On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Lukas Press <[email protected]> wrote: > On 04/09/2011 11:34 AM, Eero Volotinen wrote: >> >> 2011/4/9 Nikola Wenta<[email protected]>: >>> >>> Dear all, >>> I am trying Scientific Linux and want to get VMWare tools installed. Can >>> someone tell me where I can download the required Kernel C header files, and >>> under what path they will be installed? >>> Cheers, >>> Niko >> > > kernel-headers and kernel-devel packages, both available in sl repos. The > install script will complain that the path to the c header files are wrong > if you install the header files midway through the process, even if you put > the correct path in (/usr/include i think?). If this is happening cancel > the install and re-run the vmware-install.pl script after installing the > correct packages; it should pick up the header files automatically then. > > Regards > Chris
There's also a bit of nastiness when you update kernels: VMWare has not selected to incorporate the 'vmware-modules' init script I sent them, that re-runs the VMware configuration at boot time in case you're running a new kernel. This is particularly dangerous if you're using the vmxnet network drivers rather than e1000: the guest host will be unavailable after a kernel upgrade and reboot until the configuration tool is re-run, and if you have the wrong network setup, your hostname will be wrong and you'll have to reboot *AGAIN*. to get all your services configured correctly.
