OpenSuSE 11.3 and VMWare... new Distro same old problem!


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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...

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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?
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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
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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
    One by one the penguins steal my sanity...

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