Running vmware server on laptop issues

Hey Forum.
I'm using my laptop also as Vmware server for beeing able to have a windows machine.
But I have both and wired connection and wireless.
I can get a bridged connection on the wired LAN. But would also wan on the wireless network.
But I cannot get it to work.
I got iwl3945 up and running with great problems. But cannot get it to run.
I've set the wmnet0 bridged to eth0
wnet1 --> Host-only
vmnet3 bridged to wlan0
vmnet8 NAT
But how I do I cannot get the IP from the wireless, no matter what! So how can I fix this ?
Running Kernel 2.6.24.2TP on a IBM X60s.
Is there anything special I need to do to get it rigth - or can someone just explain it to me.
Thanks.

might be off topic but for problems with vmware I moved to virtualbox (from repo) and I forgot about problems
but running vmware I used host only networking - this seems to be easier than bridged

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ide0:0.fileName = "Solaris 10 (experimental).vmdk"
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I have faced a similar problem, but I was testing a lot of things simultaneously (not very smart obviously), of which was adding SCSI and IDE disks.
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I am running VMware server 1.0.4 on Windows XP.
I have a Solaris 10 8/07 virtual machine installed.
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I have two network adapters (physically on my laptop), one wireless and one wired, I can have any combination of them being enabled or disabled according to where I am working, and sometimes I start the virtual machine with neither of them enabled.
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I have been getting errors when attempting to run vmware-config.pl on vmware-server with kernel 2.6.30
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A solution and a download link for the patch can be found here
http://communities.vmware.com/message/1285430#1285430
Last edited by JAcky (2009-07-04 14:33:27)

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linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/tls/libm.so.6 (0x00d8a000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0xf7ff2000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0 (0xf7fe0000)
libX11.so.6 => not found
libXtst.so.6 => not found
libXext.so.6 => not found
libXt.so.6 => not found
libICE.so.6 => not found
libSM.so.6 => not found
libXrender.so.1 => not found
libz.so.1 => not found
libc.so.6 => /lib/tls/libc.so.6 (0x00b86000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x00b6d000)
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Vmware server: revert - vmdb failure insufficient permission

