VMware released VMware Workstation 6.0.4 almost a month ago and reading the release notes I had high hopes
On Ubuntu 8.04 hosts (which use kernel 2.6.24), when you install VMware Workstation, the vmnet module does not build. (bug 236605)
and it certainly does compile. But…
After installing it, when one tries to fire up the first virtual machine
Workstation croaks with this message
I’ve tried some of the vmware-any-any patches from vmkernelnewbies but they all broke the vmblock module....
Note: These instructions only applies to version 6.0.2 and 6.0.3. Version 6.0.4 now supports Ubuntu 7.10 and 8.04 out of the box (Updated instructions for 6.0.4 and Ubuntu Intrepid)
Seems VMware has released a new version of Workstation; 6.0.3
I had hoped that this release had fixed the problems encountered with 6.0.2. This isn’t the case (By the way; this problem is not only with Ubuntu Hardy Herron but for for all distributions using Linux 2....
A new vmware-any-any patch is floating around the VMKernelNewbies group.
It is unknown who has made the patch but I am very grateful. Not only has this person taken care of the tidious work if getting vmmon to compile but also fixed the problem with
bridging on a wireless interface.
I have a local copy of the file – just in case it disappears....
After trying my luck with VMware Server 2.0 Beta (which I’ve been running while I upgraded my laptop to Hardy). Finally getting tired of the bloated MUI I switched back to Server 1.0.4 and discovered that the server console not longer works:
$ vmware-server-console /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/bin/vmware-server-console: /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2) /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/bin/vmware-server-console: /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/libgcc_s.so.1/libgcc_s.so.1: version `GCC_4.2.0' not found (required by /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6) /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/bin/vmware-server-console: /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo....
This is in no way hot news but I wanted to write it down anyway.
I am currently working on upgrading some VMware ESX 2.5 servers to ESX 3.0.2. We have opted for a rolling upgrade by installing one of the servers with 3.0.2, adding a new LUN, format it with VMFS3 and then migrating servers of the old servers and LUNs and then reinstalling the server. The new VMFS was formated with standard options (but not by me)....
Sometimes when I use VMware Workstation I suddenly might find that my CTRL, shift and capslock keys do not work when I am back in Xorg.
I have yet to find out exactly what happens but running setxkbmap from a terminal (without any arguments) fixes the problem.
(This workaround was found in the VMware Community forums)
Weird....
Update 21-03-2008
Please see my updated instructions for VMware Workstation 6.0.3 – It will also work for 6.0.2
When running vmware-config.pl for VMware Workstation 6.0.2 (build 59824) one is presented with this error:
Unknown VMware Workstation 6.0.2 build 59824 detected. Building for Workstation 6.0.0. Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only' make -C /lib/modules/2.6.24-4-generic/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-4-generic' CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driverLog....
After taking my time to get around to it I took the exam today and passed. I am now a VMware Certified Professional...