Vmware and Ubuntu 8.04 (vmware tools install)
Hello, I would appreciate any advice on this. I'm using the latest Vmware Fusion on a Mac. In a VM image I've installed Ubuntu 8.4 Remix (it's the one that Dell tweaked for the Dell Mini's) The next step was to install the vmware tools since I had no networking... When I run: sudo ./vmware-install.pl ...the install ticks along OK until I get to this point: <SNIP> None of the pre-built vmmemctl modules for VMware Tools is suitable for your running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmmemctl module for your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? [yes] Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to override. What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-16/include The path "/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-16/include" is a kernel header file directory, but it does not contain the file "linux/version.h" as expected. This can happen if the kernel has never been built, or if you have invoked the "make mrproper" command in your kernel directory. In any case, you may want to rebuild your kernel. What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] </SNIP> NOTE: I had to copy across (on a USB flash drive) and install the header files as they weren't already there (from what I could find) I've started the process of preparing to recompile the kernel, but got stuck in deb package hell trying to satisfy the dependancies of build-essential Can anyone offer any advice about how to get networking working, as that would make getting everything else working easier. -- -Montana Blog: http://montanaquiring.info My Friend Feed: http://friendfeed.com/antikx
Montana Quiring wrote:
Hello,
I would appreciate any advice on this.
I'm using the latest Vmware Fusion on a Mac. In a VM image I've installed Ubuntu 8.4 Remix (it's the one that Dell tweaked for the Dell Mini's) The next step was to install the vmware tools since I had no networking... When I run: sudo ./vmware-install.pl ...the install ticks along OK until I get to this point: <SNIP> None of the pre-built vmmemctl modules for VMware Tools is suitable for your running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmmemctl module for your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? [yes]
Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to override.
What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-16/include
The path "/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-16/include" is a kernel header file directory, but it does not contain the file "linux/version.h" as expected. This can happen if the kernel has never been built, or if you have invoked the "make mrproper" command in your kernel directory. In any case, you may want to rebuild your kernel.
What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] </SNIP>
NOTE: I had to copy across (on a USB flash drive) and install the header files as they weren't already there (from what I could find)
I've started the process of preparing to recompile the kernel, but got stuck in deb package hell trying to satisfy the dependancies of build-essential
Can anyone offer any advice about how to get networking working, as that would make getting everything else working easier.
I don't know if the situation has changed. However it turns out I had to do a separate install of C in order to get VMWare to work on an older install. The deb of gtk-gnutella will do it (apt-get install gtk-gnutella). Unfortunately the version in the repositories will install an out of date gtk-gnutella and may not work. Trying to install C by itself didn't work out too well for me. You may want to try VirtualBox. It seems to work fairly well. Their documents say they can run a VM from VMWare, but it didn't work when I tried it on a Mac about six months ago. Later Mike
Hm. Have you tried installing a "stock" Ubuntu image in the VM? Maybe the 8.10 release? On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 11:29 PM, Montana Quiring <montanaq@gmail.com>wrote:
Hello,
I would appreciate any advice on this.
I'm using the latest Vmware Fusion on a Mac. In a VM image I've installed Ubuntu 8.4 Remix (it's the one that Dell tweaked for the Dell Mini's) The next step was to install the vmware tools since I had no networking... When I run: sudo ./vmware-install.pl ...the install ticks along OK until I get to this point: <SNIP> None of the pre-built vmmemctl modules for VMware Tools is suitable for your running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmmemctl module for your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? [yes]
Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to override.
What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-16/include
The path "/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-16/include" is a kernel header file directory, but it does not contain the file "linux/version.h" as expected. This can happen if the kernel has never been built, or if you have invoked the "make mrproper" command in your kernel directory. In any case, you may want to rebuild your kernel.
What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] </SNIP>
NOTE: I had to copy across (on a USB flash drive) and install the header files as they weren't already there (from what I could find)
I've started the process of preparing to recompile the kernel, but got stuck in deb package hell trying to satisfy the dependancies of build-essential
Can anyone offer any advice about how to get networking working, as that would make getting everything else working easier.
-- -Montana Blog: http://montanaquiring.info My Friend Feed: http://friendfeed.com/antikx _______________________________________________ Roundtable mailing list Roundtable@muug.mb.ca http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable
I would kind of like to stick with 8.04 remix so that I can help support my sister-in-law who is running that on her mini. -MQ On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Kevin McGregor <kevin.a.mcgregor@gmail.com> wrote:
Hm. Have you tried installing a "stock" Ubuntu image in the VM? Maybe the 8.10 release?
On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 11:29 PM, Montana Quiring <montanaq@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,
I would appreciate any advice on this.
I'm using the latest Vmware Fusion on a Mac. In a VM image I've installed Ubuntu 8.4 Remix (it's the one that Dell tweaked for the Dell Mini's) The next step was to install the vmware tools since I had no networking... When I run: sudo ./vmware-install.pl ...the install ticks along OK until I get to this point: <SNIP> None of the pre-built vmmemctl modules for VMware Tools is suitable for your running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmmemctl module for your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? [yes]
Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to override.
What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-16/include
The path "/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.24-16/include" is a kernel header file directory, but it does not contain the file "linux/version.h" as expected. This can happen if the kernel has never been built, or if you have invoked the "make mrproper" command in your kernel directory. In any case, you may want to rebuild your kernel.
