I'm not currently running 2.6.14 but I am running VMWare Workstation
5 installed on Debian Testing/Etch running on an AMD64 machine. Have you
gotten the
vmware-any-any-update94.tar.gz update and installed it?
Regards,
Jeremy
Martijn Marsman wrote:
> Hello list :D
>
> Iam installing VMware for linux on my Debian 3.1 machine
>
> uname -a --> Linux Covenant 2.6.14-686 #1 PREEMPT Mon Nov 7 16:59:27
> CET 2005 i686 GNU/Linux
>
> i have installed it before and it worked perfect, but now on my new
> system, it refuses to compile a module (vmnet). the output is this:
> /
> Extracting the sources of the vmnet module.
>
> Building the vmnet module.
>
> Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
> make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config6/vmnet-only'
> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.14-686/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD
> SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.14'
> CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config6/vmnet-only/driver.o
> In file included from /tmp/vmware-config6/vmnet-only/vnet.h:14,
> from /tmp/vmware-config6/vmnet-only/vnetInt.h:10,
> from /tmp/vmware-config6/vmnet-only/driver.c:40:
> /tmp/vmware-config6/vmnet-only/vm_atomic.h:54:5: warning: "_MSC_VER"
> is not defined
> In file included from /tmp/vmware-config6/vmnet-only/vm_oui.h:13,
> from /tmp/vmware-config6/vmnet-only/vnetInt.h:11,
> from /tmp/vmware-config6/vmnet-only/driver.c:40:
> /tmp/vmware-config6/vmnet-only/vm_basic_asm.h:48:5: warning:
> "_MSC_VER" is not defined
> /tmp/vmware-config6/vmnet-only/driver.c: In function
> `VNetProcessOwnsPort':
> /tmp/vmware-config6/vmnet-only/driver.c:1698: error: structure has no
> member named `max_fds'
> make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config6/vmnet-only/driver.o] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config6/vmnet-only] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.14'
> make: *** [vmnet.ko] Error 2
> make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config6/vmnet-only'
> Unable to build the vmnet module.
>
> For more information on how to troubleshoot module-related problems,
> please
> visit our Web site at
> "http://www.vmware.com/download/modules/modules.html"; and
> "http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/linux/prebuilt_modules_linux.html";.
>
>
> Execution aborted.
>
> Covenant:/home/tijn/vmware-distrib#
> /
> i dont know what _MSC_VER is, or what it does.
>
> is this a common problem, did more people had this issue with a newer
> kernel?
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Met vriendelijke groet / With kind regards,
>
> Martijn Marsman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> System Engineer
> AFAB Geldservice B.V.
>
>
>
>
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