# linux-kernel-headers **URL:** \ **Category:** SLES Updates\ **Created:** [February 20, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/linux-kernel-headers/22240 "2012-02-20T12:42:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![housing\_toy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/898d66/32.png) [@housing\_toy](https://forums.suse.com/u/housing_toy)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/linux-kernel-headers/22240/1 "2012-02-20T12:42:43Z")
Greetings, we are looking for kernel headers for Suse Linux Enterprise Server for Vmware 11. Actually we have linux-kernel version 2.6.32.46-0.3 installed, but in Yast, we can find only linux-headers for version linux-kernel-headers-2.6.32-1.4.13. Is there a way to find the correct version without update the whole system? Where we can manually donwload rpm? NB it is a registered copy of SLES for Vmware. Best regards, MC-link Spa ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/linux-kernel-headers/22240/2 "2012-02-20T14:21:44Z")
> [@housing toy](#): > > Greetings, > > we are looking for kernel headers for Suse Linux Enterprise Server for > Vmware 11. Actually we have linux-kernel version 2.6.32.46-0.3 > installed, but in Yast, we can find only linux-headers for version > linux-kernel-headers-2.6.32-1.4.13. > > Is there a way to find the correct version without update the whole > system? Where we can manually donwload rpm? > NB it is a registered copy of SLES for Vmware. > > Best regards, > MC-link Spa Hi That’s the correct version, the headers don’t change. – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.0.13-0.27-default up 1 day 14:51, 5 users, load average: 0.03, 0.03, 0.05 CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU ---
**Author:** ![housing\_toy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/898d66/32.png) [@housing\_toy](https://forums.suse.com/u/housing_toy)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/linux-kernel-headers/22240/3 "2012-02-23T13:04:48Z")
Thanks, but when installing of the vmware tools, What must answer the question: "[B]Searching for a valid kernel header path… The path “” is not a valid path to the 2.6.32.46-0.3-default kernel headers. Would you like to change it? [yes] Enter the path to the kernel header files for the 2.6.32.46-0.3-default kernel? [/B]" Best regards, MC-link Spa ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/linux-kernel-headers/22240/4 "2012-02-23T14:51:57Z")
> [@housing toy](#): > > Thanks, > > but when installing of the vmware tools, > What must answer the question: > > "\*Searching for a valid kernel header path… > The path “” is not a valid path to the 2.6.32.46-0.3-default kernel > headers. > Would you like to change it? [yes] > > Enter the path to the kernel header files for the 2.6.32.46-0.3-default > > kernel? \*" > > Best regards, > MC-link Spa Hi What version of vmware tools are you running? You need to create softlinks to autoconf.h and utsrelease.h for the newer kernels. If your not x86\_64 swap for i586 ```auto cd /usr/src/linux-`uname -r |cut -f1-2 -d"-"`-obj/x86_64/`uname -r |cut -f3 -d"-"`/include/linux/ /bin/ln -sf ../generated/autoconf.h /bin/ln -sf ../generated/utsrelease.h ``` – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.0.13-0.27-default up 19:31, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.02, 0.05 CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU ---
**Author:** ![skunkboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@skunkboy](https://forums.suse.com/u/skunkboy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/linux-kernel-headers/22240/5 "2012-03-21T16:48:08Z")
Is this the same situation with SLES 11.2? It is running the 3.0.13-0.27 kernel but has the 2.6.32-1.4.13 headers installed. Thanks, Matt ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/linux-kernel-headers/22240/6 "2012-03-21T17:14:50Z")
> [@skunkboy](#): > > Is this the same situation with SLES 11.2? > It is running the 3.0.13-0.27 kernel but has the 2.6.32-1.4.13 headers > installed. > > Thanks, > Matt Hi The later kernels use glibc-devel (or linux-glibc-devel) so the linux-kernel-headers are not required AFAIK. – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.0.13-0.27-default up 5 days 19:45, 2 users, load average: 0.09, 0.04, 0.05 CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU ---
**Author:** ![skunkboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@skunkboy](https://forums.suse.com/u/skunkboy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/linux-kernel-headers/22240/7 "2012-03-21T17:39:20Z")
gcc seems to require the older kernel headers, which is causing some confusion to the vmware tools module, as it is looking for the kernel headers. kernel-firmware-20110923-0.7.64 kernel-pae-devel-3.0.13-0.27.1 kernel-pae-base-3.0.13-0.27.1 kernel-pae-3.0.13-0.27.1 linux-kernel-headers-2.6.32-1.4.13 kernel-source-3.0.13-0.27.1 gcc-4.3-62.198 Matt ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/linux-kernel-headers/22240/8 "2012-03-21T17:59:33Z")
> [@skunkboy](#): > > gcc seems to require the older kernel headers, which is causing some > confusion to the vmware tools module, as it is looking for the kernel > headers. > > kernel-firmware-20110923-0.7.64 > kernel-pae-devel-3.0.13-0.27.1 > kernel-pae-base-3.0.13-0.27.1 > kernel-pae-3.0.13-0.27.1 > linux-kernel-headers-2.6.32-1.4.13 > kernel-source-3.0.13-0.27.1 > > Matt Hi What version of vmware are you trying to install? – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.0.13-0.27-default up 5 days 20:38, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.10, 0.13 CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU ---
