Re: After recent Debian sid upgrade 2.6.16 to 2.6.16, vmware-config.pl fails

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

RParr wrote:
> I have been running VMware 5.5.1 under Debian sid with 2.6.15 kernel and 
> X.org 6.8.x.
>
> Now, after dist-upgrading to 2.6.16 kernel and X.org 7.0 (and a lot of 
> other upgrades that came along as part of the deal), building vmmon 
> module via vmware-config.pl fails.
>
> vmware-config.pl starts with a message that the kernel was built with 
> gcc 4.0.3 and the build is to use 4.0.4. I said yes, proceed, as I 
> thought this a minor version difference which would be ok. The next part 
> fails with the following messages
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated

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Did you ask this in one of the VMware forums?
I can't speak for 5.5.1 because I run the freebie server beta.
However, that version is very picky about the kernel headers that are used.

Do you have those installed for 2.6.16<x> (you did not specify what 
version)?

H