I've updated 7.3 to the mantel 2.4.16 kernel, then I installed VMwareWorkstation-3.0.0-1455
I've followed Volker's suggestions but when I try to run vmware it tells me that it is not configured for my running kernel. I've tried applying the update patch for 1455 but that makes no difference. I don't get any error messages during the run of vmware-config.pl so what is going wrong?
As Jostein Berntsen and Bruce Marshall have said, you need to compile the modules *EACH TIME* you update your kernel. In this case, vmware-config.pl probably finds the previously compiled modules (obviously they load ok, that's how the script tests that), but doesn't detect that these mdoules are out of date. Remove the existing modules and run vmware-config.pl again. This time it should compile the modules. Obviously, you also need to install the source for your new kernel first.
trying to configure vmware, got the answer that not configured for the kernel and that C directory is lacking.
Follow the instructions I wrote up. Namely: install the kernel you wish to use, install the sources FOR THAT KERNEL, delete any vmware modules from /lib/modules/XXX/ which might incorrectly be in there already, install any patches you may need (this depends heavily on versions you use), run vmware-config.pl. I have yet to hear a report where this doesn't work... Volker