From: Rainer Duffner (rainer_at_ultra-secure.de)
Date: Thu Oct 04 2007 - 00:34:42 CEST
Message-Id: <C08AAB15-FF64-4684-B665-D1C20A6202B6@ultra-secure.de> From: Rainer Duffner <rainer@ultra-secure.de> Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 00:34:42 +0200 Subject: Fwd: [suse-sles-e] VMware Server on SLES10 SP1
> Von: Rainer Duffner <rainer@ultra-secure.de>
> Datum: 4. Oktober 2007 00:10:51 GMT+02:00
> An: "John Bown" <john.bown@brulant.com>
> Betreff: Re: [suse-sles-e] VMware Server on SLES10 SP1
>
>
> Am 03.10.2007 um 21:39 schrieb John Bown:
>
>> Hello everyone. I'm trying to install VMware Server 1.0.3 on a
>> freshly
>> installed and completely patched SLES 10 SP1 box. I've barely even
>> touched the thing and already there are problems. Here's what
>> I've done
>> so far:
>>
>>
>>
>> 1) Added kernel-source, gcc, gcc-c++ and make.
>>
>> 2) Executed the following three commands from the
>> /usr/src/linux-2.6.16.53-0.8 directory: make mrproper, make
>> cloneconfig
>> and modules_prepare.
>>
>> 3) vmware-config.pl ends with the following:
>>
>>
>>
>> The directory of kernel headers (version 2.6.16.53-0.8-smp) does not
>> match your running kernel (version 2.6.16.46-0.12-smp). Even if the
>> module were to compile successfully, it would not load into the
>> running
>> kernel.
>>
>>
>>
>> Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? If I just did an online
>> update,
>> how are my kernel and kernel headers not the same version? None
>> of the
>> following have worked:
>>
>>
>>
>> http://en.opensuse.org/Setting_up_VMware_on_SUSE_Linux
>>
>> http://en.opensuse.org/
>> Recovering_VMware_Workstation_After_a_Kernel_Upda
>> te
>>
>> http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/15963.html
>>
>>
>> Any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks.
>>
>> John
>>
>
>
> After kernel and kernel_source match, you can do
> make cloneconfig
> make prepare
> in /usr/src/liunx
>
> VMware server 1.0.4 is available, download and use that (allthough
> I don't think it contains anything related to SLES10SP1 - SLES10SP1
> is unsupported for VMware-server). It's always good to have the
> latest version.
>
> Then, vmware-config.pl runs through.
>
> If you want to run vmware-server-console on the same host, you need
> to follow these directions:
> http://www.novell.com/coolblogs/?p=960
>
> Works here (SLES10SP1, no further patches)
>
>
> Waiting for VMware-server 2.0......
>
>
> cheers,
> Rainer
>
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