[original question with latest update]
On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 23:58:30 +0200, T wrote:
Anybody has successfully installed vmware under grml hd installation?
I bumped into the following 2 problems:
- vmware-install.pl asks for the rc?.d directories:
What is the directory that contains the init directories (rc0.d/ to rc6.d/)?
- vmware-config.pl asks for kernel header files
The 2nd is the one that stops me.
I have linux-kernel-headers-grml installed, but that alone did not work. So I went ahead and installed linux-headers-2.6.16-2 linux-headers-2.6.16-2-686, but I was stopped ...
Ok, I now know that I should use runme.pl from the vmware-any-any-update101 instead of the vmware-config.pl. But using it still brings me back to the same problem:
% ./runme.pl Updating /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl ... now patched Updating /usr/bin/vmware ... No patch needed/available Updating /usr/bin/vmnet-bridge ... No patch needed/available Updating /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx ... No patch needed/available Updating /usr/lib/vmware/bin-debug/vmware-vmx ... No patch needed/available VMware modules in "/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source" has been updated.
Before running VMware for the first time after update, you need to configure it for your running kernel by invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl". Do you want this script to invoke the command for you now? [yes]
What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include]
The directory of kernel headers (version 2.6.16-2-686) does not match your running kernel (version 2.6.16-grml). Even if the module were to compile successfully, it would not load into the running kernel.
It went back to ask me for kernel header files.
Please help
PS.
- I've also installed linux-source-2.6.16, is it really necessary? - my vmware is VMware Workstation v5.5.1.19175
thanks