I've been fighting this for a while this afternoon and not making any real progress... I found these blog entries (from a previous thread here on VMware): http://blog.creonfx.com/linux/how-to-install-vmware-player-workstation-on-26... http://blog.creonfx.com/linux/how-to-install-vmware-player-workstation-on-26... These are the steps and results... I install VMware-player from rpm and run vmware-config.pl (no patching) The first error: ================ Your kernel was built with "gcc" version "4.3.1", while you are trying to use "/usr/bin/gcc" version "4.3". This configuration is not recommended and VMware Player may crash if you'll continue. Please try to use exactly same compiler as one used for building your kernel. Do you want to go with compiler "/usr/bin/gcc" version "4.3" anyway? [no] ================ Saying yes here seems to work... why am I getting this error? I checked my gcc, and it's the latest from the repos, and it is 4.3-39.1. If this error is real, why is the latest gcc (the one used to build the current kernel) not in the repo? Or is it, and I've munged something? The next error occurs when the vmware-config.pl script is building the vmblock module: ================ Building the vmblock module. Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config9/vmblock-only' make -C /lib/modules/2.6.25.9-0.2-pae/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.25.9-0.2-obj/i386/pae' make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.25.9-0.2 O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.25.9-0.2-obj/i386/pae/. modules CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config9/vmblock-only/linux/block.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config9/vmblock-only/linux/control.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config9/vmblock-only/linux/dbllnklst.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config9/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.o /tmp/vmware-config9/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.c: In function 'DentryOpRevalidate': /tmp/vmware-config9/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.c:115: error: 'struct nameidata' has no member named 'dentry' /tmp/vmware-config9/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.c:115: error: 'struct nameidata' has no member named 'dentry' /tmp/vmware-config9/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.c:116: error: implicit declaration of function 'path_release' make[4]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config9/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.o] Error 1 make[3]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config9/vmblock-only] Error 2 make[2]: *** [sub-make] Error 2 make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.25.9-0.2-obj/i386/pae' make: *** [vmblock.ko] Error 2 make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config9/vmblock-only' Unable to build the vmblock module. ================ I can complete the config and run VMware-player, but.. no drag/drop from host-guest or guest-host. This also seems to affect shared folders... I cannot get them working after starting a guest OS (existing guest OS that had working shares). If I apply the any-any-116 patch, and then patch the patch with the any-any-117 patch, I get a "Version mismatch with vmmon module: expecting 168.0, got 167.0." error when I try to start a guest. So... I have a partly working VM, but without shared folders or drag/drop support. Has anyone managed to get this part working right in 11.0? (I'd move 100% to VirtualBox for the one application I need VMware for if I could get shares and more importantly USB working right/easily in VirtualBox. VBox works so much better for what I use VMs for... except for USB which I have had a real hit/miss with.) C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org