Re: vmware-config can't find header files

[Doug Fordham <dfordham gmail com>]

Tom,

Thanks for posting the patch...tested on an IBM T41, WINXP...works like 
a charm.

Regards,
Doug

Tom London wrote:
> There is a bug in the vmware-config.pl script that is exposed by
> changes to the newer kernel headers.
>
> I've reported this to vmware:
> http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?threadID=31877&tstart=0
>
> Here is the patch described there:
>
> --- vmware-config.pl.old        2005-12-15 21:55:24.000000000 -0800
> +++ vmware-config.pl    2006-02-04 16:53:06.000000000 -0800
> @@ -1969,8 +1969,8 @@
>      . ' -E - | ' . shell_string($gHelper{'grep'}) . ' '
>      . shell_string($pattern));
>    chomp($header_page_offset);
> -  $header_page_offset =~ s/^$pattern \(?0x([0-9a-fA-F]{8,}).*$/$1/;
> -  if ($header_page_offset =~ /[0-9a-fA-F]{8,}/) {
> +  if ($header_page_offset =~ /^$pattern \(?0x([0-9a-fA-F]{8,})/) {
> +    $header_page_offset = $1;
>      # We found a valid page offset
>      if (defined($gSystem{'page_offset'}) and
>          not (lc($header_page_offset) eq lc($gSystem{'page_offset'}))) {
>
> tom
>
>