F9 and Vmware

Sieranski, Greg greg.sieranski at quoininc.com
Thu May 15 15:18:33 UTC 2008


Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 8:00 AM, Sieranski, Greg
> <greg.sieranski at quoininc.com> wrote:
>   
>> I am running Fedora 9 x86_64 on a thinpad t60p. I am trying to install
>> vmware but keep recieving the following error message:
>>
>> Building the vmnet module.
>>
>> Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
>> make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only'
>> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.25.3-18.fc9.x86_64/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD
>> SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
>> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.25.3-18.fc9.x86_64'
>> CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/driver.o
>> CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/hub.o
>> CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/userif.o
>> CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/netif.o
>> CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/bridge.o
>> /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/bridge.c: In function 'VNetBridgeUp':
>> /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/bridge.c:947: error: implicit declaration of
>> function 'sock_valbool_flag'
>> make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/bridge.o] Error 1
>> make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only] Error 2
>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.25.3-18.fc9.x86_64'
>> make: *** [vmnet.ko] Error 2
>> make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only'
>> Unable to build the vmnet module.
>>
>> Has anyone run into this problem or know of a way to fix it?
>>
>>     
>
> Which version of the vmware-any-any package did you install?
>
>
>   
I have not installed the any-any patch. Which version should I install?




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