Hello,
Using OpenSUSE 12.1 x64;
jason@LINUX-PD:~> cat /proc/version
Linux version 3.1.9-1.4-desktop (geeko@buildhost) (gcc version 4.6.2 (SUSE Linux) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Jan 27 08:55:10 UTC 2012 (efb5ff4)
I cannot run the latest greatest vmware player series >4.0 because my microprocessor is missing some features: Release notes say Vmplayer4.0.2 must have LAHF/SAHF support.... this didnt come about in the pentium D 820.... created in 2 quarter 2005, but that support didnt get introduced by intel until 12/2005….
so I decided to use the same vmware version (VMware-Player-3.0.0-203739.x86_64.bundle) as my prior install ( I wiped a Opensuse 11.2 installation (copied the vmplayer xp image) > then installed a fresh new version of Opensuse 12.1)
when I try to start vmplayer I get the following error (shortned) "Kernel headers for version 3.1.9-1.4-desktop were not found"....
I have ensured the following:
YaST->Software->Software Management, select the 'View' tab (defaults to search). If you select patterns and scroll down the list there is a pattern called 'Base Development', and 'Linux kernel Development' select those and install
also from some posts that I have read the following are also installed:
- libgiomm-2_4.1 (2.30.0-2.1.2)
- glibmm2-devel (2.30.0-2.1.2)
- linux-glibc-dev (3.1_rc5-7.1.1)
- kernel-source
- kernel-syms
/tmp/vmware-root/setupxxxxx.log shows the following:
Mar 03 16:18:12.363: app-140691216488192| Log for VMware Workstation pid=11155 version=7.0.0 build=build-203739 option=Release
Mar 03 16:18:12.363: app-140691216488192| The process is 64-bit.
Mar 03 16:18:12.363: app-140691216488192| Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8
Mar 03 16:18:12.363: app-140691216488192| System distribution is SuSE
Mar 03 16:18:12.363: app-140691216488192| System version is 12.1
Mar 03 16:18:12.363: app-140691216488192| modconf query interface initialized
Mar 03 16:18:12.364: app-140691216488192| modconf library initialized
Mar 03 16:18:12.370: app-140691216488192| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.1.9-1.4-desktop.
Mar 03 16:18:12.372: app-140691216488192| Your GCC version: 4.6
Mar 03 16:18:12.375: app-140691216488192| Your GCC version: 4.6
jason@LINUX-PD:~> rpm -qa |grep kernel
kernel-desktop-devel-3.1.9-1.4.1.x86_64
kernel-devel-3.1.9-1.4.1.noarch
kernel-default-devel-3.1.9-1.4.1.x86_64
patterns-openSUSE-devel_kernel-12.1-25.21.1.x86_64
kernel-xen-devel-3.1.9-1.4.1.x86_64
kernel-syms-3.1.9-1.4.1.x86_64
kernel-desktop-3.1.9-1.4.1.x86_64
kernel-source-3.1.9-1.4.1.noarch
jason@LINUX-PD:~>
any suggestions would be great
thanks