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OpenSuSE 11.3 and VMWare... new Distro same old problem!
So... I had to upgrade to OpenSuSE 11.3 (it's a work station at work... I make $$$ with it) and part of my job requires me to use Windows, which I do via VMWare.
So this is a complete fresh install. Wiped the old OpenSuSE 11.0 clean and started all over. Things went relatively smooth (all 3 raid devices were found and mounted correctly, all hard ware configured and works, even the sound now is functional!)
But when I try to run VMWare I get this old message...
"Before you can run VMware Player, several modules must be compiled and loaded into the running kernel."
There is more but in a nut shell it tells me to go to my distributions documentation. I have installed all the correct files using YaST, I have perused the web looking for a solution (still looking!) and pretty much am at my wits end.
Like I said this is a clean install to replace OpenSuSE 11.0. Where are the doggone kernel headers and how do I get the VMware kernel module updater to see them?
One by one the penguins steal my sanity...
Vanpooling now...
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More information and blood pressure on the rise...
uname -a
Linux dhcp-9-112 2.6.34-12-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2010-06-29 02:39:08 +0200 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
What am I looking for exactly?
One by one the penguins steal my sanity...
Vanpooling now...
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Dell Vostro 420
Intel Quad Core CPU 3.0Ghz
8GB RAM
nVidia Dual DVI 512MB graphics
OpenSuSE 11.3 x64
Still no VMware... bump for austerity.
Is there a place where I can find the version.h file and place it where it needs to be? It seems to me to be the only solution I haven't tried yet. I have checked all the other solutions I have found on the interweb and still no VMware...
Anyone have a version.h file for kernel; version kernel-desktop-2.6.34-12.3.x86_64?
Oh and here...
rpm -qa | grep kernel
kernel-default-base-2.6.34-12.3.x86_64
kernel-desktop-2.6.34-12.3.x86_64
kernel-devel-2.6.34-12.3.noarch
kernel-source-2.6.34-12.3.noarch
kernel-desktop-devel-2.6.34-12.3.x86_64
One by one the penguins steal my sanity...
Vanpooling now...
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Finally... found this script for any others that are suffering this nightmare...
Code:
cd ~
rm -rf vmware-modules
mkdir vmware-modules
cd vmware-modules
find /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source -name "*.tar" -exec tar xf '{}' \;
mkdir -p /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc
rm -f /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc/{vmblock.ko,vmci.ko,vmmon.ko,vmnet.ko,vsock.ko}
cd vmblock-only; make; cd ..; cp -p vmblock.o /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc/vmblock.ko
cd vmci-only; make; cd ..; cp -p vmci.o /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc/vmci.ko
cd vmmon-only; make; cd ..; cp -p vmmon.o /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc/vmmon.ko
cd vmnet-only; make; cd ..; cp -p vmnet.o /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc/vmnet.ko
#cd vmppuser-only; make; cd ..; cp -p vmppuser.o /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc/vmppuser.ko
cd vsock-only; make; cd ..; cp -p vsock.o /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc/vsock.ko
depmod -a
service vmware restart
#If a new install, remove the not_configured tag or the error will keep coming back
rm -f /etc/vmware/not_configured
Source... http://forums.opensuse.org/english/g...-11-3-a-2.html
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