I am planning to upgrade from open SuSE 10.2 to 11.0 these days. This is my host machine platform but I also have several other virtualized machines running inside (one has to have a Win XP machine somewhere ). I use VMWare server which runs rock solid on various other SuSE versions.
However, when I end installing the rpm (version 1.0.5, the same that was running OK on open SuSE 10.2), and I run the vmware-config.pl script, I get the following error:
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
Player may crash if you’ll continue. Please try to use exactly same compiler as
one used for building your kernel.
I tried VMWare player 1.0.7 with the same result.
I’ve just installed open SuSE 11.0 RC1 on an Athlon 64 X2 machine (64-bit installation).
I have checked the packages in Yast and I see 2 gcc packages (gcc and gcc43), but one is a link to the other. I could not find a more recent version of the packages.
Have a coworker w/the same message using VMware Workstation on 11 like
you are but when he tried to run vmware-config.pl he had other critical
issues. Upgrading to the latest Workstation version still gives him the
message you see but things proceed along properly and it has worked
properly for him so I would probably just take this as a warning as I
believe it is intended.
Good luck.
avillegasdb wrote:
| Hello,
|
| I am planning to upgrade from open SuSE 10.2 to 11.0 these days. This
| is my host machine platform but I also have several other virtualized
| machines running inside (one has to have a Win XP machine somewhere
| ). I use VMWare server which runs rock solid on various other SuSE
| versions.
|
| However, when I end installing the rpm (version 1.0.5, the same that
| was running OK on open SuSE 10.2), and I run the vmware-config.pl
| script, I get the following error:
|
| 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
| Player may crash if you’ll continue. Please try to use exactly same
| compiler as
| one used for building your kernel.
|
| I tried VMWare player 1.0.7 with the same result.
|
| I’ve just installed open SuSE 11.0 RC1 on an Athlon 64 X2 machine
| (64-bit installation).
|
| I have checked the packages in Yast and I see 2 gcc packages (gcc and
| gcc43), but one is a link to the other. I could not find a more recent
| version of the packages.
|
| Any suggestions?
|
|
| Arturo
|
|
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>
> Hello,
>
> I am planning to upgrade from open SuSE 10.2 to 11.0 these days. This
> is my host machine platform but I also have several other virtualized
> machines running inside (one has to have a Win XP machine somewhere
> ). I use VMWare server which runs rock solid on various other SuSE
> versions.
>
> However, when I end installing the rpm (version 1.0.5, the same that
> was running OK on open SuSE 10.2), and I run the vmware-config.pl
> script, I get the following error:
>
> 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
> Player may crash if you’ll continue. Please try to use exactly same
> compiler as
> one used for building your kernel.
>
> I tried VMWare player 1.0.7 with the same result.
>
> I’ve just installed open SuSE 11.0 RC1 on an Athlon 64 X2 machine
> (64-bit installation).
>
> I have checked the packages in Yast and I see 2 gcc packages (gcc and
> gcc43), but one is a link to the other. I could not find a more recent
> version of the packages.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
>
> Arturo
>
>
yeah, upgrade. I’m running 2.0.4 build-93057 of the VM player on 64bit no
problem (do you mean VMserver?). Just answer that you wish to continue the
install and it works.
Suse 11.0 x64, Kde 3.5.9, Gnome 2.20, Opera 9.x weekly
I have ignored the warning but the script fails later as it had predicted.
I am going to try VMWare Player 2.0.4.
If it doesn’t work I will have to go back to stable open SuSE 10.2 which I already know works fine, and wait some weeks to see if a fix appears.
>
> I have ignored the warning but the script fails later as it had
> predicted.
>
> I am going to try VMWare Player 2.0.4.
> If it doesn’t work I will have to go back to stable open SuSE 10.2
> which I already know works fine, and wait some weeks to see if a fix
> appears.
>
> Thanks for your suggestions.
>
> Arturo
>
>
I needed to do this when I had VMplayer 2.06 and Suse 11.0beta3
This is to complete the story so that it is useful for someone else in the future.
I have found 2 solutions:
Install the very latest stable Vmware Server (version 1.0.6 dated May 29th, 2008). It seems that there was an issue with kernel 2.6.25 that they have fixed lately, I guess.
Install the very latest Vmware Player version (2.0.4, 32-bit only) That worked also in my case. I had previously tried the latest vmware player 1.0.x 64-bit, and the installation incorrectly failed to complete arguing that my linux was not 64-bit which was wrong (Athlon 64 x2 and SuSE installed the right 64-bit code)
For me it’s better option 1, as I have several vm’s that sometimes need to coexist and I like more the interface and functionality of the server product.
Thanks for your comments. This was my first time in these forums and it was worthwile
Has anyone else had any issue with vmware server 1.0.6 locking up Opensuse 11 systems. It doesn’t crash when I am in run level 3. It does lock up when I am run level 5. I am using Gnome 2.22.1.
I have isolated the problem with Vmware server 1.0.6. I uninstalled vmware server and my system is running great. The system typically locks a few seconds after gnome has finished loading up.
I received the same error, but went ahead and built it - everything came out fine (it seems) except I can’t figure how how to get things going. I’d like to have Windows running under VMware but can’t find a good online tutorial. I downloaded the trial x86_64 Workstation.
(couldn’t finish previous message - time limit passed…)
I’d prefer to host Windows under Linux, but the other way would work too. Xen tells me my TL-52’s don’t support full virtualization but: HVM Compatible Processors - Xen Wiki
…says they do - so I think this is a bug with Xen. So I’m trying VMWare
The VMware install dumps me into a text-mode word processor that I don’t know how to exit except with ctrl-z - but that kills the whole installation process. Here, I think it wants me to define network connections (?), but I don’t know how to save and exit the text editor (there are a couple of places it does this.). Boy! Am I a dummy!
PattiDesktop:/home/patti/Desktop/VMWare # vmware
vmware is installed, but it has not been (correctly) configured
for this system. To (re-)configure it, invoke the following command:
/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl.
I believe the editor you are having problems with is “less”. Once it goes into the legal agreement all you have to do is type ‘q’ to exit. It should then continue with the install.
). I use VMWare server which runs rock solid on various other SuSE versions.