vmware under hoary

[Benoit Caccinolo]

On mar, 2005-02-01 at 12:37 +0100, Benjamin Haubeck wrote:
> hello,
> 
> when i try to install vmware on my hoary i get the following error:
> my kernel is 2.6.10-2-386
> the sources are from 2.6.10
> where can i get the sources for 2.6.10-2-386 ?

There is the package : linux-source-2.6.10

> 
> here is what vmware shows me:
> 
> 
> 
> Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.
> 
> Building the vmmon module.
> 
> Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
> make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'
> make -C /usr/src/linux/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.10'
>   CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
>   CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
>   CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
>   CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o
>   CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o
>   CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/task.o
>   CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o
>   LD [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/vmmon.o
>   Building modules, stage 2.
>   MODPOST
>   CC      /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/vmmon.mod.o
>   LD [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.10'
> cp -f vmmon.ko ./../vmmon.o
> make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'
> Unable to make a vmmon module that can be loaded in the running kernel:
> insmod: error inserting '/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon.o': -1 Invalid module format
> There is probably a slight difference in the kernel configuration between the
> set of C header files you specified and your running kernel.  You may want to
> rebuild a kernel based on that directory, or specify another directory.
> 
> For more information on how to troubleshoot module-related problems, please
> visit our Web site at "http://www.vmware.com/download/modules/modules.html" and
> "http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/linux/prebuilt_modules_linux.html".
> 
> Execution aborted.
> 
> 
> 
> can somebody help?
> 
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Benoit Caccinolo bcaccinolo at idealx.com