vmware workstation issues + problems

[int_80]

I jsut followed someones' advice on installing vmware-player by doing this:

buckmaster
03-24-2007, 02:09 AM
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.

bt vmware-distrib # cd /usr/src/linux
bt linux # make mrproper
  CLEAN   scripts/basic
  CLEAN   scripts/kconfig
  CLEAN   scripts/mod
  CLEAN   scripts
  CLEAN   include/config
  CLEAN   .config .config.old include/asm .version include/linux/autoconf.h include/linux/version.h include/linux/utsrelease.h Module.symvers
bt linux # make cloneconfig
  HOSTCC  scripts/basic/fixdep
  HOSTCC  scripts/basic/docproc
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `cloneconfig'.  Stop.
make: *** [cloneconfig] Error 2

It wont compile for some reason and I can't get any further than this. And now when I try to go through the vm install it says this:

The path "/usr/src/linux/include" is a kernel header file directory, but it
does not contain the file "linux/version.h" as expected.  This can happen if
the kernel has never been built, or if you have invoked the "make mrproper"
command in your kernel directory.  In any case, you may want to rebuild your
kernel.

I need to know how to install vmplayer (I've spent the last hour searching) as I'm doing a demonstration tomorrow.

Any advice would be great.

[hackbert]

i did exactly the same with the same result. Did you solved your problem?

ciao,
hackbert

[int_80]

I still can't install vmware because of this issue 4-5 months later. So if anyone could give me some advice, that would be great.

[imported_l1nuxant_ee]

Dears,

All you have to do is to follow the following great tutorial:

http://forums.remote-exploit.org/showthread.php?t=7648

Best wishes,