On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 04:02:02 -0400 Lee Wiggers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Proprietary programs really suck. In theory yes, in actual circumstances I'd say vmware does about the best job around for paid software on Linux. > VMWare is the subject of this particular rant, but could be anybody. > > I bought the package at a reasonable price, but: > > Can't install what they sent because it only supports up to 9.0 mdk. > When I try to allow setup to build a vmon module, it asks for the > location of the kernel headers after it looks to > /usr/src/linux/include. Yes, there are such things called linux-headers and your kernel source. These are normally never the same if you upgraded at some point. These aren't even ment to be the same version: even Linus uses very old linux-headers in /usr/include. BTW, what version is this that only supports LM 9.0? Version 3.x? Version 4.x isout btw... many improvements over 3, and don't try upgrade though from 3 -> 4 ... well I did, and muched up my windows install severely ;-) I suggest unpacking the source of your current kernel into /usr/src and sylinking it to /usr/src/linux, then run the configure script again for vmware. > When I point it to /usr/include, where I think I found what it was > looking for it replies, "The directory or kernel headers (version > 2.4.21) does not match your running kernel (version 2.4.21-0.13mdk) > Even if the module were to compile successfully,. it would not load > into the running kernel." Contradicting what I wrote above, it seems you do have the same version, however Mandrake has added a version number after it confusing the system into thinking it's another version. Do it the say I said... as if I guess right, you installed the standard kernel, so install the src.rpm for your kernel, and you should be set. > Questions: > > 1. Is there a mdk rpm somewhere for VMWare 4.something? > 2. Does this mean that all 8 of my boxes are stuck on this kernel > forever? (Without the same bs 8 more times) when I do get it > working? Probably not, but I built vmware 4 perfectly on this machine, and it's running a custom kernel.. I just gave it the path to /usr/src/linux/include, and things went smothly. > 3. Who talked me into this anyway? Probably someone wise ;-0 As much as I hate windows with a passion, vmware does do (hands-down) the best job of running win shit under Linux. Wine / WineX and any others cannot compare to it in terms of performance and stability (ignoring the fact that Windows isn't stable to start with *ggg*). Yes, I know the others are emulators, and vmware is a full OS installed, so I don't need explanations, however I'm just simply pointing out that is you want to get any program from windows running under Linux (so to say), vmware is always your best shot, that is if there are no linux-equivelants. Greetings Ralph -- http://axljab.homelinux.org/ "...the software said Win95 or better, so I installed Linux"
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