On Monday 13 August 2001 14:50, Michael Molloy wrote:
Trying to install the VMWare demo from VMWare.com. After installing all the files, I get the following message when trying to run vmware-config.pl:
What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include]
If I hit enter for the defaul location, I get this:
The path "/usr/src/linux/include" is a kernel header file directory, but
it does not contain the file "linux/version.h" as expected. This can happen if the kernel has never been built, or if you have invoked the "make mrproper" command in your kernel directory. In any case, you may want to rebuild your kernel.
This is a fresh install of 7.2 from the weekend. Is there anything to be
done besides rebuilding the kernel?
If not, can someone point me to a good document on rebuilding the kernel? I searched the SuSE site, and I found a document that basically said, "If you're not an expert, Don't Do It!"
Obviously, I'm not an expert . . . .
you may not be an expert, but does SuSE think you become an expert by doing nothing? I have tried almost everything I can think of and of course I have broken things, and I have tried to fix them, but if I can't fix them, I just re-install. Now I have set up an extra partition with a copy of my SuSE on it and I do all the experimentation on it before trying it on my original copy. I have not mastered rebuilding a kernel yet, but Im still trying. David M.