On 2010-08-11 07:36, rjneilly wrote:
>
> Yes and no. In 11.2 the kernel headers were in a package called…(wait
> for it)… “linux-kernel-headers”.
> But as you are trying to point out the kernel headers are now in a
> differently named package…“linux-glibc-devel”.
What? :-o
> Let me quote the description of the package for those reading this
> thread:
>
> “linux-glibc-devel - Linux headers for userspace development
>
> This package provides Linux kernel headers, the kernel API description
> required for compilation of almost all programs. This is the userspace
> interface; compiling external kernel modules requires kernel-source
> instead.”
>
> So if one has this package installed then all should be well with the
> builiding of modules, such as vmware is trying to do.
The paragraph above implies that for vmware you need “kernel-source”, not “linux-glibc-devel”.
The steps normally necessary to prepare kernel modules (which is what VMW does), are (they are
described in the file /usr/src/linux/README.SUSE):
- Install kernel-source package (perhaps now we need another package, or the name has changed; I’m
unsure) - cd /usr/src/linux
- make cloneconfig
- make scripts
- make prepare
Then, run the vmware installation things. I can not try myself with 11.3, it is only a small test
system.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” GM (Elessar))