New kernel new problems with kernel headers

Niels Happel nhappel at redhat.com
Wed Oct 18 20:17:00 UTC 2006


Hi Paul,


On Tue, 2006-10-17 at 19:27 +0100, Paul Smith wrote:
> 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.

thanks for the feedback and you´re always welcome.


Cheers,

Niels

> 
> Paul
> 
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Niels Happel <nhappel at redhat.com>
Red Hat GmbH
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