hello

I'm trying to install vmware 4.5 Workstation on my Linux System. Because of
the fact that the precompiled versions of vmware doesn't fit to my kernel i
want to recompile vmware with "perl vmware-install.pl"


I always get the following error message:

What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your
running
kernel? [/usr/src/linux-2.6.5-7.111.5/include]

Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.

Building the vmmon module.

Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only'
make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.5-7.111.5/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/.
modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.5-7.111.5'
Makefile:438: .config: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden

WARNING: Symbol version dump /usr/src/linux-2.6.5-7.111.5/Module.symvers is
missing, modules will have CONFIG_MODVERSIONS disabled.

CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
/bin/sh: line 1: scripts/basic/fixdep: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Fehler 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only] Fehler 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.5-7.111.5'
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Fehler 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config2/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.

Does anybody know how to avoid that?

Thanks
Patrick

On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 21:43:25 +0100, Patrick Inderkum wrote:

> hello
>
> I'm trying to install vmware 4.5 Workstation on my Linux System. Because
> of the fact that the precompiled versions of vmware doesn't fit to my
> kernel i want to recompile vmware with "perl vmware-install.pl"

<snip>

> Does anybody know how to avoid that?

http://platan.vc.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmw...pdate84.tar.gz


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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- B. Franklin, 1759

Patrick Inderkum wrote:

> I'm trying to install vmware 4.5 Workstation on my Linux System. Because of
> the fact that the precompiled versions of vmware doesn't fit to my kernel i
> want to recompile vmware with "perl vmware-install.pl"

> make: *** [vmmon.ko] Fehler 2
> make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only'
> Unable to build the vmmon module.

.... execute:
[shell] make cloneconfig
[shell] make prepare-all

then build vmware

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