"Rory O'Connor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm trying to install VMware on debian and all goes smoothly until it > tries to find a 'vmmon' module for my kernel. it's asking for the dir > where my C header files are, but then saying that they don't match the > version i'm running. i don't see how that's possible. here's the > error: > > The directory of kernel headers (version 2.2.19) does not match your > running > kernel (version 2.2.19pre17). Even if the module were to compile > successfully, it would not load into the running kernel.
Well, 2.2.19pre17 isn't necessarily the same as 2.2.19... did you install the headers from the debian package that corresponds to your running kernel? Most distros selectively add patches to kernels before they compile them. HTH
