On running vmware-config.pl I am getting the following error message at the end of the compilation (before it is aborted) ....
Similar error is found while installing vmware server and player (free versions).
This problem has started since I have updated my kernel-smp to last few versions. Latest version is 2.6.20-1.2300.fc5smp. I have appropriate devel package installed.
Any help/suggestion will be highly appreciated.
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Building for VMware Player 1.0.x or VMware Workstation 5.5.x.
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.20-1.2300.fc5smp/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.20-1.2300.fc5-smp-i686'
CC /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:85:
/tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: error: expected declaration specifiers or ... before compat_exit
/tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: error: expected declaration specifiers or ... before exit_code
/tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: warning: type defaults to int in declaration of _syscall1
make[1]: *** \[_module_/tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.20-1.2300.fc5-smp-i686'
make: *** \[vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config6/vmmon-only'
Unable to build the vmmon module.
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Execution aborted.
You will most likely need to apply Petr's unofficial patch to be able to use that kernel version
Petr's unofficial vmware-any-any-update108.tar.gz can be found here
You will most likely need to apply Petr's unofficial patch to be able to use that kernel version
Petr's unofficial vmware-any-any-update108.tar.gz can be found here
Thank you very much ! I should have used the latest version of the patch. I had a copy of vmware-any-any-update101.tar.gz with me and I kept trying with that. Thanks for the suggestion.
Regards,
Suman.
Hi Suman,
Glad to hear that it worked
I had similar issue with kernel 2300, and the patch worked, but what did it do?