VMware fails to build with the new kernel

[Maurizio Marini]

On Friday 12 September 2008, Paul Smith wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Steven Stern
>
> <subscribed-lists at sterndata.com> wrote:
> > Arnold Sutter wrote:
> >> Hi Paul and Steven,
> >>
> >>> VMware fails to build with the new kernel. The error messages are
> >>> detailed below.
> >>>
> >>> Any ideas?
> >>
> >> What "VMware"?
> >>
> >> I just upgraded my F8 system to Kernel 2.6.26.3-14.fc8 and had no
> >> problems
> >> compiling the VMware Host tools from VMware Workstation V6.0.5 for Linux
> >> (and I would assume VMware Server V1.0.7 for Linux to behave the same).
> >>
> >> You are right that this could sometimes be a problem when you don't have
> >> the latest VMware software running against the most recent kernels.
> >>
> >> Best Regards,
> >>
> >> Arnold
> >
> > VMWare Server 1.0.7
>
> That is the one I have got:
>
> $ rpm -q VMware-server
> VMware-server-1.0.7-108231.i386
> $
>
> And I cannot have it working on F9.
>
> Paul

let me look at log:
tail -f /var/log/vmware/vmware-serverd.log
Sep 13 11:00:43: app| Msg_Post: Version mismatch with vmmon module: expecting 
138.0, got 168.0.
Sep 13 11:00:43: app| You have an incorrect version of the `vmmon' kernel 
module.
Sep 13 11:00:43: app| Try reinstalling VMware Server.
Sep 13 11:00:43: app|
Sep 13 11:00:43: app| Msg_Post: Error
Sep 13 11:00:43: app| [msg.vmmonPosix.initFailed] Failed to initialize monitor 
device.
Sep 13 11:00:43: app| [localized] Failed to initialize monitor device.
Sep 13 11:00:43: app| ----------------------------------------
Sep 13 11:00:43: app| Msg_Post: Failed to initialize monitor device.
Sep 13 11:00:43: app|

let's google...

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