Failed to build vmnet after last openSUSE update

[jpearso]

Hello all

I just did a mega zypper update of opensuse Factory tonight - v13.2 goes live on Monday so I thought that I would avoid the rush.

This was a big mistake as far as VMware-Workstation is concerned because after updating some ~530 packages (new kernal etc) VMware Workstation can no longer compile the vmnet module.

ERROR : Failed to build vmnet.  Failed to execute the build command.

I have been running Vmware Workstation fine with zero problems on Factory for the last 3 weeks

Side note : I just updated to VMware yesterday.

I am running : VMware-Workstation-Full-10.0.4-2249910.x86_64.bundle

Everything worked fine for 24 hours before the major openSUSE update tonight (20141031)

# OS details follow

Linux Asus 3.17.1-1.g5c4d099-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Oct 18 23:36:23 UTC 2014 (5c4d099) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

# Listing the versions of installed support packages...

kernel-source-3.17.1-1.2.g5c4d099.noarch

kernel-desktop-3.17.1-1.2.g5c4d099.x86_64

kernel-desktop-devel-3.17.1-1.2.g5c4d099.x86_64

gcc-4.8-8.1.x86_64

make-4.0-4.4.x86_64

gcc-c++-4.8-8.1.x86_64

cat  vmware-modconfig-19171.log

... snip

2014-10-31T20:25:32.487+01:00| modconfig| I120: "/usr/lib/vmware-installer/2.1.0/vmware-installer" exited with status 0.

2014-10-31T20:25:32.487+01:00| modconfig| I120: Setting destination path for vmnet to "/lib/modules/3.17.1-1.g5c4d099-desktop/misc/vmnet.ko".

2014-10-31T20:25:32.487+01:00| modconfig| I120: Extracting the vmnet source from "/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar".

2014-10-31T20:25:32.490+01:00| modconfig| I120: Successfully extracted the vmnet source.

2014-10-31T20:25:32.490+01:00| modconfig| I120: Building module with command "/usr/bin/make -j6 -C /tmp/modconfig-Kua8Vn/vmnet-only auto-build HEADER_DIR=/lib/modules/3.17.1-1.g5c4d099-desktop/build/include CC=/usr/bin/gcc IS_GCC_3=no"

2014-10-31T20:25:33.649+01:00| modconfig| W110: Failed to build vmnet.  Failed to execute the build command.

2014-10-31T20:25:33.654+01:00| modconfig| I120: We are now shutdown.  Ready to die!

See the attached file for more details

Question : Are there any patches available or a beta of the upcoming version of VMware Workstation available?

Regards

James

[jpearso · Accepted solution]

Hello all

Just a short note to say that I solved this issue by applying the attached patch (vmware-for-3.17.patch.zip) that I found on this forum. Sorry but I forget on which post I found it.

Note : make sure that you have GNU patch installed on your system!

# Instructions to follow

# make new working directory

rm -r /tmp/vmware

mkdir -p /tmp/vmware/source && cd /tmp/vmware/source

#

# copy VMware module source files

cp -R /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/*  .

for i in ./*.tar; do tar -xf $i; done

for i in ./*.tar; do mv $i $i.orginal; done

#

# copy patch.zip file for 3.17 kernel to /tmp/vmware/source/

cp -p /your.path.goes.here/vmware-for-3.17.patch.zip .

# unzip ./vmware-for-3.17.patch.zip

unzip ./vmware-for-3.17.patch.zip

#

# apply patch

patch -p1 < vmware-for-3.17.patch;

tar -cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only/

mv -vfi ./vmnet.tar  /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/;

# recompile vmware modules using new patched

vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

#

# VMware Workstation 10.0.4 build-2249910 now works fine on openSUSE 13.2/Factory using a 3.17.1 kernel

Linux version 3.17.1-1.g5c4d099-desktop (geeko@buildhost) (gcc version 4.8.3 20140627 [gcc-4_8-branch revision 212064] (SUSE Linux) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Oct 18 23:36:23 UTC 2014 (5c4d099)

Hopes this helps someone

Regards

James

[gaugusto]

For kernels 3.19 , this work for me :

$ curl http://pastie.org/pastes/9934018/download -o /tmp/vmnet-3.19.patch

Extract the vmnet module sources:

$ cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source
# tar -xf vmnet.tar

Apply the patch:

# patch -p0 -i /tmp/vmnet-3.19.patch

Recreate the archive:

# tar -cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only

Remove leftover:

# rm -r *-only

Rebuild modules:

# vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

Credits:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VMware

[freemanlutsk]

For me this solution work too!

Thanx.