so im trying to install vmware 5.5 and im having problems i keep getting a mesage "Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.

Building the vmmon module.

make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only'
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only'
make[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/driver-2.6.9-5.0.5.EL'
.././linux/driver.c:25:27: linux/wrapper.h: No such file or directory
make[2]: *** [driver.d] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only/driver-2.6.9-5.0.5.EL'
make[1]: *** [deps] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only'
make: *** [auto-build] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config7/vmmon-only'
Unable to build the vmmon module.

For more information on how to troubleshoot module-related problems, please
visit our Web site at "http://www.vmware.com/download/modules/modules.html" and
"http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/linux/prebuilt_modules_linux.html".

Execution aborted."


vmware's site is of no help can ne one help, oh by the way im running RHE4 kernel 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL

I don't recall whether the error message was the same, but I've only had 2 causes of problems compiling vmware modules. One was on a PC without the kernel sources installed - installing them fixed the problem. The second was some weirdness with vmware and my system that required a 3rd party wrapper for the module.

Try downloading the vmware-any-any patch from http://ftp.cvut.cz/vmware/vmware-any...pdate98.tar.gz and following the instructions in the tar ball. It's a common problem - googling on vmware any any brings back a lot of information.