vmware player 5.0.2 on Mageia 3 RC x86_64 problem

I'm having problems getting vmware player 5.0.2 x86_64 running on Mageia 3 RC (x86_64) which is at kernel 3.8.11.

(I note in this context that the vmware-modconfig script whose output is reproduced below is using the kernel 2.6.x kernel build system.  Is this part of the problem and how do I work around this?)

VMware player 5.0.2 x86_64  installed uneventfully, several vmware processes are running.  If I try and start vmplayer however, it crashes with:

 

# cd /usr/bin
# ./vmplayer
Logging to /tmp/vmware-root/vmware-modconfig-31594.log
filename:       /lib/modules/3.8.11-desktop-1.mga3/--appname=VMware/vmmon.ko
supported:      external
license:        GPL v2
description:    VMware Virtual Machine Monitor.
author:         VMware, Inc.
srcversion:     720B99362854B538D7E9A9A
depends:       
vermagic:       3.8.11-desktop-1.mga3 SMP mod_unload modversions
PANIC /build/mts/release/bora-1031769/bora/lib/unicode/unicodeCommon.c:330
Aborted

 

Any ideas?  Would really appreciate some help as to where to go from here.

Thanks to all,
Tony Blackwell

 

I did re-run config stuff as below.  There are 2 files: the console stuff immediately following this, and after some white space, the log file of attempting to run vmplayer, as referred to above:

 

# vmware-modconfig --console --install-all --appname="VMware Player" --icon="vmware-player"/usr/lib/vmware/bin
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-modconfig-console: invalid option -- '-'
Stopping vmware (via systemctl):                                [  OK  ]
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmmon-only'
/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/3.8.11-desktop-1.mga3/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.8.11-desktop-1.mga3'
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmmon-only/linux/driverLog.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmmon-only/common/apic.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmmon-only/common/hashFunc.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmmon-only/common/task.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmmon-only/common/comport.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.o
/tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1370:1: warning: always_inline function might not be inlinable [-Wattributes]
  LD [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmmon-only/vmmon.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
  CC      /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmmon-only/vmmon.mod.o
  LD [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.8.11-desktop-1.mga3'
/usr/bin/make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmmon-only'
make[1]: `postbuild' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmmon-only'
cp -f vmmon.ko ./../vmmon.o
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmmon-only'
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmnet-only'
/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/3.8.11-desktop-1.mga3/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.8.11-desktop-1.mga3'
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmnet-only/driver.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmnet-only/hub.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmnet-only/userif.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmnet-only/netif.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmnet-only/bridge.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmnet-only/filter.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmnet-only/procfs.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmnet-only/smac_compat.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmnet-only/vnetEvent.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmnet-only/smac.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmnet-only/vnetUserListener.o
  LD [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmnet-only/vmnet.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
  CC      /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmnet-only/vmnet.mod.o
  LD [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmnet-only/vmnet.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.8.11-desktop-1.mga3'
/usr/bin/make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmnet-only'
make[1]: `postbuild' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmnet-only'
cp -f vmnet.ko ./../vmnet.o
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmnet-only'
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmblock-only'
/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/3.8.11-desktop-1.mga3/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.8.11-desktop-1.mga3'
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmblock-only/linux/filesystem.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmblock-only/linux/stubs.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmblock-only/linux/file.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmblock-only/linux/block.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmblock-only/linux/inode.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmblock-only/linux/super.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmblock-only/linux/control.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmblock-only/linux/module.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.o
/tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmblock-only/linux/inode.c:49:4: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
/tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmblock-only/linux/inode.c:49:4: warning: (near initialization for ‘RootInodeOps.lookup’) [enabled by default]
/tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmblock-only/linux/control.c: In function ‘ExecuteBlockOp’:
/tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmblock-only/linux/control.c:285:9: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
/tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmblock-only/linux/control.c:296:4: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘putname’ from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
In file included from include/linux/proc_fs.h:5:0,
                 from /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmblock-only/linux/control.c:28:
include/linux/fs.h:2052:13: note: expected ‘struct filename *’ but argument is of type ‘char *’
/tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.c:38:4: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
/tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.c:38:4: warning: (near initialization for ‘LinkDentryOps.d_revalidate’) [enabled by default]
/tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.c: In function ‘DentryOpRevalidate’:
/tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.c:104:7: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘actualDentry->d_op->d_revalidate’ makes integer from pointer without a cast [enabled by default]
/tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.c:104:7: note: expected ‘unsigned int’ but argument is of type ‘struct nameidata *’
  LD [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmblock-only/vmblock.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
WARNING: "putname" [/tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmblock-only/vmblock.ko] undefined!
  CC      /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmblock-only/vmblock.mod.o
  LD [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmblock-only/vmblock.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.8.11-desktop-1.mga3'
/usr/bin/make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmblock-only'
make[1]: `postbuild' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmblock-only'
cp -f vmblock.ko ./../vmblock.o
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmblock-only'
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmci-only'
/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/3.8.11-desktop-1.mga3/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.8.11-desktop-1.mga3'
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmci-only/linux/driver.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmci-only/linux/vmciKernelIf.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmci-only/common/vmciDriver.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmci-only/common/vmciResource.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmci-only/common/vmciContext.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmci-only/common/vmciDatagram.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmci-only/common/vmciHashtable.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmci-only/common/vmciEvent.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmci-only/common/vmciQueuePair.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmci-only/common/vmciDoorbell.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmci-only/common/vmciQPair.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmci-only/common/vmciRoute.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmci-only/driverLog.o
  LD [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmci-only/vmci.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
  CC      /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmci-only/vmci.mod.o
  LD [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmci-only/vmci.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.8.11-desktop-1.mga3'
/usr/bin/make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmci-only'
make[1]: `postbuild' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmci-only'
cp -f vmci.ko ./../vmci.o
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vmci-only'
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vsock-only'
/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/3.8.11-desktop-1.mga3/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.8.11-desktop-1.mga3'
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vsock-only/linux/af_vsock.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vsock-only/linux/vsockAddr.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vsock-only/linux/notifyQState.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vsock-only/linux/util.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vsock-only/linux/stats.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vsock-only/linux/notify.o
  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vsock-only/driverLog.o
  LD [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vsock-only/vsock.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST 1 modules
  CC      /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vsock-only/vsock.mod.o
  LD [M]  /tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vsock-only/vsock.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.8.11-desktop-1.mga3'
/usr/bin/make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
  MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vsock-only'
make[1]: `postbuild' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vsock-only'
cp -f vsock.ko ./../vsock.o
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-pBuPZc/vsock-only'
Starting vmware (via systemctl):                                [  OK  ]

