I found two problems before I could get vware-config.pl (VMware Server 1.0.1
build-29996) to compile with the Linux 2.6.19-1.2288 kernel.

1) CHECKSUM_HW has be changed to CHECKSUM_PARTIAL and this affected two
modules userif.c (line 629) and bridge.c (line 1179).

2) config.h has be depricated and can simply be commented out of procfs.c
(line 33)

All source code can be found in /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar

Since your running kernel is the -686 version you will need the -686 version of the kernel-source too.

I have just installed vmware server on fedora core 2.6.2 and was getting the issue with vmmom however i downloaded the latest vmware-any-any-update109 and ran that and the vmmom module built without any issues.

Now i just have to get the damn mui working.

I am sorry my entry will be little long, and I am quite new to this subject. Any help will be appreciated.
I have some errors, and I tried any solutions suggested on this forum and the web with no success.
So I tried vmware-any-any-update110.tar.gz
It was success ; "The configuration of VMware Server 1.0.3 build-44356 for Linux for this running ,kernel completed successfully."
--So is it all? Or do I have to install VMware-server-1.0.3-44356.tar.gz again after installing the patch.
-After installing patch I can see"VMware Server Console" icon and run the server. But , when I try to "Open Virtual Machine" and "Start up This virtual Machine"
Virtual Machine didn't start and on status bar I saw this text "You do not have Vmware Tools Installed."

So when try I to reinstall VMware-server-1.0.3-44356.tar.gz I am having errors. I Write the output from installation.

#rpm -qa --queryformat .......
kernel-2.6.20-1.2944.fc6.i686
kernel-2.6.20-1.2948.fc6.i686
kernel-devel-2.6.20-1.2948.fc6.i686
kernel-headers-2.6.20-1.2948.fc6.i386
kernel-xen-2.6.20-1.2944.fc6.i686
kernel-xen-2.6.20-1.2948.fc6.i686
# uname -r
2.6.20-1.2948.fc6
# rpm -q kernel-devel
kernel-devel-2.6.20-1.2948.fc6
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What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
kernel? [/usr/src/kernels/2.6.20-1.2948.fc6-i686/include]
Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.

Building the vmmon module.

Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only'
make -C /usr/src/kernels/2.6.20-1.2948.fc6-i686/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.20-1.2948.fc6-i686'
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:80:
/tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘compat_exit’
/tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘exit_code’
/tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of ‘_syscall1’
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.20-1.2948.fc6-i686'
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config8/vmmon-only'
Unable to build the vmmon module.
...
Execution aborted.
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gpa3 wrote:

It can, but not at the same time. You have to install a kernel both with (package kernel-xen) and without (kernel) Xen support. When booting, choose the Xen kernel if you want to run Xen, or the other if you want to install/run VMWare.

Cheers,

bert