OK installed VMware Workstation Full 8.0.3-703057.86_64.bundle in teminal I then used ran a patch in terminal
This is the patch module.sh
#! /bin/bash
# VMWare Workstation/Player _host kernel modules_ patcher v0.6.2 by 2010 Artem S. Tashkinov
# Tailored and fixed vmblock patching for the 2.6.39 patch by Stefano Angeleri (weltall)
# Use at your own risk.
fpatch=vmware3.2.0.patch
vmreqver=8.0.3
plreqver=4.0.3
error()
{
echo "$*. Exiting"
exit
}
curdir=`pwd`
bdate=`date "+%F-%H:%M:%S"` || error "date utility didn't quite work. Hm"
vmver=`vmware-installer -l 2>/dev/null | awk '/vmware-/{print $1substr($2,1,5)}'`
vmver="${vmver#vmware-}"
basedir=/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source
ptoken="$basedir/.patched"
bkupdir="$basedir-$vmver-$bdate-backup"
unset product
[ -z "$vmver" ] && error "VMWare is not installed (properly) on this PC"
[ "$vmver" == "workstation$vmreqver" ] && product="VMWare WorkStation"
[ "$vmver" == "player$plreqver" ] && product="VMWare Player"
[ -z "$product" ] && error "Sorry, this script is only for VMWare WorkStation $vmreqver or VMWare Player $plreqver"
[ "`id -u`" != "0" ] && error "You must be root to run this script"
[ -f "$ptoken" ] && error "$ptoken found. You have already patched your sources"
[ ! -d "$basedir" ] && error "Source '$basedir' directory not found, reinstall $product"
[ ! -f "$fpatch" ] && error "'$fpatch' not found. Please, copy it to the current '$curdir' directory"
tmpdir=`mktemp -d` || exit 1
cp -an "$basedir" "$bkupdir" || exit 2
cd "$tmpdir" || exit 3
find "$basedir" -name "*.tar" -exec tar xf '{}' \; || exit 4
patch -p1 < "$curdir/$fpatch" || exit 5
tar cf vmci.tar vmci-only || exit 6
tar cf vsock.tar vsock-only || exit 7
tar cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only || exit 8
tar cf vmmon.tar vmmon-only || exit 9
tar cf vmblock.tar vmblock-only || exit 10
cp -a *.tar "$basedir" || exit 11
rm -rf "$tmpdir" || exit 12
touch "$ptoken" || exit 13
cd "$curdir" || exit 14
vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
echo -e "\n"
echo "All done, you can now run $product."
echo "Modules sources backup can be found in the '$bkupdir' directory"
And this is the patch
diff -u -r source802/vmblock-only/linux/filesystem.c source/vmblock-only/linux/filesystem.c
--- source802/vmblock-only/linux/filesystem.c 2012-01-18 22:01:07.000000000 +0100
+++ source/vmblock-only/linux/filesystem.c 2012-04-01 11:48:24.000000000 +0200
@@ -525,7 +525,11 @@
return -EINVAL;
}
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE <KERNEL_VERSION>= KERNEL_VERSION(3, 2, 0)
+#include <linux>
+#endif
+
// VNet_FilterLogPacket.action for dropped packets
#define VNET_FILTER_ACTION_DRP (1)
#define VNET_FILTER_ACTION_DRP_SHORT (2)
diff -u -r source802/vmnet-only/netif.c source/vmnet-only/netif.c
--- source802/vmnet-only/netif.c 2012-01-18 23:22:02.000000000 +0100
+++ source/vmnet-only/netif.c 2012-01-26 13:41:18.000000000 +0100
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@
static int VNetNetifStartXmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev);
static struct net_device_stats *VNetNetifGetStats(struct net_device *dev);
static int VNetNetifSetMAC(struct net_device *dev, void *addr);
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 42, 0) || (LINUX_VERSION_CODE <KERNEL_VERSION>= KERNEL_VERSION(3, 0, 0))
static void VNetNetifSetMulticast(struct net_device *dev);
+#endif
#if 0
static void VNetNetifTxTimeout(struct net_device *dev);
#endif
@@ -131,7 +133,9 @@
.ndo_stop = VNetNetifClose,
.ndo_get_stats = VNetNetifGetStats,
.ndo_set_mac_address = VNetNetifSetMAC,
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 42, 0) || (LINUX_VERSION_CODE <KERNEL_VERSION>= KERNEL_VERSION(3, 0, 0))
.ndo_set_multicast_list = VNetNetifSetMulticast,
+#endif
/*
* We cannot stuck... If someone will report problems under
* low memory conditions or some such, we should enable it.
@@ -611,12 +615,12 @@
*
*----------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
-
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 42, 0) || (LINUX_VERSION_CODE <KERNEL_VERSION>= KERNEL_VERSION(3, 0, 0))
void
VNetNetifSetMulticast(struct net_device *dev) // IN: unused
{
}
-
+#endif
/*
*----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff -u -r source802/vmnet-only/userif.c source/vmnet-only/userif.c
--- source802/vmnet-only/userif.c 2012-01-18 23:22:02.000000000 +0100
+++ source/vmnet-only/userif.c 2012-01-26 13:28:48.000000000 +0100
@@ -517,10 +517,18 @@
unsigned int tmpCsum;
const void *vaddr;
+#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 42, 0) && LINUX_VERSION_CODE <KERNEL_VERSION>= KERNEL_VERSION(3, 2, 0)
+ vaddr = kmap(skb_frag_page(frag));
+#else
vaddr = kmap(frag->page);
+#endif
tmpCsum = csum_and_copy_to_user(vaddr + frag->page_offset,
curr, frag->size, 0, &err);
+#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 42, 0) && LINUX_VERSION_CODE <KERNEL_VERSION>= KERNEL_VERSION(3, 2, 0)
+ kunmap(skb_frag_page(frag));
+#else
kunmap(frag->page);
+#endif
if (err) {
return err;
}
Now when I launch VMware I get this
But when Iclick on install that disappears and nothing happens
any help would be appreciated.
I should add this has never happened before when installing into a Debian system.
