building vmmon

[Anthony J Placilla]

On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 16:11, Ben Rosengart wrote:
> Hello Hatters,
>   I am trying to install VMware-workstation-4.5.1-7568 on Fedora
> Core 1.  The install procedure wants to build the vmmon module,
> for which it wants kernel source.  I have downloaded
> kernel-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl.src.rpm and installed it (with "rpm -i
> kernel-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl.src.rpm") but that does not install
> anything in /usr/src/linux, where the VMware install wants to find
> it.
> 
> I'm new to Red Hat and rpm, so I'm very much at sea.  If anyone can
> help me get vmmon built, I would be greatly appreciative.  Thanks in
> advance.
> 
> -- 
> Ben Rosengart                                            (212) 741-4400 x215


this is actually an FAQ.

you want kernel-source-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl.i386.rpm

see also
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/archive/31/2003/09/1/89566


-- 
Tony Placilla, RHCT
anthony_placilla at suth.com

perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5, (41*2), sqrt(7056), (unpack(c,H)-2), oct(115), 10);'