Re: [SLE] Trying to get VMWare 4.5.1 installed on SUSE 9.1
From: Dave Addison (dave_at_redmoor.org.uk)
Date: 05/22/04
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Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 22:02:27 +0100 To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
In message <1085249776.12528.2.camel@linux.site>, Trey Sizemore
<trey@fastmail.fm> writes
>On Sat, 2004-05-22 at 13:50 -0400, Ken Schneider wrote:
>
>> Configuring VMware requires that the kernel sources be installed also.
>>
>> After installing the kernel sources cd /usr/src/linux and make cloneconfig
>> then re-run vmware-config.pl. It should now work. I just went through the
>> same thing.
>>
>Thanks. I did the 'make cloneconfig' and re-ran vmware-config.pl. I
>get the following error:
>
>linux:/home/trey # vmware-config.pl
>Making sure VMware Workstation's services are stopped.
>
>Stopping VMware services:
> Virtual machine monitor
>done
>
>Trying to find a suitable vmmon module for your running kernel.
>
>None of VMware Workstation's pre-built vmmon modules is suitable for
>your
>running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmmon
>module for
>your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)?
>[yes]
>
>Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to override.
>
>What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your
>running
>kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include]
>
>Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.
>
>Building the vmmon module.
>
>Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
>make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only'
>make -C /usr/src/linux/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
>make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.5-17.14'
>
>WARNING: Symbol version dump /usr/src/linux-2.6.5-17.14/Module.symvers
>is missi ng, modules
>will have CONFIG_MODVERSIONS disabled.
>
> CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
>/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:131: warning:
>initialization from
>incompatible pointer type
>/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:135: warning:
>initialization from
>incompatible pointer type
>/bin/sh: line 1: scripts/genksyms/genksyms: No such file or directory
>make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
>make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only] Error 2
>make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.5-17.14'
>make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
>make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only'
>Unable to build the vmmon module.
>
>For more information on how to troubleshoot module-related problems,
>please
>visit our Web site at
>"http://www.vmware.com/download/modules/modules.html" and
>"http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/linux/prebuilt_modules_linux.html".
>
>Execution aborted.
>
>
>Am I missing some development packages possibly?
>
>Thanks again.
>
You could try doing a "make dep" after the "make cloneconfig". This
might create the file you're missing
-- Dave Addison
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