Installing VMware on Debian 3.1 kernel 2.6.14

[Martijn Marsman <mmarsman@afab.nl>]

Hello list :D

Iam installing VMware for linux on my Debian 3.1 machine

uname -a --> Linux Covenant 2.6.14-686 #1 PREEMPT Mon Nov 7 16:59:27 CET 
2005 i686 GNU/Linux

i have installed it before and it worked perfect, but now on my new 
system, it refuses to compile a module (vmnet). the output is this:
/
Extracting the sources of the vmnet module.

Building the vmnet module.

Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config6/vmnet-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.14-686/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD 
SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.14'
 CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config6/vmnet-only/driver.o
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config6/vmnet-only/vnet.h:14,
                from /tmp/vmware-config6/vmnet-only/vnetInt.h:10,
                from /tmp/vmware-config6/vmnet-only/driver.c:40:
/tmp/vmware-config6/vmnet-only/vm_atomic.h:54:5: warning: "_MSC_VER" is 
not defined
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config6/vmnet-only/vm_oui.h:13,
                from /tmp/vmware-config6/vmnet-only/vnetInt.h:11,
                from /tmp/vmware-config6/vmnet-only/driver.c:40:
/tmp/vmware-config6/vmnet-only/vm_basic_asm.h:48:5: warning: "_MSC_VER" 
is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config6/vmnet-only/driver.c: In function `VNetProcessOwnsPort':
/tmp/vmware-config6/vmnet-only/driver.c:1698: error: structure has no 
member named `max_fds'
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config6/vmnet-only/driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config6/vmnet-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.14'
make: *** [vmnet.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config6/vmnet-only'
Unable to build the vmnet module.

For more information on how to troubleshoot module-related problems, please
visit our Web site at 
"http://www.vmware.com/download/modules/modules.html"; and
"http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/linux/prebuilt_modules_linux.html";.

Execution aborted.

Covenant:/home/tijn/vmware-distrib#
/
i dont know what _MSC_VER is, or what it does.

is this a common problem, did more people had this issue with a newer 
kernel?


Thanks in advance,

Met vriendelijke groet / With kind regards,

Martijn Marsman <mmarsman@afab.nl>

System Engineer
AFAB Geldservice B.V.




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