*- On 23 Mar, Matthew Cocker wrote about "kernel upgrade" > I installed hamm on my machine, but have since upgraded to slink (using > dselect) and kernel 2.2.1. Problem is I have just got this error > message: > >>Whoa, something is wrong with the system include files on your machine! > The file <linux/version.h> is for a 2.0.36 Linux system but you are > running a 2.2.1 kernel. This will not work for building the VMware > device drivers; you must have include files that match the version of > your operating system.< > > So I had a look around my /usr/include/linux directory > > sure enough the version.h file looks like this > > #define UTS_RELEASE "2.0.36" > #define LINUX_VERSION_CODE 131108 > > in /usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.1/include/linux/ > > I have the correct version.h file > > #define UTS_RELEASE "2.2.1" > #define LINUX_VERSION_CODE 131585 > #define KERNEL_VERSION(a,b,c) (((a) << 16) + ((b) << 8) + (c)) > > can I just copy the correct version.h file to /usr/include/linux. All > the files in /usr/include/linux have creation dates that match the > compile date of the kernel. > > What about the rest of the files in /usr/include/linux, should I check > them all or is the make install suppose to place everything where it is > suppose to go. I also have a kerneld.h with the orginal hamm creation > date should I delete it. > > Thanks for your help > > Cheers matt cocker > >
See my response earlier this week to this same question: http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-user-9903/msg02642.html -- Brian --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes, because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes." - unknown Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis ---------------------------------------------------------------------