What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] </SNIP>
NOTE: I had to copy across (on a USB flash drive) and install the header files as they weren't already there (from what I could find)
I've started the process of preparing to recompile the kernel, but got stuck in deb package hell trying to satisfy the dependancies of build-essential
Can anyone offer any advice about how to get networking working, as that would make getting everything else working easier.
-- -Montana Blog: http://montanaquiring.info My Friend Feed: http://friendfeed.com/antikx _______________________________________________ Roundtable mailing list Roundtable@muug.mb.ca http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable
-- -Montana Blog: http://montanaquiring.info My Friend Feed: http://friendfeed.com/antikx
On 19/04/2009 11:29 PM, Montana Quiring wrote:
I'm using the latest Vmware Fusion on a Mac. In a VM image I've installed Ubuntu 8.4 Remix (it's the one that Dell tweaked for the Dell Mini's) The next step was to install the vmware tools since I had no networking... When I run: sudo ./vmware-install.pl ...the install ticks along OK until I get to this point: <SNIP> None of the pre-built vmmemctl modules for VMware Tools is suitable for your running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmmemctl module for your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? [yes] ... NOTE: I had to copy across (on a USB flash drive) and install the header files as they weren't already there (from what I could find)
I've started the process of preparing to recompile the kernel, but got stuck in deb package hell trying to satisfy the dependancies of build-essential
Can anyone offer any advice about how to get networking working, as that would make getting everything else working easier.
Well, I've neither tried Ubuntu under VMware, nor had to build network drivers, but when I've needed to build other kernel modules under Ubuntu, I've used apt-get to install what I've needed. It should look after all the dependencies for you and get you out of deb package hell. And right now, you're probably thinking "well, duh, how can I use apt-get if I don't have a network driver?" A quick Google search shows that others have been in the same boat (not too surprising), and the advice is usually to get apt-get or aptitude to install from an Ubuntu CD. So, burn yourself an Ubuntu CD if you don't have one already (you may need the full Ubuntu CD, as the remix may not have all the packages you need), and read a couple of these: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/35810 http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ubuntu-help/138207-build-essential-package-... http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-36365.html Hope this helps. -- Gilles R. Detillieux E-mail: <grdetil@scrc.umanitoba.ca> Spinal Cord Research Centre WWW: http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/ Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB R3E 0J9 (Canada)
ahhhh.. and then add the CD into the repository list. Brilliant! I hadn't thought of that and never saw that in my extensive googling. Thanks Gilles, I'll give it a shot. -Montana On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Gilles Detillieux <grdetil@scrc.umanitoba.ca> wrote:
On 19/04/2009 11:29 PM, Montana Quiring wrote:
I'm using the latest Vmware Fusion on a Mac. In a VM image I've installed Ubuntu 8.4 Remix (it's the one that Dell tweaked for the Dell Mini's) The next step was to install the vmware tools since I had no networking... When I run: sudo ./vmware-install.pl ...the install ticks along OK until I get to this point: <SNIP> None of the pre-built vmmemctl modules for VMware Tools is suitable for your running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmmemctl module for your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? [yes]
...
NOTE: I had to copy across (on a USB flash drive) and install the header files as they weren't already there (from what I could find)
I've started the process of preparing to recompile the kernel, but got stuck in deb package hell trying to satisfy the dependancies of build-essential
Can anyone offer any advice about how to get networking working, as that would make getting everything else working easier.
Well, I've neither tried Ubuntu under VMware, nor had to build network drivers, but when I've needed to build other kernel modules under Ubuntu, I've used apt-get to install what I've needed. It should look after all the dependencies for you and get you out of deb package hell.
And right now, you're probably thinking "well, duh, how can I use apt-get if I don't have a network driver?" A quick Google search shows that others have been in the same boat (not too surprising), and the advice is usually to get apt-get or aptitude to install from an Ubuntu CD. So, burn yourself an Ubuntu CD if you don't have one already (you may need the full Ubuntu CD, as the remix may not have all the packages you need), and read a couple of these:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/35810 http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ubuntu-help/138207-build-essential-package-... http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-36365.html
Hope this helps.
-- Gilles R. Detillieux E-mail: <grdetil@scrc.umanitoba.ca> Spinal Cord Research Centre WWW: http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/ Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB R3E 0J9 (Canada)
-- -Montana Blog: http://montanaquiring.info My Friend Feed: http://friendfeed.com/antikx
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:30:28AM -0500, Gilles Detillieux wrote:
Can anyone offer any advice about how to get networking working, as that would make getting everything else working easier.
Well, I've neither tried Ubuntu under VMware, nor had to build network drivers, but when I've needed to build other kernel modules under Ubuntu, I've used apt-get to install what I've needed. It should look after all the dependencies for you and get you out of deb package hell.
And right now, you're probably thinking "well, duh, how can I use apt-get if I don't have a network driver?" A quick Google search shows that others have been in the same boat (not too surprising), and the advice is usually to get apt-get or aptitude to install from an Ubuntu CD. So, burn yourself an Ubuntu CD if you don't have one already (you may need the full Ubuntu CD, as the remix may not have all the packages you need), and read a couple of these:
Two other notes: 1) If you're going to download a Ubuntu image, download the "alternate" cd's, not the bootable desktop ones, as these are properly set up to be used as a deb-cd repository. 2) Keep in mind that when rebuilding a package, it's easy to take care of all the build deps in one command: apt-get build-dep <package-name> Scott -- Scott L. Balneaves | It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things Systems Department | are infinitely the most important. Legal Aid Manitoba | -- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "A Case of Identity"
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