Hootbah

Having problems compiling the vmmon kernel module on Debian 4.0 (Etch) using the 2.6.18-3 kernel?

Getting an error like:

The directory of kernel headers (version @@VMWARE@@ UTS_RELEASE) does not match
your running kernel (version 2.6.18-3-amd64). Even if the module were to
compile successfully, it would not load into the running kernel.
To fix this you need to copy the UTS_RELEASE information into the version.h file.

Copy the line (or similar):

#define UTS_RELEASE "2.6.18-3-amd64"

from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.18-3-amd64/include/linux/utsrelease.h /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.18-3-amd64/include/linux/version.h


The vmmon module will then compile successfully.