Re: [SLUG] Vanilla kernel headers

[Ashley Glenday <ashley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kevin,

Thanks for that, I'll give that a go. I'm sorry I overlooked it, 
everything I searched for told me to download the headers using my 
distros package manager nothing I saw related to a fresh kernel from 
kernel.org

Thanks again,

Ashley

Kevin Shackleton wrote:
> look in
> communities.vmware.com/thread/26693
> and
> http://symbolik.wordpress.com/2008/02/12/vmware-any-any-update116/
>
>
> hth
>
> Kevin
>
> On Sat, 2009-10-24 at 17:03 +1100, Ashley Glenday wrote:
> > Guys, I've tried googling this so please don't solve it too easily and
> > embarass me.
> >
> > I've got a server running Debian 5 and vmware server that I'd like to
> > upgrade the kernel in but I want to upgrade it further then Debian's
> > repos go. After compiling the kernel I've got to run vmware-config.pl
> > but it asks for the headers and it seems the directory I compiled the
> > kernel from isn't it.
> >
> > Can anyone help me out or do I need to stick to the headers offered by
> > Debian?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ashley