Installing VMWare Workstation 6.5.2 On BackTrack 4

muts · #1 (**permalink**) 06-20-2009, 10:58 AM

As usual, brand new kernel woes with VMware. Here’s a quick way to patch up VMware 6.5.2 to get the modules to compile.* Start by downloading and installing VMWare Workstation 6.5.2. Once that’s done, run the following commands: rmmod kvm_intel kvm echo kvm >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist cd /tmp wget http://www.offensive-security.com/to...-patch.tar.bz2 tar jxpf bt4-vmware-workstation-patch.tar.bz2 chmod 755 vmware-6.5.2-modules-2.6.29-fix* ./vmware-6.5.2-modules-2.6.29-fix.sh vmware-modconfig –console –install-all vmware Done!

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skaus · #2 (**permalink**) 06-24-2009, 05:21 AM

When trying to install VMWare workstation on BT4 pre final I get the following error:

root@BT:~# rpm -i VMware-Workstation.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
/bin/sh is needed by VMware-Workstation-6.5.1-126130.i386

I forced the install by using:

rpm -i VMware-Workstation.rpm --nodeps

When trying to follow your guide below, I got the following error:

root@BT:~# rmmod kvm_intel kvm
ERROR: Module kvm_intel does not exist in /proc/modules
ERROR: Module kvm does not exist in /proc/modules

I have tried converting the .rpm into a .deb using:

fakeroot alien --scripts VMware-Workstation.rpm

This enabled the file to install without any error messages, but the modules still do not compile. I retried: rmmod kvm_intel kvm and got the same error message.

Needless to say I'm a little stumped!

EDIT: I skipped through the guide and started with the wget line and everything else has worked perfectly. Should have tried that really before making this post.

Silly me!

Detail-Pls · #3 (**permalink**) 07-12-2009, 02:33 AM

I do get the same error as yours, and i don't really get your wget command. Would you provide me a link for that ?

I did download the .rpm file, then convert it to .deb and I tried to install using

Code:

dpkg -i *.deb

The next thing I did,

Code:

rmmod kvm_intel kvm
ERROR: Module kvm_intel does not exist in /proc/modules
ERROR: Module kvm does not exist in /proc/modules

Would u explain it briefly how to get it working ?

skaus · #4 (**permalink**) 07-12-2009, 04:49 PM

The following list of commands to get VMWare running come from the offensive security websites blog, as linked to by muts in the first post in this thread.

rmmod kvm_intel kvm
echo blacklist kvm >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
cd /tmp
wget www . offensive-security.com/tools/bt4-vmware-workstation-patch.tar.bz2
tar jxpf bt4-vmware-workstation-patch.tar.bz2
chmod 755 vmware-6.5.2-modules-2.6.29-fix*
./vmware-6.5.2-modules-2.6.29-fix.sh
vmware-modconfig –console –install-all
vmware

After I had installed VMware as a .deb file, I got the same error message as you starting with the rmmod line listed above. I skipped the first three lines and started with the wget command and continued through the sequence as listed above.

VMWare is now running without any problems on my machine.

Hope that makes it a little clearer for you!

Note: I am not yet allowed to post links to other websites, so you will need to edit the url in the wget line. Just remove the spaces after www and before offensive.

-=DDOS=- · #5 (**permalink**) 07-22-2009, 09:20 AM

thanks alot >>

there is some thing else

i need to enable drag and drop "cp & cut" butween windows and vmware program
to be able to copy files and commands direct from windows interface to vmware BT4 pre which running from windows

its alredy enabled in bt4 beta

waxlrose · #6 (**permalink**) 07-24-2009, 12:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Detail-Pls

The next thing I did,

Code:

rmmod kvm_intel kvm
ERROR: Module kvm_intel does not exist in /proc/modules
ERROR: Module kvm does not exist in /proc/modules

Would u explain it briefly how to get it working ?

Same issue...muts posted this rmmod but for his XPS specific configuration obviously!

waxlrose · #7 (**permalink**) 07-24-2009, 12:59 PM

KVM is a virtualization of it's own. Just like Xen, VMW can't work on that kernel.

I Stupid ! · #8 (**permalink**) 07-24-2009, 08:56 PM

when install with install guide on blog I see :
root@m3onh0x84-desktop:/tmp# ./vmware-6.5.2-modules-2.6.29-fix.sh
./vmware-6.5.2-modules-2.6.29-fix.sh: line 17: cd: /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source: No such file or directory
Sorry, no tar files found in /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source

waxlrose · #9 (**permalink**) 07-24-2009, 10:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by I Stupid !

when install with install guide on blog I see :
root@m3onh0x84-desktop:/tmp# ./vmware-6.5.2-modules-2.6.29-fix.sh
./vmware-6.5.2-modules-2.6.29-fix.sh: line 17: cd: /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source: No such file or directory
Sorry, no tar files found in /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source

Repeat whole procedure step by step then I will be able to give you more accurate answer!