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Kidfork

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From: Massachusetts

Registered: 2010-11-24

Posts: 29

Cant get VMWARE modules to compile

Alright so since I upgraded my kernel I'm getting this error from VMWARE

Jan 14 21:31:42.793: app-140172173174528| Log for VMware Workstation pid=6105 version=7.0.1 build=build-227600 option=Release
Jan 14 21:31:42.793: app-140172173174528| The process is 64-bit.
Jan 14 21:31:42.793: app-140172173174528| Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8
Jan 14 21:31:42.793: app-140172173174528| Logging to /tmp/vmware-root/setup-6105.log
Jan 14 21:31:42.869: app-140172173174528| modconf query interface initialized
Jan 14 21:31:42.869: app-140172173174528| modconf library initialized
Jan 14 21:31:42.908: app-140172173174528| Your GCC version: 4.5
Jan 14 21:31:42.913: app-140172173174528| Your GCC version: 4.5
Jan 14 21:31:42.926: app-140172173174528| Your GCC version: 4.5
Jan 14 21:31:42.942: app-140172173174528| Your GCC version: 4.5
Jan 14 21:31:42.954: app-140172173174528| Your GCC version: 4.5
Jan 14 21:31:42.999: app-140172173174528| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37-ARCH.
Jan 14 21:31:43.001: app-140172173174528| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37-ARCH.
Jan 14 21:31:43.002: app-140172173174528| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37-ARCH.
Jan 14 21:31:43.004: app-140172173174528| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37-ARCH.
Jan 14 21:31:43.006: app-140172173174528| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37-ARCH.
Jan 14 21:31:43.036: app-140172173174528| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37-ARCH.
Jan 14 21:31:43.037: app-140172173174528| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37-ARCH.
Jan 14 21:31:43.039: app-140172173174528| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37-ARCH.
Jan 14 21:31:43.040: app-140172173174528| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37-ARCH.
Jan 14 21:31:43.042: app-140172173174528| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37-ARCH.
Jan 14 21:31:43.046: app-140172173174528| Your GCC version: 4.5
Jan 14 21:31:43.059: app-140172173174528| Your GCC version: 4.5
Jan 14 21:31:43.104: app-140172173174528| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37-ARCH.
Jan 14 21:31:43.106: app-140172173174528| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37-ARCH.
Jan 14 21:31:43.108: app-140172173174528| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37-ARCH.
Jan 14 21:31:43.110: app-140172173174528| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37-ARCH.
Jan 14 21:31:43.111: app-140172173174528| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37-ARCH.
Jan 14 21:31:43.115: app-140172173174528| Your GCC version: 4.5
Jan 14 21:31:43.128: app-140172173174528| Your GCC version: 4.5
Jan 14 21:31:43.203: app-140172173174528| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37-ARCH.
Jan 14 21:31:43.207: app-140172173174528| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37-ARCH.
Jan 14 21:31:43.209: app-140172173174528| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37-ARCH.
Jan 14 21:31:43.211: app-140172173174528| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37-ARCH.
Jan 14 21:31:43.213: app-140172173174528| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37-ARCH.
Jan 14 21:31:43.448: app-140172173174528| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37-ARCH.
Jan 14 21:31:43.448: app-140172173174528| Building module vmmon.
Jan 14 21:31:43.448: app-140172173174528| Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.
Jan 14 21:31:43.463: app-140172173174528| Building module with command: /usr/bin/make -C /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only auto-build SUPPORT_SMP=1 HEADER_DIR=/lib/modules/2.6.37-ARCH/build/include CC=/usr/bin/gcc GREP=/usr/bin/make IS_GCC_3=no VMCCVER=4.5.2
Jan 14 21:31:44.608: app-140172173174528| Failed to compile module vmmon!

Im on Kernel 2.6.37,

I believe I'm on VMWARe 7x,

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jelly

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From: /dev/null

Registered: 2008-06-10

Posts: 714

Re: Cant get VMWARE modules to compile

Google for patches of VMware to compile it for .37 or else move to some more (sane) VM alternative like qemu-kvm

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dotfiles

Kidfork

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From: Massachusetts

Registered: 2010-11-24

Posts: 29

Re: Cant get VMWARE modules to compile

Cant seem to find one that works.....

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scarecrow

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From: Greece

Registered: 2004-11-18

Posts: 715

Re: Cant get VMWARE modules to compile

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/293321

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