On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:23:51 +0930 Iain Buchanan wrote: > David - at this point I'd try a couple of things. Since you've > upgraded your linux-headers, it's a good idea to recompile your > system libc, as per the elog message. > > Also, since you're getting version error messages, recompile your > kernel and reboot into it. Just to make sure, as you've just done > headers and libc (may be a long shot, but may as well rule it out). > > Then unload all vm* modules and recompile them also. (Say no to all > vmware-config questions first, then second time around say yes!). If > it doesn't work, downgrade to a previous version of modules and try > them. I use vmware-modules-1.0.0.11-r1 because that's the only > version that works with workstation 4, which I have a license for. > > Finally, if this all still fails, try with an earlier kernel and see > if it magically works. Then you know it's probably a new kernal > feature thats bugging you! > > I hope you have a few spare clock cycles for all this compiling :)
Hi Iain, I've been using 'uname -r' and its reporting '2.6.25-gentoo-r4' matches the module path, i.e. /lib/modules/2.6.25-gentoo-r4/misc/vmnet.ko, in the "invalid module" message. I'm as certain as can be that there's no mismatch here. Also, I've removed all vm* packages and reinstalled vmware-server (and whatever it pulls in, i.e. vmware-modules). This was done after removing all vmware entries from /etc/portage/package*, so the vm* packages are all stable versions -- no ~amd64 versions. Haven't tried rebuilding glibc ... Instead I've installed the latest stable amd64 versions of 2.6.24 sources and headers. The kernel is now being built. I should know before too long whether this helps. Another possibility not yet tried is to disable CONFIG_MODVERSIONS. That's it for now... Regards, David -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
