VMware5 setup for FC4t2

[James C. Bevier]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Germer Peter" <pgermer at www.zeon.hu>
To: "For testers of Fedora Core development releases" 
<fedora-test-list at redhat.com>; <pgermer at zeon.hu>
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: VMware5 setup for FC4t2


>
>> Le mercredi 01 juin 2005 à 22:35 +0200, Germer Peter a écrit :
>>
>>> I have trouble with the vmware-config-tools.pl script in a VMware5. When
>>> the script ask me "C header files that match your running kernel", this
>>> error occured:
>> ...
>>
>> Check google for vmware-any-any
>>
>> Tony
>>
>
> Hi Tony,
>
> I tried VMware-any-any-update90 and 91 too, but didnt't work. After the
> config script couldn't start Virtual machine monitor and Virtual ethernet.
> Do you have any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Peter
>

Go to /usr/src/kernels/2.6.11-1-1366_FC4-x86_64/include/asm and do a "ln -s 
../linux/ioctl32.h ioctl32.h" and try the build again.  This has worked for 
me.  Replace 1366 with the version of the kernel you want to build for.  I 
have not built for i386, but should be the same.

Jim