VMware-VMplayer - creating the vmmon kernel module

[Adam D]

Adam D wrote:

> <snip>
> 
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/vmware-player-kernel'
> /usr/bin/make -w -f debian/rules kdist_clean kdist_config binary-modules
> make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/modules/vmware-player-kernel'
> echo '# NOTE: THIS FILE IS AUTO-GENERATED FROM control.modules.in.in' > \
>           debian/control.modules.in
> sed -e 's/@@KVERSION@@/2.6.15/g' \
>             -e 's/@@ABIVER@@/2.6.15-23/g' \
>            debian/control.modules.in.in >> debian/control.modules.in
> if [ "" ]; then \
>                 echo '# NOTE: THIS FILE IS AUTO-GENERATED FROM control.in' > \
>                   debian/control; \
>                 sed -e 's/@@KVERSION@@/2.6.15/g' \
>                     -e 's/@@ABIVER@@/2.6.15-23/g' \
>                    debian/control.in >> debian/control ; \
>         fi
> dh_testdir
> dh_testdir: cannot read debian/control: No such file or directory
> 
> make[2]: *** [clean] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/vmware-player-kernel'
> make[1]: *** [kdist_build] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/modules/vmware-player-kernel'
> Module /usr/src/modules/vmware-player-kernel failed.
> Hit return to Continue
> 
> 
> 
> This can't be a kernel version mismatch since I am using a newer kernel that the 2.6.15. (Mine is 2.6.16.14.)
> 
> Any clues what debian/control would be referred as?
> 
> -Adam
> 


>From what I am seeing I can't use vmware on a vanilla kernel and will have to be a standard Ubuntu or vmware kernel module?  I just can't get the kernel source to connect with my running kernel.  

-adam