Ubuntu in VMWare 4.5 (+ IBM X40 installs)

[Chris]

On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, Aroon Pahwa wrote:
> I can install the tools just fine, but when I go to configure them it
> wants to compile the vmhgf module and requires the kernel source files
> to do it (apparently VMWare doesnt come with prebuilt versions that
> match the 2.6.8 kernel?).  It doesnt look like the default Ubuntu
> install includes kernel sources.  Am I right?

Ubuntu works great in VMware.  I think you just need to install the kernel 
headers for whatever kernel you are using.

Look in Synaptic for something like:
linux-headers-<kernel verion>

Which would be "linux-headers-2.6.8.1-3-386" or something like that for 
the default kernel.

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// Chris