Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2441 mails)

["Stephen Carter" <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Quoting James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx>:

> I'm trying to install VMWare Workstation for Linux, on my SuSE 9.3
> system, but I'm getting errors, when it's trying to build new modules.
> I have the latest kernel and kernel-source.  Here's the output of the
> relevant part.  I've also shown the contents of the /usr/src/linux.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> tnx jk

If this is Workstation v5, then here is what I did on my SuSE 9.3 box to get it running.  I've done this a couple of times and has worked without a hitch:

Install from YaST: (accepting all dependencies)
- kernel-source
- kernel-syms
- gcc

As root, open a terminal window and run:
vmware-config.pl

It will fail at the same point you stated, at which point you need to note what kernel source directory is prompted by the script.

Open another terminal window and run:
cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.xxxxx/
where xxxx is the directory vmware-config.pl prompted you with earlier.

Now run:
make oldconfig && make

** This will take a while, so be paitent

Now run the vmware-config.pl script again, accepting all defaults (or changing as required).

run vmware from your desktop!" 

Good luck!

SteveC