Vmware WSK 9 kernel header 3.8 generic not found

**r_avital** · June 27th, 2013

Thanks everybody for the suggestions, but this is still failing on my end:

Ubuntu 13.04 64-bit, re-installed VMWare Player 3.1.0 which had been working fine for years prior to the updated to Ubuntu 13.04. Attempting to run vmplayer gives the following:

Code:

Logging to /tmp/vmware-myname/setup-12352.log
ERROR: Module vmmon not found.
ERROR: Module vmnet not found.
ERROR: Module vmblock not found.
ERROR: Module vmci not found.
ERROR: Module vsock not found.
ERROR: Module vmmon not found.
ERROR: Module vmnet not found.
ERROR: Module vmblock not found.
ERROR: Module vmci not found.
ERROR: Module vsock not found.
ERROR: Module vmmon not found.
ERROR: Module vmnet not found.
ERROR: Module vmblock not found.
ERROR: Module vmci not found.
ERROR: Module vsock not found.

Then, a window asking me to install modules that need to be compiled into the running kernerl. I click "install" - and the above list repeats, then exit to prompt.

What I've done so far:

1. Manually created the sym-link:

Code:

sudo ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.0-25-generic/include/generated/uapi/linux/ /usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.0-25-generic/include/linux/version.h

2. Ran the script referenced above, with the following output:

Code:

 
ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘/usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.0-25-generic/include/linux/version.h/version.h’: File exists
Stopping VMware services:
   VMware USB Arbitrator                                               done
   VM communication interface socket family                            done
   Virtual machine communication interface                             done
   Virtual machine monitor                                             done
   Blocking file system                                                done
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only'
make -C /lib/modules/3.8.0-25-generic/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
          MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.0-25-generic'
  CC [M]  /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:40:28: fatal error: linux/smp_lock.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.0-25-generic'
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only'
Unable to install vmmon
Done

The only part of the output that makes sense to me is the first line, unable to create the link because it already exists (I created it manually).

Any ideas, anyone, before I go back to Lucid? Please?

TIA

**chrisguk** · June 27th, 2013

Hi,

You seem to be going around in circles. To ensure it works as desired I recommend completely removing VMware and all it's setting directories and application preferences. Then reinstall. There is a patch available on the VMware communities site, just Google " kernel 3.8 VMware patch Linux" and you should find it. Apply the patch manually first then run the script on this thread. I am currently building a complete solution to the problem and post post once it's complete.

If you have any problems then please come back to me.

**r_avital** · June 27th, 2013

Thank you so much, chris, and beyond that, thank you for working on a comprehensive solution.

I neglected to mention earlier, that I had already uninstalled and reinstalled vmplayer. So based on that, I proceeded with the patch you mentioned. I had errors, my apologies, I didn't bother to record them.

On a hunch, I went to the vmware site and downloaded vmplayer version 5.0.2 build-1031769, installed it, then ran the patch, with the following result:

Code:

./vmware9.k3.8rc4.patch: 1: ./vmware9.k3.8rc4.patch: ---: not found
./vmware9.k3.8rc4.patch: 2: ./vmware9.k3.8rc4.patch: +++: not found
./vmware9.k3.8rc4.patch: 3: ./vmware9.k3.8rc4.patch: @@: not found
./vmware9.k3.8rc4.patch: 4: ./vmware9.k3.8rc4.patch: .name: not found
./vmware9.k3.8rc4.patch: 5: ./vmware9.k3.8rc4.patch: .id_table: not found
./vmware9.k3.8rc4.patch: 6: ./vmware9.k3.8rc4.patch: .probe: not found
./vmware9.k3.8rc4.patch: 7: ./vmware9.k3.8rc4.patch: Syntax error: "(" unexpected

Again, on a hunch, in the hope that this version already had the patch, I tried to simply run the player. I don't know for certain whether it has the patch or not, but this version runs fine for me. I'm not "married" to any particular version of vmplayer, so this solution works for me.

Again, thank you so much, and enjoy the weekend!

Cheers