installing kernel modules for vmware workstation 7 on Ubuntu 11.10

[hagaren]

Hi everyone,

I've got vmware installed on 32-bit ubuntu 11.10. After running vmware workstation 7 through the terminal, I'm getting the following errors:

ERROR: modinfo: could not find module vmmon
ERROR: modinfo: could not find module vmnet
ERROR: modinfo: could not find module vmblock
ERROR: modinfo: could not find module vmci
ERROR: modinfo: could not find module vsock
ERROR: modinfo: could not find module vmmon
ERROR: modinfo: could not find module vmnet
ERROR: modinfo: could not find module vmblock
ERROR: modinfo: could not find module vmci
ERROR: modinfo: could not find module vsock
ERROR: modinfo: could not find module vmmon
ERROR: modinfo: could not find module vmnet
ERROR: modinfo: could not find module vmblock
ERROR: modinfo: could not find module vmci
ERROR: modinfo: could not find module vsock

So apparently I'm missing several kernel modules, but I have no idea how to install them. Since they are named vm*, I'm assuming that they're provided by VMWare and not something in a software repository. However, when I downloaded VMware it came as a .bundle script file, so there doesn't seem to be anything there related to kernel modules.

Any insight into this would be appreciated

[Rubberman]

Try posting on the VMWare user forums, or contacting their tech support people about this. Myself, I use VirtualBox. It's free, open source (now), and has worked well for me these past 4 years - never a crash or other problem of significance.

[hagaren]

Thanks, Rubberman. Apparently, the modules were supposed to be built by the .bundle script, but some sort of error prevented this. I've contacted vmware support, and will update with a solution once I have it.

[tijs14tijs]

Hi everyone,

I've got vmware installed on 32-bit ubuntu 11.10. After running vmware workstation 7 through the terminal, I'm getting the following errors:



So apparently I'm missing several kernel modules, but I have no idea how to install them. Since they are named vm*, I'm assuming that they're provided by VMWare and not something in a software repository. However, when I downloaded VMware it came as a .bundle script file, so there doesn't seem to be anything there related to kernel modules.

Any insight into this would be appreciated

You can always try to boot from an older (vmware supported) kernel, and then

sudo apt-get build-dep --no-install-recommends linux-image-$(uname -r)
apt-get source linux-image-$(uname -r)

see https[]help.ubuntu.com[]community[]Kernel[]Compile
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for more info
That way vmware will also run, if nothing else works..