The other option is to download the kernel sources and recompile it under SL 6.0 yourself. I've done that for mine and my version shows up as this:
Linux version 2.6.32-131.2.1.el6.i686 ([email protected]) (gcc version 4.4.4 20100726 (Red Hat 4.4.4-13) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Sat Jun 4 12:39:10 EDT 2011 On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Akemi Yagi <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
