kernel 2.3./2.4 changed a lot of things
vmware has only experimental support for 2.4 in vmware 2.x, don't exepect
official support for 2.4 for either 1.x or 2.x of vmware until linux 2.4.0
is declared final.
nate
On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Stefan Bellon wrote:
sbello >For quite some time I happily run the 2.4.0-test4 kernel on my notebook
sbello >with no problems.
sbello >
sbello >Just one thing: VMware (version 1.x) doesn't run anymore. I tried the
sbello >usual "vmware-config.pl" like the other times when I've compiled a
sbello >kernel, but this doesn't work anymore with the 2.4 kernels, it seems.
sbello >Here's the exact error log:
sbello >
sbello >
sbello >pii233:~# vmware-config.pl
sbello >Making sure VMware's services are stopped.
sbello >
sbello >Stopping VMware services:
sbello > Virtual machine monitor
done
sbello > Bridged networking
done
sbello > Virtual ethernet
done
sbello >
sbello >None of VMware's pre-built vmmon modules is suitable for your running
kernel. Do
sbello >you want this script to try to build the vmmon module for your system
(you need
sbello >to have a C compiler installed on your system)? [yes]
sbello >
sbello >What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your
running
sbello >kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include]
sbello >
sbello >Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.
sbello >
sbello >Building the vmmon module.
sbello >
sbello >make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware/config/5657/vmmon-only'
sbello >make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware/config/5657/vmmon-only'
sbello >make[2]: Entering directory
`/tmp/vmware/config/5657/vmmon-only/driver-2.4.0-tes
sbello >t4'
sbello >make[2]: Leaving directory
`/tmp/vmware/config/5657/vmmon-only/driver-2.4.0-test
sbello >4'
sbello >make[2]: Entering directory
`/tmp/vmware/config/5657/vmmon-only/driver-2.4.0-tes
sbello >t4'
sbello >.././linux/driver.c:123: warning: initialization from incompatible
pointer type
sbello >.././linux/driver.c:124: warning: initialization from incompatible
pointer type
sbello >.././linux/driver.c:126: warning: initialization from incompatible
pointer type
sbello >.././linux/driver.c:128: warning: initialization from incompatible
pointer type
sbello >.././linux/driver.c: In function `LinuxDriver_Poll':
sbello >.././linux/driver.c:451: structure has no member named `next'
sbello >.././linux/driver.c:451: structure has no member named `prev'
sbello >{standard input}: Assembler messages:
sbello >{standard input}:8: Warning: Ignoring changed section attributes for
.modinfo
sbello >make[2]: *** [driver.o] Error 1
sbello >make[2]: Leaving directory
`/tmp/vmware/config/5657/vmmon-only/driver-2.4.0-test
sbello >4'
sbello >make[1]: *** [driver] Error 2
sbello >make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware/config/5657/vmmon-only'
sbello >make: *** [auto-build] Error 2
sbello >make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware/config/5657/vmmon-only'
sbello >Unable to build the vmmon module.
sbello >
sbello >Execution aborted.
sbello >
sbello >
sbello >
sbello >Anyone any ideas? I've already followed the hints about compilation
sbello >problems on the VMware web page. Didn't help.
sbello >
sbello >TIA.
sbello >
sbello >Greetings,
sbello >
sbello >Stefan.
sbello >
sbello >--
sbello > Stefan Bellon * <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * <http://www.sbellon.de/>
sbello >
sbello > 2 + 2 = 5 for suitably large values of 2.
sbello >
sbello >
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