vmware tools on debian etch server problems

[tim108]

can't seem to install vmware tools on debian etch server

first i fillowed this howto

http://www.thoughtpolice.co.uk/vmware/howto/debian-4.0-etch-vmware-tools-install.html

but when i was asked 'what is the lcation of the directory of C headers that match your running kernel?

in my case its:

/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.18-6-686/include

unfortunatly i get this reply

the directory of kernel headers (version @@VMWARE@@ UTS_RELEASE) does not match your running kernel (version 2.6.18-6-686).

even if the module were to complie successfully, it would not load into the running kernel.

thanks for any feedback

tim

[RafaelBarreto]

I don't know if I understood your problem, but I will try to help.

If you are sure that your running kernel is this "2.6.18-6-686", I would try to do a `uname -r` to confirm.

If it returns me back something similar to "2.6.18-6-686" (but the same

version), just like "2.6.18.6", "2.6.18-6" or "2.6.18-6-generic", I

would create a symbolic link:

$ ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.18-6-686
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.18-6

If `uname -r` returns me something different than "2.6.18-6", I would

search the headers in another directory, like /usr/include or I would

try to download.

It is just a suggestion.

Use it, and shall be master!

[tim108]

thanks but i think the directory was found but if you read the output it says something about not matching the kernel

[sofar]

hi.

i used Debian (lenny) with VMS6.5.1 for guest os. lenny used kernel build number: 2.6.26. so i don't know the way is the best way for you, i got the somthing wrong same to u. but i works now . so i write my setps. hope can help you. if you just got the error with C headers that match your running kernel. u can try the A way. else if have other problems, u can try B way.

A way:

1 aptitude update

2 check ur kernel version and gcc version

1. uname -a

1. gcc --version

3 install the linux-headers match ur kernel and other packages

1. aptitude install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential

4 reinstall vmware-tools

1. urpath/vmware-install.pl

B way

1 check ur gcc version ( seems open-vm-tools and vm tools like 4.1)

1. gcc --version ## if ur gcc version > 4.1, do the fllowing setps

1. aptitude install gcc-4.1

1. ln -sf /usr/bin/gcc-4.1 /usr/bin/gcc

2 check ur kernel build number

1. uname -r

3 install the depand packages include linux-headers ....

the depand packages list:

build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r) psmisc binutils make libgtk2.0-dev libproc-dev libdumbnet-dev xorg-dev libicu-dev

u can copy this command

aptitude install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r) psmisc binutils make libgtk2.0-dev libproc-dev libdumbnet-dev xorg-dev libicu-dev

download and install following deb-packages

copy them to a tmp directory and install it with the command ' dpkg -i filename'

4 unpack the vmtools to ur tmp directory

click the vmware menu-select the install vmware-tools. cp it to /tmp

1. cd /tmp

1. tar xzfv vmware-tools-xxxxx

5 download the open-vm-tools

copy it to a tmp directory and compile

1. tar xzvf name.gz

1. cd open-vm-tools/

1. ./configure && make

6 if u passed all with no errors

1. cd open-vm-tools-2008.11.18-130226/modules/linux/

# for i in *; do sudo mv $ $-only; sudo tar -cf $.tar $-only; done

*7 cp .tar to vmware-tools-distirb replace the same name file

1. mv -f open-vm-tools-2008.11.18-130226/modules/linux/.tar vmware-tools-distrib/lib/modules/source/

8 install ur vmware-tools

1. cd /tmp/vmware-tools/distirb/

1. ./vmware-tools.pl

it all my setps above . so hope can a little help for u . sorry for my english .i did my best. good luck!

[tim108]

I choose the A way above but also made sure that gcc 4.1 was used

after instaling vmware tools i get (lenny guest xp host)

mounting local file system error cannot mount filesystem protocol error(during boot)

under vmware services in guest machine

swtching to guest configuration done

guest file system driver done

mounting HGFS shares failed

guest memory manager done

guest vmxnet fast network device done

vm communication interface done

blocking file system done

guest operating system deamon done

virtual printing deamon done

finally I noticed that under devices the cd/dvd rom drive this was pointing to c:\program files\vmware/vmwareworkstation\linux.iso (a file that is size 191mb)

I have changed this to autodect will this be ok? and why is there a blocking file system module?

tim