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Date:      Sat, 25 Dec 1999 18:11:11 -0800
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
To:        Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>
Cc:        Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, vns@delta.odessa.ua, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: can't get vmware to run ( on -current )
Message-ID:  <3865793F.167EB0E7@whistle.com>
References:  <19991225220356.A40880@titan.klemm.gtn.com> <199912252111.NAA31680@mass.cdrom.com> <19991225222821.A34633@titan.klemm.gtn.com>

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Andreas Klemm 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 ???
> 
> Thanks for any help !
> 

Load the linux module before loding the vmware modules..


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