VMWare 3.1.6 on Ubuntu 12.04.1

[vitronix]

Hello,

I'm having trouble installing VMWare 3.1.6.
I have set the shell to bash before applying a patch.
It's the patch-modules_3.4.0.sh patch.
I'm getting No protocol specified messages several times.
Anyway when I start VMWare I get the messages that several modules have to be recompiled.

The (graphical) output is:

Virtual Machine Monitor OK
Virtual Network Device OK
VMWare Blocking Filesystem NOT OK
Virtual Machine Communication Interface OK
VMCI Sockets OK

Then I get the message that compilaton failed, see the log file.
Here's a part of the log file:

Feb 12 10:56:08.521: app-3076372160| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.2.0-29-generic-pae.
Feb 12 10:56:08.522: app-3076372160| Building module vmblock.
Feb 12 10:56:08.522: app-3076372160| Extracting the sources of the vmblock module.
Feb 12 10:56:08.565: app-3076372160| Building module with command: /usr/bin/make -C /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only auto-build SUPPORT_SMP=1 HEADER_DIR=/lib/modules/3.2.0-29-generic-pae/build/include CC=/usr/bin/gcc GREP=/usr/bin/make IS_GCC_3=no VMCCVER=4.6
Feb 12 10:56:12.640: app-3076372160| Failed to compile module vmblock!

Please help I need VMWare.

Thanks in advance.

[Syndacate]

Hello,

I'm having trouble installing VMWare 3.1.6.
I have set the shell to bash before applying a patch.
It's the patch-modules_3.4.0.sh patch.
I'm getting No protocol specified messages several times.
Anyway when I start VMWare I get the messages that several modules have to be recompiled.

The (graphical) output is:

Virtual Machine Monitor OK
Virtual Network Device OK
VMWare Blocking Filesystem NOT OK
Virtual Machine Communication Interface OK
VMCI Sockets OK

Then I get the message that compilaton failed, see the log file.
Here's a part of the log file:

Feb 12 10:56:08.521: app-3076372160| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 3.2.0-29-generic-pae.
Feb 12 10:56:08.522: app-3076372160| Building module vmblock.
Feb 12 10:56:08.522: app-3076372160| Extracting the sources of the vmblock module.
Feb 12 10:56:08.565: app-3076372160| Building module with command: /usr/bin/make -C /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmblock-only auto-build SUPPORT_SMP=1 HEADER_DIR=/lib/modules/3.2.0-29-generic-pae/build/include CC=/usr/bin/gcc GREP=/usr/bin/make IS_GCC_3=no VMCCVER=4.6
Feb 12 10:56:12.640: app-3076372160| Failed to compile module vmblock!

Please help I need VMWare.

Thanks in advance.

I don't know anything about VMWare....BUT.

Look into the patch regarding compiling on kernel 3.1 and higher. VMWare apparently needs to be patched to do so.

Instructions are here: Patches for VMware® Workstation 8.0.4 build-744019