installed vmware linux but i get this

[leo5111]

vmware is installed, but it has not been (correctly) configured
for this system. To (re-)configure it, invoke the following command:
/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl.
how do iinvoke the command??? thanx

[Brian1]

You change to root and run the command like this.
vmware-config.pl
or as
/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl

Brian

[leo5111]

ok thanx now says this None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Server is suitable for your
running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmmon module for
your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? [yes] i dont think i have the compiler how do i install it ??thanx EDIT PLEASE HELP im 99.8% ready to leave windows forever i need like 5 apps that will run in vmware im sure but not wine

[leadgolem]

I'm not certain, but I believe fodora ships with a c compiler. You will need the source for your kernel though.

yum install kernel-devel

[leo5111]

package kernel-devel-2.6.21-1.3228.fc7 (which is newer than kernel-devel-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7) is already installed
is what it said so what now?? cause i get this asks me if i have compiler when i say yes says this
Setup is unable to find the "gcc" program on your machine. Please make sure it
is installed. Do you want to specify the location of this program by hand?

[leadgolem]

Hmm.. I did install a bunch of software development stuff when I set my system up. Run

yum install gcc

And see what you get back.

[leo5111]

did that went back to installer got this Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3228.fc7/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.21-1.3228.fc7-i686'
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:80:
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘compat_exit’
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘exit_code’
/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of ‘_syscall1’
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.21-1.3228.fc7-i686'
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'
Unable to build the vmmon module. EDIT THE GCC INSTALLER WAS FINISHED CORRECTLY AND GOT THAT WHEN I WENT BACK TO VMWARE INSTALLER

[leo5111]

is there a distro thats easier to get it running on??

[leo5111]

http://www.howtoforge.org/the_perfec...top_fedora7_p8 the guide shows a fix which i think i did rght but got this after Building for VMware Server 1.0.0.
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3228.fc7/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.21-1.3228.fc7-i686'
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/hash.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task.o
gcc: error trying to exec 'cc1plus': execvp: No such file or directory
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.21-1.3228.fc7-i686'
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only'
Unable to build the vmmon module.

[leadgolem]

Honestly, I do not know. There is another piece of similar software called virtual box. You can get a .rpm.bin for fedora 7 from here. Then you will need to execute the rpm.bin to extract the .rpm and install that.

su
cd Desktop
chmod +x VirtualBox-1.4.0_21864_fedora7-1.i586.rpm.run
q
y
yum localinstall VirtualBox-1.4.0_21864_fedora7-1.i586.rpm

If you get the 64 bit version just replace the filenames with the actual names of the 64 bit files.

[jgxenite]

Originally Posted by leo5111

gcc: error trying to exec 'cc1plus': execvp: No such file or directory

cc1plus comes with the gcc-c++ package. To install that, run as root:

yum install gcc-c++

VMware can be very fiddly to install, but it is well worth it once you get it working .

James

[leigh123linux]

Originally Posted by leo5111

http://www.howtoforge.org/the_perfec...top_fedora7_p8 the guide shows a fix which i think i did rght but got this after Building for VMware Server 1.0.0.
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3228.fc7/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.21-1.3228.fc7-i686'
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/hash.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o
CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task.o
gcc: error trying to exec 'cc1plus': execvp: No such file or directory
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.21-1.3228.fc7-i686'
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only'
Unable to build the vmmon module.

try installing development tools

su -
yum groupinstall "Development Tools"

then try again

[leo5111]

ok i put everything u said below su in terminal i logged in became root and got this [root@retestrak leo5111]# cd Desktop
[root@retestrak Desktop]# chmod +x VirtualBox-1.4.0_21864_fedora7-1.i586.rpm.run[root@retestrak Desktop]# q
bash: q: command not found
[root@retestrak Desktop]# y
bash: y: command not found
[root@retestrak Desktop]# yum localinstall VirtualBox-1.4.0_21864_fedora7-1.i586.rpm
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Local Package Process
Cannot open file: VirtualBox-1.4.0_21864_fedora7-1.i586.rpm. Skipping.
Nothing to do
[root@retestrak Desktop]#
and i have this on my desktop the fedora 7 586 rpm

[leadgolem]

My bad, I forgot a line. Before q

./VirtualBox-1.4.0_21864_fedora7-1.i586.rpm.run

[leo5111]

leadgolm can u put the whole command together please???