From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How to build vmware-modules for kernel 2.6.30
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:15:45 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <58965d8a0910200715k1ab3301fq976cccd6f591c053@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200910192221.26905.jcunning@cunning.ods.org>
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 12:21 AM, Jim Cunning <jcunning@cunning.ods.org> wrote:
> I upgraded to kernel 2.6.30 and now cannot build the vmware kernel-
> modules-1.0.0.15-r2 that I need for vmware-workstation-5.5.9. I've seen
> references on google searches that kernel-modules-1.0.0.25 will work for
> vmware-5.3 up to vmware-6.something.
>
> vmware-workstation-5.5.9 seems to require *only* vmware-modules-1.0.0.15. Is
> there a way I can change this and rebuild both vmware and its kernel modules?
You could perhaps emerge the newer modules with --nodeps and see if it
works. You might have to put the old vmware-modules package into
package.provided so emerge doesn't complain about it.
There are patches to supposedly make it work (it requires patching
your kernel as well as your vmware-module sources):
http://www.insecure.ws/2009/04/21/vmware-specific-specific-55x-and-kernel-2629
Other possible actions would be to go back to older kernel or upgrade
to newer vmware-workstation. :)
Good luck
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-10-20 14:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-10-20 5:21 [gentoo-user] How to build vmware-modules for kernel 2.6.30 Jim Cunning
2009-10-20 14:15 ` Paul Hartman [this message]
2009-10-20 20:28 ` [gentoo-user][SOLVED] " Jim Cunning
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