Unable to build the vmnet module

[perimere]

Hi,

I'm installing VMware-workstation-6.0.0-45731.x86_64.tar.gz, onto an Ubuntu 7.04 (64-bit) workstation running a 2.6.22 kernel.

Appears to have installed fine, however, "sudo /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl" is exiting with errors:

Using 2.6.x kernel build system.

make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only'

make -C /lib/modules/2.6.22/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.22'

CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/driver.o

CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/hub.o

CC /tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/userif.o

/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/userif.c: In function ‘VNetCopyDatagramToUser’:

/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/userif.c:630: error: ‘const struct sk_buff’ has no member named ‘h’

/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/userif.c:630: error: ‘const struct sk_buff’ has no member named ‘nh’

/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only/userif.c:636: error: ‘const struct sk_buff’ has no member named ‘h’

make[2]: *** Error 1

make[1]: *** \[_module_/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.22'

make: *** \[vmnet.ko] Error 2

make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmnet-only'

Unable to build the vmnet module.

Has anyone seen this? Missing dependency?

TIA

Cheers

Adam

[KevinG · Accepted solution]

With that kernel version you may want to try Petr's (113 patch ) vmware-any-any-update113 (from http://knihovny.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/

[perimere]

Kevin,

Thanks, I'll have a look. Can I ask what the patch does?

Cheers

Adam

[KevinG]

Hi Adam,

Since you are using a unsupported kernel version, it makes changes to the VMware kernel module code and/or scripts to compile on newer kernels that may not be supported.

This patch is not from VMware, it is from a forum user that just also happens to work for VMware.

[perimere]

Thanks for help Kevin. Sounds like it should sort the problem.

Cheers

Adam

[evilhomer]

Worked perfectly. Thanks Kevin.