Hi,
Ubuntu 5.10 smp host, VMWare Server Beta + Ubuntu 5.10 smp guest. VMWare tools installed and configured in the guest.
I followed the suggestion, issued by the config script and rmmod-ed the pcnet32 module, then loaded the vmxnet module. The network works just fine.
After a reboot of the guest OS, there was no network. lsmod displays that both pcnet32 and vmxnet modules are loaded. If I rmmod them, and then modprobe vmxnet, the network is back again.
In the kernel log file I see these related lines:
Feb 9 12:25:36 localhost kernel: \[4294690.051000] pcnet32.c:v1.30j 29.04.2005 tsbogend@alpha.franken.de
Feb 9 12:25:36 localhost kernel: \[4294690.059000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:11.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
Feb 9 12:25:36 localhost kernel: \[4294690.063000] pcnet32: PCnet/PCI II 79C970A at 0x1400, 00 0c 29 51 89 d7 assigned IRQ 18.
Feb 9 12:25:36 localhost kernel: \[4294690.076000] eth0: registered as PCnet/PCI II 79C970A
Feb 9 12:25:36 localhost kernel: \[4294690.078000] pcnet32: 1 cards_found.
....
Feb 9 12:25:36 localhost kernel: \[4294731.062000] vmxnet: module license 'unspecified' taints kernel.
Feb 9 12:25:36 localhost kernel: \[4294731.066000] VMware vmxnet virtual NIC driver release 1.0.0 build-20925
...
At this state there is no network, and the machine is booted. Now, I go and rmmod vmxnet and pcnet32, and then modprobe vmxnet, and the network is up. This is what appears in the log for modprobe vmxnet:
Feb 9 14:24:55 localhost kernel: \[4294927.059000] VMware vmxnet virtual NIC driver release 1.0.0 build-20925
Feb 9 14:24:56 localhost kernel: \[4294927.097000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:11.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
Feb 9 14:24:56 localhost kernel: \[4294927.098000] Found vmxnet/PCI at 0x1424, irq 18.
Feb 9 14:24:56 localhost kernel: \[4294927.731000] NET: Registered protocol family 17
Any ideas?
Thanks
Sunny