Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory
I had exactly the same issues. The only thing which helped me was going back to the previous kernel version. Did that by following the instructions here: http://karlcode.owtelse.com/blog/2017/03/13/reverting-to-a-previous-kernel/
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Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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I got following error when I open the virtual machine in vmware workstation:
Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory. Please make sure that the kernel module `vmmon' is loaded.
Then I clicked ok, and another error like bellow reported and vmware workstation quit launching my virtual machine for me:
Failed to initialize monitor device.
Maybe this has something to do with my system updating.
I found this post, and I did like they said:
1. openssl req -new -x509 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout MOK.priv -outform DER -out MOK.der -nodes -days 36500 -subj "/CN=VMware/" 2. openssl req -new -x509 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout MOK.priv -outform DER -out MOK.der -nodes -days 36500 -subj "/CN=VMware/" 3. sudo /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/scripts/sign-file sha256 ./MOK.priv ./MOK.der $(modinfo -n vmnet) 4. sudo mokutil --import MOK.der
But when I exec sudo mokutil --import MOK.der, I got an error:
EFI variables are not supported on this system
and when I exec sudo modprobe vmmon, I got an error:
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'vmmon': Exec format error
and when I exec sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
[AppLoader] GLib does not have GSettings support. Stopping VMware services: VMware Authentication Daemon done VM communication interface socket family done Virtual machine communication interface done Virtual machine monitor done Blocking file system done Using kernel build system. make: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmmon-only' /usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/4.4.0-116-generic/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ MODULEBUILDDIR= modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-116-generic' CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmmon-only/linux/driverLog.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmmon-only/common/apic.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmmon-only/common/comport.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmmon-only/common/hashFunc.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmmon-only/common/task.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmmon-only/bootstrap/bootstrap.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmmon-only/bootstrap/monLoader.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmmon-only/bootstrap/monLoaderVmmon.o /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:985:1: warning: always_inline function might not be inlinable [-Wattributes] LinuxDriverSyncReadTSCs(uint64 *delta) // OUT: TSC max - TSC min ^ LD [M] /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmmon-only/vmmon.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 1 modules CC /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmmon-only/vmmon.mod.o LD [M] /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-116-generic' /usr/bin/make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmmon-only' make[1]: `postbuild' is up to date. make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmmon-only' cp -f vmmon.ko ./../vmmon.o make: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmmon-only' Using kernel build system. make: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmnet-only' /usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/4.4.0-116-generic/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ MODULEBUILDDIR= modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-116-generic' CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmnet-only/driver.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmnet-only/hub.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmnet-only/userif.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmnet-only/netif.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmnet-only/bridge.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmnet-only/procfs.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmnet-only/smac_compat.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmnet-only/smac.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmnet-only/vnetEvent.o In file included from include/linux/pci.h:35:0, from /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmnet-only/compat_netdevice.h:27, from /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmnet-only/netif.c:43: include/linux/pci_ids.h:2253:0: warning: "PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE" redefined [enabled by default] #define PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE 0x15ad ^ In file included from /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmnet-only/net.h:38:0, from /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmnet-only/vnetInt.h:26, from /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmnet-only/netif.c:42: /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmnet-only/vm_device_version.h:56:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition #define PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE 0x15AD ^ CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmnet-only/vnetUserListener.o In file included from /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmnet-only/net.h:38:0, from /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmnet-only/vnetInt.h:26, from /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmnet-only/bridge.c:53: /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmnet-only/vm_device_version.h:56:0: warning: "PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE" redefined [enabled by default] #define PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE 0x15AD ^ In file included from include/linux/pci.h:35:0, from /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmnet-only/compat_netdevice.h:27, from /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmnet-only/bridge.c:52: include/linux/pci_ids.h:2253:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition #define PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE 0x15ad ^ LD [M] /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmnet-only/vmnet.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 1 modules CC /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmnet-only/vmnet.mod.o LD [M] /tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmnet-only/vmnet.ko make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-4.4.0-116-generic' /usr/bin/make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmnet-only' make[1]: `postbuild' is up to date. make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmnet-only' cp -f vmnet.ko ./../vmnet.o make: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-iwyoC2/vmnet-only' Starting VMware services: Virtual machine monitor failed Virtual machine communication interface done VM communication interface socket family done Blocking file system done Virtual ethernet failed VMware Authentication Daemon done Unable to start services
What does this mean? How to solve it? I have tried so many ways but all of them are invalid, please help.
BTW: my computer secure boot is disabled