Vmware vmmon won't compile

[Apoc]

I have installed vmware and it asks me to compile vmmon, i have the kernel source files installed from the Mandrake 10 disc 3.

 

It starts compiling but then errors with the following error:

What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] /usr/src/linux-2.6.3-7mdk/include/

Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.

Building the vmmon module.

Building for VMware Workstation 4.0.x.
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/root/tmp/vmware-config5/vmmon-only'
make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.3-7mdk/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.3-7mdk'
*** Warning: Overriding SUBDIRS on the command line can cause
***          inconsistencies
make[2]: `arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.s' is up to date.
 CHK     include/asm-i386/asm_offsets.h
 CC [M]  /root/tmp/vmware-config5/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
/root/tmp/vmware-config5/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function `Panic':
/root/tmp/vmware-config5/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:2994: warning: implicit declaration of function `_exit'
 CC [M]  /root/tmp/vmware-config5/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
 CC [M]  /root/tmp/vmware-config5/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o
 CC [M]  /root/tmp/vmware-config5/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o
 CC [M]  /root/tmp/vmware-config5/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o
 CC [M]  /root/tmp/vmware-config5/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -Iinclude  -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i586 -Iinclude/asm-i386/mach-default -O2  -DMODULE  -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes   -DVMWARE__FIX_IO_APIC_BASE=FIX_IO_APIC_BASE_0 -DVMW_HAVE_EPOLL -DVME_DEFAULT=VME_V4 -DVMW_USING_KBUILD -I/root/tmp/vmware-config5/vmmon-only/./include -I/root/tmp/vmware-config5/vmmon-only/./common -I/root/tmp/vmware-config5/vmmon-only/./linux  -DVMW_NOPAGE_261 -fno-exceptions -c -o /root/tmp/vmware-config5/vmmon-only/common/task.o /root/tmp/vmware-config5/vmmon-only/common/task.C
 LD [M]  /root/tmp/vmware-config5/vmmon-only/vmmon.o
 Building modules, stage 2.
 MODPOST
 CC      /root/tmp/vmware-config5/vmmon-only/vmmon.mod.o
 LD [M]  /root/tmp/vmware-config5/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.3-7mdk'
cp -f vmmon.ko ./../vmmon.o
make: Leaving directory `/root/tmp/vmware-config5/vmmon-only'
Unable to make a vmmon module that can be loaded in the running kernel:
insmod: error inserting '/root/tmp/vmware-config5/vmmon.o': -1 Unknown symbol in module
There is probably a slight difference in the 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.

For more information on how to troubleshoot module-related problems, please
visit our Web site at "http://www.vmware.com/download/modules/modules.html" and
"http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/linux/prebuilt_modules_linux.html".

Execution aborted.

[root@localhost vmware-distrib]#

 

any ideas on how to resolve this? cheers

 

[moved from Software by spinynorman]

[papaschtroumpf]

try "uname -r" to check out if you really are running kernel 2.6.3-7mdk, sounds like your sources don't match your kernel?

 

try recompiling and press ENTER at every prompt to accept the default.

Worked fine for me with kernel 2.6.3-16mdk

[Apoc]

Tried `2.6.3-7mdk` and it came back with the 2.6.3-7mdk which is as expected.

 

I have, however, solved the no compiling problem now, i downloaded one of the any-any updates (56 i think) and thats worked a treat, can compile and got it working, though it does have a video display error saying i can't do fuill screen but it works.. yeay. :-)