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I recently did a fresh install to 15.04. I downloaded and installed vmware player, but when I go to launch it, I receive a message saying "vmware workstation several modules must be compiled and loaded into the kernel."

I click install so that it can proceed, but then I get an error saying that it is "unable to start services."

Any ideas of how I can get it to work again?

Seth
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James Ringstaff
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found here https://communities.vmware.com/thread/509225

This can be fixed by running the following steps as Root (in a terminal):

  1. log in as root (e.g. sudo -i)
  2. Enter your Root password.

  3. Enter these commands:

    curl https://pastebin.com/raw/Z1ihzbcE -o /tmp/vmnet-3.19.patch

cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source
tar -xf vmnet.tar
cd vmnet-only
patch -p0 -i /tmp/vmnet-3.19.patch
mv vmnet.tar vmnet.tar.SAVED
tar -cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only
rm -r vmnet-only
vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

VMware will now compile the vmnet module for Kernel 3.19. (please make sure you have DKMS installed)

Airee
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Stefan Wuthrich - Altafino
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Make sure to upgrade to the latest version of VMware player before trying the patch. While I was on VMware Player 6.x the patch didn't work, but on 7.1.x it worked.

user402425
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This worked well for me:

For the newbies out there, This is what the commands will do by running it in terminal:

  • In the folder /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source, you have to extract the vmnet-only file from vmnet.tar and make a backup of the .tar-file.

  • Run the patch you downloaded from http://pastie.org/pastes/9934018/download before making a new vmnet.tar from the vmnet-only folder

  • Delete the vmnet-only folder and do the compiling

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GjB
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