VMware fails to build with the new kernel

[Paul Smith]

On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 10:06 AM, Joachim Backes
<joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de> wrote:
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> So I was wrong then with my assumption.
>>> In this case, the latest vmware-any-any-update may help
>>> (vmware-any-any-update117d.tar.gz from
>>> http://groups.google.com/group/vmkernelnewbies/files ?)
>>>
>>> Good luck & best Regards,
>>> Arnold
>>>
>> I have that installed. The issue is that vmware-config.pl worked under
>> the prior kernel and failed today.  Something must have changed in the
>> kernel headers that breaks vmware's compile.
>>
>
> For german speaking fedora users:
> http://www.fedorawiki.de/index.php/VMware_Server (no patch, but a modified
>  vmware-any-any-update117:
> http://www.it-psycho.de/downloads/vmware-any-any-update117-itpsycho.tar.bz2)

The any-any-update file suggested by Joachim solves the problem, in my case.

Paul