Can some one please help me. I have set up my first development system. I am tring to install VMware server. I have compiled and installed the 2.6.32.9 kernal. Whie configuring VMware I get the following message
bash-3.1# /mnt/cache/.vmware/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl
Making sure services for VMware Server are stopped.
Stopping VMware autostart virtual machines:
Virtual machines [FAILED]
Stopping VMware management services:
VMware Virtual Infrastructure Web Access
VMware Server Host Agent [FAILED]
Stopping VMware services:
VMware Authentication Daemon [ OK ]
Virtual machine monitor [ OK ]
None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Server is suitable for your
running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmmon module for
your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? [yes]
Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to override.
What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
kernel? [/lib/modules/2.6.32.9-smp/build/include] /usr/src/linux-2.6.32.9/include
Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.
Building the vmmon module.
Unknown VMware Server 2.0.2 build 203138 detected. Building for Server 1.0.0.
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only'
make -C /usr/src/linux-2.6.32.9/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.32.9'
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/./include/x86.h:21,
from /tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:15,
from /tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:53:
/tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/./include/x86apic.h:80:1: warning: "APIC_BASE_MSR" redefined
In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.6.32.9/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h:11,
from /usr/src/linux-2.6.32.9/arch/x86/include/asm/smp.h:13,
from include/linux/smp.h:36,
from include/linux/topology.h:33,
from include/linux/gfp.h:7,
from include/linux/kmod.h:22,
from include/linux/module.h:13,
from /tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:16:
/usr/src/linux-2.6.32.9/arch/x86/include/asm/apicdef.h:136:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/./include/x86.h:24,
from /tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:15,
from /tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:53:
/tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/./include/x86paging.h:61:1: warning: "PTE_PFN_MASK" redefined
In file included from /usr/src/linux-2.6.32.9/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:19,
from include/linux/prefetch.h:14,
from include/linux/list.h:6,
from include/linux/module.h:9,
from /tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:16:
/usr/src/linux-2.6.32.9/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h:182:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/./include/vmci_kernel_defs.h:26,
from /tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/./common/vmciContext.h:19,
from /tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:21,
from /tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:53:
/tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/./include/compat_wait.h:37:5: warning: "VMW_HAVE_EPOLL" is not defined
/tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/./include/compat_wait.h:43:5: warning: "VMW_HAVE_EPOLL" is not defined
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/./include/vmci_kernel_defs.h:26,
from /tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/./common/vmciContext.h:19,
from /tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:21,
from /tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:53:
/tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/./include/compat_wait.h:60: error: conflicting types for 'poll_initwait'
include/linux/poll.h:70: error: previous declaration of 'poll_initwait' was here
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/linux/vmhost.h:13,
from /tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:84:
/tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/./include/compat_semaphore.h:5:27: error: asm/semaphore.h: No such file or directory
/tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:171: error: unknown field 'nopage' specified in initializer
/tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:172: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:175: error: unknown field 'nopage' specified in initializer
/tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:176: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function 'LinuxDriver_Open':
/tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:558: error: 'struct task_struct' has no member named 'euid'
/tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function '__LinuxDriver_Ioctl':
/tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1495: error: 'struct task_struct' has no member named 'suid'
/tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1496: error: 'struct task_struct' has no member named 'cap_permitted'
/tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1761: error: 'struct task_struct' has no member named 'euid'
/tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1761: error: 'struct task_struct' has no member named 'uid'
/tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1762: error: 'struct task_struct' has no member named 'fsuid'
/tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1762: error: 'struct task_struct' has no member named 'uid'
/tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1763: error: 'struct task_struct' has no member named 'egid'
/tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1763: error: 'struct task_struct' has no member named 'gid'
/tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1764: error: 'struct task_struct' has no member named 'fsgid'
/tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1764: error: 'struct task_struct' has no member named 'gid'
/tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1781: error: too many arguments to function 'smp_call_function'
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.32.9'
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only'
Unable to build the vmmon module.
For more information on how to troubleshoot module-related problems, please
visit our Web site at "http://www.vmware.com/go/unsup-linux-products" and
"http://www.vmware.com/go/unsup-linux-tools".
Execution aborted.
I have tried installing the patches from gfjardim but have had no luck so far. Any other suggestions.
Thanks