[wplug] VMware issues.

[G.Pitman]

Certainly not speaking from experience with VMware on Ubuntu, but this might
help:
http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=76957&tstart=0

On 4/25/07, Ryan Schuster <ryan at myerstechservices.com> wrote:
>
> I'm in the process of trying to configure VMWare server on my ubuntu
> 7.04 machine. I've managed to get it installed, but when I run:
>
> sudo /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl
>
> I get an error:
>
> Building the vmmon module.
>
> Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
> make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only'
> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD
> SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-15-generic'
>   CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
> In file included from /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:80:
> /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: error:
> expected declaration specifiers or '...' before 'compat_exit'
> /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: error:
> expected declaration specifiers or '...' before 'exit_code'
> /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: warning:
> type defaults to 'int' in declaration of '_syscall1'
> make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-15-generic'
> make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
> make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only'
> Unable to build the vmmon module.
>
> What do I need to do to get this going?  I've had similar problems with
> ubuntu 6.10 and fc5.
>
> Any help or directions on where to go for more info would be
> appreciated.
>
> Ryan Schuster
>
> MTSi
>
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