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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

EDIT For kernel modifications, we need to unlock the kernel first. Secure boot prevents modifications for security reasons. So making it non-secure-boot than enabling secureboot after installation fixed my issue.

Ahanaf Rashid
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