The other option is to download the kernel sources and recompile it
under SL 6.0 yourself. I've done that for mine and my version shows up
as this:

Linux version 2.6.32-131.2.1.el6.i686
([log in to unmask]) (gcc version 4.4.4
20100726 (Red Hat 4.4.4-13) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Sat Jun 4 12:39:10 EDT 2011


On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Akemi Yagi <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Lukas Press <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> I am trying to install vmware server on SL6 x64.   The install script to
>> build the required kernel modules issues a warning saying that my kernel was
>> built using gcc version 4.4.5, but the version I have installed is version
>> 4.4.4, and that if I build the modules using this version the modules will
>> not function properly, causing crashes.  I checked and my version is indeed
>> 4.4.4, from sl-security, with no newer version available that I could find
>> in the sl repos.
>>
>> I suppose I could install a newer version from a fedora srpm or something
>> but thought I should ask – is this the best solution?  Also is this general
>> situation normal? or could this gcc mismatch cause other problems in future?
>
> The easient solution may be to go back to a previous version of kernel
> (for SL 6.0). The latest kernel (2.6.32-131.2.1.el6) is from EL6.1 and
> is indeed built with gcc 4.4.5:
>
> $ cat /proc/version
> Linux version 2.6.32-131.2.1.el6.x86_64 ([log in to unmask]) (gcc
> version 4.4.5 20110214 (Red Hat 4.4.5-6) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Thu Jun 2
> 09:49:26 CDT 2011
>
> The gcc version in EL6.1 is 4.4.5 but, because gcc is not on the
> security update list, it is not yet available for SL6.
>
> Akemi
>