Dear Jeff, What versionof vmware-workstation are you trying to install? I am curring running the 2.4.20-gentoo-r5 kernel and I had no problems installing both the 3.2 and later upgrading to 4.0 vmware versions. Are you running the ./vmware-config.pl script or trying to compile everything by hand?
Best Simon On Sun, 13 Jul 2003, Jeff Greene wrote: > I'm trying to install VMware Workstation and I'm using > gentoo-sources-2.4.20-r3 as my kernel. I'm having > some problems building the vmmon module. I looked at > the VMware troubleshooting web page and it says that > they do not support certain kernels yet. I was > wondering if any Gentoo users have installed VMware > successfully and with what kernels. Here's the build > errors I get when trying to build vmmon. > > make: Entering directory > `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only' > make[1]: Entering directory > `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only' > make[2]: Entering directory > `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/driver-2.4.20-gentoo-r3' > make[2]: Leaving directory > `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/driver-2.4.20-gentoo-r3' > make[2]: Entering directory > `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/driver-2.4.20-gentoo-r3' > In file included from > /usr/src/linux/include/linux/smp.h:14, > from > /usr/src/linux/include/linux/sched.h:23, > from ../linux/driver.c:17: > /usr/src/linux/include/asm/smp.h: In function > `hard_smp_processor_id': > /usr/src/linux/include/asm/smp.h:90: warning: implicit > declaration of function `GET_APIC_ID' > /usr/src/linux/include/asm/smp.h:90: `APIC_BASE' > undeclared (first use in this function) > /usr/src/linux/include/asm/smp.h:90: (Each undeclared > identifier is reported only once > /usr/src/linux/include/asm/smp.h:90: for each function > it appears in.) > /usr/src/linux/include/asm/smp.h:90: `APIC_ID' > undeclared (first use in this function) > /usr/src/linux/include/asm/smp.h: In function > `logical_smp_processor_id': > /usr/src/linux/include/asm/smp.h:96: warning: implicit > declaration of function `GET_APIC_LOGICAL_ID' > /usr/src/linux/include/asm/smp.h:96: `APIC_BASE' > undeclared (first use in this function) > /usr/src/linux/include/asm/smp.h:96: `APIC_LDR' > undeclared (first use in this function) > make[2]: *** [driver.o] Error 1 > make[2]: Leaving directory > `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/driver-2.4.20-gentoo-r3' > make[1]: *** [driver] Error 2 > make[1]: Leaving directory > `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only' > make: *** [auto-build] Error 2 > make: Leaving directory > `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only' > Unable to build the vmmon module > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. > http://search.yahoo.com > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
