Solved: Getting stuck installing vmware tools

jiggle_it · ‎03-02-2007

Running vmware wkstn 5.5.1 on XP Pro as host and finished initial installation of SUSE 10.2 as guest, the following message shows up while trying to install vmware tools:

"The directory of kernel headers (version @@VMWARE@@ UTS_RELEASE) does not match your running kernel (version 2.6.18.2-34-default). Even if the module were to compile successfully, it would not load into the running kernel."

This is in response to question, "What is the location of the directory of C header files".

After the inital installation, I DID go back and have gcc, gcc-c++ and the kernel-source installed, per the vmware help info.

Thanks for your help.

KevinG · ‎03-02-2007

I'll try to re-install 10.2 from scratch with 5.5.3.

No need to do that, you are just missing a few packages in SuSE 10.2 and can use YasT to install them.

Make sure that you have the following installed

\* gcc

\* gcc-c++

\* kernel-source (That matches your running kernel)

\* kernel-syms

\* make (this is probably already ...

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KevinG · ‎03-02-2007

First upgrade to version WS 5.5.3 . This will address some of your issues.

Your existing license key will work with 5.5.3 and the upgrade will not effect the virtual machines you have already created.

jiggle_it · ‎03-02-2007

Thanks KevinG. Ok, I downloaded 5.5.3 and just tried to upgrade, but got this error message while trying to uninstall 5.5.1:

Error 1327. Invalid Drive K:\

doh!

Guess I should work this XP problem outside of this forum before proceeding.

jiggle_it · ‎03-02-2007

Update -- Ok, got past the "1327" problem with a registry fix, per this link:

http://log.antiflux.org/grant/2004/05/04/error-1327

Info at link:

"If you try to install or uninstall a program in Windows, and get this:

Error 1327. Invalid drive L:\

where L is a drive youâ€™ve never heard of, then run regedit and find HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders. Change any instance of L: to %USERPROFILE%."

In my case, changed 'K' occurrences to '%USERPROFILE%'.

After successfully installing WS5.5.3, I tried to resume the install of SUSE10.2, but still get the same error about C directory headers. I'll try to re-install 10.2 from scratch with 5.5.3. ...

KevinG · ‎03-02-2007