VMWare player 3 + Fedora 12 + SELinux

[bonfire89]

Hey all,

Are there any guides out there regarding installing VMWare player 3 in Fedora 12 without just disabling SELinux? (security features get implemented for a reason) Is it possible?

I'm trying to install by running

./VMware-Player-3.0.0-203739.i386.bundle

downloaded from the VMWare site after having made it executable, but near the end of the install SELinux troubleshooter throws a whole bunch of errors, and then VMWare indicates that it installed correctly. Which doesn't seem to true since when I try and run vmplayer it flashes open for a moment then closes immediately.

Shouldn't the SELinux troubleshooter let me accept or reject the proposed actions or something?


Thanks

[egurski]

Try setting SeLinux in Permissive mode (a reboot is required). Then re-install VmWare Player....


HTH

[bonfire89]

hmmm, thanks for the suggestion.

Unfortunately.. no go. Maybe it's not SELinux.... =/

So strange. No errors in the terminal, no other errors on the screen when I try and run vmplayer. It just flashes open then closes =/

[egurski]

Do you have the kernel source installed?

I run VMWare workstatuion and VMWare player comes along with it. Whenever the Kernel changes, I need to start VMware as root so that the kernel can be re-compiled and then everything works.

I have upgraded all my machines to F12 except the one that runs VMware Workstation.

Try this link to see if it helps

http://communities.vmware.com/thread...BD219?tstart=0

Ed

[bonfire89]

Yeah, they are installed.

I also tried running

vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

after searching around the web a bit and that didn't help either :/

[waby38]

follow this link to be able to use VMPlayer-3.0 under Fedora 12 as Host.

First, lets disable / set to permissive selinux then reboot

yum install gcc kernel-devel

or

yum install gcc kernel-PAE-devel

(depend of your kernel, check with "uname -r")

Now you are able to install Player v3 and at the end of the setup, the script will compile modules.
to check again if it's ok, you can re-compile module using "vmware-modconfig --console --install-all" from console
then, remove access to mozilla-root-certs.crt

mv /usr/lib/vmware/resources/mozilla-root-certs.crt /usr/lib/vmware/resources/mozilla-root-certs.crt.old

Now, VMPlayer do not crash just after starting.
Without this certificate, you will not able to use "Install VMWare Guest tools",
so, the only workaround we have now is to install Guest tools from another HOST
like F11, CentOS, and then come back to F12!

Edit:

It seem that "certificate" crash is due to "curl" package which don't support ssl or c-ares
Follow this link to update your curl package, then you can restore "mozilla-root-certs.crt" and
use "Install VMWare Guest tools" menu entry

[bonfire89]

Awesome, looks like

mv /usr/lib/vmware/resources/mozilla-root-certs.crt /usr/lib/vmware/resources/mozilla-root-certs.crt.old

(since I had already completed the other steps)

did the trick. I will have to figure out guest tools when I get a guess installed.


Thanks a bunch!

ps. if there is a way to indicate that the thread has been solved on fedoraforum, please let me know.

[MikiBroki]

Thanks a lot bonfire89 !! that works for me too on FC12 x86_64 !

[cheerio158]

Cool! Worked for me on FC12 x86_64 !

Thanks bonfire89!

[bonfire89]

haha, just to give credit where it is deserved. waby38 had posted the line I used just above.

But I'm glad things got sorted out. hehe

[rurikc]

If the vmplayer start then shuts down immediately this is related to lack of c-ares support in curl (libcurl)

See:

http://communities.vmware.com/thread...0&tstart=0

Workaround:

disable libcurl.so.4 in VMWare, e.g.

mv /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libcurl.so.4 /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libcurl.so.4.DISABLE

P.S. Leave the certs untouched, you can install the vmware tools.

[theAdmiral]

Originally Posted by waby38

Now you are able to install Player v3 and at the end of the setup, the script will compile modules.
to check again if it's ok, you can re-compile module using "vmware-modconfig --console --install-all" from console...

How do I install kernel headers? When I try running the command:

vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

I get an error message reading:

[root@localhost Desktop]# vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
gcc and kernel headers must be installed
[root@localhost Desktop]#

.

Your help would be greatly appreciated! :-)

---------- Post added at 04:08 PM CST ---------- Previous post was at 03:58 PM CST ----------

Never mind my question. I solved it. Now I just gotta figure out how to run it without it crashing.

---------- Post added at 04:35 PM CST ---------- Previous post was at 04:08 PM CST ----------

ShoutOut to all of the contributors to the resolution of this issue. Big thanks!

theAdmiral

[hardly]

Little contribution from me.
I was receiving the "gcc and kernel headers must be installed" line as well, but for me this was due to updating the system, and then not rebooting.The headres for the "running kernel" are not found.

[root@vaio packages]# ls /usr/src/kernels/
2.6.32.10-90.fc12.x86_64
[root@vaio packages]# uname -r
2.6.32.9-70.fc12.x86_64

@bonfire89: You should be able to edit your original post to make it say solved. I didn't know how it was done once upon a time as well.
@theAdmiral: How did You solve the issue in your last post here? A little more info than "Solved it" might benefit others. : - )

[theAdmiral]

I installed gcc and kernel headers.

[nocountryman]

Originally Posted by rurikc

If the vmplayer start then shuts down immediately
Workaround:

disable libcurl.so.4 in VMWare, e.g.

mv /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libcurl.so.4 /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libcurl.so.4.DISABLE

Worked like a charm Thank you friend