From owner-freebsd-current Sat Dec 25 14:18:42 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from picalon.gun.de (picalon.gun.de [192.109.159.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E67E14D00; Sat, 25 Dec 1999 14:18:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from andreas@klemm.gtn.com) Received: from klemm.gtn.com (pppak04.gtn.com [194.231.123.169]) by picalon.gun.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA19756; Sat, 25 Dec 1999 23:18:25 +0100 (MET) Received: (from andreas@localhost) by klemm.gtn.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA10981; Sat, 25 Dec 1999 23:18:27 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from andreas) Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 23:18:26 +0100 From: Andreas Klemm To: Mike Smith Cc: Andreas Klemm , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current ) Message-ID: <19991225231826.A7024@titan.klemm.gtn.com> References: <19991225222821.A34633@titan.klemm.gtn.com> <199912252215.OAA00445@mass.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <199912252215.OAA00445@mass.cdrom.com>; from msmith@FreeBSD.ORG on Sat, Dec 25, 1999 at 02:15:07PM -0800 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT SMP X-Disclaimer: A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Dec 25, 1999 at 02:15:07PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 25, 1999 at 01:11:06PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > Hi ! > > > > > > > > Some time ago I fetched your vmware port from internet. > > > > I moved to -current because staroffice5 there is able to run > > > > with a SMP kernel. > > > > > > > > When trying to run vmware I encounter the following problems: > > > > > > > > This message shows up immediately after program start: > > > > > > > > kldload: can't load /usr/local/lib/vmware/lib/modules/vmmon.ko: Exec format error > > > > > > Check the console; you have a mismatch somewhere inbetween the vmmon > > > module and the Linux module, or between the vmmon module and your kernel. > > > > The console shows this message: > > link_elf: symbol linux_ioctl_handler_install undefined > > > > Do you have a clue what I should try next ??? > > *sigh* Sorry, I don't want to make you angry. Please see my other mail. BTW, my -current is from today, linux emulation and such has been installed the last days..... > Yes, update your kernel and linux module, since they're (quite obviously) > not up to date. The problem was an older vmware port that I fetched some weeks (or so) ago. Too bad, that the vmware port isn't part of the ports tree and doesn't have a version number in the file name. Otherwise it would be more easily possible to communicate the exact software release status. -- Andreas Klemm http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/~andreas http://www.freebsd.org/~fsmp/SMP/SMP.html powered by Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD Get new songs from our band: http://www.freebsd.org/~andreas/64bits/index.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message