**Author:** ![enovaklbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/aca169/32.png) [@enovaklbank](https://forums.suse.com/u/enovaklbank)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/linux-kernel-headers/22240/9 "2012-03-21T19:00:27Z")
[QUOTE=malcolmlewis;3366]Hi What version of vmware are you trying to install? [/QUOTE] That’s the right question. In my experience: - ESXi 5.0 GA (build 469512) has the tools version 8.6.0.whatever (around 6000-something…) - this works with SP2 sometimes, but not always. - ESXi 5.0 with patches (build 515841) has tools 8.6.0.8802 (build-515842) - this always works with SP2 - ESXi 5.0 update1 (build 623860) has tools 8.6.5.11214 (build-621624) - is perfect, too So malcomlewis is right about the headers, you don’t need a newer package. Actually, there is none. You need a decent tools installer instead. ---
**Author:** ![skunkboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@skunkboy](https://forums.suse.com/u/skunkboy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/linux-kernel-headers/22240/10 "2012-03-21T19:54:45Z")
Ah, we seem to be running on older tools… VMwareTools-8195-261974, ff I am reading this right, 8.1.95? I will go bug our VMware admin and see what he has to say. Thanks, Matt ---
**Author:** ![thesailorbreton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@thesailorbreton](https://forums.suse.com/u/thesailorbreton)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/linux-kernel-headers/22240/11 "2012-04-03T16:52:33Z")
I am trying to install gcc using yast or zypper on a SLES11 SP2 running on AWS EC2. It fails and says that glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.31.1.i586 requires linux-kernel-headers. I have tried to zypper in kernel-ec2-devel or sdk\_kernel but the problem persits. Any idea where I can get them using zypper or yast ? ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/linux-kernel-headers/22240/12 "2012-04-03T18:03:05Z")
> [@thesailorbreton](#): > > I am trying to install gcc using yast or zypper on a SLES11 SP2 running > on AWS EC2. It fails and says that glibc-devel-2.11.3-17.31.1.i586 > requires linux-kernel-headers. I have tried to zypper in > kernel-ec2-devel or sdk\_kernel but the problem persits. > > Any idea where I can get them using zypper or yast ? Hi So your pulling glibc-devel from; ```auto Repository: SLED11-SP2-Core Name: glibc-devel Version: 2.11.3-17.31.1 ``` The old linux-kernel-headers are in; ```auto Repository: SLED11-SP1-Pool Name: linux-kernel-headers Version: 2.6.32-1.4.13 ``` Is that repository active? Sure it’s not the change in file locations for things like autoconf.h etc? – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.0.13-0.27-default up 1 day 13:47, 2 users, load average: 0.02, 0.04, 0.05 CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU ---
**Author:** ![thesailorbreton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@thesailorbreton](https://forums.suse.com/u/thesailorbreton)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/linux-kernel-headers/22240/13 "2012-04-04T11:46:06Z")
Thanks a lot for your answer. Here is my zypper lr `# | Alias | Nom | Activé | Rafraîchir ---+--------------------------------------+----------------------------+--------+----------- 1 | susecloud:SLE11-SDK-SP1 | SLE11-SDK-SP1 | Non | Oui 2 | susecloud:SLE11-SDK-SP1-Pool | SLE11-SDK-SP1-Pool | Oui | Oui 3 | susecloud:SLE11-SDK-SP1-Updates | SLE11-SDK-SP1-Updates | Oui | Oui 4 | susecloud:SLE11-SDK-SP2-Core | SLE11-SDK-SP2-Core | Oui | Oui 5 | susecloud:SLE11-SDK-SP2-Updates | SLE11-SDK-SP2-Updates | Oui | Oui 6 | susecloud:SLE11-WebYaST-SP1 | SLE11-WebYaST-SP1 | Non | Oui 7 | susecloud:SLE11-WebYaST-SP1-Updates | SLE11-WebYaST-SP1-Updates | Non | Oui 8 | susecloud:SLE11-WebYaST-SP2-Pool | SLE11-WebYaST-SP2-Pool | Non | Oui 9 | susecloud:SLE11-WebYaST-SP2-Updates | SLE11-WebYaST-SP2-Updates | Non | Oui 10 | susecloud:SLES11-Extras | SLES11-Extras | Oui | Oui 11 | susecloud:SLES11-SP1 | SLES11-SP1 | Non | Oui 12 | susecloud:SLES11-SP1-Pool | SLES11-SP1-Pool | Non | Oui 13 | susecloud:SLES11-SP1-Updates | SLES11-SP1-Updates | Non | Oui 14 | susecloud:SLES11-SP2-Core | SLES11-SP2-Core | Oui | Oui 15 | susecloud:SLES11-SP2-Extension-Store | SLES11-SP2-Extension-Store | Oui | Oui 16 | susecloud:SLES11-SP2-Updates | SLES11-SP2-Updates | Oui | Ou`i I would imagine that SLE11-SDK-SP2-Core in AWS is similar to SLED11-SP2-Core ? And that SLE11-SDK-SP1-Pool is similard in AWS to SLED11-SP1-Pool ? As you can see they are both active. I am really not a specialist so maybe I am missing something ? ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/linux-kernel-headers/22240/14 "2012-04-04T16:43:36Z")
> [@thesailorbreton](#): > > ```auto > 12 | susecloud:SLES11-SP1-Pool |SLES11-SP1-Pool | Non | Oui > ``` Hi Repository 12 needs to be active as this is where gcc is; Repository: SLES11-SP1-Pool Name: gcc Version: 4.3-62.198 – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.0.13-0.27-default up 2 days 12:26, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.02, 0.05 CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU ---
**Author:** ![thesailorbreton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@thesailorbreton](https://forums.suse.com/u/thesailorbreton)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/linux-kernel-headers/22240/15 "2012-04-10T17:16:55Z")
Thks a lot.