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[Cyber Source]

I would normally install the vmware rpm then apply this script (I will 
attach it seperately to you only). Untar it and ./ the runme file (perl 
script). I don't know how it would apply in Debian, as whether it would 
work on a compiled in vmware or *.deb, have no clue but I'm sure there's 
a way.

JJ Neff wrote:

>I may need that - I think I read about it but wanted to stick to the
>vmware-config I knew and loved (OK maybe not loved).  I may have even run it
>and tried again...  What were the steps you took?
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>JJN
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>--- Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote:
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>>Not sure about Debian but we needed to run the script  vmware-any-any 
>>updates. If you need that, I can send it to you.
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>>JJ Neff wrote:
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>>>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
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>>>compiled kernel and a 3.3.5 gcc installed (or vice versa).  It warned me it
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>>was
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>>>different but compiled anyway. I had t change the gcc and the gcc-bug
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>>symlinks
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>>>to point from gcc4 to gcc3.3.x binaries.
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>>>JJ
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>>>--- Jesse Jarzynka <denisesballs at thecybersource.com> wrote:
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>>>>JJ Neff wrote:
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>>>>>Unfortunately as hinted at before this is not Fedora specific.  I did as
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>>>>>screaming at my monitor trying to get a wireless nic to run on a laptop
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>>>>>Debian.  Everytime I tried to compile or install the source it didn't
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>>>>my
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>>>>>kernel by one character.  Then I'd find out that the version of kernel
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>>>>>VMware to run due to kernel version being slightly different than source
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>>and
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>>>>>then don't get me started on version of GCC.  Seems the kernel I was
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>>running
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>>>>>had been compiled with gcc3.6 but I was running gcc 4 (default gcc in
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>>>>testing).
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>>>>>Then I finally found a kernel that had been compiled with 3.3.5 and the
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>>gcc
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>>>>>3.3.6 I was able to trick my machine into using (changing enough symlinks)
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>>>>>close enough. Now I'm practically afraid to reboot :-)  OK I made the
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>>>>>Grub to boor old kernel by default.  I don't need cutting edge when there
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>>>>>bills to pay.  A couple folks on the #debian IRC make a very strong
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>>>>>for sticking with 2.4 and I may do that.
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>>>>>I no longer want to compile kernels (thanks to a certain BOB M. on the
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>>>>>got me used to using plain old kernels from packages- that just worked).
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>>>>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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