On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Lukas Press <[email protected]> wrote: > I am trying to install vmware server on SL6 x64. The install script to > build the required kernel modules issues a warning saying that my kernel was > built using gcc version 4.4.5, but the version I have installed is version > 4.4.4, and that if I build the modules using this version the modules will > not function properly, causing crashes. I checked and my version is indeed > 4.4.4, from sl-security, with no newer version available that I could find > in the sl repos. > > I suppose I could install a newer version from a fedora srpm or something > but thought I should ask – is this the best solution? Also is this general > situation normal? or could this gcc mismatch cause other problems in future?
The easient solution may be to go back to a previous version of kernel (for SL 6.0). The latest kernel (2.6.32-131.2.1.el6) is from EL6.1 and is indeed built with gcc 4.4.5: $ cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.32-131.2.1.el6.x86_64 ([email protected]) (gcc version 4.4.5 20110214 (Red Hat 4.4.5-6) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Thu Jun 2 09:49:26 CDT 2011 The gcc version in EL6.1 is 4.4.5 but, because gcc is not on the security update list, it is not yet available for SL6. Akemi
