<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Marko Vojinovic <<a href="mailto:vvmarko@gmail.com">vvmarko@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">On Monday 23 November 2009 10:29:55 Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) wrote: > VMware Server 2 is not compatible with Fedora 11 x86_64, i.e. kernels > 2.6.29.4 and up. So don't bother to try compiling vmmon modules for VMware > Server. > > If you encounter problems while compiling the vboxdrv and vmmon kernel > modules, it may be that your local kernel source tree is not properly > configured. > > In my case: > > # cd /lib/modules/2.6.30.5-enming.teo > > # rm build (symbolic link) > > # ln -s /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.30.5 build > > # rm source (symblic link) > > # ln -s /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.30.5 source > > Go to your kernel source tree. Some kernel header files may not be present. > > # cd /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.30.5 > > If .config exists, > > # make oldconfig > > # make prepare > > This will generate the missing kernel headers. </div>Why not just yum groupinstall "Development Tools" or "yum install kernel-headers", which is apparently included in the above group? <div class="im"> > For VirtualBox, > > # /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup > > Above step will recompile linux kernel modules for VirtualBox. There will > be 3 kernel modules. > > To load the vboxdrv kernel module, > > # /etc/init.d/vboxdrv start </div>If you did the yum thing above *before* installing VirtualBox, there is no need for these steps. Otherwise they are needed, at least I remember doing the first one. I wouldn't know about VMware, gave up on it after having too much trouble with kernel drivers. VirtualBox appears to provide equivalent functionality, and is (mostly) open source, so I don't expect the same trouble with building kernel modules. ;-) HTH, :-) Marko </blockquote><div> Hi Marko, I have custom kernels. </div><div> </div></div>Oh ya, if VirtualBox complains about VMX_ROOT when starting virtual machines, do the following: # rmmod kvm_intel Then your virtual machine should start normally. -- Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering) Alma Maters: (1) Singapore Polytechnic (2) National University of Singapore My Primary Blog: <a href="http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com">http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com</a> My Secondary Blog: <a href="http://enmingteo.wordpress.com">http://enmingteo.wordpress.com</a> My Youtube videos: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/enmingteo">http://www.youtube.com/user/enmingteo</a> Email: <a href="mailto:space.time.universe@gmail.com">space.time.universe@gmail.com</a> Mobile Phone (Starhub Prepaid): +65-8369-2618 Street: Bedok Reservoir Road Country: Singapore