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Re: kernel headers not matching kernel version?



Rory O'Connor wrote:

>I'm trying to install VMware on debian and all goes smoothly until it 
>tries to find a 'vmmon' module for my kernel.  it's asking for the dir 
>where my C header files are, but then saying that they don't match the 
>version i'm running.  i don't see how that's possible.  here's the 
>error:
>
>The directory of kernel headers (version 2.2.19) does not match your 
>running 
>kernel (version 2.2.19pre17).  Even if the module were to compile 
>successfully, it would not load into the running kernel.
>
>seems like it might be a syntactical error somewhere.  any ideas?  any 
>help appreciated!

You need to download the updated modules too. Their also at the
VMware website.

Paolo Falcone

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