[root@mars mezoko]# /opt/vmware/bin/vmware-config.pl Making sure services for VMware Workstation are stopped. :: Stopping VMWare Workstation [BUSY] Stopping VMware services: Virtual machine monitor done Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 done DHCP server on /dev/vmnet1 done Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 failed DHCP server on /dev/vmnet8 done NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 done Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 done Virtual ethernet failed [FAIL] Configuring fallback GTK+ 2.4 libraries. In which directory do you want to install the mime type icons? [/usr/share/icons] What directory contains your desktop menu entry files? These files have a .desktop file extension. [/usr/share/applications] In which directory do you want to install the application's icon? [/usr/share/pixmaps] /usr/share/applications/vmware-workstation.desktop: error: Categories values must be one of "Core", "Development", "Building", "Debugger", "IDE", "GUIDesigner", "Profiling", "RevisionControl", "Translation", "Office", "Calendar", "ContactManagement", "Database", "Dictionary", "Chart", "Email", "Finance", "FlowChart", "PDA", "ProjectManagement", "Presentation", "Spreadsheet", "WordProcessor", "Graphics", "2DGraphics", "VectorGraphics", "RasterGraphics", "3DGraphics", "Scanning", "OCR", "Photography", "Viewer", "Settings", "DesktopSettings", "HardwareSettings", "PackageManager", "Network", "Dialup", "InstantMessaging", "IRCClient", "FileTransfer", "HamRadio", "News", "P2P", "RemoteAccess", "Telephony", "WebBrowser", "WebDevelopment", "AudioVideo", "Audio", "Midi", "Mixer", "Sequencer", "Tuner", "Video", "TV", "AudioVideoEditing", "Player", "Recorder", "DiscBurning", "Game", "ActionGame", "AdventureGame", "ArcadeGame", "BoardGame", "BlocksGame", "CardGame", "KidsGame", "LogicGame", "RolePlaying", "Simulation", "SportsGame", "StrategyGame", "Education", "Art", "Construction", "Music", "Languages", "Science", "Astronomy", "Biology", "Chemistry", "Geology", "Math", "MedicalSoftware", "Physics", "Teaching", "Amusement", "Applet", "Archiving", "Electronics", "Emulator", "Engineering", "FileManager", "Shell", "ScreenSaver", "TeminalEmulator", "TrayIcon", "System", "Filesystem", "Monitor", "Security", "Utility", "Accessibility", "Calculator", "Clock", "TextEditor", "KDE", "GNOME", "GTK", "Qt", "Motif", "Java", "ConsoleOnly" (found "Application") desktop-file-install created an invalid desktop file! Use of uninitialized value in addition (+) at /opt/vmware/bin/vmware-config.pl line 802, line 3. Unable to install the .desktop menu entry file. You must add it to your menus byhand. /usr/share/applications/vmware-player.desktop: error: Categories values must be one of "Core", "Development", "Building", "Debugger", "IDE", "GUIDesigner", "Profiling", "RevisionControl", "Translation", "Office", "Calendar", "ContactManagement", "Database", "Dictionary", "Chart", "Email", "Finance", "FlowChart", "PDA", "ProjectManagement", "Presentation", "Spreadsheet", "WordProcessor", "Graphics", "2DGraphics", "VectorGraphics", "RasterGraphics", "3DGraphics", "Scanning", "OCR", "Photography", "Viewer", "Settings", "DesktopSettings", "HardwareSettings", "PackageManager", "Network", "Dialup", "InstantMessaging", "IRCClient", "FileTransfer", "HamRadio", "News", "P2P", "RemoteAccess", "Telephony", "WebBrowser", "WebDevelopment", "AudioVideo", "Audio", "Midi", "Mixer", "Sequencer", "Tuner", "Video", "TV", "AudioVideoEditing", "Player", "Recorder", "DiscBurning", "Game", "ActionGame", "AdventureGame", "ArcadeGame", "BoardGame", "BlocksGame", "CardGame", "KidsGame", "LogicGame", "RolePlaying", "Simulation", "SportsGame", "StrategyGame", "Education", "Art", "Construction", "Music", "Languages", "Science", "Astronomy", "Biology", "Chemistry", "Geology", "Math", "MedicalSoftware", "Physics", "Teaching", "Amusement", "Applet", "Archiving", "Electronics", "Emulator", "Engineering", "FileManager", "Shell", "ScreenSaver", "TeminalEmulator", "TrayIcon", "System", "Filesystem", "Monitor", "Security", "Utility", "Accessibility", "Calculator", "Clock", "TextEditor", "KDE", "GNOME", "GTK", "Qt", "Motif", "Java", "ConsoleOnly" (found "Application") desktop-file-install created an invalid desktop file! Use of uninitialized value in addition (+) at /opt/vmware/bin/vmware-config.pl line 802, line 3. Unable to install the .desktop menu entry file. You must add it to your menus byhand. Trying to find a suitable vmmon module for your running kernel. None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Workstation is suitable for your running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmmon module for your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? [yes] Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to override. What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/lib/modules/2.6.17-ARCH/build/include] Extracting the sources of the vmmon module. Building the vmmon module. Building for VMware Workstation 5.5.0 or 5.5.1. Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only' make -C /lib/modules/2.6.17-ARCH/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.17-ARCH' CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/hash.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task.o cc1plus: warning: command line option "-Wstrict-prototypes" is valid for C/ObjC but not for C++ cc1plus: warning: command line option "-Wdeclaration-after-statement" is valid for C/ObjC but not for C++ cc1plus: warning: command line option "-Wno-pointer-sign" is valid for C/ObjC but not for C++ cc1plus: warning: command line option "-Wstrict-prototypes" is valid for C/ObjC but not for C++ cc1plus: warning: command line option "-ffreestanding" is valid for C/ObjC but not for C++ /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h: In function ‘int Vmx86_RunVM(VMCrossPage*, VMDriver*) [with VMCrossPage = VMCrossPageV321]’: /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:1522: warning: ‘sysenterState$rsp’ is used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:1523: warning: ‘sysenterState$rip’ is used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2073: warning: ‘sysenterState$validEIP’ may be used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2073: warning: ‘sysenterState$cs’ may be used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h: In function ‘int