quick question to people running vmware-server. I installed it from AUR. It works fine except for Revert (Snapshot works or to be more precise it gives no error).
vmware gui gives me two pop-up windows with the following error messages as soon as I press the "Revert" button:
- vmdb failure
- insufficient permissions
I found following messages in:
/var/log/vmware/vmware-servers.log
Dec 26 18:24:11: app| SP: Retrieved username: waldek
Dec 26 18:24:12: app| OvlHostStartIo: errno 104
Dec 26 18:24:12: app| vmdbPipe_Streams: Couldn't read
Dec 26 18:24:12: app| VMServerd IPC closed the connection with thread /home/VMs/Arch-Voodoo/Arch-Voodoo.vmx (0x831b218)
Dec 26 18:24:12: app| Lost connection to /home/VMs/Arch-Voodoo/Arch-Voodoo.vmx (/home/VMs/Arch-Voodoo/Arch-Voodoo.vmx) unexpectedly.
Dec 26 18:24:12: app| VM suddenly changed state: poweredOff.
Dec 26 18:24:12: app| VMDB OP FAIL:
Dec 26 18:24:12: app| Backtrace:
Dec 26 18:24:12: app| Backtrace[0] 0xbf9cb9c8 eip 0x807a71e
Dec 26 18:24:12: app| Backtrace[1] 0xbf9cbd08 eip 0x812394e
Dec 26 18:24:12: app| Backtrace[2] 0xbf9cc098 eip 0x81d55c0
Dec 26 18:24:12: app| Backtrace[3] 0xbf9cc0a8 eip 0x81cb996
Dec 26 18:24:12: app| Backtrace[4] 0xbf9cc248 eip 0x8122eba
Dec 26 18:24:12: app| Backtrace[5] 0xbf9cc2a8 eip 0x813a819
Dec 26 18:24:12: app| Backtrace[6] 0xbf9cc2c8 eip 0x80e3227
Dec 26 18:24:12: app| Backtrace[7] 0xbf9cc2f8 eip 0x80e31a8
Dec 26 18:24:12: app| Backtrace[8] 0xbf9ccf68 eip 0x80e3423
Dec 26 18:24:12: app| Backtrace[9] 0xbf9ccfa8 eip 0x80e28e8
Dec 26 18:24:12: app| Backtrace[10] 0xbf9ccfc8 eip 0x80e29b8
Dec 26 18:24:12: app| Backtrace[11] 0xbf9ccff8 eip 0x8079314
Dec 26 18:24:12: app| Backtrace[12] 0xbf9cd018 eip 0x8078595
Dec 26 18:24:12: app| Backtrace[13] 0xbf9cd078 eip 0xb7dfc7c8
Dec 26 18:24:12: app| Backtrace[14] 00000000 eip 0x80783b1
Dec 26 18:24:12: app| Vmdb_Unset failed: /vm/#d710dfecd02bffe0/vmx/chkptState/req/#74/ (Pipe connection has been broken)
Dec 26 18:24:12: app| Removing from running vm list: /home/VMs/Arch-Voodoo/Arch-Voodoo.vmx
Dec 26 18:24:12: app| VM suddenly changed state: poweredOff.
Dec 26 18:24:12: app| VM suddenly changed state: poweredOff.
Dec 26 18:24:12: app| VM suddenly changed state: poweredOff.
Dec 26 18:24:12: app| SP: Retrieved username: waldek
Dec 26 18:24:12: app| Error when reading from snhelper: Error:10:Insufficient permissions
Dec 26 18:24:12: app| VMHSVMCbVmxChkptState failed: ret = VMDB failure
Dec 26 18:24:12: app| SP: Retrieved username: waldek
Dec 26 18:24:12: app| VM suddenly changed state: poweredOff.
and in /tmp/vmware-waldek/ui*.log:
Dec 26 18:24:11: vmui| SnapshotTree: Restoring snapshot 0
Dec 26 18:24:11: vmui| Reverting to snapshot...
Dec 26 18:24:12: vmui| Vmdb error -32 sending asynchronous update in VmdbCnxRecvStatus
Dec 26 18:24:12: vmui| VmdbCnxRecvSection failed: STATUS (-32) Pipe: Read failed
Dec 26 18:24:12: vmui| VmdbCnxRecvTuples got invalid remote path /vm/#d710dfecd02bffe0/mks/
Dec 26 18:24:12: vmui| Vmdb_Unset failed: ../vmx/localMksOwner/ (Pipe: Read failed)
Dec 26 18:24:12: vmui| VMNetCtlConstruct: no Network Names to list
Dec 26 18:24:12: vmui| VMUIGtkVmdb_LoadDevice: unhandled device class scsiCtlr
Dec 26 18:24:12: vmui| VMNetCtlConstruct: no Network Names to list
Dec 26 18:24:12: vmui| VMUIGtkVmdb_LoadDevice: unhandled device class scsiCtlr
Dec 26 18:24:12: vmui| VSlot_Call: object 0x918d3f0 has already been destroyed
Dec 26 18:24:12: vmui| VSlot_Call: object 0xb36b758 has already been destroyed
Dec 26 18:24:12: vmui| SnapshotTree: Restore failed: VMDB failure
could anybody try taking a snapshot and then reverting? Don't do it on a machine you need!
cheers
waldek

dninja wrote:
Hi
Don't know if you got this fixed but I just had the same error. A bit of googling found this:
http://www.vmware.com/community/message … eID=375968
which then led to max connection errors which was fixed by this:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=34594
All seems ok now.
Your clues seems to have no sense for me.
First link point to a problem with vmware and pam, second to some problems with syslog-ng.
I don't know how it is relevant to problems with vmware's snapshot.
Anyone has an idea? As I have the same problem as waldek_a

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Hi all,
I am trying to get VMware server installed, but am having a lot of difficulty.
According to multiple sources of information, I am told I need to install vmware-server-modules first.
When I try to install, yaourt gives the following error: error: target not found: kernel26>=2.6.32.
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FYI:
$ uname -r
3.2.5-1-ARCH
The Wiki deals with VMware Player and Workstation, but not Server. There is a forum/aur information relating to installing Server which is quite old (mostly 2010, some 2011), however given I am running an up-to-date kernel I seem to be hitting a dead end. Is there anyone who knows how to get this working?
I have seen:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=101982
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=6182
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Hi,
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/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function 'LinuxDriverSyncCallOnEachCPU':
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make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
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For reference I post here the solution to the mouse flickering, in case anyone has the same problem:
http://radu.cotescu.com/2009/10/30/how- … mic-koala/
Just follow step 6 to solve the problem.
JAcky wrote:
dabd wrote:hi
following the instructions here http://blog.mymediasystem.net/uncategor … la-x86_64/
Thank you very much, that works just fine.
I have not noticed any strange VM behavior on my Windows XP installation. But I only use it to test websites with IE and it does not run in full screen mode.
Now I only need to find out why Opera is running at 101% CPU load since the update and I will be all set
Thanks again.

