install vmware server 2.0.2 on slackware 13 (kernel 2.6.32)

SOURCE:
http://risesecurity.org/2010/01/10/vmware-server-2-0-2-update-patch/

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The following are instructions on how to apply the patch:

Download the VMware Server:

Download the VMware Server update patch:

$ wget -N http://risesecurity.org/~rcvalle/VMware-server-2.0.2-203138-update.patch

Extract VMware Server:

$ tar -xzf VMware-server-2.0.2-203138.i386.tar.gz

Extract VMware Server modules:

Change working directory to vmware-server-distrib/lib/modules/source/
$ tar -xf vmci.tar
$ tar -xf vmmon.tar
$ tar -xf vmnet.tar
$ tar -xf vsock.tar

Apply the patch:

Change working directory to vmware-server-distrib/
patch -p1 < ../VMware-server-2.0.2-203138-update.patch


Change working directory to vmware-server-distrib/lib/modules/source/
$ rm -f vmci.tar
$ rm -f vmmon.tar
$ rm -f vmnet.tar
$ rm -f vsock.tar

* cd vmnet-only
* vim vnetUserListener.c
* go to the last include line
* add this line #include “compat_sched.h”


Archive VMware Server modules again:
$ tar -cf vmci.tar vmci-only/
$ tar -cf vmmon.tar vmmon-only/
$ tar -cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only/
$ tar -cf vsock.tar vsock-only/

Run installer script as root:

Change working directory to vmware-server-distrib/
$ sudo ./vmware-install.pl


Note about VMware Remote Console Plug-in:

The VMware Remote Console Plug-in does not work properly on Ubuntu 9.10, Fedora 12 and other newer distributions. A workaround for this is to set the environment variable VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK before running the VMware Remote Console Plug-in. To set this environment variable at login time, add the following line to your ~/.profile:

export VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=yes


install package linux-pam
rename the file /etc/pam.d/vmware-authd.slack to "other"
open the file and change the link to your lib folder where containing pam lib files (lib/security)