Vmx86_RunVM(VMCrossPage*, VMDriver*) [with VMCrossPage = VMCrossPageV3]’: /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:1522: warning: ‘sysenterState$rsp’ is used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:1523: warning: ‘sysenterState$rip’ is used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2073: warning: ‘sysenterState$validEIP’ may be used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2073: warning: ‘sysenterState$cs’ may be used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h: In function ‘int Vmx86_RunVM(VMCrossPage*, VMDriver*) [with VMCrossPage = VMCrossPageGSX1]’: /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:1522: warning: ‘sysenterState$rsp’ is used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:1523: warning: ‘sysenterState$rip’ is used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2073: warning: ‘sysenterState$validEIP’ may be used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2073: warning: ‘sysenterState$cs’ may be used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h: In function ‘int Vmx86_RunVM(VMCrossPage*, VMDriver*) [with VMCrossPage = VMCrossPageV2]’: /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:1522: warning: ‘sysenterState$rsp’ is used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:1523: warning: ‘sysenterState$rip’ is used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2073: warning: ‘sysenterState$validEIP’ may be used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2073: warning: ‘sysenterState$cs’ may be used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h: In function ‘int Vmx86_RunVM_V4(VMDriver*, Vcpuid) [with VMCrossPage = VMCrossPageV4]’: /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2073: warning: ‘sysenterState$validEIP’ may be used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2073: warning: ‘sysenterState$cs’ may be used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2073: warning: ‘sysenterState$rsp’ may be used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2073: warning: ‘sysenterState$rip’ may be used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h: In function ‘int Vmx86_RunVM(VMDriver*, Vcpuid)’: /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:1522: warning: ‘sysenterState$rsp’ is used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:1523: warning: ‘sysenterState$rip’ is used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2073: warning: ‘sysenterState$validEIP’ may be used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2073: warning: ‘sysenterState$cs’ may be used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2073: warning: ‘sysenterState$validEIP’ may be used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2073: warning: ‘sysenterState$cs’ may be used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2073: warning: ‘sysenterState$rsp’ may be used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2073: warning: ‘sysenterState$rip’ may be used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2073: warning: ‘sysenterState$validEIP’ may be used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2073: warning: ‘sysenterState$cs’ may be used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2073: warning: ‘sysenterState$rsp’ may be used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:2073: warning: ‘sysenterState$rip’ may be used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h: In function ‘void Task_Switch_V45(VMDriver*, Vcpuid)’: /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:1713: warning: ‘sysenterState$validEIP’ may be used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:1713: warning: ‘sysenterState$cs’ may be used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:1713: warning: ‘sysenterState$rsp’ may be used uninitialized in this function /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/task_compat.h:1713: warning: ‘sysenterState$rip’ may be used uninitialized in this function CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/vmcore/compat.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.o LD [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/vmmon.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST CC /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/vmmon.mod.o LD [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.17-ARCH' cp -f vmmon.ko ./../vmmon.o make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only' The module loads perfectly in the running kernel. This program previously created the file /dev/vmmon, and was about to remove it.Somebody else apparently did it already. You have already setup networking. Would you like to skip networking setup and keep your old settings as they are? (yes/no) [yes] Extracting the sources of the vmnet module. Building the vmnet module. Building for VMware Workstation 5.5.0 or 5.5.1. Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only' make -C /lib/modules/2.6.17-ARCH/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.17-ARCH' CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/driver.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/hub.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/userif.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/netif.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/bridge.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/procfs.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/smac_compat.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/smac_linux.x386.o LD [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/vmnet.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST CC /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/vmnet.mod.o LD [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/vmnet.ko make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.17-ARCH' cp -f vmnet.ko ./../vmnet.o make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only' Unable to make a vmnet module that can be loaded in the running kernel: insmod: error inserting '/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet.o': -1 File exists There is probably a slight difference in the kernel configuration between the set of C header files you specified and your running kernel. You may want to rebuild a kernel based on that directory, or specify another directory. 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.