Rory O'Connor, 2001-Nov-13 00:28 -0600: > 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. > > seems like it might be a syntactical error somewhere. any ideas? any > help appreciated! > > thanks, > > rory
The kernel you are running is the pre-built one that comes in the initial installation. You need to install the kernel headers for that kernel since you didn't compile it yourself: One of these packages I think: kernel-headers-2.2.19 kernel-headers-2.2.19pre17-idepci (I'm betting this one) kernel-headers-2.2.19-ide If these don't work, you can get the kernel source and compile your kernel, matching the existing kernel config found in /boot/config-2.2.19pre17. You'll need to run this new kernel too. jc -- Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User
