I’m trying to get VMware Player to work on openSUSE 11.4. I get this dialog when I first start the program:
Clicking ‘Install’…
Mar 17 14:33:40.329: app-139891576985344| Log for VMware Workstation pid=25104 version=7.1.3 build=build-324285 option=Release
Mar 17 14:33:40.329: app-139891576985344| The process is 64-bit.
Mar 17 14:33:40.329: app-139891576985344| Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8
Mar 17 14:33:40.329: app-139891576985344| Logging to /tmp/vmware-root/setup-25104.log
Mar 17 14:33:40.590: app-139891576985344| System distribution is SuSE
Mar 17 14:33:40.590: app-139891576985344| System version is 11.4
Mar 17 14:33:40.590: app-139891576985344| modconf query interface initialized
Mar 17 14:33:40.591: app-139891576985344| modconf library initialized
Mar 17 14:33:40.631: app-139891576985344| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mar 17 14:33:40.638: app-139891576985344| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mar 17 14:33:40.652: app-139891576985344| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mar 17 14:33:40.667: app-139891576985344| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mar 17 14:33:40.678: app-139891576985344| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mar 17 14:33:40.716: app-139891576985344| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 17 14:33:40.719: app-139891576985344| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 17 14:33:40.721: app-139891576985344| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 17 14:33:40.723: app-139891576985344| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 17 14:33:40.725: app-139891576985344| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 17 14:33:40.748: app-139891576985344| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 17 14:33:40.750: app-139891576985344| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 17 14:33:40.752: app-139891576985344| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 17 14:33:40.754: app-139891576985344| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 17 14:33:40.756: app-139891576985344| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 17 14:33:40.761: app-139891576985344| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mar 17 14:33:40.775: app-139891576985344| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mar 17 14:33:40.809: app-139891576985344| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 17 14:33:40.811: app-139891576985344| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 17 14:33:40.813: app-139891576985344| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 17 14:33:40.815: app-139891576985344| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 17 14:33:40.817: app-139891576985344| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 17 14:33:40.822: app-139891576985344| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mar 17 14:33:40.836: app-139891576985344| Your GCC version: 4.5
Mar 17 14:33:40.893: app-139891576985344| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 17 14:33:40.896: app-139891576985344| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 17 14:33:40.900: app-139891576985344| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 17 14:33:40.903: app-139891576985344| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 17 14:33:40.906: app-139891576985344| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 17 14:33:41.081: app-139891576985344| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop.
Mar 17 14:33:41.081: app-139891576985344| Building module vmmon.
Mar 17 14:33:41.081: app-139891576985344| Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.
Mar 17 14:33:41.091: app-139891576985344| Building module with command: /usr/bin/make -C /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only auto-build SUPPORT_SMP=1 HEADER_DIR=/lib/modules/2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop/build/include CC=/usr/bin/gcc GREP=/usr/bin/make IS_GCC_3=no VMCCVER=4.5
Mar 17 14:33:41.978: app-139891576985344| Failed to compile module vmmon!
What do I do? VMware Player worked fine on openSUSE 11.3. I installed VMware Player from the .bundle package. I don’t remember how I did it in 11.3.