Hardy Upgrade Killed vmware server

[Edmund Ĺaugasson]

>> $ patch -p1 < vmmon-2.6.24.patch
>> (Stripping trailing CRs from patch.)
>> patching file include/vcpuset.h
>> Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected! Assume -R? [n]
>> Apply anyway? [n]
>> Skipping patch.
> 
> Did you apply the patch several times? You shouldn't do that. Start with a 
> fresh source package to patch. Or maybe the patch isn't meant to be used 
> with the version of the source you are trying to patch.

No, I didn't - I always keep original archive and take fresh source to patch.

>> Now running sudo ./vmware-config.pl gave finally the following error
>> after numerous of compiling errors (more than 1000 rows, so command
>> line history did not fit them):
> 
> It doesn't help to run this program if the patches were not 100% 
> successful.

I agree. But since I don't have C/C++ programming skills - I just hoped, that perhaps it goes well.

> Sorry, I can't verify the problem because I don't use vmware.

Actually I don't use it either. But I tried to help my friend and install it. He needs seamless 
folder sharing between host (Linux) and guest (WinXP, Vista). Usually he and I we are using 
VirtualBox but in Virtualbox this does not work if you are not in administrator rights. You have at 
first access that share in administrator rights and then it works also as regular user. I know, it 
seems like it's not usual behaviour, because usually Windows users are using Windows in 
administrator rights. But my friend would like to test several programming tasks in Windows as admin 
and as regular user. Purpose is to create some applications and scripts for business usage, where 
there cannot be give administrator rights to regular user.

> But I think 
> you have a damaged download or incompatible versions of patches and 
> source.

As Paul Lemmons said - I need just replace those vmmon.tar and vmnet.tar at 
/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/ with downloaded version and everything should go fine. Currently I 
don't have access to that Kubuntu 8.04 machine, because my friend is already sleeping.

> I would first start with a fresh download of both the source and 
> patches. And if that doesn't work, you could contact the author of the 
> patch to find out what the problem is.

Yeah - it seems like regular behaviour. If that *.tar replacing does not help, I will do that.

Thanks anybody for thinking with me!
Edmund Laugasson