I am tring to install Vmware Workstation 17 on my device. I installed the .bundle
file got from the official website. Installed gcc gcc-11 gcc-12 build-essentials
via apt
.Then I ran the command sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
but found this error.The very first output image
So I did the replacement of codes from mkubecek's Github repo. It did not work. This is VMware Player 17.5.1 build-23298084
. What else I can do??
Here is the log from the command
ahanaf@Dell-Latitude-E6440:~$ sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
[sudo] password for ahanaf:
[AppLoader] Use shipped Linux kernel AIO access library.
An up-to-date "libaio" or "libaio1" package from your system is preferred.
[AppLoader] GLib does not have GSettings support.
Stopping VMware services:
VMware Authentication Daemon done
Virtual machine monitor done
make: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmmon-only'
Using kernel build system.
/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/6.5.0-21-generic/build/include/.. M=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.5.0-21-generic'
warning: the compiler differs from the one used to build the kernel
The kernel was built by: x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-12 (Ubuntu 12.3.0-1ubuntu1~22.04) 12.3.0
You are using: gcc-12 (Ubuntu 12.3.0-1ubuntu1~22.04) 12.3.0
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmmon-only/linux/driverLog.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmmon-only/common/apic.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmmon-only/common/comport.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmmon-only/common/crosspage.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o
/tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmmon-only/common/crosspage.o: warning: objtool: CrossPage_CodePage+0x207: 'naked' return found in RETHUNK build
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmmon-only/common/moduleloop.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmmon-only/common/sharedAreaVmmon.o
/tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o: warning: objtool: PhysTrack_Add() falls through to next function PhysTrack_Remove()
/tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o: warning: objtool: PhysTrack_Remove() falls through to next function PhysTrack_Test()
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmmon-only/common/statVarsVmmon.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmmon-only/common/task.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmmon-only/bootstrap/bootstrap.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmmon-only/bootstrap/monLoader.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmmon-only/bootstrap/monLoaderVmmon.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmmon-only/bootstrap/vmmblob.o
/tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmmon-only/common/task.o: warning: objtool: .text: unexpected end of section
LD [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmmon-only/vmmon.o
MODPOST /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmmon-only/Module.symvers
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmmon-only/vmmon.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko
BTF [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko
Skipping BTF generation for /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko due to unavailability of vmlinux
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.5.0-21-generic'
/usr/bin/make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild
make[1]: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmmon-only'
make[1]: 'postbuild' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmmon-only'
cp -f vmmon.ko ./../vmmon.o
make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmmon-only'
make: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmnet-only'
Using kernel build system.
/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/6.5.0-21-generic/build/include/.. M=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.5.0-21-generic'
warning: the compiler differs from the one used to build the kernel
The kernel was built by: x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-12 (Ubuntu 12.3.0-1ubuntu1~22.04) 12.3.0
You are using: gcc-12 (Ubuntu 12.3.0-1ubuntu1~22.04) 12.3.0
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmnet-only/driver.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmnet-only/hub.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmnet-only/userif.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmnet-only/netif.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmnet-only/bridge.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmnet-only/procfs.o
/tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmnet-only/userif.o: warning: objtool: VNetCsumAndCopyToUser+0x2d: call to csum_partial_copy_nocheck() with UACCESS enabled
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmnet-only/smac_compat.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmnet-only/smac.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmnet-only/vnetEvent.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmnet-only/vnetUserListener.o
LD [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmnet-only/vmnet.o
MODPOST /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmnet-only/Module.symvers
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmnet-only/vmnet.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmnet-only/vmnet.ko
BTF [M] /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmnet-only/vmnet.ko
Skipping BTF generation for /tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmnet-only/vmnet.ko due to unavailability of vmlinux
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.5.0-21-generic'
/usr/bin/make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild
make[1]: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmnet-only'
make[1]: 'postbuild' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmnet-only'
cp -f vmnet.ko ./../vmnet.o
make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-8hCRDz/vmnet-only'
Starting VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor failed
Virtual machine communication interface done
VM communication interface socket family done
Virtual ethernet failed
VMware Authentication Daemon done
Unable to start services
ls -al /usr/bin/gcc
and or the output ofls -al /etc/alternatives/gcc
? Add the output to your question and not in comments down here. Maybe this answer might help: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1500314/issues-after-ubuntu-22-04-3-upgraded-to-linux-6-5-0-14/1500516#1500516 – Terrance Mar 02 '24 at 21:02