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During the VMware Tools installation program script thing, it asks for "The location of the directory of the C header files matching your running kernel".
I've found my headers in /usr/src/linux-headers2.6.39-2-486, however it returns the error

Code:

The directory of kernel headers (version @@VMWARE@@ UTS-RELEASE) does not match your running kernel (version 2.6.39-2-486).

I cannot find anything in these directories about "@@VMWARE@@ UTS-RELEASE".
I've tried

Code:

$ uname -r

2.6.39-2-486

And

Code:

nano /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.39-2-486/include/linux/version.h

contains only

Code:

#define LINUX_VERSION_CODE 132647

#define KERNEL_VERSION(a,b,c) (((a) << 16) + ((b) << 8) + (c))

What can I do to make it accept this directory, shall I find the file that mentions "@@VMWARE@@..." or just start a new virtual machine from scratch? I've also got an ubuntu VM that has VMware tools, and it installed with no difficulties at all!