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

Bug #1223416 reported by Robert Goldstein on 2013-09-10

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

vm-tools installed, but didn't put the /etc/init.d dir and files. when I tried to remove and install again. it errored out.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: open-vm-dkms 2011.12.20-562307-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-30.44~precise1-generic 3.8.13.6
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-30-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.4
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.8.0-30-generic
Date: Tue Sep 10 08:46:06 2013
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130820.1)
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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Robert Goldstein (trax721) wrote on 2013-09-10:

DKMSBuildLog.txt Edit (17.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (861 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (17.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2013-09-10

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2013-09-11:

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 1083719, 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.