On 3/30/06, Mike Wright <ebwximaurm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Peter Boy wrote: > > Am Donnerstag, den 30.03.2006, 14:02 -0800 schrieb Mike Wright: > > > >>Neither googling nor a visit to vmware's site provided an answer. > >> > >>vmware workstation 5.0 installed without complaint on fc4; however, an > >>attempt to run vmware-config.pl fails with errors at the stage where it > >>attempts to compile vmmon.ko. The specific errors are: > > > > > > First, you should update to vmware 5.5.1 It is free for 5.0 users if I > > remember correctly. > > > > Then, before you execute vmware-config.pl you must apply patch > > any-any-update99 from http://ftp.cvut.cz/vmware > > > > Thanks, Peter. > > I continue to receive the same errors. > > Believing that perhaps my kernel build tree was corrupt I uninstalled > vmware and the kernel sources and started from scratch. > > (as root) > rpm --install kernel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.i686.rpm > rpm --install kernel-devel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.i686.rpm > > cd /tmp > tar zxvf VMware-5.5.1-workstation-19175.tar.gz > cd vmware-distrib > ./vmware-install.pl > (accepted defaults until asked to run vmware-config.pl: no) > > cd .. > tar zxvf vmware-any-any-update99.tar.gz > cd vmware-any-any-update99 > ./runme.pl > (script performed patches then asked to run vmware-config.pl: yes) > (accepted defaults) > > Same errors as before: > irq_vectors.h not found > NR_IRQS and NR_IRQ_VECTORS undefined. > > Anybody have any experiences like these? > > Thanks for any help. > Mike Wright :m) > > > > > > Peter > > Is kernel-devel installed?
