VMware and 2.4.0-test4 problem
For quite some time I happily run the 2.4.0-test4 kernel on my notebook
with no problems.
Just one thing: VMware (version 1.x) doesn't run anymore. I tried the
usual "vmware-config.pl" like the other times when I've compiled a
kernel, but this doesn't work anymore with the 2.4 kernels, it seems.
Here's the exact error log:
pii233:~# vmware-config.pl
Making sure VMware's services are stopped.
Stopping VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor done
Bridged networking done
Virtual ethernet done
None of VMware's pre-built vmmon modules is suitable for your running kernel. Do
you want this script to try to build the vmmon module for your system (you need
to have a C compiler installed on your system)? [yes]
What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include]
Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.
Building the vmmon module.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware/config/5657/vmmon-only'
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware/config/5657/vmmon-only'
make[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware/config/5657/vmmon-only/driver-2.4.0-tes
t4'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware/config/5657/vmmon-only/driver-2.4.0-test
4'
make[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware/config/5657/vmmon-only/driver-2.4.0-tes
t4'
.././linux/driver.c:123: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
.././linux/driver.c:124: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
.././linux/driver.c:126: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
.././linux/driver.c:128: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
.././linux/driver.c: In function `LinuxDriver_Poll':
.././linux/driver.c:451: structure has no member named `next'
.././linux/driver.c:451: structure has no member named `prev'
{standard input}: Assembler messages:
{standard input}:8: Warning: Ignoring changed section attributes for .modinfo
make[2]: *** [driver.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware/config/5657/vmmon-only/driver-2.4.0-test
4'
make[1]: *** [driver] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware/config/5657/vmmon-only'
make: *** [auto-build] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware/config/5657/vmmon-only'
Unable to build the vmmon module.
Execution aborted.
Anyone any ideas? I've already followed the hints about compilation
problems on the VMware web page. Didn't help.
TIA.
Greetings,
Stefan.
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Stefan Bellon * <mailto:sbellon@sbellon.de> * <http://www.sbellon.de/>
2 + 2 = 5 for suitably large values of 2.
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