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Why Won't Vmware Server Run On Ubuntu

Whenever i try to run Vmware on ubuntu 8.04 and try and connect to the local machine I always get presented with the error message : -

The local VMware Server is not installed, or is not currently running.

Make sure that the server is properly installed and try again.

If anybody could help me resolve this issue it would be most appreciated,]
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sk_raja_raja

Ref these forums,

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4945073
http://communities.vmware.com/message/936296;jsessionid=C0B6C9DF6A1114D38A4995D5986B4B19

smsprog

You need to build kernel modules of VMware Server and start it.
You can do it with "vmware-config.pl" or "vmware-config" command with root privileges.

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larstr

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MushyPea

See my comment on your other question:

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/23625954/How-Do-I-Run-A-pl-With-Root-Priveleges.html?anchorAnswerId=22180164#a22180164

larstr

Except that this was Ubuntu 8.0.4, hardy and the gutsy edition will not be able to compile vmmon on 8.0.4.

larstr

For details, please see here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vmware-server/+bug/173261

MushyPea

Er, it doesn't have to compile it, does it?

The vmware-server-kernel-modules package (or more accurately, it's dependency) contains the modules pre-compiled.

larstr

vmmon needs to get compiled for different kernels. The kernel between different Ubuntu versions are changed, so it can't use the precompiled vmmon. Also, if you try to recompile (by running vmware-config.pl), compilation will fail (there are however workarounds to this issue to if you chose to use the gutsy version).

Lars

MushyPea

Excuse me if I'm missing something, but I thought both gutsy and hardy use 2.6.22 and that's what kernel the vmware-server-kernel-modules package on Canonical's repository is?

Admittedly I am using Gutsy not Hardy (yet), but the prebuilt ones worth just fine for me.

larstr

Hardy is by default using kernel 2.6.24, while Gutsy is using 2.6.22 (as you suggested).