VMware Tools Ubuntu 10.10 header files not found

[geohei]

Hi.

When installing VMware Tools (VMware Workstation 6.5) on Ubuntu 10.10, I got the config error that the C header files matching the running kernel were not found.

Default location didn't exist:

/usr/src/linux/include

How can I resolve this?

Thanks,

[WoodyZ]

Just an FYI Ubuntu 10.10 is not a supported Host OS or Guest OS in VMware Workstation 6.5 or any other VMware product at the present time.

If all you need are the kernel headers, then in a Terminal:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

However you need to have Development Tools installed too, so if you don't:

sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-kernel-headers linux-kernel-devel

[geohei]

Thanks for your answer. That explains it.

Where do I find an exhaustive list of all guest OS which VMware Workstation versions support?

Thanks,

[WoodyZ]

Thanks for your answer. That explains it.

You're welcome and JSYK unsupported doesn't automatically mean it will not work and I'm not saying you can't get it to work however you might also have to do some patching as well and this has been covered in the forums.

Where do I find an exhaustive list of all guest OS which VMware Workstation versions support?

You can use the Guest/Host OS tab on the Compatibility Guides to get that information.

[Aaron44126]

You can install tools for the Ubuntu 10.10 VM from the Ubuntu repositories.

sudo aptitude install open-vm-tools open-vm-toolbox open-vm-dkms

Wait for the install to finish, and reboot, and you should have a VM working with tools. Be sure to remove the open-vm-dkms package if you ever upgrade from one version of Ubuntu to another (you can install it again once the upgrade is complete) --- if it is installed during the upgrade, it will try to compile the tools kernel modules against the wrong kernel, fail, and thus cause the entire upgrade to fail.

[geohei]

Hi.

You can use the Guest/Host OS tab on the Compatibility Guides to get that information.

Thanks. it's been a while I was looking for such a compatibility list.

However I was surprized to see that Ubuntu 9.10 server/desktop is the last one working as guest. I expected at least 10.04 working as well with WS 7.0. Anyway ...

[WoodyZ · Accepted solution]

However I was surprized to see that Ubuntu 9.10 server/desktop is the last one working as guest. I expected at least 10.04 working as well with WS 7.0. Anyway ...

Upgrade to VMware Workstation 7.1.2.

Partner Name	OS Release	Bits	OS Use	Supported Releases
Canonical	Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop	32	Guest OS	WS 7.1
Canonical	Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop	64	Guest OS	WS 7.1
Canonical	Ubuntu 10.04 Server	32	Guest OS	WS 7.1
Canonical	Ubuntu 10.04 Server	64	Guest OS	WS 7.1

[geohei]

Yes, will do!

Thanks a lot!

[geohei]

You can install tools for the Ubuntu 10.10 VM from the Ubuntu repositories.

Works great.

Thanks a lot!

[tesis]

I have a problem to install VMware 6.5.2 on Ubuntu 10.10.

when I run: sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all there is an error:

Stopping VMware services:

Virtual machine communication interface done

Virtual machine monitor done

Blocking file system done

make: *** /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only: No such file or directory. Stop.

Unable to install vmmon

and I cannot figure out, how to install it :S

any idea?