Note: I looked into ESXi, but it does not support my CPU.
I have encountered the following error on two machines:
- Ubuntu Desktop 9.10 32-bit version, hardware is a 64-bit AMD AthlonX2 CPU and 1 GB RAM
- Ubuntu Server 9.10 64-bit version, hardware is a 64-bit AMD Phenom CPU and 3 GB RAM
I started at the Ubuntu wiki, which led to this blog post with an installer shell script that applied VMWare's patches for the 2.6.31-14-server kernel.
After a couple hiccups, I got things installed and was able to sign into the web admin on port 8333.
Attempting to stop VMWare using
sudo /etc/init.d/vmware stop
saw a failure on the Virtual Network. Attempting to start it:
sudo /etc/init.d/vmware start VMware
Server is installed, but it has not
been (correctly) configured for the
running kernel. To (re-)configure it,
invoke the following command:
/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl.
Running the configuration says:
sudo /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl The
following VMware kernel modules have
been found on your system that were
not installed by the VMware Installer.
Please remove them then run this
installer again.vmmon vmci vmnet
I.e. – 'rm
/lib/modules/2.6.31-14-server/misc/.{o,ko}'Execution aborted.
Following these instructions sometimes gives a working system, sometimes it take a couple tries. The server will work for a little bit, then throw the same error.
Has anyone got a stable VMWare Server setup on a Ubuntu Server 9.10 host? If so, how?
Best Answer
Is there any reason why you must run Ubuntu 9.10 as the VMWare Server host OS?
I have been reliably running VMWare Server (1 & 2) with Ubuntu Server 8.04LTS for years.
It is supported by VMWare and installation is a lot simpler. i.e. Install gcc and your kernel headers and you are good to go.
I have documented the few optimisations I put in place at the OS and VMWare level below. From experience I have found this results in more consistent performance across the VMs:
And here is a quick rundown on how to enable USB support on Ubuntu 8.04 with VMMWare Server 2:
p.s. I have setup hypervisors running Ubuntu 8.04 32bit and 64bit without any problems.