New kernel new problems with kernel headers

Niels Happel nhappel at redhat.com
Tue Oct 17 17:14:51 UTC 2006


Hi Paul,

On Tue, 2006-10-17 at 18:00 +0100, Paul Smith wrote:
> Dear All
> 
> After having updated the kernel (now running 2.6.18-1.2200), I get the
> following when trying to configure VMWare server:
> 
> «What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
> kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include]
> /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2200.fc5smp/build/include/
> 
> The directory of kernel headers (version @@VMWARE@@ UTS_RELEASE) does not match
> your running kernel (version 2.6.18-1.2200.fc5smp).  Even if the module were to
> compile successfully, it would not load into the running kernel.
> 
> What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
> kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] »

get and untar the latest version of vmware any-any updates. One location
is: http://ftp.cvut.cz/vmware/ , else google for it. Actual version is
104 I think.

After that run runme.pl in untared any-any subdirectory. This should
solve your issue.


Cheers,

Niels

> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Paul
> 
-- 
Niels Happel <nhappel at redhat.com>
Red Hat GmbH
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