在XP下为Vmware运行的Ubuntu server10.10安装vmware tools时，遇到的一些问题

打开光盘目录，解压tools的压缩包文件
进入目录运行命令

sudo ./vmware-install.pl

一路回车

出现的问题一：

The path "/usr/src/linux/include" is not an existing directory.

What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running
kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] 

指定到特定的目录

/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-28-generic-pae/include

出现问题二：

The directory of kernel headers (version @@VMWARE@@ UTS_RELEASE) does not match
your running kernel (version 2.6.35-28-generic-pae).  Even if the module were 
to compile successfully, it would not load into the running kernel.

解决
在目录
/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-28-generic-pae/include/linux
下面有一个version.h 的文件，打开内容是

#define LINUX_VERSION_CODE 132643
#define KERNEL_VERSION(a,b,c) (((a) << 16) + ((b) << 8) + (c))

将下面的文字加到此文件的第一行

#define UTS_RELEASE "2.6.35-28-generic-pae"

其中"2.6.35-28-generic-pae"这个是通过命令

uname -r 

查到的

这个文件修改完成之后，出现了新的错误提示

出现问题三

The path "/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-28-generic-pae/include" is a kernel 
header file directory, but it does not contain the file "linux/autoconf.h" as 
expected.  This can happen if the kernel has never been built, or if you have 
invoked the "make mrproper" command in your kernel directory.  In any case, you
may want to rebuild your kernel.

解决：

把文件夹/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-28-generic-pae/include/generated下的autoconf.h
文件复制到/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-28-generic-pae/include/linux这个目录下面


在继续运行出现的新的错误
一路回车，错误循环出现

问题四

If you would like the host to guest drag and drop and file copy/paste features, you can install the driver by running vmware-config-tools.pl again after making sure that gcc, binutils, make and the kernel sources for your running kernel  are installed on your machine. These packages are available on your  distribution's installation CD.

其实当运行到下面的时候选择no就可以顺利通过了

None of the pre-built vmci modules for VMware Tools is suitable for your 
running kernel.  Do you want this program to try to build the vmci module for 
your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? [yes][color=red] n[/color]

这里选择n就可以了

它跳过了
Detected X.org version 7.8.0.
No drivers for X.org version: 7.8.0.
Skipping X configuration because X drivers are not included.
这个东西的配置，但是其他的都配置好了

终于出现了，拭目以待的这个玩意

The configuration of VMware Tools 7.8.5 build-156735 for Linux for this running
kernel completed successfully.

You must restart your X session before any mouse or graphics changes take 
effect.

You can now run VMware Tools by invoking the following command: 
"/usr/bin/vmware-toolbox" during an X server session.

To enable advanced X features (e.g., guest resolution fit, drag and drop, and 
file and text copy/paste), you will need to do one (or more) of the following:
1. Manually start /usr/bin/vmware-user
2. Log out and log back into your desktop session; and,
3. Restart your X session.

If the virtual printer feature is enabled, you will need to restart the CUPS 
service to make use of this feature.

Enjoy,

--the VMware team

虽然还是有一点瑕疵，但是最终还是解决的这个问题

后来听说vMware7 解决了这个问题，不过这个过程也算是增长了不少知识

http://blog.csdn.net/yzhuqing/article/details/5962312

引用

Ubuntu 10.10 在安装的时候目前会碰到几个问题：

Console代码
What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running 
kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] <直接按 Enter> 
 
The path "/usr/src/linux/include"  is not an existing directory. 

由于 Kernel 版本是 APT 抓下來的最新版，所以会需要输入 “/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/include “

要注意的是，VMWare Tools 安装时会询问目前系统使用的 Kernel header，所以如果 /usr/src 下有多个 Kernel header 目录，最好先执行 “uname -r“ 指令，确认应该使用那个本版。另外可以不直接使用 “/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/include” ，先 “sudo ln -s /usr/src/linux /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/include”

Console代码
What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running 
kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6 . 35 - 22 -generic/include 

按回车以后，还是报错说，指定的Kernel headers喝当前系统使用的版本不匹配。


Console代码
The directory of kernel headers (version @@VMWARE@@ UTS_RELEASE) does not match 
your running kernel (version 2.6 . 35 - 22 -generic). Even if the module were to 
compile successfully, it would not load into the running kernel.   

但事实并不是不匹配，而是 Kernel 中有一个变量 UTS_RELEASE 的不存在了。以前这个定义放在 /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/include/linux/version.h ，而现在已经移到了/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/include/linux /utsrelease.h。所以简单的方法，我们只需要在version.h中添加 #define UTS_RELEASE "2.6.35-22-generic" （具体值使用 “uname -r“ 查看）


接下来继续，又会有新的错误提示!! -_-|| 找不到 autoconf.h 原因是因为 autoconf.h 不再VMware tools 安装程序预设的寻址目录中。



Console代码
The path  "/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/include"  is a kernel header 
file directory, but it does not contain the file "linux/autoconf.h"  as 
expected. This can happen if the kernel has never been built, or if you have 
invoked the "make mrproper"  command in your kernel directory. In any case, you 
may want to rebuild your kernel.   

可以简单的把它链接过来：


cd /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic/include/linux
sudo ln -s ../generated/autoconf.h ./ 


然后应该能顺利完成安装了。