On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 12:21 AM, Jim Cunning <jcunn...@cunning.ods.org> wrote: > I upgraded to kernel 2.6.30 and now cannot build the vmware kernel- > modules-1.0.0.15-r2 that I need for vmware-workstation-5.5.9. I've seen > references on google searches that kernel-modules-1.0.0.25 will work for > vmware-5.3 up to vmware-6.something. > > vmware-workstation-5.5.9 seems to require *only* vmware-modules-1.0.0.15. Is > there a way I can change this and rebuild both vmware and its kernel modules?
You could perhaps emerge the newer modules with --nodeps and see if it works. You might have to put the old vmware-modules package into package.provided so emerge doesn't complain about it. There are patches to supposedly make it work (it requires patching your kernel as well as your vmware-module sources): http://www.insecure.ws/2009/04/21/vmware-specific-specific-55x-and-kernel-2629 Other possible actions would be to go back to older kernel or upgrade to newer vmware-workstation. :) Good luck
