Hello all !
I have operation system Fedora Core 6, kernel:
\[root@igoral5 Desktop]# rpm -qa | grep kernel
kernel-2.6.20-1.2925.fc6
kernel-devel-2.6.20-1.2925.fc6
kernel-headers-2.6.20-1.2925.fc6
\[root@igoral5 Desktop]# uname -r
2.6.20-1.2925.fc6
Installing VMware-workstation-5.5.3-34685.i386.rpm
rpm -i VMware-workstation-5.5.3-34685.i386.rpm
and run vmware-config.pl
...
Do you accept? (yes/no) yes
Thank you.
Configuring fallback GTK+ 2.4 libraries.
In which directory do you want to install the mime type icons?
What directory contains your desktop menu entry files? These files have a
In which directory do you want to install the application's icon?
Trying to find a suitable vmmon module for your running kernel.
None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Workstation is suitable for your
running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmmon module for
your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? \[yes]
Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to override.
What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.
Building the vmmon module.
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.20-1.2925.fc6/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.20-1.2925.fc6-i686'
CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:80:
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: error: expected declaration specifiers or '...' before 'compat_exit'
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: error: expected declaration specifiers or '...' before 'exit_code'
/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: warning: type defaults to 'int' in declaration of '_syscall1'
make[1]: *** \[_module_/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.20-1.2925.fc6-i686'
make: *** \[vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only'
Unable to build the vmmon module.
For more information on how to troubleshoot module-related problems, please
visit our Web site at "http://www.vmware.com/download/modules/modules.html" and
"http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/linux/prebuilt_modules_linux.html".
Execution aborted.
What me do ?
Best wishes, Alimov Igor.
Hi,
You will most likely need to apply Petr's patch to be able to use that kernel version
Petr's unofficial vmware-any-any-update108.tar.gz can be found here
Thanks you, all right.
Best wishes, Igor Alimov
Glad to hear that it resolve your issue