There's a way to do this using the patch command but whatever. vmmon-only/linux/driver.cĪpply these changes, courtesy of At around line 400, delete lines starting with a - and add ones starting with a + (don't actually put the +). Untar the file vmmon.tar using (you might need su/sudo to do these) tar xf vmmon.tarĮdit the file. Go to the folder cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source I have some virtual machine images I'd like to import from somewhere else. I've read it should be up to the VMWare team to patch this kernel version, is there a quick fix to solve this or should I shoot for Virtualbox and get it over with? I forgot to install the VMWare bundle using gksudo, I thought it was unlikely the problem source, but I'll point this out just for accuracy sake. I've also disabled Secure Boot in my BIOS, it's an Asus laptop.

Thinking it would've been a graphic card related issue I've successfully installed the NVidia drivers for my graphic card, disabled Secure Boot by using the MOK management utility when booting up after having installed them. VM communication interface socket family done Virtual machine communication interface done When starting VMware with gksudo via the terminal I get the following error messages: Starting VMware services: I've changed the get_user_pages method name to get_user_pages_remote both in vmnet.tar and vmmon.tar in their directory, but it hasn't solved the problem, vmmon still won't compile. I've started troubleshooting the problem by searching on the web and

T16:13:39.910+02:00| vthread-4| I125: Building module with command '/usr/bin/make -j8 -C /tmp/modconfig-SUMBLV/vmmon-only auto-build HEADER_DIR=/lib/modules/4.4.0-34-generic/build/include CC=/usr/bin/gcc IS_GCC_3=no' When I try to run it and it tries compiling, it generates the following log, it can't compile vmmon.

I've installed the VMware bundle without issues in my Ubuntu 16.04 (dual booth).

Vmware workstation pro 12