System:
OS: Fedora Linux 40 (KDE Plasma) x86_64
Kernel: 6.9.7-200.fc40.x86_64
Memory: 3060MiB / 13789MiB
the first script used to work perfectly up until i updated to the kernel versions 6.9.6+ from 6.8.11
I tried running both of these Scripts i found online & in this issue -> #257 https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/issues/257#issuecomment-2198321399 :
Script 1:
VMWARE_VERSION=workstation-17.5.1
TMP_FOLDER=/tmp/patch-vmware
rm -fdr $TMP_FOLDER
mkdir -p $TMP_FOLDER
cd $TMP_FOLDER
git clone https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules.git
cd $TMP_FOLDER/vmware-host-modules
git checkout $VMWARE_VERSION
git fetch
make
sudo make install
sudo rm /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libz.so.1/libz.so.1
sudo ln -s /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libz.so.1/libz.so.1
#sudo mkdir -p /misc/sign-vmware-modules
#sudo chmod 777 /misc/sign-vmware-modules
cd /misc/sign-vmware-modules
openssl req -new -x509 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout MOK.priv -outform DER -out MOK.der -nodes -days 36500 -subj "/CN=MSI/"
chmod 600 MOK.priv
sudo mokutil --import MOK.der
sudo /misc/sign-vmware-modules/signingscript
Error Output at make:
make[2]: Entering directory '/usr/src/kernels/6.9.7-200.fc40.x86_64'
CC [M] /tmp/patch-vmware/vmware-host-modules/vmnet-only/driver.o
CC [M] /tmp/patch-vmware/vmware-host-modules/vmnet-only/hub.o
CC [M] /tmp/patch-vmware/vmware-host-modules/vmnet-only/userif.o
CC [M] /tmp/patch-vmware/vmware-host-modules/vmnet-only/netif.o
CC [M] /tmp/patch-vmware/vmware-host-modules/vmnet-only/bridge.o
In file included from ./include/linux/spinlock.h:305,
from ./include/linux/sched.h:2138,
from /tmp/patch-vmware/vmware-host-modules/vmnet-only/bridge.c:25:
/tmp/patch-vmware/vmware-host-modules/vmnet-only/bridge.c: In function ‘VNetBridgeReceiveFromVNet’:
/tmp/patch-vmware/vmware-host-modules/vmnet-only/vmnetInt.h:44:39: error: ‘dev_base_lock’ undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean ‘device_lock’?
44 | #define dev_lock_list() read_lock(&dev_base_lock)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
./include/linux/rwlock.h:56:48: note: in definition of macro ‘read_lock’
56 | #define read_lock(lock) _raw_read_lock(lock)
| ^~~~
/tmp/patch-vmware/vmware-host-modules/vmnet-only/bridge.c:587:4: note: in expansion of macro ‘dev_lock_list’
587 | dev_lock_list();
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
/tmp/patch-vmware/vmware-host-modules/vmnet-only/vmnetInt.h:44:39: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
44 | #define dev_lock_list() read_lock(&dev_base_lock)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
./include/linux/rwlock.h:56:48: note: in definition of macro ‘read_lock’
56 | #define read_lock(lock) _raw_read_lock(lock)
| ^~~~
/tmp/patch-vmware/vmware-host-modules/vmnet-only/bridge.c:587:4: note: in expansion of macro ‘dev_lock_list’
587 | dev_lock_list();
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
/tmp/patch-vmware/vmware-host-modules/vmnet-only/bridge.c: In function ‘VNetBridgeUp’:
/tmp/patch-vmware/vmware-host-modules/vmnet-only/vmnetInt.h:44:39: error: ‘dev_base_lock’ undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean ‘device_lock’?
44 | #define dev_lock_list() read_lock(&dev_base_lock)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
./include/linux/rwlock.h:56:48: note: in definition of macro ‘read_lock’
56 | #define read_lock(lock) _raw_read_lock(lock)
| ^~~~
/tmp/patch-vmware/vmware-host-modules/vmnet-only/bridge.c:902:4: note: in expansion of macro ‘dev_lock_list’
902 | dev_lock_list();
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
make[4]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:244: /tmp/patch-vmware/vmware-host-modules/vmnet-only/bridge.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** [/usr/src/kernels/6.9.7-200.fc40.x86_64/Makefile:1930: /tmp/patch-vmware/vmware-host-modules/vmnet-only] Error 2
make[2]: *** [Makefile:252: __sub-make] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/kernels/6.9.7-200.fc40.x86_64'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:117: vmnet.ko] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/patch-vmware/vmware-host-modules/vmnet-only'
make: *** [Makefile:21: vmnet-only] Error 2
[10:49:45] [mehmet@fedora] vmware-host-modules$
Script 2:
TMP_FOLDER=/tmp/patch-vmware
rm -fdr $TMP_FOLDER
mkdir -p $TMP_FOLDER
cd $TMP_FOLDER
git clone -b tmp/workstation-17.5.2-k6.9.1 https://github.com/nan0desu/vmware-host-modules.git
cd vmware-host-modules/
sudo make tarballs && sudo cp -v vmmon.tar vmnet.tar /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/
sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
Error Message:
Cloning into 'vmware-host-modules'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 4802, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (1613/1613), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (283/283), done.
remote: Total 4802 (delta 1516), reused 1375 (delta 1330), pack-reused 3189
Receiving objects: 100% (4802/4802), 1.84 MiB | 1.77 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (3703/3703), done.
