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What errors did you get?
Should I have run make modules and make modules-install after make cloneconfig and make prepare?
No, these steps are not needed.
I seem to recall some earlier discussion, that I did not save, about there being an appropriate module/better module already included in SuSE and to use this instead. Is this so? Where and how? Thanks for any assistance. Richard
There are no ready vmware modules included in 9.2. Moreover, vmware complaine about kernel version in 9.2 but runs fine.
Worked for me on 4 systems already.
Make sure that you have kernel-syms and kernel-source installed. (the latest are -2.6.8-24.5)
I did not recall installing kernel-syms, but had installed kernel-source. I went back to DVD, installed kernel-syms, then did online update to ensure both kernel-source and kernel-syms were current, same (2.6.8-24.5-default, confirmed by uname -a). I then did make cloneconfig, make prepare, then ran vmware-config.pl. Again refuse to complete process. Error report follows: Building the vmmon module. Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only' make -C /usr/src/linux/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.8-24.5' WARNING: Symbol version dump /usr/src/linux-2.6.8-24.5/Module.symvers is missing, modules will have CONFIG_MODVERSIONS disabled. CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function `MapCrossPage': /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:566: error: `PAGE_KERNEL_EXECUTABLE' undeclared (first use in this function) /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:566: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once /tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:566: error: for each function it appears in.) make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config4/vmmon-only] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.8-24.5' make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2 make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config4/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. I did not see an obvious location for Module.symvers above and am not sure where to go if I did find it, except maybe copy to /usr/src/linux and see what would happen next. What am I missing? Thanks again. Richard