[RESOLVED] vmware and kernel build

[Magnus Morén]

> I am trying to get vmware running with a custom build kernel (source
> from the FC3 kernel SRPM). I have successfully build the kernel and
> the system is running fine.

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When I built the kernel from the exploded kernel-2.6.9-1.681_FC3.src.rpm
with the commands

    make O=$DST menuconfig
    make O=$DST
    su ; make O=$DST modules_install install

... I ended up with a system missing files and folders in

    /lib/modules/2.6.9-1.681_FC3/build/include

This made vmware-config.pl to complain.


The solution was to build the kernel with help from the rpmbuild and get
all the Fedora stuff in there.

1) rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.9-1.681_FC3.src.rpm
2) Add my patches, modify the .spec file
3) rpmbuild -bb --target=i686 kernel-2.6.spec

4) rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.9-FIXED.i686.rpm

Now vmware-config.pl and vmware is working as expected (and "me to". I
did not use the vmware-any-any-* toolkit noted in the release notes).


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Magnus Morén___________________________________________________________
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