Trying to install VMware-workstation on F9 Preview

Patrick O'Callaghan poc at usb.ve
Wed Apr 23 04:26:06 UTC 2008


I'm running F9 Preview + updates on x86_64 hardware. I downloaded
VMwareWorkstation-6.0.3-80004.x86_64.rpm and installed. On running
vmware-config.pl I get the following errors:

        The following libraries could not be found on your system:
        libXtst.so.6
        
[Fixed that by running 'yum install libXtst.i386' and continued]:

        Building the vmblock module.
        
        Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
        make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config2/vmblock-only'
        make -C /lib/modules/2.6.25-1.fc9.x86_64/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
        make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.25-1.fc9.x86_64'
          CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config2/vmblock-only/linux/block.o
          CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config2/vmblock-only/linux/control.o
          CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config2/vmblock-only/linux/dbllnklst.o
          CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config2/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.o
        /tmp/vmware-config2/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.c: In function ‘DentryOpRevalidate’:
        /tmp/vmware-config2/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.c:101: error: ‘struct nameidata’ has no member named ‘dentry’
        /tmp/vmware-config2/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.c:101: error: ‘struct nameidata’ has no member named ‘dentry’
        /tmp/vmware-config2/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.c:102: error: implicit declaration of function ‘path_release’
        make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config2/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.o] Error 1
        make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config2/vmblock-only] Error 2
        make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.25-1.fc9.x86_64'
        make: *** [vmblock.ko] Error 2
        make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config2/vmblock-only'
        Unable to build the vmblock module.
        
[...]

        Building the vmnet module.
        
        Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
        make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config3/vmnet-only'
        make -C /lib/modules/2.6.25-1.fc9.x86_64/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
        make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.25-1.fc9.x86_64'
          CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config3/vmnet-only/driver.o
          CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config3/vmnet-only/hub.o
          CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config3/vmnet-only/userif.o
          CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config3/vmnet-only/netif.o
          CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config3/vmnet-only/bridge.o
        /tmp/vmware-config3/vmnet-only/bridge.c: In function ‘VNetBridgeUp’:
        /tmp/vmware-config3/vmnet-only/bridge.c:947: error: implicit declaration of function ‘sock_valbool_flag’
        make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config3/vmnet-only/bridge.o] Error 1
        make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config3/vmnet-only] Error 2
        make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.25-1.fc9.x86_64'
        make: *** [vmnet.ko] Error 2
        make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config3/vmnet-only'
        Unable to build the vmnet module.
        
Anyone have any thoughts on this?

poc




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