Windows 2003 Server running VMware Server.
I have slow network response from my VM. I'm therefore trying to install VMware Tools on an Ubuntu Server 9.10 (Karmic Koala) virtual machine.
After booting into the machine, I open up the web admin panel and select "Install VMware Tools", in order to insert the CD.
Then in the console, I do the following:
root@ubuntu-server-test:/tmp# mkdir /mnt/cdrom
mkdir: cannot create directory `/mnt/cdrom': File exists
root@ubuntu-server-test:/tmp# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
mount: block device /dev/sr0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
root@ubuntu-server-test:/tmp# cp /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-7.7.6-203138.tar.gz /tmp
root@ubuntu-server-test:/tmp# tar zxf VMwareTools-7.7.6-203138.tar.gz
root@ubuntu-server-test:/tmp# cd vmware-tools-distrib/
root@ubuntu-server-test:/tmp/vmware-tools-distrib# ./vmware-install.pl
root@ubuntu-server-test:/tmp/vmware-tools-distrib# /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl
During the configuration, I get the following:
Extracting the sources of the vmxnet module.
Building the vmxnet module.
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.31-14-generic-pae/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31-14-generic-pae'
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.o
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c:48:
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vm_basic_types.h:108:7: warning: "__FreeBSD__" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c: In function âvmxnet_change_mtuâ:
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c:193: error: âstruct net_deviceâ has no member named âprivâ
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c: In function âvmxnet_get_drvinfoâ:
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c:267: error: âstruct net_deviceâ has no member named âprivâ
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c: In function âvmxnet_set_tsoâ:
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c:305: error: âstruct net_deviceâ has no member named âprivâ
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c: In function âvmxnet_link_checkâ:
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c:659: error: âstruct net_deviceâ has no member named âprivâ
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c: In function âvmxnet_probe_deviceâ:
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c:841: error: âstruct net_deviceâ has no member named âprivâ
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c:993: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c:1058: error: âstruct net_deviceâ has no member named âopenâ
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c:1059: error: âstruct net_deviceâ has no member named âhard_start_xmitâ
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c:1060: error: âstruct net_deviceâ has no member named âstopâ
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c:1061: error: âstruct net_deviceâ has no member named âget_statsâ
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c:1062: error: âstruct net_deviceâ has no member named âset_multicast_listâ
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c:1064: error: âstruct net_deviceâ has no member named âchange_mtuâ
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c:1067: error: âstruct net_deviceâ has no member named âtx_timeoutâ
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c:1071: error: âstruct net_deviceâ has no member named âpoll_controllerâ
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c:1075: error: âstruct net_deviceâ has no member named âset_mac_addressâ
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c: In function âvmxnet_remove_deviceâ:
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c:1142: error: âstruct net_deviceâ has no member named âprivâ
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c: In function âvmxnet_init_ringâ:
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c:1213: error: âstruct net_deviceâ has no member named âprivâ
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c: In function âvmxnet_openâ:
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c:1338: error: âstruct net_deviceâ has no member named âprivâ
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c: In function âcheck_tx_queueâ:
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c:1594: error: âstruct net_deviceâ has no member named âprivâ
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c: In function âvmxnet_txâ:
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c:1658: error: âstruct net_deviceâ has no member named âprivâ
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c: In function âvmxnet_rxâ:
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c:2057: error: âstruct net_deviceâ has no member named âprivâ
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c: In function âvmxnet_interruptâ:
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c:2232: error: âstruct net_deviceâ has no member named âprivâ
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c: In function âvmxnet_closeâ:
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c:2314: error: âstruct net_deviceâ has no member named âprivâ
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c: In function âvmxnet_load_multicastâ:
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c:2404: error: âstruct net_deviceâ has no member named âprivâ
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c: In function âvmxnet_set_multicast_listâ:
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c:2465: error: âstruct net_deviceâ has no member named âprivâ
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c: In function âvmxnet_get_statsâ:
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.c:2545: error: âstruct net_deviceâ has no member named âprivâ
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only/vmxnet.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.31-14-generic-pae'
make: *** [vmxnet.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config2/vmxnet-only'
Unable to build the vmxnet module.
The fast network device driver (vmxnet module) is used only for our fast
networking interface. The rest of the software provided by VMware Tools is
designed to work independently of this feature.
If you wish to have the fast network driver enabled, you can install the driver
by running vmware-config-tools.pl again after making sure that gcc, binutils,
make and the kernel sources for your running kernel are installed on your
machine. These packages are available on your distribution's installation CD.
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I get similar messages for other features, but the vmxnet driver is the main feature I want to get. I first ensured that the forementioned packages were installed and up to date:
root@ubuntu-server-test:/tmp/vmware-tools-distrib# apt-get install gcc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
gcc is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 80 not upgraded.
root@ubuntu-server-test:/tmp/vmware-tools-distrib# apt-get install binutils
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
binutils is already the newest version.
binutils set to manually installed.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 80 not upgraded.
root@ubuntu-server-test:/tmp/vmware-tools-distrib# apt-get install make
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
make is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 80 not upgraded.
root@ubuntu-server-test:/tmp/vmware-tools-distrib# apt-get install linux-source
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
linux-source is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 80 not upgraded.
I'm totally lost for things to do at this stage, could anyone suggest any practical solutions? Or advisories regards trying to perform this activity? Many thanks in advance.
If additional information is required, please let me know.