 

 

 

 

 

 

And now the log referred to above:
2013-05-05T19:07:47.598+10:00| vthread-3| I120: Log for VMware Workstation pid=31594 version=9.0.2 build=build-1031769 option=Release
2013-05-05T19:07:47.598+10:00| vthread-3| I120: The process is 64-bit.
2013-05-05T19:07:47.598+10:00| vthread-3| I120: Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8
2013-05-05T19:07:47.598+10:00| vthread-3| I120: Host is Linux 3.8.11-desktop-1.mga3 Mageia 3
2013-05-05T19:07:47.598+10:00| vthread-3| I120: Msg_Reset:
2013-05-05T19:07:47.598+10:00| vthread-3| I120: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/usr/lib/vmware/settings": No such file or directory.
2013-05-05T19:07:47.598+10:00| vthread-3| I120: ----------------------------------------
2013-05-05T19:07:47.598+10:00| vthread-3| I120: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /usr/lib/vmware/settings. Using default values.
2013-05-05T19:07:47.598+10:00| vthread-3| I120: Msg_Reset:
2013-05-05T19:07:47.598+10:00| vthread-3| I120: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/root/.vmware/config": No such file or directory.
2013-05-05T19:07:47.598+10:00| vthread-3| I120: ----------------------------------------
2013-05-05T19:07:47.598+10:00| vthread-3| I120: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /root/.vmware/config. Using default values.
2013-05-05T19:07:47.598+10:00| vthread-3| I120: Msg_Reset:
2013-05-05T19:07:47.598+10:00| vthread-3| I120: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/root/.vmware/preferences": No such file or directory.
2013-05-05T19:07:47.598+10:00| vthread-3| I120: ----------------------------------------
2013-05-05T19:07:47.598+10:00| vthread-3| I120: PREF Failed to load user preferences.
2013-05-05T19:07:47.598+10:00| vthread-3| W110: Logging to /tmp/vmware-root/vmware-modconfig-31594.log
2013-05-05T19:07:47.604+10:00| vthread-3| I120: Reading in info for the vmmon module.
2013-05-05T19:07:47.604+10:00| vthread-3| I120: Reading in info for the vmnet module.
2013-05-05T19:07:47.604+10:00| vthread-3| I120: Reading in info for the vmblock module.
2013-05-05T19:07:47.604+10:00| vthread-3| I120: Reading in info for the vmci module.
2013-05-05T19:07:47.604+10:00| vthread-3| I120: Reading in info for the vsock module.
2013-05-05T19:07:47.604+10:00| vthread-3| I120: Setting vsock to depend on vmci.
2013-05-05T19:07:47.604+10:00| vthread-3| I120: Created new pathsHash.
2013-05-05T19:07:47.604+10:00| vthread-3| I120: Invoking modinfo on "vmmon".
2013-05-05T19:07:47.609+10:00| vthread-3| I120: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 0.
2013-05-05T19:07:47.609+10:00| vthread-3| I120: Invoking modinfo on "vmnet".
2013-05-05T19:07:47.614+10:00| vthread-3| I120: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 0.
2013-05-05T19:07:47.614+10:00| vthread-3| I120: Invoking modinfo on "vmblock".
2013-05-05T19:07:47.619+10:00| vthread-3| I120: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 0.
2013-05-05T19:07:47.619+10:00| vthread-3| I120: Invoking modinfo on "vmci".
2013-05-05T19:07:47.624+10:00| vthread-3| I120: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 0.
2013-05-05T19:07:47.624+10:00| vthread-3| I120: Invoking modinfo on "vsock".
2013-05-05T19:07:47.628+10:00| vthread-3| I120: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 0.