VMware Server for SUSE 10.1

[harner]

I am trying to configure VMware Server 1.0.1 build 29996 and it is giving me problems on this area:

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

The header files in /usr/include are generally for C libraries, not for the
running kernel. If you do not have kernel header files in your /usr/src
directory, you probably do not have the kernel-source package installed. Are
you sure that /usr/include contains the header files associated with your
running kernel? [no] yes
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The directory of kernel headers (version 2.6.16) does not match your running
kernel (version 2.6.16.21-0.25-default).  Even if the module were to compile
successfully, it would not load into the running kernel.

I just installed the kernel-source package and tried it again with no luck. I hav ebeen referred to this post:
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/sus...on-source.html

How do you make that source package match my kernel version? Thank you.



(And btw: I'm testing it on my OSS 10.1 x32 workstation at work. When I get home I'll slap it on my SLED10 laptop.)

[bryansmith]

Try linking the 2.6.16.21-0.25-default to linux-2.6.16 or linux. As root:

ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.6.16.21-0.25-default linux-2.6.16
ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.6.16.21-0.25-default linux

*EDIT* I am assuming that the /usr/src/linux-2.6.16.21-0.25-default directory is where the source is. If not, substitute where the source actually is for /usr/src/linux-2.6.16.21-0.25-default

Bryan

[softh]

Hi, I hit this as well in SUSE 10.0 and 10.1 VMware server installs. With the 10.0 install I tried linking the kernel as described by the previous poster. It did work for a while, sort of. But I had to manually init the modules and it eventually crashed horribly, plus I had other problems with VMWare tools not installing. After said crash I never could get VMWare to load properly again, plus it killed ksysv and it would not reinstall which made the manual init process even more tedious.

I got busy at work and did not have time to play anyway but a few weeks later I got SUSE10.1 installed on a new drive so I decided to just start fresh with VMWare as well. Of course I hit the same mess with the rotten vmware-config.pl and its reversed logic for accepting the license. It seems you got past that though(answer Q for prompts and screen changes and answer N or no for Y or yes, go figure). Note the NY logic reversal is for the license only, the rest seems to work normally.

The fix, your best bet is to install the kernel source for your existing kernel. That way it is a better bet that VMWare will run properly and safely. I included a link to the kernel-source-2.6.16.21-0.25 source below. Best to install it as with most ancillary stuff on SUSE 10.0 by right clicking on the downloaded RPM and selecting "Open with" --> "Install software". DO NOT let the zen installed handle it, it seems still broken to me. If you try via YAST software manager you will probably not find it in the list, but this depends on the sources you have in your list. Just download it from the link below. I forgot the details now but you may have to dig around in /usr/src to find the correct path to feed the VMWare script.

Matthew
http://hypersynergy.com

kernel-source-2.6.16.21-0.25
http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat....i586.rpm.html