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open-vm-dkms 2011.12.20-562307-0ubuntu1: open-vm-tools kernel module failed to build

Bug #1318858 reported by michael on 2014-05-13

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1083719: open-vm-dkms 2011.12.20-562307-0ubuntu1: open-vm-tools kernel module failed to build [error: implicit declaration of function ‘d_alloc_root’]. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	open-vm-tools (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Xubuntu 12.04 update 5-12-2014 (8:30 PM Eastern Time USA). Crashed during update, I was on other computer. No knowledge of what package.

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ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: open-vm-dkms 2011.12.20-562307-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-61.93-generic 3.2.55
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-61-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: openafs nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
Architecture: i386
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.5.0-49-generic
Date: Mon May 12 19:59:53 2014
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130820)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
PackageVersion: 2011.12.20-562307-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: open-vm-tools
Title: open-vm-dkms 2011.12.20-562307-0ubuntu1: open-vm-tools kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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michael (yellupcm-gmail) wrote on 2014-05-13:

DKMSBuildLog.txt Edit (13.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (826 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (13.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2014-05-13

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2014-05-13:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1247531, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.