I've installed Vmware 6.5 on Ubuntu 10.10...

when I start vmware player/workstation its asking for linux kernel header for some compilation but I'm not able to find the appropriate package, see the Image below....

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after running following commands

sudo -s    
cd /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include/linux    
ln -s ../generated/utsrelease.h    
ln -s ../generated/autoconf.h

Error has been changed like below....

ERROR: modinfo: could not find module vmmon
ERROR: modinfo: could not find module vmnet
ERROR: modinfo: could not find module vmblock
ERROR: modinfo: could not find module vmci
ERROR: modinfo: could not find module vsock

Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make: Entering directory /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only' make -C /lib/modules/2.6.35-22-generic/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules make[1]: Entering directory/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic' CC [M] /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o In file included from /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:31: /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/./include/compat_wait.h:78: error: conflicting types for ‘poll_initwait’ include/linux/poll.h:72: note: previous declaration of ‘poll_initwait’ was here

shahjapan

Posted 2010-10-14T10:07:33.773

Reputation: 521

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Try the following:

sudo -s

cd /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include/linux

ln -s ../generated/utsrelease.h

ln -s ../generated/autoconf.h

Greg Suarez

Posted 2010-10-14T10:07:33.773

Reputation: 21

now unable to compile virtual machine monitor here is the loggile content Log for VMware Workstation pid=3427 version=6.5.1 build=build-126130 option=Release app| Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8 Oct 19 10:39:19.048: app| Logging to /tmp/vmware-root/setup-3427.log Oct 19 10:39:21.009: app| Extracting the sources of the vmmon module. Oct 19 10:39:21.063: app| Building module with command: /usr/bin/make -C /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only auto-build SUPPORT_SMP=1 HEADER_DIR=/lib/modules/2.6.35-22-generic/build/include CC=/usr/bin/gcc GREP=/usr/bin/make IS_GCC_3=no VMCCVER=4.4.5 – shahjapan – 2010-10-19T05:12:58.697

After using Greg Suarez's suggestion, tou will need to patch a few things to get this to work. Taken (and corrected) from: http://blog.gnu-designs.com/solved-building-vmware-workstation-modules-on-linux-2-6-32

tar xvf /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar -C /tmp
tar xvf /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmci.tar -C /tmp

cd /tmp

perl -pi -e 's,("vnetInt.h"),\1\n#include "compat_sched.h",' vmnet-only/vnetUserListener.c
perl -pi -e 's,("compat_page.h"),\1\n#include "compat_sched.h",' vmci-only/include/pgtbl.h

tar cvf /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar vmnet-only
tar cvf /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmci.tar vmci-only

Now you should be able to continue on with installing vmplayer/workstation

MattK

Posted 2010-10-14T10:07:33.773

Reputation: 121

still can't find those module after doing this stuff !!! – shahjapan – 2010-10-29T07:04:00.533

Same here. The ln stuff is great, but it seems that the vmware modules are written for older kernels in general. After making sure autoconf.h and utsversion.h are where vmware expects them, I get the same conflicting types error in poll.h.

I can change the Makefile that the script uses to build the modules to use a -DVMW_HAVE_EPOLL, which fixes the problem, but then another error pops up. This module code just isn't make for Ubuntu, it seems.

dlg

Posted 2010-10-14T10:07:33.773

Reputation: 11

Maybe that package isn't installed, try:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`

cYrus

Posted 2010-10-14T10:07:33.773

Reputation: 18 102

linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic is already the newest version. linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic set to manually installed. – shahjapan – 2010-10-14T13:15:07.893

vmware linux headers not found for ubuntu 10.10?

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