* Jacques Butcher (2006-12-22 04:31 +0200) said: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Thanks Leo. That was a very quick response. I also new to the > mailing list. I decided not to give up so quickly on Linux this time. > > I get the following when running yum install kernel-headers. > > [root@localhost linux]# uname -a > Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.18-1.2868.fc6xen #1 SMP Fri Dec 15 > 18:20:31 EST 2006 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux > [root@localhost linux]# yum install kernel-headers > Loading "installonlyn" plugin > Setting up Install Process > Setting up repositories > core 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 > extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 > updates 100% |=========================| 1.2 kB 00:00 > Reading repository metadata in from local files > primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 1.6 MB 00:07 > ################################################## 5133/5133 > primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 363 kB 00:01 > ################################################## 1126/1126 > Parsing package install arguments > Nothing to do > [root@localhost linux]# That means kernel-headers are installed. Does vmware compile now? If not go ahead and install the source of the kernel: ,---- | yum install kernel-devel `---- BTW, There are a few mailing list guidelines such as no top posting that will get you more replies from other people. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines -- Leo <sdl.web AT gmail.com> (GPG Key: 9283AA3F)
