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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2023 13:23:55 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Browser Appliance</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Virtual-Appliances-Discussions/Browser-Appliance/m-p/296587#M1952</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;It refuses to download with message :&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; Forbidden&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;You don't have permission to access /vmware/Browser-Appliance-3.6.7.zip on this server.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:29:08 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>russellg</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2010-09-08T09:29:08Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Which version of Windows 7 as host?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Which-version-of-Windows-7-as-host/m-p/2538541#M152275</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks JoJo. My main intention would be to run VM workstation, not sure which host to use. My inclination is to go with Linux as host, probably Ubuntu, but I was just exploring whether there would be any advantage in using 64 bit Win 7 as host from a performance or usability point of view.  Then 64bit Win 7 Home Premium plus various Linuxes as guests, although I haven't yet been able to check whether a retail licence for Win 7 Home Premium would allow running as guest under a VM. And also whether this means I would need 2 licences one for the host and one for the guest. If there's no performance or usability differences I'd run under 64 bit Ubuntu as host. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;When you said 64bit Win 7 flies I take it you meant as a guest OS?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:56:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Which-version-of-Windows-7-as-host/m-p/2538541#M152275</guid>
      <dc:creator>russellg</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-08-27T14:56:02Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Which version of Windows 7 as host?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Which-version-of-Windows-7-as-host/m-p/2538538#M152272</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Neither of these 2 things are of interest to me.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:12:16 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>russellg</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-08-26T08:12:16Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Which version of Windows 7 as host?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Which-version-of-Windows-7-as-host/m-p/2538536#M152270</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I'm going to buy Windows 7 pre-release - there are 2 versions available for desktops in the UK -  "Home Premium" and "Professional". There's only one significant difference as far as I am concerned - Professional allows you to use "XP mode". To do this you have to run Microsoft's Virtual PC with an XP client (and also have a processor with Intel or AMD virtualisation support). I'm not particularly interested in XP mode but I am interested in using Windows 7 as a host for VMware. Would there be any advantage in using the Professional version as a VMware host? I am planning to use this on a 64 bit Intel platform which has their Virtualisation extensions.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If not I'll buy the Home edition as it is signifcantly cheaper (less than half the Professional price).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;II may use Linux as a host rather than Windows and any comments on any specific advantages or issues with one compared to the other would be helpful.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:03:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>russellg</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-08-25T20:03:03Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Failed to install Vmware player on Debian Etch</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/Failed-to-install-Vmware-player-on-Debian-Etch/m-p/249496#M1377</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Failed to install VMware-player-2.0.3-80004.i386.tar.gz on Debian Etch 4.0r3:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I downloaded, unpacked and ran ./vmware-install.pl without problem. However when trying to configure with /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl it stalled on the header files when trying to build vmmon saying:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The path "/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.18-6/include" is a kernel header file&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;directory, but it does not contain the file "linux/version.h" as expected.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;This can happen if the kernel has never been built, or if you have invoked the&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;"make mrproper" command in your kernel directory.  In any case, you may want to&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;rebuild your kernel.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I then googled and found vmware-any-any-update116 which I tried. This got past the header file problem (although did throw an error message when running) but still failed at a later stage. The output is below(some lines are corrupted as I don't know how to stop this web system from interpreting some sequences as formatting commands).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Any clues as to how to proceed would be helpful.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;==============================================================================&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;orac:/my/VMtmp/vmware-player-distrib# ./vmware-install.pl&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;....&amp;amp;lt;snip&amp;amp;gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The installation of VMware Player 2.0.3 build-80004 for Linux completed&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;successfully. You can decide to remove this software from your system at any&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;time by invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall.pl".&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Before running VMware Player for the first time, you need to configure it by&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl". Do you want this&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;program to invoke the command for you now? &lt;A href="https://communities.vmware.com/yes"&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Making sure services for VMware Player are stopped.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Stopping VMware services:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Virtual machine monitor                                             done&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Configuring fallback GTK+ 2.4 libraries.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;....&amp;amp;lt;snip&amp;amp;gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Trying to find a suitable vmmon module for your running kernel.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Player is suitable for your&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;running kernel.  Do you want this program to try to build the vmmon module for&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? &lt;A href="https://communities.vmware.com/yes"&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to override.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;kernel? &lt;A href="https://communities.vmware.com/usr/src/linux/include"&gt;&lt;/A&gt; /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.18-6/include&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The path "/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.18-6/include" is a kernel header file&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;directory, but it does not contain the file "linux/version.h" as expected.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;This can happen if the kernel has never been built, or if you have invoked the&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;"make mrproper" command in your kernel directory.  