Re: [PLUG] vmware server: networking and clipboard

["K.S. Bhaskar" <bhaskar@bhaskars.com>]

Here's what happens to me (I have g++ installed):

<...snip successful part of installation...>

What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
kernel? [/lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/build/include]

Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.

Building the vmmon module.

Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-15-generic'
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:80:
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: error: expected declaration specifiers or â...â before âcompat_exitâ
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: error: expected declaration specifiers or â...â before âexit_codeâ
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: warning: type defaults to âintâ in declaration of â_syscall1â
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-15-generic'
make: *** [
vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only'
Unable to build the vmmon module.

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.

Any suggestions for fixing it would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you very much.

-- Bhaskar

On 4/26/07, Joseph B. Welsh <JWelsh@welshworks.com> wrote:

On Thu, 2007-04-26 at 12:08 -0400, K.S. Bhaskar wrote:
> On 4/20/07, Joseph B. Welsh <JWelsh@welshworks.com> wrote:
>         Hi Art,
>         I using the Feisty Fawn Beta (Kubuntu) and Vmware running 4
>         vm's on my
>         laptop
>
> [KSB] Joseph, I was not able to get VMWare workstation to run on
> Kubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn).  When I run vmware-config.pl, it blows up
> trying to compile the kernel modules.  I have been able to get
> vmware-player to run using the [k]ubuntu packages.  Is there anything
> special you did to get the kernel modules to compile?
>
> -- Bhaskar

Yes, I did.

I had to install g ++ -4.1 package.  Then I was able to compliel the
modules with no problem.

HTH

joe


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