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Wrong GCC version

I updated my Debian system going from Etch to Sid (kernel 2.6.18-5-K7 to 2.6.22-1-K7)

I'm trying to reconfigure VMWare to work with the new kernel and when I do I get this error:

Code:

Your kernel was built with "gcc" version "4.1.3", while you are trying to use 

"/usr/bin/gcc" version "4.2.1". This configuration is not recommended and 

VMware Workstation may crash if you'll continue. Please try to use exactly same

compiler as one used for building your kernel. Do you want to go with compiler 

"/usr/bin/gcc" version "4.2.1" anyway? [no]

I can't find a way to downgrade GCC. How do I make the kernel GCC and installed GCC match?

You should be able to get gcc 4.1.3 thru synaptic. Or you could just rebuild your kernel with your current version of gcc.

this may sound like a stupid question but did you actually boot the new kernel after update ? Usually debian has the correct gcc version installed.

You can downgrade the gcc by adding the testing repository and then do 'aptitude install gcc/testing'. But make sure that this is really your problem (type 'cat /proc/version' to see what compiler was used for the kernel and 'gcc --version' for the gcc version). You can also have more versions of gcc installed as gcc is just a symlink to /usr/bin/gcc-version.

Quote:

Originally Posted by almatic (Post 2880131)

Of course I rebooted into the correct kernel, it was the first thing I did after the upgrade finished.

This is the current version reported by those commands:

Code:

debian-etchtop:/home/replica# cat /proc/version

Linux version 2.6.22-1-k7 (Debian 2.6.22-3) (waldi@debian.org) (gcc version 4.1.3 20070718 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-14)) #1 SMP Sun Jul 29 15:15:55 UTC 2007

debian-etchtop:/home/replica# gcc --version

gcc (GCC) 4.2.1 (Debian 4.2.1-3)

Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO

warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

And I viewed the properties of /usr/bin/gcc and that came up as /usr/bin/gcc-4.2

I have files for both gcc-4.1 and gcc-4.2 installed
http://www.replica9000.bizland.com/l...snapshot30.png

So should I simply point the link to gcc-4.1? Or is there something else I should do?

Quote:

Originally Posted by replica9000 (Post 2880334)

So should I simply point the link to gcc-4.1? Or is there something else I should do?

yup, make a new symlink, then try the installation again.

Quote:

Originally Posted by almatic (Post 2880580)

yup, make a new symlink, then try the installation again.

Well it worked, sort of. Not sure if it's gcc or the kernel headers that's the problem, or the vmware-config.pl script:

Code:

None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Workstation 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-headers-2.6.22-1-k7/include] 



Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.



Building the vmmon module.



Using 2.6.x kernel build system.

make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only'

make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-1-k7/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-1-k7'

  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o

In file included from /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:80:

/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘compat_exit’

/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘exit_code’

/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of ‘_syscall1’

make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1

make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.22-1-k7'

make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2

make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/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.

I had no issues installing this before.

Scratch that last problem. I found out I needed a patch (vmware-any-any-update113.tar.gz) for the kernel 2.6.22-1 from http://platan.vc.cvut.cz/ftp/pub/vmware/

ran the patch script followed by the vmware-config.pl script and everything appears to be working good.

Thanks for you help with my gcc problem though.