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VMWare 5.0, SuSE 9.3 and a patched 2.6. Kernel
- From: Steve Graegert <graegerts@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 12:41:17 +0200
- Message-id: <6a00c8d50510010341j7f1a74aek78bb2dc027ba93fc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hi all,
I am running SuSE Linux 9.3 with kernel 2.6.11 and tried to install
VMWare 5.0. While doing an online update the latest patches have been
applied to the stock kernel. Now, 'uname -r' gives
'2.6.11.4-21.9-default' which is obviously different from the previous
stock kernel version 2.6.11.4.-20a-default.
So far so good. When trying to install VMWare 5.0 the installation
routine prompts for my kernel includes of the running kernel. The
SuSE kernel sources have been installed to
/usr/src/linux-2.6.11.4.-20a. No sources have been placed in
/usr/src/linux-2.6.11.4-21.9 the source directory of my running
kernel, except for two headers, namely
autoconf.h and version.h. My /usr/src directory contains the following entries:
linux:/usr/src # ls -la
total 2
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 384 2005-10-01 11:41 .
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 344 2005-08-13 19:41 ..
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 776 2005-08-13 19:21 dicts
drwxr-xr-x 25 root root 736 2005-08-13 19:26 kernel-modules
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2005-10-01 11:40 linux -> linux-2.6.11.4-20a
drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 720 2005-10-01 11:41 linux-2.6.11.4-20a
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 72 2005-03-24 02:04 linux-2.6.11.4-20a-obj
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 96 2005-09-09 19:44 linux-2.6.11.4-21.8
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 72 2005-10-01 11:40 linux-2.6.11.4-21.9
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 72 2005-08-19 18:48 linux-2.6.11.4-21.9-obj
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2005-10-01 11:41 linux-obj ->
linux-2.6.11.4-20a-obj/
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 168 2005-08-13 19:57 packages
VMWare does not allow compilation of required kernel modules for the
running kernel stating that it can't find the appropriate headers in
/usr/src/linux:
"The directory of kernel headers (version 2.6.11.4-20a-default) does not match
your running kernel (version 2.6.11.4-21.9-default). Even if the module were to
compile successfully, it would not load into the running kernel."
I understand what is going on, but I don't know what to do next to fix
this problem. Suggestions highly welcome. Thanks.
Regards
\Steve
I am running SuSE Linux 9.3 with kernel 2.6.11 and tried to install
VMWare 5.0. While doing an online update the latest patches have been
applied to the stock kernel. Now, 'uname -r' gives
'2.6.11.4-21.9-default' which is obviously different from the previous
stock kernel version 2.6.11.4.-20a-default.
So far so good. When trying to install VMWare 5.0 the installation
routine prompts for my kernel includes of the running kernel. The
SuSE kernel sources have been installed to
/usr/src/linux-2.6.11.4.-20a. No sources have been placed in
/usr/src/linux-2.6.11.4-21.9 the source directory of my running
kernel, except for two headers, namely
autoconf.h and version.h. My /usr/src directory contains the following entries:
linux:/usr/src # ls -la
total 2
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 384 2005-10-01 11:41 .
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 344 2005-08-13 19:41 ..
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 776 2005-08-13 19:21 dicts
drwxr-xr-x 25 root root 736 2005-08-13 19:26 kernel-modules
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2005-10-01 11:40 linux -> linux-2.6.11.4-20a
drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 720 2005-10-01 11:41 linux-2.6.11.4-20a
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 72 2005-03-24 02:04 linux-2.6.11.4-20a-obj
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 96 2005-09-09 19:44 linux-2.6.11.4-21.8
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 72 2005-10-01 11:40 linux-2.6.11.4-21.9
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 72 2005-08-19 18:48 linux-2.6.11.4-21.9-obj
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2005-10-01 11:41 linux-obj ->
linux-2.6.11.4-20a-obj/
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 168 2005-08-13 19:57 packages
VMWare does not allow compilation of required kernel modules for the
running kernel stating that it can't find the appropriate headers in
/usr/src/linux:
"The directory of kernel headers (version 2.6.11.4-20a-default) does not match
your running kernel (version 2.6.11.4-21.9-default). Even if the module were to
compile successfully, it would not load into the running kernel."
I understand what is going on, but I don't know what to do next to fix
this problem. Suggestions highly welcome. Thanks.
Regards
\Steve
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