Andy, that didn't do it ... I tried that first, last night still, and it didn't get me anywhere. I removed it again today and tried again: yum install kernel-devel Loading "installonlyn" plugin Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories core [1/1] core 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 767 kB 00:02 core : ################################################## 2207/2207 Added 2207 new packages, deleted 0 old in 16.56 seconds Parsing package install arguments Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Downloading header for kernel-devel to pack into transaction set. kernel-devel-2.6.15-1.205 100% |=========================| 1.0 MB 00:02 ---> Package kernel-devel.i686 0:2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 set to be installed --> Running transaction check Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Installing: kernel-devel i686 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 core 4.7 M Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 1 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 4.7 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/1): kernel-devel-2.6.1 100% |=========================| 4.7 MB 00:11 Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing: kernel-devel ######################### [1/1] Installed: kernel-devel.i686 0:2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 Complete! [root@ganymede cache]# ll /usr/src total 16 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Mar 21 12:26 kernels drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Feb 12 04:16 redhat There is still no /usr/src/linux/include directory. I also tried to find 'version.h' that vmware-config is looking for, but I didn't find one for the kernel I'm running. Any ideas? Thanks, Chris On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 16:16 +0000, Andy Green wrote: > Chris Ruprecht wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > last night, I upgraded my FC4 installation to FC5. All went well except > > that VMWare 5.5.1 no longer runs because of the newer kernel. > > > > No problem - in the past, this was a simple 'vmware-config.pl' and all > > was well again. However, this time, it complains that it's > > missing /usr/src/linux/include and it's right. > > > > I d/l the kernel source and did this: > > rpmbuild --rebuild kernel-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.src.rpm > > > > and got this error: > > > > error: Architecture is not included: i386 > > > > I then tried to un-tar the kernel tar.bz2 file, which worked just file, > > but VMWare doesn't accept the vanilla 2.6.15 kernel. > > > > Where do I go to from here? > > Stop your plan, then: > > yum install kernel-devel > > then proceed as usual. > > -Andy > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- Chris Ruprecht Senior Consultant Progress * PHP * Linux BravePoint, Inc. Norcross, GA Tel: 770.449.9696 Fax: 770.449.9003
