<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>I was following a set of instructions on the internet for installing VMware 2 and all was going well until it got to the below point: I tried to let it create the modules as described and that did not go well. Any ideas?</div><div><br></div><div>This is my first try at using VMware. I have used Windows virtual machine and virtual box before.<br></div><div>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br></div><div><br></div>None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Server is suitable for your <br>running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmmon module for <br>your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? [yes] <br><br>Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to
override.<br><br>What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running<br>kernel? [/lib/modules/2.6.32-37-generic/build/include] <br><br>Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.<br><br>Building the vmmon module.<br><br>Using 2.6.x kernel build system.<br>make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'<br>make -C /lib/modules/2.6.32-37-generic/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules<br>make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-37-generic'<br> CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o<br>In file included from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:31:<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/compat_wait.h:78: error: conflicting types for ‘poll_initwait’<br>include/linux/poll.h:70: note: previous declaration of ‘poll_initwait’ was here<br>In file included from
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/vmware.h:38,<br> from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:99:<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/vm_basic_types.h:108:7: warning: "__FreeBSD__" is not defined<br>In file included from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./common/vmx86.h:32,<br> from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:29,<br> from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:101:<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/x86msr.h:164:1: warning: "MSR_THERM2_CTL" redefined<br>In file included from
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-37-generic/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h:4,<br> from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-37-generic/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:21,<br> from include/linux/prefetch.h:14,<br> from include/linux/list.h:6,<br> from include/linux/module.h:9,<br> from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/compat_module.h:27,<br> from
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:26:<br>/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-37-generic/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h:234:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition<br>In file included from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/vcpuset.h:103,<br> from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/modulecall.h:37,<br> from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./common/vmx86.h:33,<br> from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:29,<br> from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:101:<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:329:7:
warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:333:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:401:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:407:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:506:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:595:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:684:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:773:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:775:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:860:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not
defined<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:862:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:945:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:947:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:1028:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:1030:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:1223:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:1227:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:1536:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/vm_atomic.h:1663:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined<br>In file included from
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/vm_basic_asm.h:46,<br> from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/rateconv.h:45,<br> from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/modulecall.h:40,<br> from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./common/vmx86.h:33,<br> from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:29,<br> from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:101:<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/vm_basic_asm_x86.h:62:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not
defined<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/vm_basic_asm_x86.h:177:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/vm_basic_asm_x86.h:346:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/vm_basic_asm_x86.h:453:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined<br>In file included from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm.h:43,<br> from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:103:<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86.h:486:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86.h:779:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86.h:820:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86.h:922:7: warning: "_MSC_VER" is not defined<br>In file
included from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:119:<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./common/hostif.h:53:7: warning: "WINNT_DDK" is not defined<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function ‘LinuxDriverSyncCallOnEachCPU’:<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1423: error: too many arguments to function ‘smp_call_function’<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c: In function ‘LinuxDriver_Ioctl’:<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1987: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘euid’<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1987: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘uid’<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1988: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘fsuid’<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1988: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named
‘uid’<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1989: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘egid’<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1989: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘gid’<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1990: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘fsgid’<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:1990: error: ‘struct task_struct’ has no member named ‘gid’<br>/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:2007: error: too many arguments to function ‘smp_call_function’<br>make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1<br>make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only] Error 2<br>make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-37-generic'<br>make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2<br>make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'<br>Unable to build the vmmon module.<br><br>For more information on
how to troubleshoot module-related problems, please <br>visit our Web site at "http://www.vmware.com/go/unsup-linux-products" and <br>"http://www.vmware.com/go/unsup-linux-tools".<br><br>Execution aborted.<br><br></div></body></html>