Bug 1586

Summary:	vmware configuration fails after installation
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Darren Greer <gentoo>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) <drobbins>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	1.0 RC6 r14
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Darren Greer 2002-04-07 08:57:19 UTC

After installation of vmware-workstation, one must run: 
	/opt/vmware/bin/vmware-config.pl

This uses the installed kernel (from 1.0 install), and produces the following
error:

Building the vmmon module.

make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'
make[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/driver-2.4.19'
In file included from .././linux/driver.c:38:
/lib/modules/2.4.19/build/include/linux/malloc.h:4: #error linux/malloc.h is
deprecated, use linux/slab.h instead.
make[2]: *** [driver.d] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/driver-2.4.19'
make[1]: *** [deps] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'
make: *** [auto-build] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'
Unable to build the vmmon module.

Comment 1 Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-04-07 20:19:20 UTC

This is fixed if you use linux-sources-2.4.19-r1 (rather than straight 2.4.19)