FS#33835 - [open-vm-tools-modules] vmblock: Unknown symbol putname (err 0)
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Opened by Suraj N. Kurapati (sunaku) - Wednesday, 13 February 2013, 02:26 GMT
Last edited by Sergej Pupykin (sergej) - Wednesday, 13 February 2013, 09:54 GMT
Opened by Suraj N. Kurapati (sunaku) - Wednesday, 13 February 2013, 02:26 GMT
Last edited by Sergej Pupykin (sergej) - Wednesday, 13 February 2013, 09:54 GMT
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Description:
An unknown symbol in vmblock kernel module prevents copy/paste and host mounting from working. The solution is to rebuild open-vm-tools-modules 1:9.2.2-4 from ABS while applying this patch: http://sources.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/app-emulation/vmware-modules/files/264-putname.patch (This bug also reported at https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803157) Additional info: * Linux version 3.7.7-1-ARCH (nobody@foutrelis) (gcc version 4.7.2 (GCC) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Feb 11 20:20:58 EET 2013 * open-vm-tools 1:9.2.2-5 * open-vm-tools-modules 1:9.2.2-4 * VMware Player 5.0.1 build-894247 Steps to reproduce: 1. Run ArchLinux inside VMware Player 5.0.1 build-894247. 2. Inside a graphical Xorg environment, launch xterm. 3. Manually running "vmware-user-suid-wrapper" fails: vmware-user: could not open /proc/fs/vmblock/dev 4. Manually running "modprobe vmblock" to activate /proc/fs/vmblock/dev fails: Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) 5. The bottom of "dmesg" output shows: vmblock: unknown symbol putname (err 0) |
This task depends upon
Put these into your copy of /var/abs/community/open-vm-tools-modules/ and then run "makepkg -s" to rebuild open-vm-tools-modules 1:9.2.2-4 while applying the patch.