F9 and Vmware

[Kevin J. Cummings]

Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 8:18 AM, Sieranski, Greg
> <greg.sieranski at quoininc.com> wrote:
>> Lonni J Friedman wrote:
>>> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 8:00 AM, Sieranski, Greg
>>> <greg.sieranski at quoininc.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am running Fedora 9 x86_64 on a thinpad t60p. I am trying to install
>>>> vmware but keep recieving the following error message:
>>>>
>>>> Building the vmnet module.
>>>>
>>>> Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
>>>> make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only'
>>>> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.25.3-18.fc9.x86_64/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD
>>>> SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
>>>> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.25.3-18.fc9.x86_64'
>>>> CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/driver.o
>>>> CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/hub.o
>>>> CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/userif.o
>>>> CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/netif.o
>>>> CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/bridge.o
>>>> /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/bridge.c: In function 'VNetBridgeUp':
>>>> /tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/bridge.c:947: error: implicit declaration
>>>> of
>>>> function 'sock_valbool_flag'
>>>> make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only/bridge.o] Error 1
>>>> make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only] Error 2
>>>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.25.3-18.fc9.x86_64'
>>>> make: *** [vmnet.ko] Error 2
>>>> make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmnet-only'
>>>> Unable to build the vmnet module.
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone run into this problem or know of a way to fix it?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Which version of the vmware-any-any package did you install?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I have not installed the any-any patch. Which version should I install?
> 
> Then that's almost definitely the problem.  You need to install the
> latest version.  Google for "vmware any any".

The latest I could find was 115.  But, it wasn't sufficient (its dated 
28-Nov-2007!).  There are patches available for 4 files that allow 
enough of VMWare to build to allow me to run my client under F9 on my 
x86_64 laptop.  I got them from the VMWare discussion site.  Look for a 
thread about building VMWare on the 2.6.25 kernel.  After running the 
built VMWare, it complains about my VMWare-tools being out of date.  I'm 
not sure yet where to get an updated VMWare-tools.

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Kevin J. Cummings
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