Parallels on Ubuntu 6.10

Hi!

I have some installation problems on Ubuntu. It seems, parallels won_'t install correctly.
First of all i had to patch the kernel so it could compile.
Afterwards it won't insert the modules correctly as it seems.
Here is the error message:
philipp@ubuntu:~$ sudo parallels-config
Password:


[: 141: ==: unexpected operator
Compiling Parallels Workstation 2.2 drivers...
Drivers have been compiled successfully.
/usr/bin/parallels-config: 175: pushd: not found
/usr/bin/parallels-config: 186: popd: not found
Installing drivers...
Starting drivers...
/usr/lib/parallels/autostart/drivers_start: 19: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
Parallels Workstation drivers were successfully configured
and compiled but cannot be started (insmod command failed).
Run 'dmesg' command for more information.
exit: 3: Illegal number: -1
philipp@ubuntu:~$

This problem occurs not only in Parallels Workstation 2.2 but also in version 2.1.
I think i have some dependencies missing, but i can't see which ones.

Thanks, matahari

 

Let's install the compiler package, kernel sources and libqt3. Those are the necessary ones in Dapper.
sudo apt-get install build-essential libqt3-mt linux-headers-`uname -r`

 

these packages are all installed...
I tried all this already....

I really have no idea anymore...
greetz,

matahari

 

Might be the new bash -> dash transition.
Open the parallels-config script with sudo gedit /usr/bin/parallels-config and edit the first line so that it reads #!/bin/bash instead of #!/bin/sh and try again.

 

Sorry to be inquisitive... did my last solution work?

 

I do have the exact same problem. David, I tried the solution you proposed but it didn't do the trick. I try to figure out what is causing this looking at the output of dmesg but I'm a bit confused.

Vincent

 

I can confirm this as well. I changed the file to /bin/bash and got no change


Compiling Parallels Workstation 2.2 drivers...
Drivers have been compiled successfully.
Installing drivers...
Starting drivers...
/usr/lib/parallels/autostart/drivers_start: 19: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
Parallels Workstation drivers were successfully configured
and compiled but cannot be started (insmod command failed).
Run 'dmesg' command for more information.

This is with the Kubutnu 6.10 beta 1 on parallels 2.1 and 2.2.

 

I'll try to get it working inside my virtual edgy and post back.

 

Edit, as root, the files /usr/lib/parallels/autostart/drivers_start and /usr/lib/parallels/autostart/drivers_stop changing the first line to #!/bin/bash.
Afterwards, run parallels-config again to get Parallels working. You also need to change the first line in parallels-config by the way.

 

I can't believe it was because of that ! I learned something today. Works great now. Thanks a lot David.

Cheers,

Vincent

 

I have not tried it yet but thank you for your work. LOL, I can now see if I want to actually buy it

 

Awesome-o! I learned something myself too That's the good part of trying to help, you always get something in return.

 

David... and what is the solution for Ubuntu 7.04... this does not work...
could you give me a hand here?

thanks