On Friday 06 April 2001 21:14, Jason Straight wrote:
> make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config3/vmnet-only'
> make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config3/vmnet-only'
> Unable to make a vmnet module that can be loaded in the running kernel:
> insmod: a module named vmnet already exists
> There is probably a light difference of kernel configuration between the
> set of
> C header files you specified and your running kernel. You may want to
> rebuild a
> kernel based on that directory, or specify another directory.
rpm -e kernel-source
rpm -e VMware
rpm -i kernel-source*
rpm -i VMware*
apply patch that somebody else posted:
cd to the directory that contains vmnet.tar
tar xvf vmnet.tar
cd vmnet-only
apply patch
cd ..
mv vmnet.tar vmnet.tar.orig
tar cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only/*
vmware-config.pl
I'm doing this from memory, but should get you going again. This has worked
for me and for others (thanks again, Pete!). I don't know if it's overkill
somewhere along the line, but it does work.
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Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
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