vmware module for 12.5.2 and linux 4.9.6-1-ARCH

here we are again, vmware modules need some tweaks again … here you will find a quick and easy patch. in short, you have to fix some conditions: #!/bin/sh cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source tar xf vmmon.tar mv vmmon.tar vmmon.old.tar sed -r -i -e ’s/KERNEL_VERSION\(4, 6, 0\)/KERNEL_VERSION\(4, 9, 0\)/g' vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c sed -r -i -e ’s/retval = get_user_pages\(\(unsigned long\)uvAddr, numPages, 0, 0, ppages, NULL\);/retval = get_user_pages\(\(unsigned long\)uvAddr, numPages, 0, ppages, NULL\);/g' vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c tar cf vmmon....

February 3, 2017

Resizing linux filesystem without lvm

Hey, if you need to resize your virtual harddisk in your virtual guest system and you are not using LVM, then this tutorial may help you: Extending a root filesystem in Linux without LVM Here are the important steps for fast forward how-to: expand harddisk in vmware reallocate partition table with fdisk and restart your guest resize it with resize2fs Be aware that fdisk takes the same starting block, otherwise you will mess up your partition table!...

March 4, 2015

vmware on ubuntu revival

hey folks, new version - new problems! ubuntu 10.10 with the 2.6.35-22 kernel needs more attention (see articel “installing vmware workstation 6.5.x on ubuntu”). here [1] i found the first solution for the problem “gcc and kernel headers must be installed”. it was necessary to link two header files to the include/linux directory. the next problem was the vsock module. the solution can be found here [2]. summarized there are following steps to be done:...

November 9, 2010

installing vmware workstation 6.5.x on ubuntu

hey folks! today i’ve got the message that vmware workstation was updated and that version 6.5.4 is out. so, i downloaded it and wanted to install … *schmecks* there was a problem - i remembered it, that the version 6.5.3 made similar troubles - the installer hung up at configuring the vmplayer. here and here we found again the solution. shortly briefed: in one terminal, run: while true; do sudo killall -9 vmware-modconfig-console; sleep 1; done in a second terminal, run: sudo ....

April 14, 2010

iphone upgrade with vmware under ubuntu

as you have read on this page before, it is possible to upgrade an iphone under ubuntu with vmware. BUT, as i’ve read on this page, it is easier as you think! here is my actually setup … iPhone 3G 8Gb ubuntu 9.10 (karmic) on lenovo t61p, kernel 2.6.31-19-generic vmware workstation 6.5.3 build-185404 guest: winxp professional sp3 with itunes 9.0.3.15 what has to be done? 1. create a file /etc/modprobe....

February 17, 2010