| 41 | |
| 42 | = VMware workstaion 9 on Ubuntu 12.10 (beta) = |
| 43 | * kernel 3.5.0-17-generic |
| 44 | |
| 45 | * [http://communities.vmware.com/message/2103172 VMware Communities: vmplayer-5.0.0 terminates immediately...] |
| 46 | * http://communities.vmware.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/2103172-94260/vmware9_kernel35_patch.tar.bz2 |
| 47 | * [http://communities.vmware.com/message/2103173 VMware Communities: Fails with a Kernel bug on FC16] |
| 48 | * [http://pastebin.com/TTXqsjbc (Diff) vmmon.ko: patch to support new exception table - Pastebin.com] |
| 49 | |
| 50 | == how to patch == |
| 51 | * mitty@quantal:~$ wget http://communities.vmware.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/2103172-94260/vmware9_kernel35_patch.tar.bz2 |
| 52 | * mitty@quantal:~$ tar xjf vmware9_kernel35_patch.tar.bz2 |
| 53 | * mitty@quantal:~/vmware9_kernel3.5_patch$ sudo ./patch-modules_3.5.0.sh |
| 54 | {{{ |
| 55 | patching file vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c |
| 56 | Stopping VMware services: |
| 57 | VMware Authentication Daemon done |
| 58 | At least one instance of VMware VMX is still running. |
| 59 | Please stop all running instances of VMware VMX first. |
| 60 | |
| 61 | VMware Authentication Daemon done |
| 62 | Unable to stop services |
| 63 | |
| 64 | |
| 65 | All done, you can now run VMWare WorkStation. |
| 66 | Modules sources backup can be found in the '/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source-workstation9.0.0-2012-10-10-12:10:29-backup' directory |
| 67 | }}} |
| 68 | |
| 69 | * mitty@quantal:~$ sudo rm /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/misc/vm* |
| 70 | {{{ |
| 71 | removed `/lib/modules/3.5.0-17-generic/misc/vmblock.ko' |
| 72 | removed `/lib/modules/3.5.0-17-generic/misc/vmci.ko' |
| 73 | removed `/lib/modules/3.5.0-17-generic/misc/vmmon.ko' |
| 74 | removed `/lib/modules/3.5.0-17-generic/misc/vmnet.ko' |
| 75 | }}} |