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[JJ Neff]

I did try it and it failed at the 2 modules that VMware needs.  (vmnet and
vmmod or whatever). I was able to get the modules to compile with a gcc 3.3.6
compiled kernel and a 3.3.5 gcc installed (or vice versa).  It warned me it was
different but compiled anyway. I had t change the gcc and the gcc-bug symlinks
to point from gcc4 to gcc3.3.x binaries.

JJ

--- Jesse Jarzynka <denisesballs at thecybersource.com> wrote:

> JJ Neff wrote:
> 
> >Unfortunately as hinted at before this is not Fedora specific.  I did as
> much
> >screaming at my monitor trying to get a wireless nic to run on a laptop
> under
> >Debian.  Everytime I tried to compile or install the source it didn't match
> my
> >kernel by one character.  Then I'd find out that the version of kernel (from
> >deb package) had no installable source (running testing).  I then couldn't
> get
> >VMware to run due to kernel version being slightly different than source and
> >then don't get me started on version of GCC.  Seems the kernel I was running
> >had been compiled with gcc3.6 but I was running gcc 4 (default gcc in
> testing).
> >Then I finally found a kernel that had been compiled with 3.3.5 and the gcc
> >3.3.6 I was able to trick my machine into using (changing enough symlinks)
> was
> >close enough. Now I'm practically afraid to reboot :-)  OK I made the change
> in
> >Grub to boor old kernel by default.  I don't need cutting edge when there
> are
> >bills to pay.  A couple folks on the #debian IRC make a very strong argument
> >for sticking with 2.4 and I may do that.
> > 
> >I no longer want to compile kernels (thanks to a certain BOB M. on the list
> who
> >got me used to using plain old kernels from packages- that just worked).
> >
> >JJN
> >  
> >
> By the way, we got that gcc error when putting it on our Core 4 dump. 
> Same thing about gcc being a different version than the kernel was 
> compiled with. You have the option to do it anyways, which we did, and 
> it seems to work just fine. You could try that if you want.
> -- 
> Jesse Jarzynka
> Cyber Source
> http://www.jessejoe.com/
> http://www.thecybersource.com/
> 



	
		
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