On Mon, 2007-02-05 at 20:38 +0100, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 the mental interface of > Jan Schledermann told: > > [...] > > A significant difference between the pre-compiled 2.6.18-1-686 > > kernel and the source code, is that the source code by default > > creates version 2.6.18 and NOT 2.6.18-1-686. This version > > difference could cause the compile problem? > > No! Since 2.6.18 we're using include/linux/utsrelease.h instead of > include/linux/version.h. Either the vm-sources have to be patched or > as you suggested use a selfconfigured (compiled) kernel. Have you applied the "vmware-any-any-XXX" updates(1)? I get zero problems running VMware on a stock Debian kernel. (1) http://ftp.cvut.cz/vmware/vmware-any-any-update107.tar.gz -- greg@gregfolkert.net Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at the playfield. -- Thane Walkup
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