Problem with installing VMware

[Paul Smith]

On 10/5/05, Paul Smith <phhs80 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > When trying to install the version 5.5 beta, I get the following error:
> > > >
> > > > # rpm -ihv VMware-workstation-5.5.0-16958.i386.rpm
> > > > Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
> > > >
> > > > error: %pre(VMwareWorkstation-5.5.0-16958.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
> > > > error:   install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping
> > > > VMwareWorkstation-5.5.0-16958
> > >
> > > rpm -qp --scripts VMware-workstation-5.5.0-16958.i386.rpm
> > > will tell you what it is trying to do - look for the preinstall script
> > >
> > > if you try running the command itself you may get a better idea what is
> > > going on.
> > > Incidentally this doesn't necessarily mean that the packages was *not*
> > > installed. I would check this if I were you.
> >
> > Thanks, Stuart. I got this:
> >
> > # rpm -qp --scripts VMware-workstation-5.5.0-16958.i386.rpm | grep preinstall
> > preinstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh):
> > #
>
> That is true. It is installed, but it says that I have to configure it
> using vmware-config.pl. I am trying to locate vmware-config.pl to do
> the needed configuration.

I get the following error when running vmware-config.pl:

«make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.13-1.1526_FC4-i686'
cp -f vmnet.ko ./../vmnet.o
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only'
Unable to make a vmnet module that can be loaded in the running kernel:
insmod: error inserting '/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet.o': -1 Unknown
symbol in module
There is probably a slight difference in the kernel configuration between the
set of C header files you specified and your running kernel.  You may want to
rebuild a kernel based on that directory, or specify another directory.

For more information on how to troubleshoot module-related problems, please
visit our Web site at "http://www.vmware.com/download/modules/modules.html" and
"http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/linux/prebuilt_modules_linux.html".

Execution aborted.»

Paul