Tracker item #2900231, was opened at 2009-11-18 18:27 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by archwndas You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=989708&aid=2900231&group_id=204462
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: misc Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: Symeon Nifos (archwndas) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: open-vm-tools: compile error at modules/linux Initial Comment: Hi, I was compiling after configure with: ./configure --with-procps="-L/lib/ -lproc-3.2.8" First think I would like to point out is that you should not test the existence of libproc by linking with the specific version number. I do not know about other systems but in my Distribution (Sabayon Linux 5.0 x86_64) # ls /lib/libproc* -la -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 64160 2009-07-23 15:15 /lib/libproc-3.2.8.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2009-08-08 12:32 /lib/libproc.so -> libproc-3.2.8.so so if in the configure script you link with -L/lib -lproc, configure would not stop reporting a missing library libproc or something like that. Another issue I encountered is during the compilation the header file: /usr/include/X11/extensions/saver.h was missing because the corresponding package was not installed in my system. The package in my Sabayon (Gentoo based Distribution) is called x11-proto/scrnsaverproto-1.1.0. I had to install that before the compilation can go on. This should have been reported in the configuration stage and not in the building stage. The building stage stops where you see below with the following error message: Using standalone build system. make[2]: Entering directory `/common/src/open-vm-tools-2009.11.17-210370/modules/linux/vmmemctl' Makefile:163: Makefile.normal: No such file or directory make[2]: *** No rule to make target `Makefile.normal'. Stop. make[2]: Leaving directory `/common/src/open-vm-tools-2009.11.17-210370/modules/linux/vmmemctl' make[1]: *** [vmmemctl] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/common/src/open-vm-tools-2009.11.17-210370/modules' make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 Any ideas? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Symeon Nifos (archwndas) Date: 2009-11-19 21:45 Message: $ ls /usr/include/X11/extensions/sa* /usr/include/X11/extensions/saver.h /usr/include/X11/extensions/saverproto.h ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Symeon Nifos (archwndas) Date: 2009-11-19 21:44 Message: This is my kernel: Linux archwn 2.6.31-sabayon #1 SMP Tue Nov 17 19:06:22 UTC 2009 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P9700 @ 2.80GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Daniel Barnes (danielibarnes) Date: 2009-11-19 15:46 Message: procps: I had the same problem. My workaround was to use sed to edit the configure script prior to running it. build error: I had this problem also. The Makefiles for each module look for kernel headers in the /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include directory. Make sure it exists. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Marcelo Vanzin (mvanzin) Date: 2009-11-19 15:00 Message: . procps: I'll take a look. . do you mean X11/extensions/scrnsaver.h? There are no references to "saver.h" in the sources. . what kernel are you compiling against and where are the headers? On my Ubuntu box I see the "Using 2.6.x kernel build system." instead of the one you see ("Using standalone build system."), so something seems odd about your environment. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=989708&aid=2900231&group_id=204462 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ open-vm-tools-devel mailing list open-vm-tools-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/open-vm-tools-devel