VMWare can be a real bore to upgrade when there are major kernel updates. Very often, the supplied modules with VMWare will not compile.
For example, I got this today:
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:197: error: unknown field ‘nopage’ specified in initializer
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:198: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
The solution is always to use the non-standard installer available at:
http://groups.google.com/group/vmkernelnewbies/files?pli=1
Download the latest vmware-any-any-update tarball, decompress it, and run the included runme.pl script inside. It works just like the vmware-install.pl script distributed with VMWare, but this version includes patches to make everything run without a hitch.
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