Problem with VMWare module

[Kurt Wall]

On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 04:43:35PM -0500, HarryG took 42 lines to write:
> I seem to loose the module after a reboot.  How can I check if it loads after 
> restarting?
> 
> When it is built, it reads out:
> 
> Building the vmmon module.
> 
> Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
> make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'
> make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-586tsc/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD 
> SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-586tsc'
>   CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
>   CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
>   CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/common/task.o

[...]

>   CC      /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/vmmon.mod.o
>   LD [M]  /tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-1-586tsc'
> cp -f vmmon.ko ./../vmmon.o
> make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config0/vmmon-only'
> The module loads perfectly in the running kernel.

Does your distribution delete files in /tmp when it reboots? I don't
see in this output that you ever actually install the module and
update your dependencies with "depmod -ae".

Kurt
-- 
"Two sure ways to tell a sexy male; the first is, he has a bad memory.
I forget the second."