Installing Parallels Tools on Ubuntu 6.06 under Parallels 5

[Matt Campbell]

Hey All,

I am trying to install Parallels Tools on a Ubuntu 6.06.2 Server VM that I converted from a VMWare Fusion 2 VM. I know this is an older version of Ubunutu, but it is still support by Canonical as it is an LTS version. I need to stick with this version in order to match my production environment. When I run the parallels tools install I get the following error message in the installer log: (log is included here and attached)

2010-01-12T09:15:37-0600:

Parallels Tools 5.0.9308.543312 Installer started.
2010-01-12T09:15:40-0600: execCmd: ./installer/pm.sh check_guest_tools 2>&1 [1]
2010-01-12T09:15:42-0600: Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release.gpg [189B]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release.gpg [189B]
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release.gpg [189B]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates/restricted Sources
Fetched 3B in 0s (3B/s)
Reading package lists...
E: Couldn't find package dkms
2010-01-12T09:15:42-0600: execCmd: ./installer/pm.sh download_guest_tools 2>&1 [0]

Tue Jan 12 09:15:42 CST 2010
Start installation or upgrade of Guest Tools
Installed Guest Tools were not found
Perform installation into the /usr/lib/parallels-tools directory
cat: /usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/../version: No such file or directory
Start installation of prl_eth kernel module
make: Entering directory `/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods'
cd prl_eth/pvmnet && make
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_eth/pvmnet'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.15-51-server/build M=/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_eth/pvmnet
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.15-51-server'
LD /usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_eth/pvmnet/built-in.o
CC [M] /usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_eth/pvmnet/pvmnet.o
LD [M] /usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_eth/pvmnet/prl_eth.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST
CC /usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_eth/pvmnet/prl_eth.mod.o
LD [M] /usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_eth/pvmnet/prl_eth.ko
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.15-51-server'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_eth/pvmnet'
cd prl_tg/Toolgate/Guest/Linux/prl_tg && make
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_tg/Toolgate/Guest/Linux/prl_tg'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.15-51-server/build SUBDIRS=/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_tg/Toolgate/Guest/Linux/prl_tg SRCROOT=/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_tg/Toolgate/Guest/Linux/prl_tg modules
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.15-51-server'
CC [M] /usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_tg/Toolgate/Guest/Linux/prl_tg/prltg.o
/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_tg/Toolgate/Guest/Linux/prl_tg/prltg.c: In function ‘prl_tg_write’:
/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_tg/Toolgate/Guest/Linux/prl_tg/prltg.c:604: sorry, unimplemented: inlining failed in call to ‘put_vtg_buffer’: function body not available
/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_tg/Toolgate/Guest/Linux/prl_tg/prltg.c:710: sorry, unimplemented: called from here
make[3]: *** [/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_tg/Toolgate/Guest/Linux/prl_tg/prltg.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_tg/Toolgate/Guest/Linux/prl_tg] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.15-51-server'
make[1]: *** [prl_tg] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_tg/Toolgate/Guest/Linux/prl_tg'
make: *** [all] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods'
Error: could not build kernel modules
Error: failed to install kernel modules
2010-01-12T09:15:46-0600: execCmd: ./install --install [143]
2010-01-12T09:15:46-0600: Error: An error occurred when installing Parallels Tools. Please go to /var/log/parallels-tools-install.log for more information.


The error message is the same if I have the VM configured as Ubuntu Linux or as Other Linux 2.6.

Any ideas on how I can get tools to work on this version or if I might get an older version from somewhere that will at least provide some performance improvements?

Thanks,

Matt

 

[hkoster1]

Are the error messages not self-explanatory? Have a look at the /usr/lib/parallels-tools/kmods/prl_tg/Toolgate/Guest/Linux/prl_tg/prltg.c file, you'll notice that the offending put_vtg_buffer function is first declared inline in line 604. It is then called in line 710, which is inside the function prl_tg_write specified in lines 606 - 719. The put_vtg_buffer function is itself specified in lines 727 - 733.

Now, apparently, the compiler hiccups at this... the way a compiler handles inline functions is not part of the standard.
What you could try is to remove the inline specifier in line 604 (just edit out the word 'inline') -- this will make the program slightly less efficient -- then redo the compilation.

Running the install script in /media/cdrom will likely overwrite any changes you make in the above directory, so you will either have to plow through the /media/cdrom/install script (and any scripts it calls) to disable expansion of the code, or use the "module-assistant" programme to compile the prl_tg.ko module by hand. I'll leave the details as an exercise.