VMWare install - vmmon.ko will not build on FC5

[Alexander Apprich]

Irvine,

Irvine Short wrote:
> Hey All
> 
> I was just playing with the new VMWare server but could not build
> vmmon.ko:
> 
>   LD [M]  /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.17-1.2157_FC5-i586'
> cp -f vmmon.ko ./../vmmon.o
> make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only'
> Unable to make a vmmon module that can be loaded in the running kernel:
> insmod: error inserting '/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon.o': -1 Invalid module
> format
> 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.
> 
> However, checking the running kernel and installed sources I get:
> 
> [root at arthur ~]# uname -r
> 2.6.17-1.2157_FC5
> [root at arthur ~]# rpm -qa | grep kernel
> kernel-devel-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5
> kernel-2.6.16-1.2096_FC5
> kernel-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5
> kernel-doc-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5
> 
> 
> Has anyone else run into a similar problem?
> 

did you apply the vmware-any-any patch for vmware? If not, do so and
it probably will work ;-)

apprich at elmstreet ~ $ uname -a
Linux elmstreet 2.6.17-1.2157_FC5 #1 Tue Jul 11 22:55:46 EDT 2006 i686 
i686 i386 GNU/Linux
apprich at elmstreet ~ $ vmware -v
VMware Workstation 5.5.0 build-18463

Alex