I am getting the following while trying to do the vmware-config after initial install. Any words from the wise would be much apprectiated as the websites in the error are no longer functional.

Regards
JKZfixme

kernel? [/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-2-server/include]

Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.

Building the vmmon module.

Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'
make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-2-server/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-2-server'
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/x86.h:24,
from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:15,
from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:84:
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/x86paging.h:61:1: warning: "PTE_PFN_MASK" redefined
In file included from include/asm/paravirt.h:7,
from include/asm/irqflags.h:55,
from include/linux/irqflags.h:57,
from include/asm/system.h:11,
from include/asm/processor.h:17,
from include/linux/prefetch.h:14,
from include/linux/list.h:6,
from include/linux/module.h:9,
from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:12:
include/asm/page.h:22:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/vmhost.h:13,
from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:115:
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/compat_semaphore.h:5:27: error: asm/semaphore.h: No such file or directory
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:197: error: unknown field nopage specified in initializer
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:198: warning: initialization fromincompatible pointer type
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function LinuxDriver_Ioctl:
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1801: error: too many arguments to function smp_call_function
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-2-server'
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'
Unable to build the vmmon module.

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Search for the vmware-any-any patch.
Apply that and then start the config once again.

According to bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/263837 in Ubuntu,
it fails to compile on 2.6.27 because of the updated kernel (an old kernel function has been removed)

Rune

I also encountered the same problem with the latest Ubuntu 8.10 release and VMWare 6.0.4 AND 6.0.5.
The vmmon patches ( http://blog.creonfx.com/linux/how-to...on-2625-kernel )don't seem to make a difference....
Seems to be a bug already reported in the 2.6.27 kernel according to what's available on the net.
Hopefully this will be addressed before the final release and/or by the upcoming beta?

This thread has been quiet for a couple of weeks, but since I only just got VMWare Workstation v5.5.8 working on my box with kernel 2.6.27.3, this maybe useful. At http://www.insecure.ws/2008/10/20/vm...nd-kernel-2627 the link to the update is for v5.5.7 and 2.6.27 series kernels, but as I mentioned it also worked with v5.5.8.

Thanks Gilead.

This also worked for Ubuntu 8.10 (current kernel: 2.6.27-7-server) and vmware-server 1.07.

the above works with fedora x86_64 as well (build 2.6.27.5-37.fc9.x86_64)

thank you

Thanks Gilead, this worked like a charm for me in Ubuntu 8.10 as well