Vmtools build errors with Mandriva 2009 guest

[brianwhi]

I am running vmware-tools-config.pl for workstation 6.02 on a Mandriva Free 2009 guest. I have the following rpms installed:

gcc

binutils

libbinutils

make

kernel-desktop-devel-2.6.27.5-2mnb-1-1mnb2 (which matches my kernel).

Vmtools seem to load but the scroll button on the mouse will not work.

I get the following output from the attempt to build vmmemctl:

# vmware-config-tools.pl

Stopping VMware Tools services in the virtual machine:

Guest operating system daemon:

Trying to find a suitable vmmemctl module for your running kernel.

None of the pre-built vmmemctl modules for VMware Tools is suitable for your

running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmmemctl 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.

What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running

kernel?

Extracting the sources of the vmmemctl module.

Building the vmmemctl module.

Using 2.6.x kernel build system.

make: Entering directory `/root/tmp/vmware-config5/vmmemctl-only'

make -C /lib/modules/2.6.27.5-desktop-2mnb/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.27.5-desktop-2mnb'

CC /root/tmp/vmware-config5/vmmemctl-only/os.o

In file included from /root/tmp/vmware-config5/vmmemctl-only/os.c:40:

/root/tmp/vmware-config5/vmmemctl-only/compat_wait.h:37:5: warning: "VMW_HAVE_EPOLL" is not defined

/root/tmp/vmware-config5/vmmemctl-only/compat_wait.h:43:5: warning: "VMW_HAVE_EPOLL" is not defined

In file included from /root/tmp/vmware-config5/vmmemctl-only/os.c:40:

/root/tmp/vmware-config5/vmmemctl-only/compat_wait.h:60: error: conflicting types for ‘poll_initwait’

include/linux/poll.h:65: error: previous declaration of ‘poll_initwait’ was here

/root/tmp/vmware-config5/vmmemctl-only/os.c: In function ‘os_init’:

/root/tmp/vmware-config5/vmmemctl-only/os.c:567: error: ‘struct proc_dir_entry’ has no member named ‘get_info’

make[2]: *** Error 1

make[1]: *** Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.27.5-desktop-2mnb'

make: *** http://vmmemctl.ko Error 2

make: Leaving directory `/root/tmp/vmware-config5/vmmemctl-only'

Unable to build the vmmemctl module.

The memory manager driver (vmmemctl module) is used by VMware host software to

efficiently reclaim memory from a virtual machine.

If the driver is not available, VMware host software may instead need to swap

guest memory to disk, which may reduce performance.

The rest of the software provided by VMware Tools is designed to work

independently of this feature.

If you want the memory management feature, you can install the driver by

running vmware-config-tools.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.

The script also fails to build vmhgfs module, the vmblock module, and the vmxnet module. How can I correct this problem?