i was using the 2.2.17MDK kernel and the latest version of vmware.
no matter how many times i ran the vmware-config.pl file it always gave the
same error and wouldnt go
and further.
i have solved the problem now, i updated the kernel to 2.4.0 and all seems
well
in fact im quite proud of myself, it booted and all :-) <pats on back>
the install of mandrake was from the d/l version with 2cds. and i installed
everything, i went thru the menu and selected everything except that
graphical boot thing, so i would have imagined that the headers were
installed as well
anyway thanks for all the help
p.s.
the 2.4.0 install went a lot smoother than i had imagined.
i love linux ;-)
-----Original Message-----
From: Sridhar Dhanapalan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 15 January 2001 12:29
To: James Hallam
Subject: Re: [newbie] VMware
What kernel version do you have? You should be fine if you are using the
default Kernel 2.2.17mdk or any recent Mandrake kernel below that. You do
not
need to recompile your kernel, since vmware-config.pl creates a module. In
fact, recompiling may make things worse since you will no longer have a
standard kernel. I have installed VMware on Mandrake 7.2 and I constantly
use
it with no problems at all.
Have you installed the "kernel-headers" package? This should have the same
version number as your kernel for it to work.
On Mon, 15 Jan 2001 20:19, James Hallam wrote:
> yep, the version i d/l was about a week ago
>
> i really dont want to recompile the kernel, i always seem to braek more
> things than i fix,
> i might just wait till VMware bring out a version that will work with
> mandrake7.2
>
> thanks for all the help
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sridhar Dhanapalan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 12 January 2001 23:50
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; James Hallam
> Subject: Re: [newbie] VMware
>
>
> Do you have the latest version of VMware? Earlier versions will not work
in
> Mandrake 7.2.
>
> On Sat, 13 Jan 2001 02:57, James Hallam wrote:
> > hi all,
> > i am trying to get VMware to run on Mandrake 7.2
> > the install goes ok, but when i run the config script vmware-config.pl
> > it throws back an error about half-way thru the set-up
> > it asks something about header files.
> >
> > i was wondering if anyone came across this prob and if they managed to
> > fix it
> >
> > the error it gives is :
> >
> > <<...>>
> >
> > thanks in advance
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