Dowloaded the lastest version ov VMware player 15.0.4 with the latest kernel on fedora 5.0.4-200. When I install VMware it works fine, But has he needs to build modules it fails. The error: Unable to start services See log file /tmp/vmware-root/vmware-9528.log for details
I wrote a script for people in need.
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cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/
tar -xvf vmmon.tar && tar -xvf vmnet.tar;
ed -s /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c < <(printf '%s\n' 46 a "#include <media/v4l2-common.h>;" . w q)
ed -s /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c < <(printf '%s\n' 1642 d w q)
ed -s /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c < <(printf '%s\n' 1641 a "unsigned int totalPhysicalPages = totalram_pages();" . w q)
ed -s /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c < <(printf '%s\n' 1788 d w q)
ed -s /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c < <(printf '%s\n' 1787 a "v4l2_get_timestamp(&tv);" . w q)
ed -s /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c < <(printf '%s\n' 1902 d w q)
ed -s /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c < <(printf '%s\n' 1901 a "v4l2_get_timestamp(&tv);" . w q)
ed -s /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c < <(printf '%s\n' 3409 d w q)
ed -s /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c < <(printf '%s\n' 3408 a "if (!access_ok(p, size)) {" . w q)
ed -s /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet-only/userif.c < <(printf '%s\n' 145 d w q)
ed -s /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet-only/userif.c < <(printf '%s\n' 144 a "if (!access_ok((void *)uAddr, size) ||" . w q)
mv vmmon.tar old.vmmon.tar;
mv vmnet.tar old.vmnet.tar;
tar -cf vmmon.tar vmmon-only;
tar -cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only
become supperuser : su or sudo
chmod +x vmware.sh
marck,
Thank you for the script! It made the process much quicker. I did notice an error where the totalram_pages definition was still in the code so I modified your script to remove it and adjusted the code to compensate for one fewer line. Also made a minor syntax fix on the #include line. I tested the resulting script and it works perfectly.
cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/
tar -xvf vmmon.tar && tar -xvf vmnet.tar;
ed -s /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c < <(printf '%s\n' 46 a "#include <media/v4l2-common.h>" . w q)
ed -s /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c < <(printf '%s\n' 1642 d w q)
ed -s /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c < <(printf '%s\n' 1643 d w q)
ed -s /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c < <(printf '%s\n' 1642 a "unsigned int totalPhysicalPages = totalram_pages();" . w q)
ed -s /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c < <(printf '%s\n' 1787 d w q)
ed -s /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c < <(printf '%s\n' 1786 a "v4l2_get_timestamp(&tv);" . w q)
ed -s /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c < <(printf '%s\n' 1901 d w q)
ed -s /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c < <(printf '%s\n' 1900 a "v4l2_get_timestamp(&tv);" . w q)
ed -s /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c < <(printf '%s\n' 3408 d w q)
ed -s /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c < <(printf '%s\n' 3407 a "if (!access_ok(p, size)) {" . w q)
ed -s /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet-only/userif.c < <(printf '%s\n' 145 d w q)
ed -s /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet-only/userif.c < <(printf '%s\n' 144 a "if (!access_ok((void *)uAddr, size) ||" . w q)
mv vmmon.tar old.vmmon.tar;
mv vmnet.tar old.vmnet.tar;
tar -cf vmmon.tar vmmon-only;
tar -cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only
Hi. Googling, I found this page.
The access_ok changes are good AFAICT.
I wouldn't suggest commenting out a function call that initializes a local variable. Instead of commenting out calls to do_gettimeofday I found a reference suggesting replacing it with a call to v4l2_get_timestamp.
#include <media/v4l2-common.h
then replace
do_gettimeofday(&tv)
with
v4l2_get_timestamp(&tv)
Also, totalram_pages is now an inline function. Comment out the decl, but also change it to a function call:
unsigned int totalPhysicalPages = totalram_pages();
Lastly, for reference sake, instead of manually invoking make, one can just repackage up the tarballs after making the changes. Then vmware will take care of compiling and installing the modules for you.
I'm having trouble compiling vmmon with kernel 5.0.5 with above steps. Could you please confirm the location of #include <media v4l2-common.h=""> in /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c? I tried very first include and before vmware.h entry. No luck.
Thanks. gs
I found a solution, I had to make by hand but someone can write a script if they want. The issue was of the use of some deprecated function due to kernel 5.0.4 Function incriminated are : ==> do_gettimeofday() Macro incriminated : ==> access_ok() The step I did to fix it:
1) Install VMware 15.0.4 normaly: ./VMware-Player-15.0.4-12990004.x86_64.bundle Should work fine
2) Go to the directory : /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/
3) Extract two .tar files : vmmon.tar and vmnet.tar
==> **tar -xvf vmmon.tar** --> create a directory called **vmmon-only**
==> **tar -xvf vmnet.tar** --> create a directory called **vmnet-only**
4) Go into the directory vmmon-only : cd vmmon-only
4.1) comment the line 1641 in the file /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c ==> // extern unsigned long totalram_pages;
4.2) comment also line 1787 in the file /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c ==> // do_gettimeofday(&tv); which is deprecated
4.3) comment also line 1901 in the file /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c ==> // do_gettimeofday(&tv);
4.4) modify the macro access_ok which only accept two arguments, in the file /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c line 3408 ==> if (!access_ok(p, size)) {
5) compile : make -j4 -C ../vmmon-only auto-build HEADER_DIR=/lib/modules/5.0.4-200.fc29.x86_64/build/include CC=/usr/bin/gcc IS_GCC_3=no
6) copy your vmmon.ko file into the directory /lib/modules/5.0.4-200.fc29.x86_64/misc/ ==> cp vmmon.ko /lib/modules/5.0.4-200.fc29.x86_64/misc/
7) go into the directory vmnet-only : cd vmnet-only
7.1) modify the macro access_ok on line 145 of the file /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet-only/userif.c ==> if (!access_ok((void *)uAddr, size) ||
8) compile : make -j4 -C ../vmnet-only auto-build HEADER_DIR=/lib/modules/5.0.4-200.fc29.x86_64/build/include CC=/usr/bin/gcc IS_GCC_3=no
9) copy vmnet.ko file into the directory /lib/modules/5.0.4-200.fc29.x86_64/misc/ ==> cp vmnet.ko /lib/modules/5.0.4-200.fc29.x86_64/misc/
10)start WMware player it will ask for your password and failed to compile, it's OK because you did it manually.
Bye
Asked: 2019-03-30 08:17:45 -0500
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Last updated: Apr 09 '19
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