In which directory do you want to install the application's icon? [/usr/share/pixmaps] Trying to find a suitable vmmon module for your running kernel. None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Player is suitable for your running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmmon module for your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? [yes] Unable to find the compiler specified in the CC environnment variable: "/usr/bin/gcc-3.3". Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to override. What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.18-elive/include] Extracting the sources of the vmmon module. Building the vmmon module. Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only' make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.18-elive/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.18-elive' CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/comport.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/hash.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/task.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/vmciContext.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/vmciDatagram.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/vmciDriver.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/vmciDs.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/vmciGroup.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/vmciHashtable.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/vmciProcess.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/vmciResource.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/vmciSharedMem.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o CC [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.o LD [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/vmmon.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST CC /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/vmmon.mod.o LD [M] /tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.18-elive' cp -f vmmon.ko ./../vmmon.o make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon-only' Unable to make a vmmon module that can be loaded in the running kernel: insmod: error inserting '/tmp/vmware-config2/vmmon.o': -1 Invalid module format There is probably a slight difference in the kernel configuration between the set of C header files you specified and your running kernel. You may want to rebuild a kernel based on that directory, or specify another directory. For more information on how to troubleshoot module-related problems, please visit our Web site at "http://www.vmware.com/download/modules/modules.html" and "http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/linux/prebuilt_modules_linux.html". Execution aborted. root@EliveCanvas[/home/jonah/Desktop/vmware-player-distrib]#