Hello everyone,

I am trying to configure VMware in Linux Mint 10. I able to get the VMware package installed on the system but at the time of configuring VMware it ask a couple of questions.

During that it is asking me "What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel"

If I give any other header file path it gives me this message:

The header files in /usr/include are generally for C libraries, not for the
running kernel. If you do not have kernel header files in your /usr/src
directory, you probably do not have the kernel-source package installed. Are
you sure that /usr/include contains the header files associated with your
running kernel?[no]

I am looking for kernel source. My system's kernel is: 2.6.35-22-generic

I tried on internet to get the source for this kernel but was unable to get it. Can anyone please help me in getting the link to download the required kernel source.

Thanks in advance.

You don't need the full source tree, just the headers - and maybe the compiler as well. Try getting "build-essentials" and "linux-kernel-headers" via the package manager.
I'll dig up a Mint system and have a look at what it ships with.

Update: just had a look at a Mint LMDE - it had both the headers and build-essentials already installed. Not sure if I did it myself or not; I tend to use that system very intermittently.

Hi syg00,

Thank you so much for your response.

I will give it a try and will let you know how it goes.

Hi syg00,

I have installed the kernel headers but still I get the below error message when I put the kernel head location @

What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/

The directory of kernel headers (version @@VMWARE@@ UTS_RELEASE) does not match
your running kernel (version 2.6.35-22-generic). Even if the module were to
compile successfully, it would not load into the running kernel.

I have checked using uname -a and I am using kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.

Please advice.

Hi syg00,

I have resolved the following error message:

The directory of kernel headers (version @@VMWARE@@ UTS_RELEASE) does not match
your running kernel (version 2.6.35-22-generic). Even if the module were to
compile successfully, it would not load into the running kernel.

by applying what mentioned in the following link: http://vertoda.wordpress.com/2011/01...-using-vmware/

However, now I started getting the following error message:

The path "/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/linux/include" is a kernel
header file directory, but it is not part of kernel source tree.

Not able to understand what does that mean. Does it mean that the header files which are there are not linked to the kernel source?

Also not sure why it is showing that because uname -a = 2.6.35-22-generic :-(

Help!!!!

Hi syg00,

Somehow I manage to resolve kernel tree error but now there are other error :-(

kernel? [/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/include]

Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.

Building the vmmon module.

Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only'
make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic'
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vmware.h:25,
from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:48:
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_basic_types.h:104: warning: "__FreeBSD__" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_basic_types.h:161: error: conflicting types for ‘uintptr_t’
include/linux/types.h:41: note: previous declaration of ‘uintptr_t’ was here
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/x86.h:20,
from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/machine.h:24,
from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:15,
from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:49:
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/x86apic.h:79: warning: "APIC_BASE_MSR" redefined
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/include/asm/apicdef.h:142: note: this is the location of the previous definition
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/x86.h:21,
from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/machine.h:24,
from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:15,
from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:49:
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/x86desc.h:593: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/machine.h:24,
from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:15,
from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:49:
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/x86.h:830: warning: "PTE_PFN_MASK" redefined
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h:182: note: this is the location of the previous definition
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vcpuset.h:78,
from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/modulecall.h:22,
from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./common/vmx86.h:18,
from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:16,
from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:49:
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:226: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:230: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:298: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:304: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h: In function ‘Atomic_And’:
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:402: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h: In function ‘Atomic_Or’:
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:489: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h: In function ‘Atomic_Xor’:
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:576: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h: In function ‘Atomic_Add’:
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:663: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:665: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h: In function ‘Atomic_Sub’:
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:748: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:750: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h: In function ‘Atomic_Inc’:
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:831: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:833: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h: In function ‘Atomic_Dec’:
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:912: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:914: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h: At top level:
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:1073: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:1077: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:1329: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:1454: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:20,
from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:49:
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/compat_wait.h:37: warning: "VMW_HAVE_EPOLL" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/compat_wait.h:43: warning: "VMW_HAVE_EPOLL" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/compat_wait.h:60: error: conflicting types for ‘poll_initwait’
include/linux/poll.h:72: note: previous declaration of ‘poll_initwait’ was here
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_basic_asm.h:32,
from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm.h:25,
from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:52:
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_basic_asm_x86.h:48: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_basic_asm_x86.h:109: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_basic_asm_x86.h:278: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_basic_asm_x86.h:385: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm.h:30,
from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:52:
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86.h:430: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86.h:676: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86.h:716: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/vmhost.h:13,
from /tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:71:
/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/./include/compat_semaphore.h:5: fatal error: asm/semaphore.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic'
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config3/vmmon-only'
Unable to build the vmmon module.

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Execution aborted.

I guess that is because these things are not defined in autoconf.h file. Still working on this to get VM working.


SOLVED: Installed Virtual BOX instead of VMware on the system. All it working fine now :-) I think the version of VMware server that I was trying to install was not supported on the kernel in use.