In any case, you may want to&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;rebuild your kernel.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;....&amp;amp;lt;snip&amp;amp;gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;orac:/my/VMtmp/vmware-any-any-update116# ./runme.pl&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Updating /usr/bin/vmware ... failed&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Cannot open /usr/bin/vmware: No such file or directory&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Updating /usr/bin/vmnet-bridge ... No patch needed/available&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Updating /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx ... No patch needed/available&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Updating /usr/lib/vmware/bin-debug/vmware-vmx ... No patch needed/available&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;VMware modules in "/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source" has been updated.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Before running VMware for the first time after update, you need to configure it&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;for your running kernel by invoking the following command:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;"/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl". Do you want this script to invoke the command for&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;you now? &lt;A href="https://communities.vmware.com/yes"&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Making sure services for VMware Player are stopped.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;....&amp;amp;lt;snip&amp;amp;gt;.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Player is suitable for your&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;running kernel.  Do you want this program to try to build the vmmon module for&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? &lt;A href="https://communities.vmware.com/yes"&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to override.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;kernel? &lt;A href="https://communities.vmware.com/lib/modules/2.6.18-6-686/build/include"&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Building the vmmon module.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;make: execvp: ./getversion.pl: Permission denied&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Using 2.6.x kernel build system.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;make -C /lib/modules/2.6.18-6-686/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.18-6-686'&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;make[2]: execvp: /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./getversion.pl: Permission denied&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;CC &lt;A href="https://communities.vmware.com/M"&gt;&lt;/A&gt;  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:118: error: expected expression before ‘;' token&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;make[2]: *** &lt;A href="https://communities.vmware.com/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o"&gt;&lt;/A&gt; Error 1&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;make[1]: *** &lt;DEL&gt;&lt;U&gt;module&lt;/U&gt;/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only&lt;/DEL&gt; Error 2&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.18-6-686'&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;make: *** &lt;A href="http://vmmon.ko"&gt;&lt;/A&gt; Error 2&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Unable to build the vmmon module.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;For more information on how to troubleshoot module-related problems, please&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;visit our Web site at "http://www.vmware.com/download/modules/modules.html" and&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;"http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/linux/prebuilt_modules_linux.html".&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Execution aborted.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:50:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/Failed-to-install-Vmware-player-on-Debian-Etch/m-p/249496#M1377</guid>
      <dc:creator>russellg</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-04-01T11:50:50Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Install on Ubuntu 7.10 host - config - vmmon build problem</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/Install-on-Ubuntu-7-10-host-config-vmmon-build-problem/m-p/1543888#M17944</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks for the info jakganesh. I hope you don't mind me asking why as I'd like to understand since it seems a bit surprising: On the page you referred me to (thanks for the link) amongst other things it says:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;       Reasons for NOT compiling a custom kernel&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;           ...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;           You merely need to compile a special driver. For this, you only need to install the linux-headers packages.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;           ...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The config script seems only to be looking for headers. According to Synaptic the headers are already installed.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If I recompile my kernel what files will it create that aren't already there? (the compile won't know anything about VMware player - or has the player install added some source code?). How can recompilation add more headers - these are source code aren't they?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I admit knowing little about this so any illumination would be appreciated.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;R&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:25:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/Install-on-Ubuntu-7-10-host-config-vmmon-build-problem/m-p/1543888#M17944</guid>
      <dc:creator>russellg</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-03-05T15:25:49Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Install on Ubuntu 7.10 host - config - vmmon build problem</title>
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      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I'm trying to install VMware Player (VMware-player-2.0.2-59824.i386.tar.gz) into Ubuntu 7.10 (i386) and have got stuck during running vmware-config.pl.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;It gets to "None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Player is suitable for your kernel. .." and asks me if it wants the program to try to build it - yes&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Then - What is the location of the C header files that match your running kernel - default /usr/src/linux/include. This path doesn't exist in my system - the headers seem to be in /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-14/include. When I enter this path I get the message:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The path "/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-14/include" is a kernel header file directory, but it does not contain the file "linux/version.h" as expected.  This can happen if the kernel has never been built, or if you have invoked the "make mrproper" command in your kernel directory.  In any case, you may want to rebuild your kernel.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;At this point it just asks again for the path of the headers.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I haven't built the kernel, it's just a standard binary install (there seems to be an implication that I should?). The getting started guide doesn't help at this level of detail. I would be grateful for clues as to how to proceed from here.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:27:53 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>russellg</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-03-05T12:27:53Z</dc:date>
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