I am unable to configure vmware using vmware-config.pl. I have tried seting the CC env variable with the same results. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Execute vmware-config.pl 2.Accept defaults. Actual Results: Trying to find a suitable vmmon module for your running kernel. None of VMware Workstation's pre-built vmmon modules 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. What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/lib/modules/2.6.5-gentoo-r1/build/include] Extracting the sources of the vmmon module. Building the vmmon module. Building for VMware Workstation 4.5.1 or VMware GSX Server 3.0.0. Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only' Makefile:124: *** Inappropriate build environment: you wanted to use gcc version while kernel attempts to use gcc version 3.3.3. Makefile:126: *** For proper build you'll have to replace /usr/bin/gcc with symbolic link to . Stop. make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config10/vmmon-only' Unable to build the vmmon module. Expected Results: It should have compiled the modules. Portage 2.0.50-r8 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r0, 2.6.5-gentoo-r1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.5-gentoo-r1 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) MP 2400+ Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=athlon-mp -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -funsafe-math-optimizations " CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://128.213.5.34/gentoo/ http://mirrors.tds.net/gentoo http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ http://open-systems.ufl.edu/mirrors/gentoo ftp://cs.ubishops.ca/pub/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X aalib alsa apm arts avi berkdb bonobo cdr crypt cups dvd encode esd foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gphoto2 gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile imlib java jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg ncurses nptl oggvorbis opengl oss pam pda pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sdl slang spell sse ssl svga tcpd truetype x86 xml xml2 xmms xv zlib" gcc-3.3.3-r6 glibc-2.3.3.20040420
see bug #52891 # echo $VERSION # unset VERSION
Thanks, that fixed it. I searched for this problem but somhow missed the solution. Sorry