[sudo] password for mehmet:
git archive -o vmmon.tar --format=tar HEAD vmmon-only
git archive -o vmnet.tar --format=tar HEAD vmnet-only
'vmmon.tar' -> '/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon.tar'
'vmnet.tar' -> '/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar'
[AppLoader] GLib does not have GSettings support.
Stopping vmware (via systemctl): [ OK ]
make: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmmon-only'
Using kernel build system.
/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/6.9.7-200.fc40.x86_64/build/include/.. M=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/kernels/6.9.7-200.fc40.x86_64'
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmmon-only/linux/driverLog.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmmon-only/common/apic.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmmon-only/common/comport.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmmon-only/common/crosspage.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmmon-only/common/moduleloop.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmmon-only/common/sharedAreaVmmon.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmmon-only/common/statVarsVmmon.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmmon-only/common/task.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmmon-only/bootstrap/bootstrap.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmmon-only/bootstrap/monLoader.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmmon-only/bootstrap/monLoaderVmmon.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmmon-only/bootstrap/vmmblob.o
LD [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmmon-only/vmmon.o
MODPOST /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmmon-only/Module.symvers
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmmon-only/vmmon.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko
BTF [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko
Skipping BTF generation for /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko due to unavailability of vmlinux
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/kernels/6.9.7-200.fc40.x86_64'
/usr/bin/make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild
make[1]: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmmon-only'
make[1]: 'postbuild' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmmon-only'
cp -f vmmon.ko ./../vmmon.o
make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmmon-only'
make: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmnet-only'
Using kernel build system.
/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/6.9.7-200.fc40.x86_64/build/include/.. M=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/kernels/6.9.7-200.fc40.x86_64'
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmnet-only/driver.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmnet-only/hub.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmnet-only/userif.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmnet-only/netif.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmnet-only/bridge.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmnet-only/procfs.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmnet-only/smac_compat.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmnet-only/smac.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmnet-only/vnetEvent.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmnet-only/vnetUserListener.o
LD [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmnet-only/vmnet.o
MODPOST /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmnet-only/Module.symvers
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmnet-only/vmnet.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmnet-only/vmnet.ko
BTF [M] /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmnet-only/vmnet.ko
Skipping BTF generation for /tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmnet-only/vmnet.ko due to unavailability of vmlinux
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/kernels/6.9.7-200.fc40.x86_64'
/usr/bin/make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild
make[1]: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmnet-only'
make[1]: 'postbuild' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmnet-only'
cp -f vmnet.ko ./../vmnet.o
make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-D7faaz/vmnet-only'
Starting vmware (via systemctl): Job for vmware.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status vmware.service" and "journalctl -xeu vmware.service" for details.
[FAILED]
Unable to start services
[10:54:38] [mehmet@fedora] vmware-host-modules$
logs:
[10:54:38] [mehmet@fedora] vmware-host-modules$ journalctl -xeu vmware.service
Jul 04 10:54:38 fedora systemd[1]: vmware.service: This usually indicates unclean termination of a previous run, or s>
Jul 04 10:54:38 fedora systemd[1]: Starting vmware.service - SYSV: This service starts and stops VMware services...
░░ Subject: A start job for unit vmware.service has begun execution
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
░░
░░ A start job for unit vmware.service has begun execution.
░░
░░ The job identifier is 3982.
Jul 04 10:54:38 fedora vmware[8574]: Starting VMware services:
Jul 04 10:54:38 fedora vmware[8574]: Virtual machine monitor[FAILED]
Jul 04 10:54:38 fedora vmware[8574]: Virtual machine communication interface[ OK ]
Jul 04 10:54:38 fedora vmware[8574]: VM communication interface socket family[ OK ]
Jul 04 10:54:38 fedora vmware[8574]: Virtual ethernet[FAILED]
Jul 04 10:54:38 fedora vmware[8574]: VMware Authentication Daemon[ OK ]
Jul 04 10:54:38 fedora systemd[1]: vmware.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
░░ Subject: Unit process exited
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
░░
░░ An ExecStart= process belonging to unit vmware.service has exited.
░░
░░ The process' exit code is 'exited' and its exit status is 1.
Jul 04 10:54:38 fedora systemd[1]: vmware.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
░░ Subject: Unit failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
░░
░░ The unit vmware.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
Jul 04 10:54:38 fedora systemd[1]: vmware.service: Unit process 1091 (vmware-authdlau) remains running after unit sto>
Jul 04 10:54:38 fedora systemd[1]: vmware.service: Unit process 8611 (vmware-authdlau) remains running after unit sto>
Jul 04 10:54:38 fedora systemd[1]: vmware.service: Unit process 8612 (logger) remains running after unit stopped.
Jul 04 10:54:38 fedora systemd[1]: vmware.service: Unit process 8615 (sh) remains running after unit stopped.
Jul 04 10:54:38 fedora systemd[1]: vmware.service: Unit process 8617 (sh) remains running after unit stopped.
Jul 04 10:54:38 fedora systemd[1]: Failed to start vmware.service - SYSV: This service starts and stops VMware servic>
░░ Subject: A start job for unit vmware.service has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
░░
░░ A start job for unit vmware.service has finished with a failure.
░░
░░ The job identifier is 3982 and the job result is failed.
System:
the first script used to work perfectly up until i updated to the kernel versions 6.9.6+ from 6.8.11
I tried running both of these Scripts i found online & in this issue -> #257 https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/issues/257#issuecomment-2198321399 :
Script 1:
Error Output at make:
Script 2:
Error Message:
logs: