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VMWare Player 3 vs Linux 2.6.32

I wanted to test some crap in VMWare, didn’t feel like messing with the entire server thing so went for the player. Unfortunately, this thing doesn’t work against the 2.6.32 kernel.

After installation, you can fix it with as follows (as root):


cd /tmp
tar xf /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar
tar xf /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmci.tar

cd vmnet-only
sed -i "/vnetInt.h/ a\#include \"compat_sched.h\"" vnetUserListener.c

cd ../vmci-only/include
sed -i "/compat_page.h/ a\#include \"compat_sched.h\"" pgtbl.h

cd /tmp
tar cf /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar vmnet-only
tar cf /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmci.tar vmci-only

and rerun vmplayer.

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13 Responses to “VMWare Player 3 vs Linux 2.6.32”

  1. jcTux Says:
    January 1st, 2010 at 19:44

    Tanks a lot my friend. Works fine for me

  2. Dan Says:
    January 2nd, 2010 at 22:29

    Thanks, worked like a charm with my custom kernel and VMware workstation 7!

  3. Scott Says:
    January 7th, 2010 at 00:12

    Legendary !

  4. Pictux Says:
    January 7th, 2010 at 10:51

    Thanks!
    Works perfectly!

  5. Richard Ayotte Says:
    January 15th, 2010 at 18:38

    Thank you! V3 is a nice upgrade.

  6. Alexey Says:
    January 25th, 2010 at 06:18

    Thanks a lot!
    Works fine with VMware Player 2.5.3.

  7. AnderCruz Says:
    February 10th, 2010 at 11:37

    Very good tip, works fine. How you discover that missing of libraries in include files of vmware ?

  8. Jan Says:
    February 17th, 2010 at 20:31

    Now there’s a good question. I don’t remember… I just remember looking at the compile output and going digging in the source.

  9. robert seaton Says:
    March 24th, 2010 at 00:06

    Works perfectly. Thanks! :)

  10. Christopher Says:
    March 31st, 2010 at 10:56

    Shot! Been battling with this for a while!!!

  11. Blt Says:
    April 8th, 2010 at 16:05

    Waouh it’s … works !!! Thanks !

  12. Armar Says:
    April 13th, 2010 at 14:21

    Great work! Thanks!

  13. R Biswas Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 18:54

    Thanks !! Great work!!

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