On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 04:18:57PM +0200, Micha wrote: > On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:41:53 +1100 > Alex Samad <alex@samad.com.au> wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 10:05:44AM -0400, Damon L. Chesser wrote: > > > Alex Samad wrote: > > > > > > SNIP > > >> well for 2.6.22 you couls also just do a m-a a-i vmware-server-kernel > > >> and a apt-get install vmware-XXX > > >> > > >> my problem was with 2.6.24. > > >> > > >> I try and do it with apt if possible > > > > > > If you make a .deb from alien and use dpkg -i, it is as if you are using > > > apt. The packagemanager knows it is installed. Apt is not magical. It > > > is a front end to dpkg. > > true > > > > > > > > I can't remember how I hit on this method, however I can tell you I > > > don't like installing *.tar.gz unless I am making a .deb. Using Alien > > > --with-scripts makes me a .deb. So far in Debian Sid and in Ubuntu 7.10 > > > this method has worked for VMworkstation and VMserver and you don't have > > > to muck with mod assistant. > > I will have to have a look at it. I guess before 2.6.24 module assist > > wasn't a problem > > from installing it some a few days ago for a test, the problem is that it won't > install directly since one of the headers for the kernel driver includes > (IIRC the include name) asm/bitops.h instead of linux/bitops.h so I had to > pause (Ctrl-Z) the compilation in the middle and fix the file. I have found from previous times trying to install vmware not to look to hard, sometimes it just go to far, which is why I try and kiss it. So tried out the any-any stuff, it worked so I was happy. But knowing it is a simple things as changing a header file name, I might re look at it and go back to the kernel modules from the vmware tar ball > > If there is a debian package or you know how to get at the module files then > this can probably be avoided. afaik there are none, apart from the build your own. Not sure how vmware would feel about people distributing pre packaged deb's of there stuff ? pretty sure it doesn't meet debian guidelines either > > > > > > > > > > Damon L. Chesser > > > > > > damon@damtek.com > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a > > > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > > > > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > -- "I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family." - George W. Bush 01/27/2000 Greater Nashua, NH, Chamber of Commerce
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