Ronin Posted October 15, 2002 Report Share Posted October 15, 2002 Ok I give up, whenever I try to install VMWare on my MDK 9.0 I get the following error:None of VMware Workstation's pre-built vmmon modules is suitable for your running kernel. I've tried versions 3.0 (which worked very nicely on MDK 8.2) and 3.2 with no luck. This is just a default install of MDK, I didn't choose anything like the Enterprise or Secure kernel. Any one have an idea what I have to change/do to get VWmare to install on my system? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dturley Posted October 16, 2002 Report Share Posted October 16, 2002 MD 9 is not listed as supported on the vmware website. Yu'llprobably need to wait til they do support MD9.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted October 16, 2002 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2002 MD 9 is not listed as supported on the vmware website. Yu'llprobably need to wait til they do support MD9.0 How'd folks get it to install then? I swear I saw posts here and the other forum and newgroups from folks running 9 that got it installed. To bad they didn't say how though. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afrosheen Posted October 16, 2002 Report Share Posted October 16, 2002 I installed it very easily today. Install went like this: rpm -Uvh blablabla.rpm When I launched it it complained about running the config.pl first. Ok, did that, no vmmon modules found, you wanna build some? Sure I said, let's build some. After a few seconds it was pestering me for more info and just kept on trucking. I'm monkeying with Gentoo on it right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted October 16, 2002 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2002 I too get it squacking about vmmon modules but when I go to build them I get: None of VMware Workstation's pre-built vmmon modules is suitable for your running kernel. Do you want this script to try to build the vmmon module for your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? [yes] Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to override. Argument "gcc (GCC) 3" isn't numeric in numeric ge (>=) at /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl line 1493, <STDIN> line 1. What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] Now I know enough to get in serious trouble :lol: but I wouldn't have a clue to know what the path is for something like this. Any pointers on where I should start looking? I tried /usr/include/linux and /usr/include/asm and /usr/include/net but all gave me the same question about my C header files. Must remind myself I went to linux cause it was more challenging and interesting. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afrosheen Posted October 16, 2002 Report Share Posted October 16, 2002 You need to install some dev packages. Try kernel-source, kernel-headers, gcc2.96 (even 9 has it I believe). Since my install went smoothly I can't really tell you exactly what package you need but those are a good start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted October 16, 2002 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2002 You need to install some dev packages. Try kernel-source, kernel-headers, gcc2.96 (even 9 has it I believe). Since my install went smoothly I can't really tell you exactly what package you need but those are a good start. Thanks for the giving me a starting place to try things Afrosheen. I don't use it much but I really do NOT want to set up a dualboot. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afrosheen Posted October 16, 2002 Report Share Posted October 16, 2002 Beyond that, you may just need a compiler installed. Depending on what steps you took during the install, you may or may not have certain important packages installed that help you build software from source. One is gcc, and I suggest you install that first. Open rpmdrake and type gcc, install gcc3.x and let it satisfy it's dependencies. I thought that everyone had gcc installed by default but there are many ways to install Mandrake, so you may not have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted October 16, 2002 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2002 Sweet thanks Afrosheen. It installed like a charm now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afrosheen Posted October 17, 2002 Report Share Posted October 17, 2002 Glad I could help. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RedAntz Posted October 30, 2002 Report Share Posted October 30, 2002 i have the similiar problem... Setup is unable to find the "gcc" program on your machine. Please make sure it is installed. Do you want to specify the location of this program by hand? [yes] What is the location of the "gcc" program on your machine? /opt/psxdev/bin/psx-gcc Using compiler "/opt/psxdev/bin/psx-gcc". Use environment variable CC to override. What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] The path "/usr/src/linux/include" is not an existing directory. What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] /usr The path "/usr" is an existing directory, but it does not contain at least one of these directories "linux", "asm", "net" as expected. What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] may i know what shoudl i do?? i could not understand what is said before...=) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afrosheen Posted October 30, 2002 Report Share Posted October 30, 2002 Ok first of all the playstation emulator gcc you have on there isn't going to cut it. Open RPMdrake and type in gcc, find gcc 2.96 and 3 and install them both. Next type kernel-source in the rpmdrake find field and install that. It needs your kernel source in order to build modules to insert into a running kernel. You don't have it installed, hence the no /usr/src/whatever folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SDMF Posted October 30, 2002 Report Share Posted October 30, 2002 I had a similar problem until I installed the kernel source. After that it worked like a charm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afrosheen Posted October 31, 2002 Report Share Posted October 31, 2002 When you read the whole thread things tend to go smoothly. The previous poster didn't read the thread because I mentioned the kernel-source rpm a few posts up. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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