On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Lukas Press <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On 04/09/2011 11:34 AM, Eero Volotinen wrote:
>>
>> 2011/4/9 Nikola Wenta<[log in to unmask]>:
>>>
>>> Dear all,
>>> I am trying Scientific Linux and want to get VMWare tools installed. Can
>>> someone tell me where I can download the required Kernel C header files, and
>>> under what path they will be installed?
>>> Cheers,
>>> Niko
>>
>
> kernel-headers and kernel-devel packages, both available in sl repos.  The
> install script will complain that the path to the c header files are wrong
> if you install the header files midway through the process, even if you put
> the correct path in (/usr/include i think?).  If this is happening cancel
> the install and re-run the vmware-install.pl script after installing the
> correct packages; it should pick up the header files automatically then.
>
> Regards
> Chris

There's also a bit of nastiness when you update kernels: VMWare has
not selected to incorporate the 'vmware-modules' init script I sent
them, that re-runs the VMware configuration at boot time in case
you're running a new kernel. This is particularly dangerous if you're
using the vmxnet network drivers rather than e1000: the guest host
will be unavailable after a kernel upgrade and reboot until the
configuration tool is re-run, and if you have the wrong network setup,
your hostname will be wrong and you'll have to reboot *AGAIN*. to get
all your services configured correctly.