[Bug 300839] Re: open-vm-source should recommend installation of packages needed for modules compilation

2008-11-25 Thread Nick Barcet
Thanks for taking the time to report this bug. As per you last comment, I am marking this bug as invalid. ** Changed in: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- open-vm-source should recommend installation of packages needed for modules compilation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bu

[Bug 300839] Re: open-vm-source should recommend installation of packages needed for modules compilation

2008-11-24 Thread lucatrv
Sorry, it was my mistake. I had problems compiling the open-vm modules, so I tried many solutions and I also installed those -dev packages following this article: http://www.debianadmin.com/install-open-vm-tools-on-debian-40-etch.html I now understand that the only reason why I couldn't compile t

[Bug 300839] Re: open-vm-source should recommend installation of packages needed for modules compilation

2008-11-24 Thread Adar Dembo
Why are all of those packages required for compilation? Isn't open-vm- source the source package for the kernel modules only? None of the -dev packages you've mentioned are needed for compiling the open-vm-tools kernel modules. -- open-vm-source should recommend installation of packages needed fo