VMWare had worked under 2.6.7 for weeks, then nada. This is a vanilla kernel from kernel.org. It wants root to execute vmware-config.pl, but complains that it cannot find: /usr/src/linux-2.6.7/include/linux/version.h and autoconf.h. The kernel and modules have been rebuilt and installed. I have searched the archives and cannot find exactly this problem. Ed Harrison SuSE 9.1, Kernel 2.6.7-vanilla PolarBar Mailer 1.25a
Ed Harrison wrote:
VMWare had worked under 2.6.7 for weeks, then nada. This is a vanilla kernel from kernel.org. It wants root to execute vmware-config.pl, but complains that it cannot find:
/usr/src/linux-2.6.7/include/linux/version.h and autoconf.h.
The kernel and modules have been rebuilt and installed.
I have searched the archives and cannot find exactly this problem.
It'd be easier to check whether those to files are there or not. If not, I'd suggest you run "make oldconfig" (to reuse your .config file) and "make dep", then try vmware-config.pl again. Oh, that is what I would have done on 2.4.x, i'm not familiar yet with the new build scheme but you get the gist of it in the explanation above. -- Rafael
On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 07:51 -0400, Rafael E. Herrera wrote:
Ed Harrison wrote:
VMWare had worked under 2.6.7 for weeks, then nada. This is a vanilla kernel from kernel.org. It wants root to execute vmware-config.pl, but complains that it cannot find:
/usr/src/linux-2.6.7/include/linux/version.h and autoconf.h.
The kernel and modules have been rebuilt and installed.
I have searched the archives and cannot find exactly this problem.
It'd be easier to check whether those to files are there or not.
If not, I'd suggest you run "make oldconfig" (to reuse your .config file) and "make dep", then try vmware-config.pl again.
"make dep" isn't used in the 2.6 kernels. Use "make prepare" instead
** Reply to message from Anders Johansson <andjoh@rydsbo.net> on Thu, 02 Sep 2004 13:57:31 +0200
"make dep" isn't used in the 2.6 kernels. Use "make prepare" instead
Thanks, Anders. That is the solution. In building a 2.6.X kernel, at what point would I use "make prepare"? Same place as make dep in earlier versions? Ed Harrison SuSE 9.1, Kernel 2.6.7-vanilla PolarBar Mailer 1.25a
On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 07:20 -0500, Ed Harrison wrote:
** Reply to message from Anders Johansson <andjoh@rydsbo.net> on Thu, 02 Sep 2004 13:57:31 +0200
"make dep" isn't used in the 2.6 kernels. Use "make prepare" instead
Thanks, Anders. That is the solution.
In building a 2.6.X kernel, at what point would I use "make prepare"? Same place as make dep in earlier versions?
No, if you're building the kernel, you don't need to do anything apart from configuring it and running "make bzImage" (and of course "make modules" as needed). You only need "make prepare" when you have a kernel source and you want to "prepare" it in order to compile new modules or other things that need current kernel source configuration
** Reply to message from Anders Johansson <andjoh@rydsbo.net> on Thu, 02 Sep 2004 14:58:02 +0200
"make dep" isn't used in the 2.6 kernels. Use "make prepare" instead
Thanks, Anders. That is the solution.
In building a 2.6.X kernel, at what point would I use "make prepare"? Same place as make dep in earlier versions?
No, if you're building the kernel, you don't need to do anything apart from configuring it and running "make bzImage" (and of course "make modules" as needed). You only need "make prepare" when you have a kernel source and you want to "prepare" it in order to compile new modules or other things that need current kernel source configuration
Thanks for the information. Ed Harrison SuSE 9.1, Kernel 2.6.7-vanilla PolarBar Mailer 1.25a
On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 07:51, Rafael E. Herrera wrote:
Ed Harrison wrote:
VMWare had worked under 2.6.7 for weeks, then nada. This is a vanilla kernel from kernel.org. It wants root to execute vmware-config.pl, but complains that it cannot find:
/usr/src/linux-2.6.7/include/linux/version.h and autoconf.h.
The kernel and modules have been rebuilt and installed.
I have searched the archives and cannot find exactly this problem.
It'd be easier to check whether those to files are there or not.
If not, I'd suggest you run "make oldconfig" (to reuse your .config file) and "make dep", then try vmware-config.pl again.
There is -no- make dep for the 2.6 kernel. use the following: rcvmware stop cd /usr/src/linux make cloneconfig make prepare vmware-config.pl rcvmware start
Oh, that is what I would have done on 2.4.x, i'm not familiar yet with the new build scheme but you get the gist of it in the explanation above. -- Rafael
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