VMWare server on FC4

[Paul Smith]

On 2/17/07, fedoralist at subtropolix.org <fedoralist at subtropolix.org> wrote:
> I'm trying to install VMWare Server on FC4 and have hit a wall. My
> knowledge of dealing with the kernel is quite limited. Any advice is
> much appreciated.
>
> First, i installed the kernel-devel package with yum:
>
> $ rpm -qa | grep kernel
> kernel-devel-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4
> kernel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4
> kernel-2.6.9-1.667
>
> yum told me there were no updates for gcc, gcc-c++, or xinetd. This is
> what i have installed:
>
> $ rpm -qa | grep gcc
> compat-gcc-32-3.2.3-47.fc4
> compat-gcc-32-c++-3.2.3-47.fc4
> gcc-4.0.2-8.fc4
> gcc-java-4.0.2-8.fc4
> gcc-gfortran-4.0.2-8.fc4
> compat-gcc-32-g77-3.2.3-47.fc4
> gcc-c++-4.0.2-8.fc4
> libgcc-4.0.2-8.fc4
>
> $ rpm -qa | grep xinetd
> xinetd-2.3.13-6
>
> I downloaded and installed VMware-server-1.0.1-29996, then found and
> unpacked vmware-any-any-update108 and ran the runme.pl. This is where
> the story left off:
>
> -- snip --
>
> Trying to find a suitable vmmon module for your running kernel.
>
> None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Server is suitable for
> your running kernel.  Do you want this program to try to build the vmmon
> module for your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your
> system)? [yes]
>
> Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to override.
>
> Your kernel was built with "gcc" version "4.0.0", while you are trying
> to use "/usr/bin/gcc" version "4.0.2". This configuration is not
> recommended and VMware Server may crash if you'll continue. Please try
> to use exactly same compiler as one used for building your kernel. Do
> you want to go with compiler "/usr/bin/gcc" version "4.0.2" anyway? [no] yes
>
> -- snip --
> (i thought i'd give it a try)
> -- snip --
>
> What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your
> running
> kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include]
>
> -- snip --
> I don't have this dir, but shouldn't kernel-devel have installed there?
> I poked around and came up with something that looked promising:
> -- snip --
>
> What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your
> running kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include]
> /usr/src/kernels/2.6.17-1.2142_FC4-i686/
>
> The path "/usr/src/kernels/2.6.17-1.2142_FC4-i686" is an existing
> directory, but it does not contain a "linux" subdirectory as expected
>
> -- snip --
>
> So, am i SOL here? I'd really prefer not to upgrade to FC5 at this time.
>   Do i need to downgrade GCC? I must have let yum update it while
> installing something else, but i can't remember when or why that was.
>
> Again, i've no experience with kernels. Any pointers? From the msg, it
> seems as if i could simply update the kernel using the installed GCC,
> then have another go (and i'd have the fortune to finally re-compile my
> own kernel). Does that sound likely? I don't want to go off half-cocked
> here.

Brian,

Try

yum  install kernel-headers

Regards,

Paul