VMware5 setup for FC4t2

[Graham Wharton]

I had problems building the vmware modules and it worked a treat once I 
installed kernel-devel

I had previously tried,

fudging the /lib/modules/..../build..... treee
installing kernel source rpm

Graham

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James C. Bevier" <jim at jbsys.com>
To: <pgermer at zeon.hu>; "For testers of Fedora Core development releases" 
<fedora-test-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 3:00 AM
Subject: Re: VMware5 setup for FC4t2


>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Germer Peter" <pgermer at www.zeon.hu>
> To: "For testers of Fedora Core development releases" 
> <fedora-test-list at redhat.com>; <pgermer at zeon.hu>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 3:17 PM
> Subject: Re: VMware5 setup for FC4t2
>
>
>>
>>> Le mercredi 01 juin 2005 à 22:35 +0200, Germer Peter a écrit :
>>>
>>>> I have trouble with the vmware-config-tools.pl script in a VMware5. 
>>>> When
>>>> the script ask me "C header files that match your running kernel", this
>>>> error occured:
>>> ...
>>>
>>> Check google for vmware-any-any
>>>
>>> Tony
>>>
>>
>> Hi Tony,
>>
>> I tried VMware-any-any-update90 and 91 too, but didnt't work. After the
>> config script couldn't start Virtual machine monitor and Virtual 
>> ethernet.
>> Do you have any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Peter
>>
>
> Go to /usr/src/kernels/2.6.11-1-1366_FC4-x86_64/include/asm and do a 
> "ln -s ../linux/ioctl32.h ioctl32.h" and try the build again.  This has 
> worked for me.  Replace 1366 with the version of the kernel you want to 
> build for.  I have not built for i386, but should be the same.
>
> Jim
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