Problem with VMWare module
HarryG
hg57
Tue Jan 10 12:01:53 PST 2006
On Monday 09 January 2006 05:30 pm, Kurt Wall wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 04:43:35PM -0500, HarryG took 42 lines to write:
> > I seem to loose the module after a reboot. How can I check if it loads
> > after restarting?
> >
> > When it is built, it reads out:
> >
> > Building the vmmon module.
> >
> > Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
> > make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'
> > make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-586tsc/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD
> > SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
> > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-586tsc'
> > CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
> > CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
> > CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/task.o
>
> [...]
>
> > CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/vmmon.mod.o
> > LD [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko
> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-586tsc'
> > cp -f vmmon.ko ./../vmmon.o
> > make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'
> > The module loads perfectly in the running kernel.
>
> Does your distribution delete files in /tmp when it reboots? I don't
> see in this output that you ever actually install the module and
> update your dependencies with "depmod -ae".
>
It appears to do the delete. Also, after starting up thismorning I did a
lsmod >mods, then did the reinstall and did a lsmod >mod2 (see attached).
It appears that the modules created are vmnet and vmmod. (Please look to see
if I am correct in this).
How can I load them automatically at boot?
This is a new yet interesting area for me.
And thanks for your help amigo!
Harry G
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Module Size Used by
vmnet 33700 9
parport_pc 30660 0
vmmon 102124 0
snd_seq_dummy 2948 0
snd_seq_oss 30592 0
snd_seq_midi 6560 0
snd_rawmidi 20000 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 5888 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 46864 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 6924 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
i915 16896 1
drm 57108 2 i915
sworks_agp 7072 0
amd_k7_agp 6540 0
ali_agp 5376 0
sis_agp 6020 0
ati_agp 6412 0
nvidia_agp 5788 0
via_agp 7552 0
intel_agp 18844 1
agpgart 28104 10 drm,sworks_agp,amd_k7_agp,ali_agp,sis_agp,ati_agp,nvidia_agp,via_agp,intel_agp
binfmt_misc 8840 1
lp 9288 0
parport 20032 2 parport_pc,lp
rfcomm 33180 0
l2cap 21636 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 41988 4 rfcomm,l2cap
ipt_limit 2048 2
ipt_state 1664 66
ipt_LOG 6528 2
ipt_REJECT 4224 2
ip_conntrack_ftp 71440 0
ip_conntrack_irc 70800 0
ip_conntrack 38456 3 ipt_state,ip_conntrack_ftp,ip_conntrack_irc
iptable_filter 2432 1
ipv6 231488 8
af_packet 16776 6
usblp 10624 0
pcmcia 20488 2
yenta_socket 18952 1
rsrc_nonstatic 10496 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 40984 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
8250 18564 0
serial_core 18048 1 8250
eth1394 17288 0
ath_pci 67868 0
ath_rate_onoe 7304 1 ath_pci
wlan 127260 3 ath_pci,ath_rate_onoe
ath_hal 146896 2 ath_pci
8139too 21888 0
mii 4480 1 8139too
sbp2 21384 0
ohci1394 30516 0
slamr 373444 2
snd_intel8x0 28060 1
snd_ac97_codec 84640 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus 1920 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 45856 0
snd_mixer_oss 15616 2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 76296 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 20612 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 47588 13 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 7392 2 snd
snd_page_alloc 8200 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
ndiswrapper 120116 0
md 38992 0
p4_clockmod 3976 0
speedstep_lib 3460 1 p4_clockmod
freq_table 3588 1 p4_clockmod
thermal 11016 0
processor 19892 1 thermal
fan 3332 0
button 3200 0
battery 8324 0
ac 3588 0
dm_mod 49084 0
tsdev 5952 0
ip_tables 19840 5 ipt_limit,ipt_state,ipt_LOG,ipt_REJECT,iptable_filter
usbhid 30176 0
evdev 7168 0
uhci_hcd 28560 0
ohci_hcd 18692 0
pdc202xx_old 9088 0 [permanent]
sd_mod 14224 0
sg 28832 0
usb_storage 66624 0
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Module Size Used by
i915 16896 1
drm 57108 2 i915
sworks_agp 7072 0
amd_k7_agp 6540 0
ali_agp 5376 0
sis_agp 6020 0
ati_agp 6412 0
nvidia_agp 5788 0
via_agp 7552 0
intel_agp 18844 1
agpgart 28104 10 drm,sworks_agp,amd_k7_agp,ali_agp,sis_agp,ati_agp,nvidia_agp,via_agp,intel_agp
vmnet 33700 9
vmmon 102124 0
binfmt_misc 8840 1
parport_pc 30660 0
lp 9288 0
parport 20032 2 parport_pc,lp
rfcomm 33180 0
l2cap 21636 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 41988 4 rfcomm,l2cap
ipt_limit 2048 2
ipt_state 1664 66
ipt_LOG 6528 2
ipt_REJECT 4224 2
ip_conntrack_ftp 71440 0
ip_conntrack_irc 70800 0
ip_conntrack 38456 3 ipt_state,ip_conntrack_ftp,ip_conntrack_irc
iptable_filter 2432 1
ipv6 231488 8
af_packet 16776 6
usblp 10624 0
pcmcia 20488 2
yenta_socket 18952 1
rsrc_nonstatic 10496 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 40984 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
8250 18564 0
serial_core 18048 1 8250
eth1394 17288 0
ath_pci 67868 0
ath_rate_onoe 7304 1 ath_pci
wlan 127260 3 ath_pci,ath_rate_onoe
ath_hal 146896 2 ath_pci
8139too 21888 0
mii 4480 1 8139too
sbp2 21384 0
ohci1394 30516 0
slamr 373444 2
snd_intel8x0 28060 0
snd_ac97_codec 84640 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus 1920 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 45856 0
snd_mixer_oss 15616 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 76296 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 20612 1 snd_pcm
snd 47588 6 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 7392 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 8200 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
ndiswrapper 120116 0
md 38992 0
p4_clockmod 3976 0
speedstep_lib 3460 1 p4_clockmod
freq_table 3588 1 p4_clockmod
thermal 11016 0
processor 19892 1 thermal
fan 3332 0
button 3200 0
battery 8324 0
ac 3588 0
dm_mod 49084 0
ip_tables 19840 5 ipt_limit,ipt_state,ipt_LOG,ipt_REJECT,iptable_filter
tsdev 5952 0
evdev 7168 0
usbhid 30176 0
uhci_hcd 28560 0
ohci_hcd 18692 0
pdc202xx_old 9088 0 [permanent]
sd_mod 14224 0
sg 28832 0
usb_storage 66624 0
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