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I 'Power On' the VM and the OS/database start normally. I don't even open the guest OS console from VMware. I use TOAD and SQLPlus from the host machine to access my database.
I'm trying to set up the database to do a clean shutdown when I use the VMware console to 'Shut Down Guest'.
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exit
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Wed Apr 15 13:16:50 2009
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Wed Apr 15 13:16:51 2009
ORA-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
I get this in sqlnet.log:
Fatal NI connect error 12560, connecting to:
(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=BEQ)(PROGRAM=oracle)(ARGV0=oraclemysid)(ARGS='(DESCRIPTION=(LOCAL=YES)(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=beq)))'))(CONNECT_DATA=(SID=mysid)(CID=(PROGRAM=C:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\bin\oradim.exe)(HOST=myserver)(USER=OraUser))))
VERSION INFORMATION:
TNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.4.0 - Production
Oracle Bequeath NT Protocol Adapter for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.4.0 - Production
Time: 15-APR-2009 13:16:51
Tracing not turned on.
Tns error struct:
ns main err code: 12560
TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
ns secondary err code: 0
nt main err code: 530
TNS-00530: Protocol adapter error
nt secondary err code: 2
nt OS err code: 0
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I'm stuck. Any ideas?
Thanks.

We are also having the same issue. We create a shutdown script via the Group Policy editor which works fine if we do a manual shutdown, but if we do a remote shutdown ex: "shutdown /r /f /m <servername /t 120", it does not work, the Database crash.
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Hello,
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from /usr/src/linux-2.6.28-ARCH/arch/x86/include/asm/system.h:1
1,
from /usr/src/linux-2.6.28-ARCH/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.
h:17,
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aphore.h: No such file or directory
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:146: error: unknown field 'nopage'
specified in initializer
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:147: warning: initialization from
incompatible pointer type
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:150: error: unknown field 'nopage'
specified in initializer
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:151: warning: initialization from
incompatible pointer type
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function 'LinuxDriver_Ioctl':
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1670: error: too many arguments to
function 'smp_call_function'
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-2.6.28-ARCH'
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'
Unable to build the vmmon 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.
Any idea on what I could have done wrong?
btw, I was chrooted when I did the "Preparing the 'vmmon', and 'vmnet' modules for our running 64-bit kernel " steps... Should I have been doing them without being chrooted?
I have to confess that I'm struggling a bit with the chroot concept...
Thanks for your help.
Ludo

I had the same or similar issue.
Following the section "VMware and kernel 2.6.29 compile modules problem" from http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installing_VMware fixed the problem for me.

Vmware Server web UI stops working.

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Trying 10.0.0.25...
Connected to 10.0.0.25.
Escape character is '^]'.
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Apr 11 23:25:31.052: authdlauncher| listening on port 902
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vmmon vmnet1 vmnet3 vmnet5 vmnet7 vmnet9
Last edited by orjanp (2010-04-14 07:50:39)

I managed to install Windows 7 in Vmware Server yesterday. And it worked fine, except that my whole system became very unresponive together with the Windows 7 installation. But it did work. I rebooted my computer today and started up the vmware deamon, and no luck in connecting to the server. I only get an 'Unable to connect' error in Firefox. To fix this, I will have to remove /etc/vmware and install vmware-server over again.
So at the moment, Virtualbox is winning hands down. It don't slow down my hole system, and Windows feels as fast as it was running not in a VM. And it works. The only issue is very slow IO.
Vmware Workstation 6 was alot faster than the Server version. Maybe I shuld try it instead. Just have to find a PGKBUILD for it.
Last edited by orjanp (2010-04-14 08:09:52)

[solved] vmware server 1.0.4 build 56528 and kernel 2.6.25

hi,
i updated to kernel 2.6.25 and tried to reinstall vmware server 1.0.4 build 56528 according to the wiki description.
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any ideas?
thx & rgds
hcjl
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Last edited by hcjl (2008-05-27 08:56:35)

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