On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Marko Vojinovic <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Monday 23 November 2009 10:29:55 Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) wrote: > > VMware Server 2 is not compatible with Fedora 11 x86_64, i.e. kernels > > 2.6.29.4 and up. So don't bother to try compiling vmmon modules for > VMware > > Server. > > > > If you encounter problems while compiling the vboxdrv and vmmon kernel > > modules, it may be that your local kernel source tree is not properly > > configured. > > > > In my case: > > > > # cd /lib/modules/2.6.30.5-enming.teo > > > > # rm build (symbolic link) > > > > # ln -s /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.30.5 build > > > > # rm source (symblic link) > > > > # ln -s /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.30.5 source > > > > Go to your kernel source tree. Some kernel header files may not be > present. > > > > # cd /usr/src/kernels/linux-2.6.30.5 > > > > If .config exists, > > > > # make oldconfig > > > > # make prepare > > > > This will generate the missing kernel headers. > > Why not just > > yum groupinstall "Development Tools" > > or "yum install kernel-headers", which is apparently included in the above > group? > > > For VirtualBox, > > > > # /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup > > > > Above step will recompile linux kernel modules for VirtualBox. There will > > be 3 kernel modules. > > > > To load the vboxdrv kernel module, > > > > # /etc/init.d/vboxdrv start > > If you did the yum thing above *before* installing VirtualBox, there is no > need for these steps. Otherwise they are needed, at least I remember doing > the > first one. > > I wouldn't know about VMware, gave up on it after having too much trouble > with > kernel drivers. VirtualBox appears to provide equivalent functionality, and > is > (mostly) open source, so I don't expect the same trouble with building > kernel > modules. ;-) > > HTH, :-) > Marko > > Hi Marko, I have custom kernels. Oh ya, if VirtualBox complains about VMX_ROOT when starting virtual machines, do the following: # rmmod kvm_intel Then your virtual machine should start normally. -- Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical Engineering) Alma Maters: (1) Singapore Polytechnic (2) National University of Singapore My Primary Blog: http://teo-en-ming-aka-zhang-enming.blogspot.com My Secondary Blog: http://enmingteo.wordpress.com My Youtube videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/enmingteo Email: [email protected] Mobile Phone (Starhub Prepaid): +65-8369-2618 Street: Bedok Reservoir Road Country: Singapore
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