Re: VMware installation
From: Marc Onrust (mwonrustPLEASEREMOVETHIS_at_home.nl)
Date: 08/02/03
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Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2003 13:08:19 +0200
Maarten Ruetten wrote:
> Hi,
>
> After succesfully installing VMware on my SuSE 8.2 system I had to
> configure it. Being a newbee I didn't know how to cope with the following
> (this is the last bit that showed up in the konsole):
>
> -----------
> 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] (<-I accepted this folder)
>
> The directory of kernel headers (version 2.4.20-4GB) does not match your
> running
> kernel (version 2.4.20-4GB-athlon). Even if the module were to compile
> successfully, it would not load into the running kernel.
>
> What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your
> running
> kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include]
> -----------
>
> Any help appreciated,
> Maarten
Check http://sdb.suse.de/sdb/en/html/key_form.html and search using key
"vmware". Basically, you need to copy two files:
cp /boot/vmlinuz.version.h /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h
cp /boot/vmlinuz.autoconf.h /usr/src/linux/include/linux/autoconf.h
Good luck,
Marc
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