kernel-2.6.11-1.14_FC3 and vmware 4.5
Robert Locke
lists at ralii.com
Thu Apr 14 02:21:13 UTC 2005
On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 19:38 -0600, kwhiskers wrote:
> Just did an update of the kernel and everything went smoothly, as
> always. Have the nvidia driver directly from nvidia. Very reliable.
>
> But then I noticed that KNemo was showing my vmnet1 and vmnet8 icons
> greyed out. No problem, had forgotten to run the vmware-config.pl
> script. Ran it, was told the new kernel was compiled with gcc 3.4.3
> and I have 3.4.2. Sure enough, after doing an update of the system,
> the new gcc-3.4.3 arrived.
>
> Well, tried to reconfigure vmware using the proper gcc, and I get this error:
>
<snip>
>
> Any ideas? The new kernel was compiled with a gcc that is not the one
> that has been released? So, where do I get the right gcc?
>
Just dealt with this earlier this morning. You now have the right gcc,
but apparently some things changed in some header files with the new
kernel.
I downloaded the latest vmware update from:
http://platan.vc.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/vmware-any-any-update90.tar.gz
Once I installed that, the compile went smooth.....
--Rob
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