Re: Is there a 2.6.16-2-686-smp header mismatch?
On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:25:53 -0700
"Martin J. Hillyer" <mlhillyer@comcast.net> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 03:52:07PM -0400, S Scharf wrote:
> > I just installed the etch linux-image-2.6.16-2-686-smp package
> > on my machine
> > along with linux-headers-2.6.16-2-686-smp. I than tried to run
> > the vmware-config.pl to use the new kernel. I get:
> >
> > ----
> > What is the location of the directory of C header files that
> > match your running
> > kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include]
> > /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.16-2-686-smp/include
> >
> > The kernel defined by this directory of header files does not
> > have the same
> > address space size as your running kernel.
> >
> > ----
> >
> > Am I doing something wrong, or is there a mismatch between the
> > headers and the kernel?
>
> You probably need to apply the vmware any-any patch (search on
> vmware.com); see
> www.vmware.com/community/message.jspa?messageID=439133
>
> BTW, when you get around to upgrading to 2.6.17, you might need to
> check out www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=432775. I
> had to do these edits before VMWare worked for me on 2.6.17 + Debian.
>
> Good Luck, HTH
That solved the issue on 2.6.16-686-smp box but the 2.6.16-k7-smp
kernel box stops with the headers don't match the kernel eor
message :-( I had to dl the source and make-oldconfig using the
official kernels .config file and make a header & kernel package.
Strange but the 2.6.15-k7-smp kernel & headers were working fine before
the upgrade , now after fooling around with Vmware & new kernel, the
Debian 2.6.15-k7-smp shows the same error.
--
Greg Madden
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