On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 14:56:32 +1200 Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Nick Rout wrote: > > Lastly, but proboaly firstly, did you apply the > > vmware-any-any-update93.tar.gz as suggested by Novell in the link > > pointed to earlier in the thread? > > > > > > > Yes I did. And I had already posted to the vmware support forum - no > replies yet. I have found a few other references to the same situation > I have but for GSX Server or other versions, the risk in following such > may be worthwhile. > > I have actually had vmware running successfully once, with a functional > XP install. I installed a kernel patch, and bang, it broke! This view > comes from my reading of the Novell support page > http://www.vmware.com/download/modules/modules.html (or at least my > partial understanding of it - as best I can - is a little beyond me). > > I suspect that rolling back that patch may resolve things, though that > is probably too simplistic a view, given the subsequent "make > cloneconfig" commands that have been run... > > > That page describes an awful lot of shagging about in relation to building a module. All sanity requires is the configured kernel sources and the compiler. I don't want to turn this into a distro war, but the offer is still on to install gentoo on Saturday...
