Hi to all!!

I have problems with VMware 4.5 for linux, i install the rpm file, it's so work fine, but when i start the application, the following error appear:

"VMware is installed, but it had not been (correctly) configured for you running kernel. To (re-) configure it, your system administrator must find and run "vmware-config.pl". For more information, please read file "INSTALL" in the VMware Workstation documentation directory"

Please help me with this, tanks to all.

Have you run the vmware-config.pl file yet? You need to do this after the install to configure VMware for your system (networking, kernel modules, etc.).

Thanks Einstein71, the VMware now work fine....thanks for all!!!!!

You're probably going to run this command every time you update your kernel (kernel update patches).

hi ppl. sory any mistake in my language, but i'm portuguese and my english is not too good... but let's go t the problem... i passed trough the problem of installing vmware workstation... but now i have a problem on configuring... it seem's that the version of the kernel doesn't match to the version on the gcc (C compiler )... i pass the part oh accepting EULA and putting the path to gcc make file (the first path he ask's) and in the second, becomes the problem i described...


can anyone help me? i'm desperate...


PS: i have linux SuSE 9 Pro on a Centrino Processor, and maked the update of kernel this saturday... the gcc is installed from the cd2 of SuSE distribution and the vmware is the 4.0.0 version (from linuxberg.tucows.com ) ... if the problem is the version, could you tell me where can i find the indicate one ?


PS: again, sory any mistake...

Can you paste the actual error message you get?

the all message is this...

" Trying to find a suitable vmmon module for your running kernel.

None of VMware Workstation's pre-built vmmon modules is suitable for your
running kernel. Do you want this program 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.

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/include

The directory of kernel headers (version 2.6.0-test3) does not match your
running kernel (version 2.4.21-215-default). Even if the module were to
compile
successfully, it would not load into the running kernel.

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

tkz in advance...

hi ,

you will need to install the source for the 2.6 kernel you are tryin to compile the vmware modules for. the vmware-config.pl script is unable to locate the source for the kernel and that it why you are getting this error.

and how i do that ? i'm a begginer in linux... very begginer...

it depends on if you compiled the 2.6 kernel or installed an rpm.

if you compiled the kernel , the /lib/modules/<kernel-version>/build directory should be symbolically linked to the top of the kernel source tree. this happens automatically when you run make modules_install after compiling.


if you installed from rpm, find and download the kernel source rpm which corresponds to the kernel binary rpm which you have installed and then install the kernel source rpm.

can you tell me where can i find it? i'm totally lost on that...

i don't installed nothing more than the normal installation... only put the operating Sistem (SuSE) and i maked the update using YaST... shouldn't be everything ok ?

Use YaST and do a search in it for kernel-source. The version should match the one you presently have installed. If it doesn't, it's probably because you have downloaded a kernel update. In that case, install it and then run Online Update to get the patch for the kernel-source.

yes, it match... but shouldn't match to the version with kernel headers, too ? can i put other kernel headers, so this way, the kernel headers and the running kernel match... ?

Yeah, it could cause you problems if all the kernel stuff doesn't match. Try checking for an update. Usually whenever they update the kernel, they have to update everything else but you won't know until you check for it after installing. You can also go directly to an update mirror and try to find the version that matches:

http://www.suse.com/us/private/downl...s/90_i386.html