VMware Server fails to compile with the new kernel

Fri Nov 14 23:29:21 UTC 2008

On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 18:25 -0500, Kevin J. Cummings wrote:
> Paul Smith wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 11:07 PM, Kevin J. Cummings
> > <cummings at kjchome.homeip.net> wrote:
> 
> >> Do you have the latest vmware-any-any-update?
> >>
> >> If you do, it may be time to find a newer one....
> >>
> >> I just installed the new kernel, but I'm still running
> >> 2.6.26.6-79.fc9.x86_64 and I haven't rebooted yet.  Thanks for the warning
> >> about vmware!
> > 
> > Thanks, Kevin. I do not know whether I have the latest
> > vmware-any-any-update. Where from can I get it?
> 
> I always google for it.
> 
> The last one I downloaded was:
> 
> 	vmware-any-any-update117d.tar.gz
> 
> I'm no longer sure where I downloaded it from.
> 
> OTOH, I also recently upgraded from VMware-server-1.0 to 
> VMware-server-2.0.0-110949.x86_64 and ISTR didn't need 
> vmware-any-any-update with the new 2.0 server RPM....

That's exactly what I was just about to ask. Was this error on VMware
Server 1.X or 2.X? That will make a _huge_ difference in how we need to
solve this problem...

Cheers,

Chris

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