vmware under hoary

[Benjamin Haubeck]

thanks for your help.
but apt-get tells me, that i already have the newest version of

linux-headers-2.6.10-2-386
linux-source-2.6.10

my /usr/src looks like this:


ben at trouble /usr/src $ l
total 105M
drwxrwsr-x  10 root src   528 2005-02-01 14:05 .
drwxr-xr-x  12 root root  312 2004-12-19 19:06 ..
drwxr-xr-x  16 root root  496 2004-12-25 17:27 kernel-headers-2.6.9-1
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  520 2004-12-25 17:35 kernel-headers-2.6.9-1-386
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root   72 2004-12-25 17:27 kernel-kbuild-2.6-3
drwxr-xr-x   4 root root   96 2005-01-07 00:36 kernel-patches
drwxr-xr-x  18 root root  760 2005-01-29 23:29 kernel-source-2.6.9
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  34M 2004-11-26 04:41 kernel-source-2.6.9.tar.bz2
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root src    12 2005-01-29 23:30 linux -> linux-2.6.10
drwxrwxr-x  19  500  500 1,2K 2005-01-30 00:20 linux-2.6.10
-rw-r--r--   1 ben  ben   35M 2004-12-26 11:56 linux-2.6.10.tar.bz2
drwxr-xr-x  17 root root  496 2005-02-01 10:16 linux-headers-2.6.10-2
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  520 2005-02-01 10:16 linux-headers-2.6.10-2-386
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  36M 2005-01-31 10:18 linux-source-2.6.10.tar.bz2


do you see a mistake?

thanks.
ben 


On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 07:44:23 -0500, Jess Little <jackymac at gmail.com> wrote:
> sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.10-2-386
> 
> (might be off on the package name.  search for linux-headers if you
> get an error.)
> 
> 
> On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 12:37:28 +0100, Benjamin Haubeck <bhaubeck at gmail.com> 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 ?
> >
> > 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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