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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