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How can I load the VMware tools on SUSE 9.x? (9.3) ?

If you're trying to load the tools using the directions in the book, it won't work directly. To get the VMware tools to load in SUSE 9.x (in my case, 9.3), here is what I had to do.

First, in YAST, do a search for "Kernel". Then, right click over the "kernel-default" entry and select Update. You'll see the icon change from a checkbox to a little "update" lightning bolt.

Then, also, select "kernel-source" then press Accept. 

Once accepted, you're half way there. The next steps are:

1. Install the VMware RPM (via rpm -Uhv VMware*.rpm)

2. cd /usr/src/linux

3. Type in the commands:

  - make cloneconfig

and 

  - make modules_prepare

4. Finally, run /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl and take the default settings for compiler and file locations.

It should install perfectly.

SOURCE: This is from a handful of notes found on VMware's forums, here: http://tinyurl.com/exner

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