Build of VMWARE worstation and FC-6 ?

[don fisher]

Has anybody else had a problem building vmware workstation? I receive 
the following:

What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your 
running kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include]

The directory of kernel headers (version @@VMWARE@@ UTS_RELEASE) does 
not match your running kernel (version 2.6.18).  Even if the module were 
to compile successfully, it would not load into the running kernel.

I am confident that I have the correct kernel source loaded. I even went 
out to kernel source and built a version from the base distribution.

I am afraid I do not know what @@VMWARE@@ UTS_RELEASE means.

Thanks for your help

don

[Paul Smith]

On 10/29/06, don fisher  wrote:
> Has anybody else had a problem building vmware workstation? I receive
> the following:
>
> What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your
> running kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include]
>
> The directory of kernel headers (version @@VMWARE@@ UTS_RELEASE) does
> not match your running kernel (version 2.6.18).  Even if the module were
> to compile successfully, it would not load into the running kernel.
>
> I am confident that I have the correct kernel source loaded. I even went
> out to kernel source and built a version from the base distribution.
>
> I am afraid I do not know what @@VMWARE@@ UTS_RELEASE means.

Don,

Read the following threads:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&m=116199326400387&w=2

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&m=116211854832755&w=2

Paul

[don fisher]

I think I have a different problem. As I indicated in my original post, 
I even attempted to downloaded the source version from kernel.org and 
and could not get past the "where are your includes" question. The 
threads mentioned all appear to address a version incompatibility 
problem. Most of the posts got past the point where i am blocked.

Is this the same or different problem?

don

Paul Smith wrote:
> On 10/29/06, don fisher  wrote:
> > Has anybody else had a problem building vmware workstation? I receive
> > the following:
> >
> > What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your
> > running kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include]
> >
> > The directory of kernel headers (version @@VMWARE@@ UTS_RELEASE) does
> > not match your running kernel (version 2.6.18).  Even if the module were
> > to compile successfully, it would not load into the running kernel.
> >
> > I am confident that I have the correct kernel source loaded. I even went
> > out to kernel source and built a version from the base distribution.
> >
> > I am afraid I do not know what @@VMWARE@@ UTS_RELEASE means.
>
> Don,
>
> Read the following threads:
>
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&m=116199326400387&w=2
>
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&m=116211854832755&w=2
>
> Paul

[Michael H. Warfield]

On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 10:36 -0700, don fisher wrote:
> I think I have a different problem. As I indicated in my original post, 
> I even attempted to downloaded the source version from kernel.org and 
> and could not get past the "where are your includes" question. The 
> threads mentioned all appear to address a version incompatibility 
> problem. Most of the posts got past the point where i am blocked.

What version of VMware Workstation?  This is exactly the symptoms I've
seen with older versions of Workstation on recent FC kernels.  It can't
find the includes because older versions of VMware are looking for
something in the includes that's no longer where it expects it.  Even if
it found it, I strongly suspect that those older versions are going to
be very broken, if they were to compile at all.
> Is this the same or different problem?

One of those threads was on VMware Server.  You may have a different
(well known) problem, simply because of the version of VMware
Workstation.  5.5.1 and their new Beta should be fine.  Anything prior
to that  -  You pays your nickel and you takes your chance.
> don
> Paul Smith wrote:
> > On 10/29/06, don fisher  wrote:
> > > Has anybody else had a problem building vmware workstation? I receive
> > > the following:
> > >
> > > What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your
> > > running kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include]
> > >
> > > The directory of kernel headers (version @@VMWARE@@ UTS_RELEASE) does
> > > not match your running kernel (version 2.6.18).  Even if the module were
> > > to compile successfully, it would not load into the running kernel.
> > >
> > > I am confident that I have the correct kernel source loaded. I even went
> > > out to kernel source and built a version from the base distribution.
> > >
> > > I am afraid I do not know what @@VMWARE@@ UTS_RELEASE means.
> >
> > Don,
> >
> > Read the following threads:
> >
> > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&m=116199326400387&w=2
> >
> > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&m=116211854832755&w=2
> >
> > Paul