Problem with VMWare module

[HarryG]

On Tuesday 10 January 2006 01:39 pm, Mike Reinehr wrote:
> On Tuesday 10 January 2006 10:59 am, HarryG wrote:
> > 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
>
> Harry,
>
> Do you have a shell program /etc/init.d/vmware? This was installed on my
> system by the VMware installation program and starts all the modules when I
> boot into runlevel 2.
>


Yes I do, a rather long one.  I suspect there is an issue with this and my 
distro.  I will have to examine it and see what it can be.

Any suggestions would be most appreciated!

And thanks to all who tried to help.

Harry G