On 2/17/07, fedoralist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <fedoralist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I'm trying to install VMWare Server on FC4 and have hit a wall. My >> knowledge of dealing with the kernel is quite limited. Any advice is >> much appreciated. >> >> First, i installed the kernel-devel package with yum: >> >> $ rpm -qa | grep kernel >> kernel-devel-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4 >> kernel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 >> kernel-2.6.9-1.667 >> >> yum told me there were no updates for gcc, gcc-c++, or xinetd. This is >> what i have installed: >> >> $ rpm -qa | grep gcc >> compat-gcc-32-3.2.3-47.fc4 >> compat-gcc-32-c++-3.2.3-47.fc4 >> gcc-4.0.2-8.fc4 >> gcc-java-4.0.2-8.fc4 >> gcc-gfortran-4.0.2-8.fc4 >> compat-gcc-32-g77-3.2.3-47.fc4 >> gcc-c++-4.0.2-8.fc4 >> libgcc-4.0.2-8.fc4 >> >> $ rpm -qa | grep xinetd >> xinetd-2.3.13-6 >> >> I downloaded and installed VMware-server-1.0.1-29996, then found and >> unpacked vmware-any-any-update108 and ran the runme.pl. This is where >> the story left off: >> >> -- snip -- >> >> Trying to find a suitable vmmon module for your running kernel. >> >> None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Server is suitable for >> your running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmmon >> module for your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your >> system)? [yes] >> >> Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to override. >> >> Your kernel was built with "gcc" version "4.0.0", while you are trying >> to use "/usr/bin/gcc" version "4.0.2". This configuration is not >> recommended and VMware Server may crash if you'll continue. Please try >> to use exactly same compiler as one used for building your kernel. Do >> you want to go with compiler "/usr/bin/gcc" version "4.0.2" anyway? >> [no] yes >> >> -- snip -- >> (i thought i'd give it a try) >> -- snip -- >> >> What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your >> running >> kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] >> >> -- snip -- >> I don't have this dir, but shouldn't kernel-devel have installed there? >> I poked around and came up with something that looked promising: >> -- snip -- >> >> What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your >> running kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] >> /usr/src/kernels/2.6.17-1.2142_FC4-i686/ >> >> The path "/usr/src/kernels/2.6.17-1.2142_FC4-i686" is an existing >> directory, but it does not contain a "linux" subdirectory as expected >> >> -- snip -- >> >> So, am i SOL here? I'd really prefer not to upgrade to FC5 at this time. >> Do i need to downgrade GCC? I must have let yum update it while >> installing something else, but i can't remember when or why that was. >> >> Again, i've no experience with kernels. Any pointers? From the msg, it >> seems as if i could simply update the kernel using the installed GCC, >> then have another go (and i'd have the fortune to finally re-compile my >> own kernel). Does that sound likely? I don't want to go off half-cocked >> here. > > > Brian, > > Try > > yum install kernel-headers > > Regards, Tried that but no go. I grepped for 'headers' on my installed RPMs and figured out the correct package names: $ yum update glibc-kernheaders glibc-headers Updating: glibc-headers i386 2.3.6-3 updates-released 607 k Updating for dependencies: glibc i686 2.3.6-3 updates-released 6.2 M glibc-common i386 2.3.6-3 updates-released 16 M glibc-devel i386 2.3.6-3 updates-released 1.9 M I'll give this a go and try VMWare again. I have to run out for a bit, so i'll have to do that later and report back. Thanks for the hint!
Perhaps, to make kernel-headers "active" after installation, you need to reboot your computer. Paul
