Re: Problems building VMWare modules for debian 2.6.3 kernel
>>>>> Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no>:
>> Platform: Intel Pentium M (Dell Latitude D600),
>> debian sarge (testing/unstable),
>> VMware-workstation-4.5.1-7568,
>> kernel-image-2.6.3-1-686 2.6.3-2
>> kernel-headers-2.6.3-1 2.6.3-2
>> kernel-headers-2.6.3-1-686 2.6.3-2
>> libc6 2.3.2.ds1-11
>> libc6-dev 2.3.2.ds1-11
>> gcc 3.3.3-2
>> I tried installing VMware 4.5.1 on my debian sarge (testing/unstable)
>> system. The system is a laptop with a 2.6.3 kernel installed from a
>> debian package.
>> The installation failed with trying to compile the modules. [snip!]
I upgraded to the 2.6.4 kernel, which was the newest kernel currently
in unstable on the Norway debian mirror, and then the installation
worked. Specifically, I now have the following packages installed:
kernel-headers-2.6.4-1 2.6.4-1
kernel-headers-2.6.4-1-6 2.6.4-1
kernel-image-2.6.4-1-686 2.6.4-1
kernel-kbuild-2.6-1 2.6.4-1
(As a side note: VMWare installed without a hitch with the 2.4.25
kernel and kernel headers, currently in testing. But I can't use that
kernel since the ACPI support in this kernel doesn't work for me, and
I worry about laptop meltdown as a result.)
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