6 Replies Latest reply on Oct 22, 2010 4:49 AM by WoodyZ

cannot start VM Player. Kernel headers 2.6.33.5-desktop-2mnb were not found

Rapiscan Sep 8, 2010 11:04 PM

I just installed VMware Player 3.1.1 linux 32-bit, everything went fine, but when I tried to start VM Player, i get a window message

Title: VMware Kernel Module Updater

Before you can run VMware, several modules must be compiled and loaded into the running kernel.

Kernel Headers 2.6.33.5-desktop-2mnb

Kernel headers for version 2.6.33.5-desktop-2mnb were not found. If you installed them in a non-default path you can specify the path below. Otherwise refer to your distribution's documentation for installation instructions and click Refresh to search again in default locations.

Here is the list of what I have:

/lib/modules/2.6.33.5-desktop-2mnb

/boot/System.map-2.6.33.5-desktop-2mnb

/boot/config-2.6.33.5-desktop-2mnb

/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.33.5-desktop-2mnb

/boot/initrd-2.6.33.5-desktop-2mnb.img

/boot/symvers-2.6.33.5-desktop-2mnb.gz

None of the above path worked. What should I do?

Johwwy

1. Re: cannot start VM Player. Kernel headers 2.6.33.5-desktop-2mnb were not found

Rapiscan Sep 10, 2010 1:43 PM (in response to Rapiscan)

Now it is asking me "What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel?"
How do I find out my running kernel C header and the path?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Sorry guys, I am new in Linux, not know much about Linux stuff.

Johwwy
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2. Re: cannot start VM Player. Kernel headers 2.6.33.5-desktop-2mnb were not found

continuum Sep 11, 2010 8:09 AM (in response to Rapiscan)

Hi and welcome

maybe someone can help you if you tell us which Linux distribution you use.

Did you try to install the development packages for whatever distri you use ?

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3. Re: cannot start VM Player. Kernel headers 2.6.33.5-desktop-2mnb were not found

stefaca Sep 11, 2010 2:47 PM (in response to Rapiscan)

solution for me (ubuntu 10.10; kernel 2.6.35-20-generic):

cd /tmp
wget http://www.sputnick-area.net/scripts/vmware7.1.1-patch-kernel-2.6.35.bash
chmod +x vmware7.1.1-patch-kernel-2.6.35.bash
./vmware7.1.1-patch-kernel-2.6.35.bash

I do it and after i execute:
vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
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4. Re: cannot start VM Player. Kernel headers 2.6.33.5-desktop-2mnb were not found

Rapiscan Sep 11, 2010 5:25 PM (in response to continuum)

Mandriva Spring 2010 (free version)
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5. Re: cannot start VM Player. Kernel headers 2.6.33.5-desktop-2mnb were not found

jaestsan Oct 21, 2010 11:06 PM (in response to stefaca)

one question, where is vmware-modconfig?
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6. Re: cannot start VM Player. Kernel headers 2.6.33.5-desktop-2mnb were not found

WoodyZ Oct 22, 2010 4:49 AM (in response to jaestsan)
jaestsan wrote:
one question, where is vmware-modconfig?

One question. Did you try searching the hard drive for it using either the GUI Search feature or the find command in a Terminal?

Look in: /usr/bin
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