VMWare fails to start: Can’t find /dev/vmmon
VMWare won’t run under the 3.13.X kernel.
//Switch up to root su - //Change directories cd /etc/rc.d/init.d //Start vmware ./vmware //A dialog box appears stating kernel modules need to be built and installed Click Install //Build fails. READ the LOG! //If you see a fail (READ the LOG!) because version.h isn't found, continue with the patch below. Else, sorry.
Tested with kernel 3.13.9-100.fc19.x86_64, Fedora 19, Schrödinger’s Cat.
Here is the module patch from Garrett Skjelstad. Huge kudos!
205a206 > #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3, 13, 0) 206a208,210 > #else > VNetFilterHookFn(const struct nf_hook_ops *ops, // IN: > #endif 255c259,263 < transmit = (hooknum == VMW_NF_INET_POST_ROUTING); --- > #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3, 13, 0) > transmit = (hooknum == VMW_NF_INET_POST_ROUTING); > #else > transmit = (ops->hooknum == VMW_NF_INET_POST_ROUTING); > #endif
Swith up to root and save that text as vmnet313.patch in your home dir.
Here’s the complete steps to implement
#Change directory into the vmware module source directory cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source # untar the vmnet modules tar -xvf vmnet.tar #run a the patch you should have just saved earlier patch vmnet-only/filter.c < ~/vmnet313.patch # re-tar the modules tar -uvf vmnet.tar vmnet-only #delete the previous working directory rm -r vmnet-only # run the vmware module build program. (alternatively just run the GUI app) /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
This should patch the filter.c to be compatible with 3.13.
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