Fedore 2.6.18-1.2868.fc6xen header files?

[Jacques Butcher]

I new to Fedora - or Linux for that matter.  I trying to configure VMware 
tools onto my new Fedora installation but itś looking for the kernel 
header files which I can seem to find anywhere on the DVD I downloaded from 
redhat or the net.  When I type uname -r it reports my kernel level as 
2.6.18-1.2868.fc6xen.  VMware tools installed fine and I now trygint to run 
the vmware-config-tools.pl scrips which are lloking for these kernel source 
files.

Wany help will be greatly appreciated.

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[Leo]

* Jacques Butcher (2006-12-22 03:57 +0200) said:
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> I new to Fedora - or Linux for that matter.  I trying to configure
> VMware tools onto my new Fedora installation but itś looking
> for the kernel header files which I can seem to find anywhere on the
> DVD I downloaded from redhat or the net.  When I type uname -r it
> reports my kernel level as 2.6.18-1.2868.fc6xen.  VMware tools
> installed fine and I now trygint to run the vmware-config-tools.pl
> scrips which are lloking for these kernel source files.
>
> Wany help will be greatly appreciated.

yum install kernel-headers

[Jacques Butcher]

Thanks Leo.  That was a very quick response.  I also new to the mailing 
list.  I decided not to give up so quickly on Linux this time.

I get the following when running yum install kernel-headers.

[root@localhost linux]# uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.18-1.2868.fc6xen #1 SMP Fri Dec 15 18:20:31 
EST 2006 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
[root@localhost linux]# yum install kernel-headers
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
core                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
extras                    100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
updates                   100% |=========================| 1.2 kB    00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 1.6 MB    00:07
################################################## 5133/5133
primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 363 kB    00:01
################################################## 1126/1126
Parsing package install arguments
Nothing to do
[root@localhost linux]#
> From: Leo 
> Reply-To: For users of Fedora 
> To: [e-mail]
> Subject: Re: Fedore 2.6.18-1.2868.fc6xen header files?
> Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 02:14:20 +0000
> Jacques Butcher (2006-12-22 03:57 +0200) said:
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > I new to Fedora - or Linux for that matter.  I trying to configure
> > VMware tools onto my new Fedora installation but itś looking
> > for the kernel header files which I can seem to find anywhere on the
> > DVD I downloaded from redhat or the net.  When I type uname -r it
> > reports my kernel level as 2.6.18-1.2868.fc6xen.  VMware tools
> > installed fine and I now trygint to run the vmware-config-tools.pl
> > scrips which are lloking for these kernel source files.
> >
> > Wany help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> yum install kernel-headers
>
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[Leo]

* Jacques Butcher (2006-12-22 04:31 +0200) said:
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Thanks Leo.  That was a very quick response.  I also new to the
> mailing list.  I decided not to give up so quickly on Linux this time.
>
> I get the following when running yum install kernel-headers.
>
> [root@localhost linux]# uname -a
> Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.18-1.2868.fc6xen #1 SMP Fri Dec 15
> 18:20:31 EST 2006 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
> [root@localhost linux]# yum install kernel-headers
> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> Setting up Install Process
> Setting up repositories
> core                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
> extras                    100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
> updates                   100% |=========================| 1.2 kB    00:00
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 1.6 MB    00:07
> ################################################## 5133/5133
> primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 363 kB    00:01
> ################################################## 1126/1126
> Parsing package install arguments
> Nothing to do
> [root@localhost linux]#

That means kernel-headers are installed.

Does vmware compile now? If not go ahead and install the source of the
kernel:

,----
| yum install kernel-devel
`----

BTW,

There are a few mailing list guidelines such as no top posting that
will get you more replies from other people.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines

[Jacques Butcher]

As mentioned - I am new to Linux and I not going to give up this time.

How do I switch my kernel to a non-xen version?  IŽve just started playing 
with fedore and IŽm learning all the way.
> From: Leo 
> Reply-To: For users of Fedora 
> To: [e-mail]
> Subject: Re: Fedore 2.6.18-1.2868.fc6xen header files?
> Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 03:28:25 +0000
> Jacques Butcher (2006-12-22 04:31 +0200) said:
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > Thanks Leo.  That was a very quick response.  I also new to the
> > mailing list.  I decided not to give up so quickly on Linux this time.
> >
> > I get the following when running yum install kernel-headers.
> >
> > [root@localhost linux]# uname -a
> > Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.18-1.2868.fc6xen #1 SMP Fri Dec 15
> > 18:20:31 EST 2006 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
> > [root@localhost linux]# yum install kernel-headers
> > Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> > Setting up Install Process
> > Setting up repositories
> > core                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB
>
> 00:00
> > extras                    100% |=========================| 1.1 kB
>
> 00:00
> > updates                   100% |=========================| 1.2 kB
>
> 00:00
> > Reading repository metadata in from local files
> > primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 1.6 MB
>
> 00:07
> > ################################################## 5133/5133
> > primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 363 kB
>
> 00:01
> > ################################################## 1126/1126
> > Parsing package install arguments
> > Nothing to do
> > [root@localhost linux]#
>
> That means kernel-headers are installed.
>
> Does vmware compile now? If not go ahead and install the source of the
> kernel:
>
> ,----
> | yum install kernel-devel
> `----
>
> BTW,
>
> There are a few mailing list guidelines such as no top posting that
> will get you more replies from other people.
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
>
> --
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>
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[Tim]

On Mon, 2006-12-25 at 13:31 +0200, Jacques Butcher wrote:
> As mentioned - I am new to Linux and I not going to give up this time.
>
> How do I switch my kernel to a non-xen version?  Ive just started
> playing with fedore and Im learning all the way.

Install another kernel, reboot, then use the GRUB menu to select it,
instead, as you boot up.

Once you're happy that it boots okay, you can make it the default boot
option, by editing the /boot/grub/grub.conf file, changing the default
number to match your new kernel (it starts counting from the top of the
list, from zero).

[Gilboa Davara]

On Fri, 2006-12-22 at 03:57 +0200, Jacques Butcher wrote:
> I new to Fedora - or Linux for that matter.  I trying to configure VMware 
> tools onto my new Fedora installation but itś looking for the kernel 
> header files which I can seem to find anywhere on the DVD I downloaded from 
> redhat or the net.  When I type uname -r it reports my kernel level as 
> 2.6.18-1.2868.fc6xen.  VMware tools installed fine and I now trygint to run 
> the vmware-config-tools.pl scrips which are lloking for these kernel source 
> files.
>
> Wany help will be greatly appreciated.

A. I'd advise against using vmware under a xen kernel. IMHO Even if does
work, you're opening the door to a world of trouble.
B. Please execute this command:
$ ls /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include
Does it return anything?
C. If it does (meaning you have a working kernel-devel package), try
executing this command:
$ touch /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include/linux/config.h
And retry running vmware-config.pl.

- Gilboa