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[Catimimi <catimimi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard C Creighton a écrit :
> Erwin Lam wrote:
>   
> > On Wednesday 22 August 2007, Richard Creighton wrote:
> >   
> >     
> > > Erwin Lam wrote:
> > >     
> > >       
> > > > On Wednesday 22 August 2007, Andrei Verovski (aka MacGuru) wrote:
> > > >   
> > > >       
> > > >         
> > > > > Hi !
> > > > >
> > > > > I have SuSE 10.2 and:
> > > > >
> > > > > kernel-default-2.6.22.2-ccj52
> > > > > VMware-player-2.0.0-45731.i386
> > > > >
> > > > > + kernel sources and kernel syms 2.6.22.2-ccj52 installed.
> > > > >
> > > > > For unknown reason compilation of vmware kernel modules fails:
> > > > >     
> > > > >         
> > > > >           
> > > <snip>
> > >     
> > >       
> > > > > Unable to build the vmnet module.
> > > > >     
> > > > >         
> > > > >           
> > > > Compilation of the VMware module failed because of changes in the 
> > > >       
> > > >         
> > Linux 
> >   
> >     
> > > > kernel, i.e. your kernel is to new and you should fallback to the 
> > > > latest 2.6.18 kernel.
> > > >
> > > > Please, check the VMware forum for a discussion of these compilation 
> > > > problems. IIRC, the forum also contains some links to patches.
> > > >
> > > >   
> > > >       
> > > >         
> > > Regressing to 2.6.18 is not a viable option as 2.6.22 solves some 
> > >     
> > >       
> > issues
> >   
> >     
> > > with new motherboard hardware.   
> > >     
> > >       
> > The OP did not say he needed a bleeding edge kernel because of new 
> > hardware. He also did not say that a fallback of the kernel was not an 
> > option.
> >
> >   
> >     
> > > The right solution is for VMware to 
> > > update their product or lose the ability to have SUSE customers in the
> > > future.   In the past, they have been responsive and I suspect they will
> > >       
> > be so in this case also.
> >   
> >
> > I agree, however, don't hold your breath:-)
> >
> >
> >   
> >     
> Let me clarify my previous post...I didn't say the  poster I quoted had
> to have a bleeding edge kernel, I'm saying *I* need to have a bleeding
> edge kernel and right now the only way I can run 10.3 and VMWare is
> under 10.2 in a virtual machine running 10.3....it should be the other
> way around :(    I have a new ASUS motherboard with 2.45 TB of raid5
> hardware disk drives and running an AMD 5000+ Dual cpu and the new
> kernel solves several problems so I don't really want to go backward.  
> I want VMWare to move forward.
>   
Did you try :

http://platan.vc.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/vmware-any-any-update113.tar.gz

when I've problems with vmware, the last update always solve it.

Michel.


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