Re: kernel-2.6.11.8 and vmware-4.5.1 question?
---------- Original Message -----------
From: Ishwar Rattan <ishwar@pali.cps.cmich.edu>
> I am running kernel-2.6.11.8 and trying to install
> vmware-4.5.1 (for Linux host). An attempt to insmod
>
> # insmod ./vmnet.ko
>
> results in
>
> insmod: error inserting './vmnet.ko': -1 Unknown symbol in module
>
> Does vmware-4.5.1 works with 2.6 kernels?
>
> -ishwar
You have to recompile those modules by running the vmware-config.pl script
(part of the vmware package). However for 2.6 series kernels (I'm on
2.6.11.11) you maybe need to patch the vmware source else it won't compile. Do
a search for vmware any-any patches on google.
Marc
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