Backtrack HD install won't run vmware workstation

[mannivw]

Hi
I installed BT 2.0 Beta to hard drive and then installed vmware workstation, so I can run windows server to test against. All worked fine. I've now upgraded to BT 2.0 Final and vmware won't install. Not compatible with new kernel.
Error:
Unable to build the vmmon module.

I've tried running vmware-any-any-update108.tar.gz but that fails on errors:
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./runme.pl line 9

I don't want to go back to Beta. Does anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks

[buckmaster]

I'm running BT2 Final on my HD with VM WKS 6 beta as well - no problems.
Do this:
# cd /usr/src/linux

# make mrproper

# make cloneconfig

# make modules_prepare

# make clean

then run VMware installer.

[hackbert]

i tried to install vmware-player103 but i failed :-(
i have problems, because i haven't a suitable vmmon module for my running kernel.
i tried to follow your 5 commands but i got errors after #make cloneconfig:

HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep
HOSTCC scripts/basic/docproc
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `cloneconfig'. Stop.
make: *** [cloneconfig] Error 2

and after #make modules_prepare:

HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/conf.o
HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/kxgettext.o
SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c
SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/lex.zconf.c
SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.hash.c
HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o
HOSTLD scripts/kconfig/conf
scripts/kconfig/conf -s arch/i386/Kconfig
***
*** You have not yet configured your kernel!
***
*** Please run some configurator (e.g. "make oldconfig" or
*** "make menuconfig" or "make xconfig").
***
make[2]: *** [silentoldconfig] Error 1
make[1]: *** [silentoldconfig] Error 2
make: *** No rule to make target `modules_prepare'. Stop.

can anyone help?

thx for your time and your help,
hackbert

[buckmaster]

Make sure you have kernel sources in /usr/src/linux. That howto is posted in the forums.