I’m trying to complete a problem-less install of vmware server according to this article on the opensuse wiki:
Setting up VMware on SUSE Linux - openSUSE
So all the pre reqs are installed and fine, dled the rpm and used yast to install it fine, then dled any any patch and ran the runme.pl all fine, then starts config.pl automatically and first few questions are no prob until the gcc compile starts. I get this prompt after accepting to compile with gcc:
None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Server is suitable for your
running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmmon module for
your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? [yes]
Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to override.
Your kernel was built with "gcc" version "4.3.1", while you are trying to use
"/usr/bin/gcc" version "4.3". This configuration is not recommended and VMware
Server may crash if you'll continue. Please try to use exactly same compiler as
one used for building your kernel. Do you want to go with compiler
"/usr/bin/gcc" version "4.3" anyway? [no] yes
At which point it doesn’t matter if I write yes or no, the execution ends up aborted.
Now I’ve tried checking if in fact my gcc version isn’t up to par, it is 4.3-39.1 which sort of looks like v4.3.1 (excuse the lack of knowledge). I’m at a wall I can’t seem to climb, any help truely appreciated (btw version I have of gcc is most current in opensuse software package).
PS the opensuse is 11, newest, dled and installed in the past day.
cheers
lh