Unable to compile the Virtual Network Device and start VMware

Question

VMware worked OK before I updated to Ubuntu 12.04. But now when I try to run VMware Player, it says that it needs to compile and load into the running kernel, using VMware Kernel Model Updater. It successfully compiles the following: Virtual Machine Monitor, VMware Blocking Filesystem, Virtual Machine Communications Interface and the VMCI Sockets. But it is unable to compile the Virtual Network Device and therefore won't start the VMware Services. Is this a know issue and how do I fix it?

Solution 1

Ensure you install the player correctly.

1. Download VMware Player from here

   • I noticed it downloads as a text file via chrome.
   • Ensure you rename the file extension to ".bundle"

2. Install the player

   sudo sh ./VMware-Player-4.0.2-591240.x86_64.bundle
   

3. Download the package from here

4. Extract it package and run the patch

   sudo ./patch-modules_3.2.0.sh
   

That should work.

@redshark: Thanks for the link!

For VMware player version 4.0.3 see answer by @dbrewer on How do I install VMware Player 4.0.3 (and patch the installer to work on my 12.04 system)?

Solution 2

VMware Player Compile Issues on Ubuntu 12.04 solution:

Create the symbolic link:

sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/vmware /etc/rc.d/init.d

Then run the following command to install all vmware services:

sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

Start VMware

vmplayer

Solution 3

With regards to 4.0.3, just an additional detail (I am unable to post it into the 4.0.3 thread, so hence posting it here)

when i ran the patch script or vmwareplayer it would bail out with this error

sh: 1: /etc/rc.d/init.d/vmware: not found
Unable to stop services

so what i did was simply create a symbolic link

sudo ln -s /etc/init.d /etc/rc.d/init.d

(i.e. a link to /etc/init.d inside /etc/rc.d/

as a result i now had links to both vmware and vmware-USBArbitrator in /etc/rc.d/

after this the error disappeared and I was able to compile the modules

Comments

[Jorge Castro]

Please add the specific error it tells you into your question

[nanofarad]

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[nanofarad]

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