Are you sure you need the any to any patch?

I've just installed vmware-server 1.04 on gutsy 32 bit.  The patch was
NOT required.

All it required was build-essential and xinetd.

I understand that 64 bit host used to be difficult, but latest reports
seem to indicate it all works as for 32 bit.

Kerry.

On 06/11/2007, Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A fresh install of Gutsy Gibbon on an AMD64 machine, I am trying to
> installed vmware-server (1.0.4-56528). Prior to running vmware-config.pl
> I have run vmware-any-any-update114 which leads to the following error:
>
> Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.
>
> Building the vmmon module.
>
> VMware 2 or VMware Express detected, building for VMware 2, VMware
> Express and VMware Workstation 4.0.x.
> Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
> make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'
> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD
> SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-14-generic'
>   CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
>   CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
>   CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/comport.o
>   CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
>   CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/hash.o
>   CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o
>   CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o
>   CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/task.o
> gcc: error trying to exec 'cc1plus': execvp: No such file or directory
> make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/task.o] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-14-generic'
> 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.
>
>
>
> At this point via Adept I checked for gcc and installed v4.2.  Then the
> following:
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/vmware-any-any-update114# ./runme.pl
> Updating /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl ... already patched
> Updating /usr/bin/vmware ... No patch needed/available
> Updating /usr/bin/vmnet-bridge ... No patch needed/available
> Updating /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx ... No patch needed/available
> Updating /usr/lib/vmware/bin-debug/vmware-vmx ... No patch needed/available
> VMware modules in "/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source" has been updated.
>
> Before running VMware for the first time after update, you need to
> configure it
> for your running kernel by invoking the following command:
> "/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl". Do you want this script to invoke the
> command for
> you now? [yes]
>
> The correct version of one or more libraries needed to run VMware Server
> may be
> missing.  This is the output of ldd /usr/bin/vmware:
>         linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xffffe000)
>         libm.so.6 => /lib32/libm.so.6 (0xf7f84000)
>         libdl.so.2 => /lib32/libdl.so.2 (0xf7f80000)
>         libpthread.so.0 => /lib32/libpthread.so.0 (0xf7f67000)
>         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 => /lib32/libc.so.6 (0xf7e1c000)
>         /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf7fbc000)
>
> This program cannot tell for sure, but you may need to upgrade libc5 to
> glibc
> before you can run VMware Server.
>
>
> Actually, (the first to of) these files are present:
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/vmware-server-distrib# locate libX11.so.6
> /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0
> /usr/lib/libX11.so.6
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/vmware-server-distrib# locate libXtst.so.6
> /usr/lib/libXtst.so.6.1.0
> /usr/lib/libXtst.so.6
>
>
> Anyone able to help me from this point?
>
> Cheers,
> Roger
>
>
>

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