you'd like to run /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl automatically. I did and I ran into a problem while compiling the vmmon modules:
What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/lib/modules/2.6.20-14-386/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-config0/vmmon-only' make -C /lib/modules/2.6.20-14-386/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-14-386' CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o In file included from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:80: /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘compat_exit’ /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘exit_code’ /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of ‘_syscall1’ 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-2.6.20-14-386' make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2 make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only' Unable to build the vmmon module.
If you experience this exact problem, download vmnet.tar and vmmon.tar and place them (do not extract their contents!) in /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/.
After doing so, re-run the config script and you should not have any more problems.
$ sudo /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl
What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/lib/modules/2.6.20-14-386/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-config2/vmmon-only' make -C /lib/modules/2.6.20-14-386/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-14-386' CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/hash.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.o LD [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/vmmon.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 1 modules CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/vmmon.mod.o LD [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-14-386' cp -f vmmon.ko ./../vmmon.o make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only' The module loads perfectly in the running kernel.
Finish up configuration and you're good to go. To start VMware, simply run vmware from the command line or from Applications > System Tools > VMware Server Console.
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