On Jan 21, 2008 12:57 AM,  <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi
> I have installed SL5 and then I installed vmpalyer. While configuring
> vmplayer it says that
> "None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Player 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)?"
> after I entered, it says
> What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your
> running
> kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include]
> I could not find kernel-source or kernel-<version>.src.rpm anywhere.
> Please help me in this regard

If you are running the standard kernel, yum install kernel-devel is
all you need. For more details, see the wiki:

http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/I_need_the_Kernel_Source

and read the "1. Maybe you do not need the full kernel source"
section.  In fact, you do NOT need the full kernel source.

Akemi