>open-vm-tools may be a solution. The kmod package included is kABI-tracking. > >http://people.centos.org/hughesjr/open-vm-tools/ > >Johnny Hughes has been providing it since early 2008. I don't >remember if he announced it at some point. > >The last version there is dated Oct 2008. I tried to build the >current version but encountered a (minor?) issue with one kernel >module that was added recently. I then started working on the issue >with Alan Bartlett. However, I halted the plan thinking this did not >have a high demand and, therefore, cannot be given a high priority. http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/4.0/rhel5/ Vmware is providing current packages now... jlc