VMware player 3.1

[TheMatrix]

I don't quite know how to put this, but I'll give it a shot...

So my dad has this subscription to a German technology magazine, c't(computer technik). It sometimes includes a DVD of software.
I happened to find one a while ago with VMware Player 3.1 on it. So I thought, hey, this will allow me to play Windows games on openSuSE.

So I downloaded the vm-player-3.1.0-261024.i386.sh from the DVD and ran it with:
sh vm-player-3.1.0-261024.i386.sh

I got the installer, it installed, no problem there.
Then I go to:
Computer -> More Applications... -> VMware player.
I get a window with a message; see vmerror.png.

The gcc was no problem, I just installed it with YaST.
Then we still have the Kernel Headers/Modules. I went to http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/14280043/dir/opensuse/com/kernel-default-devel-2.6.34-12.3.i586.rpm.html, and downloaded the rpm, but it said:
Unable to build kernel module.

See log file /tmp/vmware-root/setup-11714.log for details.
Okay.....
See setup-11714.log for the output.

How do I get the requested utilities?

[DreamSeeker]

Try downloading it from the website, are you sure the DVD version was for Linux?

[TheMatrix]

Try downloading it from the website,
What's that good for; it'll probably be the same. I'll try that, but I'm not sure if that'll work.

are you sure the DVD version was for Linux?
Yes. Of course! the .sh extension is only for Linux and maybe Unix. Besides, openSuSE is Linux.

Edit: I just noticed: on the website it is only a trial. The DVD version is (probably) the full version.

[darkwoon]

The important bit is probably this:

Can't get required utilities make, tar, echo, grep, rmmod, insmod

You need to check if any of those commands are not available, then install the packages needed through YaST.

Just as a side note, VirtualBox is usually less a hassle to install, since it has prebuilt RPM packages for Fedora. In both cases, don't put too high hopes in using that to play WIndows games under Linux - the emulation is significantly slower than running on the real hardware, especially for 3D graphical operations. This is ok for older games or other apps, though.

To run recent Windows games under Linux, You'd probably want to try Wine (http://www.winehq.com) instead, that can run Windows apps at native speed.

[TheMatrix]

Thanx 4 all your help, ppl. I finally got VirtualBox to work.

This thread is done!!

:locked:
^^That never works for me; I'm not a mod :sad: