Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] open-vm-tools install fails because I have modules disabled??
Date:	Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:40:46
Message-Id:	`517AADC5.2030706@gmail.com`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-user] open-vm-tools install fails because I have modules disabled?? by Tanstaafl

1	On 26/04/2013 18:11, Tanstaafl wrote:
2	> compile fails with lots of
3	>
4	> "...error "No Module support in this kernel. Please configure with
5	> CONFIG_MODULES"
6	>
7	> Please tell me that I'm not going to have to enable modules just so I
8	> can use the vmware tools??
9	>
10	> This is a server and I don't want modules enabled at all.
11	>
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14	Yes, you have to enable modules for that. The sources are written as
15	kernel modules so that is how you build them.
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19	Alan McKinnon
20	alan.mckinnon@×××××.com