Hi and thanks for reading this. I updated to mandrake 10.2rc2 which has a 2.6.11 kernel. ( I think its hardware support and stability kicks ass) however when installing vmware 4.5.2 i had a few problems. First off was no group/user/owner had exicutable privlages to any vmware objects. I was able to fix that but when running the vmware-config.pl file i ran into my second problem. Here is the output -

Building the vmmon module.

Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/root/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.11-6mdk/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.11-6mdk'
CC [M] /root/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
CC [M] /root/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
In file included from /root/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:68:
/root/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/pgtbl.h: In function `PgtblVa2PTELocked':
/root/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/pgtbl.h:81: error: request for member `pgd' in something not a structure or union
make[2]: *** [/root/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/root/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.11-6mdk'
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/root/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'
Unable to build the vmmon module.

I know that this means the module failed to build for my kernel but i dont know what i can do about it. help aprecated. thanks

You need to install the kernel source on to your computer. It is usually found on your install disk or you may be able to download it somewhere.
Find out where ris is downloaded to and imput its address when prompted on install.

ris?

I had the same problem, I solved it with the vmware-any-any-update90 patch, you can find it here

http://ftp.cvut.cz/vmware/

just run the runme.pl, It fixed my vmware in mandrake 10.2 with no problem

I hope that helps

Its funny. I had just Done that, installed w/ the any-any90 patch, and it worked so i decided to come back and post the solution. But you beat me to it. lol. Thanks,
matt

Do you have any ideas on Vmware 5? i tried the any-any patch but it doesn't work.

My system specs are:
Mandriva 10.2 (limited edition)
Athlon XP 3200+
Nvidia lan
Firewire card (caused problems with networking)
Radeon 9200SE 128MB AGP
15" LCD screen
Wireless keyboard and mouse (logitech)