I tried upgrading VMware server on one of my machines from 1.0.9 to 2.0.1 today. After the upgrade, I couldn't get any of the modules to insert (Invalid module format). I decided that I would downgrade back to vmware-server-1.0.9.156507 and vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r2 so that I could get the machine back into a working state.
I keyworded vmware-server-2* and masked !=vmware-modules-1.0.0.15* to make sure that I'd downgrade the two components of VMware server. I ran emerge, it listed the two packages as downgrades, and let it run. Almost immediately it died while starting the build for vmware-modules with the following error: * Could not find a usable .config in the kernel source directory. * Please ensure that /usr/src/linux points to a configured set of Linux sources. * If you are using KBUILD_OUTPUT, please set the environment var so that * it points to the necessary object directory so that it might find .config. * * ERROR: app-emulation/vmware-modules-1.0.0.15-r2 failed. * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 48: Called pkg_setup * environment, line 3300: Called vmware-mod_pkg_setup * environment, line 4423: Called linux-mod_pkg_setup * environment, line 2695: Called linux-info_pkg_setup * environment, line 2671: Called check_extra_config * environment, line 653: Called require_configured_kernel * environment, line 3539: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * die "Kernel not configured; no .config found in ${KV_OUT_DIR}"; * The die message: * Kernel not configured; no .config found in /lib/modules/2.6.27-gentoo-r8/build I looked in the directory that the .config file was supposedly missing from, but it was right there. Also, this message seemed a little strange since my currently running kernel is 2.6.28-gentoo-r5, though I kept a copy of 2.6.27-r10 around. I don't even have a directory for modules for 2.6.27-gentoo-r8 around anymore. Why is the vmware-modules ebuild trying to find a .config for a kernel that I don't have installed anywhere on my computer? Thanks, Chris Lieb