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Re: VMware and 2.4.0-test4 problem



kernel 2.3./2.4 changed a lot of things

vmware has only experimental support for 2.4 in vmware 2.x, don't exepect
official support for 2.4 for either 1.x or 2.x of vmware until linux 2.4.0
is declared final.

nate

On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Stefan Bellon wrote:

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