Re: [opensuse] vmware and kernel version problem

On 2/5/07, John Andersen wrote:

On Sunday 04 February 2007, Donato Azevedo wrote:

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On 2/5/07, Rajko M. wrote:

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Hi Donato,

You have to install kernel sources using YaST, and than try vmware installation again.

I just installed it. Now I get this error message:

What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include]

The directory of kernel headers (version @@VMWARE@@ UTS_RELEASE) does not match your running kernel (version 2.6.18.2-34-default). Even if the module were to compile successfully, it would not load into the running kernel.

Which is weird.. looks as if It is not able to parse the contents of the include file... strange...

ps: Sorry if I mailed it twice to Rajko. Misconfigured Reply bitton =)

Go back into yast ans install the kernel-syms package, then do an on-line update to be sure that all your packages are up to date. (the kernel source you installed may or may not match the current kernel, but an online update will fix that.

Hi again guys. I managed to solve the problem after a bit of searching on the web. Apart from installing all the necessary stuff (kernel-source, syms, and make) this is what I did: First I edited the contents of /usr/src/linux/include/linux/version.h adding: donato@hansolo:~> echo "#define UTS_RELEASE \""`uname -r`\" #define UTS_RELEASE "2.6.18.2-34-default" Then I entered /usr/src/linux and did: # make cloneconfig # make modules_prepare after that I followed the instructions on this web site: http://nileshbansal.blogspot.com/2006/05/vmware-workstation-on-suse-linux-10... after I had a problem with compilation errors voila, that was it. I dont know if all the steps were indeed necessary, but I am reproducing them as I did them... =)) thanks for everyone who eased me into Suse's newbie stuff (sorry about the english, i am brazilian =) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org