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Good to hear you got sorted!

Fedora had another kernel update (again!!!) this weekend , so I'm now on 3.2.2 and VMware Workstation/Player is still working.

     $ uname -r

Helios welltall patch worked for VMware player 4.0.2+ on Ubuntu 12.04b1_32

I have vmware-vix installed. The patch script didn't detect my vmware version, I had to modify it like this:

vmver=`vmware-installer -l 2>/dev/null | tail -1 | awk '/vmware-/{print $1substr($2,1,5)}'`

But after that, it worked great. So, thank you very much!

The patch work on Kubuntu 12.04 64bit , thanks

Hey guys,

I am in a standstill and here's the situation (my first take at VMWare... so be gentle):

1) OS / Kernel: Ubuntu 12.04 - Kernel 3.2.0.

2) VMware Player: 4.0.0. I have tried to download VMWare Player version 4.0.2 from the download page, but it seems that no matter how hard I try, the only available version is 4.0.0 (is 4.0.2 available only for paying customers and not for free trials or something??? )

3) Installed the VMware Player, got the installation successfull status, and when I tried to launch... vmmon compilation error

2012-04-30T17:45:42.059+02:00| vthread-3| I120: Validating path /lib/modules/3.2.0-24-generic/build/include for kernel release 3.2.0-24-generic

2012-04-30T17:45:42.061+02:00| vthread-3| I120: Your GCC version: 4.6

2012-04-30T17:45:42.073+02:00| vthread-3| I120: Your GCC version: 4.6

2012-04-30T17:45:42.106+02:00| vthread-3| I120: Header path /lib/modules/3.2.0-24-generic/build/include for kernel release 3.2.0-24-generic is valid.

2012-04-30T17:45:42.106+02:00| vthread-3| I120: Building module vmmon.

2012-04-30T17:45:42.106+02:00| vthread-3| I120: Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.

2012-04-30T17:45:42.118+02:00| vthread-3| I120: Building module with command: /usr/bin/make -j -C /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only auto-build SUPPORT_SMP=1 HEADER_DIR=/lib/modules/3.2.0-24-generic/build/include CC=/usr/bin/gcc GREP=/usr/bin/make IS_GCC_3=no VMCCVER=4.6

2012-04-30T17:45:42.805+02:00| vthread-3| I120: Failed to compile module vmmon!

As you may very well see by now, I am in a vicious circle. There's no patch for version 4.0.0., I cannot update, as I can't run the software and I can't get version 4.0.2 because well... I can't find it.

Anyways, if anybody can help out of this I would appreciate it.

Look harder. It is on the download page, just not at the top of it.

Any thoughts on why in the name of all that's holy, version 4.0.2 is waaaaaaay down below let's say... version 3.0.1 and 3.0? 'Cos I can't think of any logical reason...

Anyway.. thanks for literally opeing my eyes.

Nop. :-)

I downloaded player 4.0.3 today and had the same problem as with 4.0.2.  The patch checks the version of workstation/player and wouldn't run. 

I edited the version number in the script, ran it, and 4.0.3 seems to be running okay. 

FWIW.

Worked for me on Xubuntu 12.04, but had to remove /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/.patched first.

thanks a lot for the procedure which works well on ubuntu 12.04 LTS. i translated it into french in the french ubuntu forum.

VMWare - are you reading this?  When will it get fixed?  The patch works well but it seems like you would want to fix the actual product.

Ubuntu 12.04 is officially Supported on the Workstation 2012 Tech Preview version, NOT on the released versions yet.