Trying to install VMware-workstation on F9 Preview

[Scott Robbins]

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 11:56:06PM -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:


> 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:
> 
>         /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?

For vmware server, there is a vmware-any-any patch which can often fix
similar errors.  (not always, and I don't know if it's applicable to
x86_64.

(I'm not sure where it hides these days, but a quick google for
vmware-any-any patch should turn it up.)

I repeat, I'm not sure it will help in this case--however, for similar
errors on vmware server on 32 bit systems, it usually works.
>

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