On Thu, 2006-10-19 at 20:19 +0200, debian wrote: > Hello, > > i want to install vmware 5.5 workstation on my debian linux. > > This is my configuration: > ca-phlinux:/# uname -a > Linux ca-phlinux 2.6.17-2-686 #1 SMP Wed Sep 13 16:34:10 UTC 2006 i686 > GNU/Linux > ca-phlinux:/# > > The installation now asks: > What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your > running > kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] > > i installed header files and kernel source with apt-get. > This is my /usr/src/ directory: > > ca-phlinux:/usr/src# ls -al > total 39896 > drwxrwsr-x 18 root src 4096 2006-10-03 16:00 . > drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 96 2006-10-02 13:44 .. > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16 2006-10-02 15:42 kernel-patches > drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 2006-10-02 17:55 linux-2.6.18 > drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4096 2006-10-02 18:04 linux-headers-2.6.17-2 > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2006-10-02 18:04 > linux-headers-2.6.17-2-486 > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2006-10-02 18:04 > linux-headers-2.6.17-2-686 > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2006-10-02 18:05 > linux-headers-2.6.17-2-686-bigmem > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2006-10-02 18:05 > linux-headers-2.6.17-2-k7 > drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4096 2006-10-02 18:05 > linux-headers-2.6.17-2-vserver > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2006-10-02 18:05 > linux-headers-2.6.17-2-vserver-686 > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2006-10-02 18:05 > linux-headers-2.6.17-2-vserver-k7 > drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4096 2006-10-02 18:05 > linux-headers-2.6.17-2-xen > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2006-10-02 18:05 > linux-headers-2.6.17-2-xen-686 > drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2006-10-02 18:05 > linux-headers-2.6.17-2-xen-k7 > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16 2006-10-02 18:04 linux-kbuild-2.6.17 > drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 2006-10-02 16:12 linux-source-2.6.17 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40732624 2006-09-13 17:52 > linux-source-2.6.17.tar.bz2 > drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 80 2006-10-03 16:00 rpm > ca-phlinux:/usr/src# > > > so i added "/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-2/includeso i > tried:/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-2/include" to complete > > What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your > running > kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] > /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-2/includeso i > tried:/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-2/include > > The path "/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-2/include" is a kernel header > file > directory, but it does not contain the file "linux/version.h" as > expected. This > can happen if the kernel has never been built, or if you have invoked > the "make > mrproper" command in your kernel directory. In any case, you may want > to > rebuild your kernel. > > > > i tried the same with: > > > > What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your > running > kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] > /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-2-486/include > > What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your > running > kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] > /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-2-686/include > > What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your > running > kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.17/include > > > > ....because i don't know what the hell this is about. > > i installed Debian with network installation and it works fine. > Never had to change something about the kernel. > How can i make this work ? > > thnx. > Phil. > > Does /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-2-686/include/linux/version.h contain the line #define UTS_RELEASE "2.6.17-2-686" ? I had the same problem with 2.6.18 and had to add it.
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