You basically get “/bin/sh: scripts/basic/fixdep: No such file or directory”
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config9/vmmon-only’
make -C /usr/src/linux/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.5-7.314′
Makefile:465: .config: No such file or directory
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config9/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
/bin/sh: scripts/basic/fixdep: No such file or directory
make[2]: kraftek.html POSTS rescue rescued.html rescued.txt x y z [/tmp/vmware-config9/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: kraftek.html POSTS rescue rescued.html rescued.txt x y z [module/tmp/vmware-config9/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.5-7.314′
make: kraftek.html POSTS rescue rescued.html rescued.txt x y z [vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config9/vmmon-only’
Unable to build the vmmon module.
If you don’t have a .config file in your kernel source you can:
# make cloneconfig
Then it might complain that
“scripts/modpost: No such file or directory”
So you just copy it according to the kernel you’re running:
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# uname -a
Linux imdalapp300b 2.6.5-7.314-smp #1 SMP Mon Sep 15 16:43:00 UTC 2008 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
# cp /usr/src/linux-2.6.5-7.314-obj/i 386/smp/scripts/modpost /usr/src/linux-2.6.5-7.314
Now you can run again “vmware-config-tools.pl”
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