On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 10:48 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> I am having a problem installing VMware Tools in a Fedora-9 VM that I >> >> created using the latest version of Workstation-6. I keep getting the >> >> error message: "The directory of kernel headers (@@VMWARE@@ UTS RELEASE) >> >> does not match your running kernel version (2.6.25-14.fc9.x86_64)" when >> >> it tries to patch the kernel. I have installed several previous version >> >> of Fedora on VMware and never encountered a problem like this. >> >> >> >> I checked that >> >> fedora-9-x86_64-DVD/Packages/kernel-headers-2.6.25-14.fc9.x86_64rpm file >> >> using "rpm -qpl" was what was installed at "/usr/include". I even made a >> >> link under "/usr/src/linux/include" to match the directory structure >> >> that VMware Tools was expecting, but got the same result. >> >> >> >> I have seen several messages asking for assistance with Fedora-9 >> >> installed with VMware, so it would appear that others have been able to >> >> do it successfully. It is quite possible that I have made some >> >> unintentional mistake somewhere that I am unable to find. >> >> >> >> Unfortunately, VMware does not support Fedora because it considers it to >> >> be too experimental and unstable, which is probably accurate, especially >> >> for version 9, so I cannot ask there. If anyone in Fedora-Land has had a >> >> similar experience or has any ideas about how to solve this problem, let >> >> me know. >> >> >> > >> > You need to run vmware-config.pl (as root). If that doesn't work, Google >> > for vmware-any-any-update117.tar.gz (or anything later than 117), >> > download, untar and run the runme.pl script (again as root). >> > >> > poc >> > >> > >> > >> As far as I can determine, this is a patch to the Workstation program >> running on a Linux host and not the Fedora Guest . I am running with a >> Windows host for which this patch is not applicable. Please tell me if >> this is incorrect. > > You are correct in that the patch is aimed at a Fedora host, but nowhere > in your original message do you state that your host is a Windows > machine. That's a fairly important point to make when asking for help. > Unfortunately it's not a configuration I'm familiar with. I have just installed successfully the new 1.0.6 version of VMware Server on F9: http://www.vmware.com/download/server/ Paul -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
