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

Bug #1253434 reported by John Schmidt on 2013-11-20

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 2 people

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

Bug Description

Building initial module for 3.8.0-33-generic
Error! Build of vmblock.ko failed for: 3.8.0-33-generic (x86_64)
...

update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
* Loading open-vm-tools modules FATAL: Module vmhgfs not found.
FATAL: Module vmsync not found.
FATAL: Module vmblock not found.
FATAL: Module vmxnet not found.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: open-vm-dkms 2011.12.20-562307-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-33.48~precise1-generic 3.8.13.11
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-33-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.8.0-33-generic
Date: Wed Nov 20 16:20:57 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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John Schmidt (jschmidt-f) wrote on 2013-11-20:

DKMSBuildLog.txt Edit (17.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (826 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (17.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2013-11-20

tags:

removed: need-duplicate-check

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2013-11-20:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in open-vm-tools (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2013-11-21:

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.