sudo /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl
Making sure services for VMware Workstation are stopped.
Stopping VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor done
Configuring fallback GTK+ 2.4 libraries.
In which directory do you want to install the theme icons?
What directory contains your desktop menu entry files? These files have a
.desktop file extension.
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)?
Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to override.
Your kernel was built with "gcc" version "4.3.1", while you are trying to use
"/usr/bin/gcc" version "4.3". This configuration is not recommended and VMware
Workstation may crash if you'll continue. Please try to use exactly same
compiler as one used for building your kernel. Do you want to go with compiler
"/usr/bin/gcc" version "4.3" anyway? yes
What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
kernel?
Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.
Building the vmmon module.
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.25.5-1.1-default/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.25.5-1.1-obj/x86_64/default'
make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.25.5-1.1 O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.25.5-1.1-obj/x86_64/default/. modules
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/comport.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/hash.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/task.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/vmciContext.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/vmciDatagram.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/vmciDriver.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/vmciDs.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/vmciGroup.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/vmciHashtable.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/vmciProcess.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/vmciResource.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/vmciSharedMem.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.o
LD /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/vmmon.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/vmmon.mod.o
LD /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.25.5-1.1-obj/x86_64/default'
cp -f vmmon.ko ./../vmmon.o
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'
The module loads perfectly in the running kernel.
/dev is dynamic:
Trying to find a suitable vmblock module for your running kernel.
None of the pre-built vmblock modules for VMware Workstation is suitable for
your running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmblock
module for your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your
system)?
Extracting the sources of the vmblock module.
Building the vmblock module.
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmblock-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.25.5-1.1-default/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.25.5-1.1-obj/x86_64/default'
make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.25.5-1.1 O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.25.5-1.1-obj/x86_64/default/. modules
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmblock-only/linux/block.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmblock-only/linux/control.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmblock-only/linux/dbllnklst.o
CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.o
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.c: In function ‘DentryOpRevalidate’:
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.c:101: error: ‘struct nameidata’ has no member named ‘dentry’
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.c:101: error: ‘struct nameidata’ has no member named ‘dentry’
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmblock-only/linux/dentry.c:102: error: implicit declaration of function ‘path_release’
make[4]: *** Error 1
make[3]: *** Error 2
make[2]: *** Error 2
make[1]: *** Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.25.5-1.1-obj/x86_64/default'
make: *** http://vmblock.ko Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmblock-only'
Unable to build the vmblock module.
The vmblock module enables dragging or copying files from within a guest and
dropping or pasting them onto your host (guest to host drag and drop and file
copy/paste). The rest of the software provided by VMware Workstation is
designed to work independently of this feature (including host to guest drag
and drop and file copy/paste).
If you would like the guest to host drag and drop and file copy/paste features,
you can install the driver by running vmware-config.pl again after making sure
that gcc, binutils, make and the kernel sources for your running kernel are
installed on your machine. These packages are available on your distribution's
installation CD.
I seem to remember having a similar error on my old system and I ended having to edit some config file...
This is 64-bit OS and VMWKS rpm.
Any help appreciated.
