Ubuntu 9.04 Kernel update this morning, Parallels dead, no parallels-config command

Greetings-

Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) had a Kernel update this morning to kernel 2.6.28-16-generic.

Now Parallels will not start.

In Parallels 2.22 there was a 'parallels-config' command to run after a Kernel update. I tried that command and the new Parallels does not seem to have one.

So how does the new Parallels deal with Kernel updates?

 

This missing feature (parallels-config) I have been reporting since the beta phase of PD4.0, seems it is just ignored.

Parallels recommends to use 'dkms' to handle this issue. But take Debin-Lenny as host: Debian does not have 'dkms' in it'
s repository, so the same problem will araise here sooner or later as well.

My personal impression is that this edition of PD4.0 basically is a Windows application which has been adopted to allow
use on Linux also (more or less ;-). Same seems to apply to maintenence if I remember the support for PW2.2 on Hardy-i386.

There even is not a full 64-bit version for Linux available, it needs a lot of 32-bit compatibility lib's on 64-bit hosts.

I am afraid that your issue will only be resolved by a new installation of PD4.0 for the moment.
Downgrading the kernel is no option, that was a security update!

Ingo

 

Then I suppose Parallels with v4 made the mistake they made with the version of v2.22 that was in the Ubuntu vendor repository: That version also had no parallels-config command and you were forced to rely on Parallels to get around to sending the "parallels-config patch" to support the kernel update. Very disapointed! Thanks for sharing "the rest of the story" ingo!

 

Since I am on Ubuntu 9.04, how do I handle this problem using 'dkms'? Thanks!

 

According to documentation you first have to install 'dkms' (apt-get install dkms) or with Synaptic.

Afterwards install Parallels - according to their dockumentation PD4.0 should register with dkms and future kernel updates
should recompile parallels-modules automatically.

But this is not the way how I expect a Linux-application to work: first of all there should be the 'manual way' (parallels-config) anyhow. For convenience the dkms-way is acceptable, but not as the only way.

Ingo

 

Thanks much, Ingo. I will give it a try.

I have seen my system mention dkms... possibly Envy installed it to install the Nvidia drivers. So might be part of the way there already.

 

Fixed!

First, dkms was reporting an error, I believe since two versions of the parallels-kernel-modules driver was installed. I have applied one update to Parallels v4 since I installed origionally, thus when the update occurred there was no housekeeping done to flush the old version.

Once that was flushed, I compiled the driver for the current kernel, rebooted, and Parallels came up.

Most impressive! FFFEEEWWW!!!

(One more reason never to return to Debian!)