*- On 13 Apr, Adam Shand wrote about "vmware and kernel header mismatches..." > > hey. > > i've compiled and installed my own kernel for ages with debian. currently > i'm running 2.2.5 with no problems until now. > > i'm trying to install vmware which looks really cool (http://www.vmware.com) > but running into this problem. because it doesn't have a module for my > kernel already setup it wants to build one but claims that: > > 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 2.2.2 kernel. This will not work for building the > VMware device drivers; you must have include files that match the > version of your operating system. > > it appears that i've got some default debian headers which aren't updated > when i compile my kernel. what is the approved way for me to fix this so i > won't break anything? > > thanks, > adam. > >
Check the debian-user archives at www.debian.org, this topic has been covered several times in the last month or so. -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------