On Monday 25 February 2002 7:00 pm, Darryl L. Pierce wrote: > On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 09:20:13AM -0800, nate wrote: > > <quote who="Darryl L. Pierce"> > > > > > Is there a package I need to install to have backwards > > > compatibility so I can install and run VMware? It's pretty > > > important for me to be able to use VMware. > > > > what kernel are you using? if its a bleeding > > edge kernel you may have to either downgrade the > > kernel or upgrade to vmware 3.0(i wouldnt even > > try vmware with kernel 2.5.x). > > 2.4.16. I don't really want to downgrade, but for the machine it's more > important to have windows <blearg> available than to have a more recent > kernel.
Are you trying to run VMWARE Workstation? I've upgraded to VMware 3.0, but before that I was running VMWARE Workstation Version 1142 (or something) and I managed to get it running with kernels 2.4.17 and earlier. I think there was something in one of the vmware newsgroups about it a while back, but the notes I've hung on to are from the Mandrake newsgroup. I've pasted it below, because it's always worked for me, but when I tried just now to see if the ftp file was still there, it said file unavailable. I think I've still got the patch somewhere if you need it. Here's the old posting: #! rnews 2958 Article: 164918 of alt.os.linux.mandrake Path: uni-berlin.de!fu-berlin.de!feeder.qis.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.rdc1.az.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "John Reynolds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Kernel 2.4.7 VMWare Patch How-To Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.mandrake Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> User-Agent: Pan/0.9.6 (Unix) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 55 Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 08:22:22 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.177.168.52 X-Complaints-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Trace: news1.rdc1.az.home.com 999073342 24.177.168.52 (Wed, 29 Aug 2001 01:22:22 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 01:22:22 PDT Organization: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster Xref: uni-berlin.de alt.os.linux.mandrake:164918 This is a little blurb for those of you struggling like me to get VMWare running after installing the new Mandrake kernel. Major kudos to those on the VMWare newsgroup lists. None of this is mine - I'm just passing along what worked great for me. Assumptions: --------- 1. you updated your kernel via the usual rpm method, ran lilo, rebooted, and now your VMWare no longer works. 2. you have already installed the VMWare rpm, or have the tarball handy. Instructions: --------- If you are running VMWare 2.0.4, you are in for only a few easy steps. Note that I do NOT know if this works with VMWare Express. Download the following patch: ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/vmware/vmware-ws-1142-for-2.4.7.tar.gz untar/gzip it to a directory Run the 'runme.pl' script, which will update your vmmon.o and other module src code. At the end of the updating, the script will ask you if you wish to run vmware-config.pl. Choose yes at this point. You will be told that the vmware script cannot not find a suitable kernel module, etc. etc. Don't panic. It will ask you if you wish to compile, and you tell it YES. When asked for the path to compile with, the default it had selected for me was incorrect - I used /usr/src/linux/include/ as the path. Your selection may vary, but try the default - if that doesn't work, try mine above. It may tell or ask you one or two more times that it needs to compile - just do yes for any others. Eventually, you will be back to the VMWare installation, and it should now proceed smoothly. NOTES: ------- This is simply what worked for me, and worked the first time. I have no idea if it would work for custom kernels, etc. etc. I am NOT a C/C++ programmer, nor kernel hacker - just end user hoping to impart a few easy steps. BIG THANKS to those who created the VMWare update/patch, and have saved me the no-joy of RPM hell. I'm running VMWare for my wife, so if it isn't running on a daily basis, her productivity suffers. Enjoy! John Reynolds mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove #$)
