New kernel new problems with kernel headers

Paul Smith phhs80 at gmail.com
Tue Oct 17 18:27:30 UTC 2006


On 10/17/06, Niels Happel <nhappel at redhat.com> wrote:
> > 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.

Thanks, Niels. In fact, your suggestion solves the issue.

Paul




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