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title: VMware Server on Fedora Core 6 link: https://onemoretech.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/vmware-server-on-fedora-core-6/ author: lembobro description: post_id: 699 created: 2007/06/06 13:22:00 created_gmt: 2007/06/06 13:22:00 comment_status: open post_name: vmware-server-on-fedora-core-6 status: publish post_type: post

VMware Server on Fedora Core 6

Ran into a little trouble installing VMware Server on Fedora Core 6 last night. Especially annoying because I had a limited time to get it done before going down to put the kids to bed.

There’s apparently an issue with the latest Fedora Core 6 kernel (you’ve got to wonder if Red Hat is having a problem with kernel maintainence lately, see my earlier post on the show-stopper bug I experienced with Fedora 7) that prevents the vmware-config.pl script from compiling the module it needs to run the software.

This is not the same bug that was discussed here, and that fix does not work.

I finally found the answer on the VMware Workstation Forum in a post entitled “Error on rebuild after kernel upgrade, 2.6.20-1.2952.fc6”. Note: As of 22 Aug 2007 the referenced patch is at v113, and the location it can be found at has been updated in the link below.

The latest “vmware-any-any-update” patch that provides the workaround discussed above is found here. Just run the enclosed runme.pl script instead of the shipping vmware-config.pl (runme.pl executes vmware-config.pl after applying the requisite patches). All Fedora users owe the patch author, Petr Vandrovec (userID “petr” on the VMWare Server Forum), a debt of gratitude for providing this free service to all of us.