[linux - VMware Player 6.0.4] Cannot compile for Ubuntu 14.04 kernel 3.13.0-39-generic

[NoOpG]

Upgraded from VMWare Player 6.0.3 to 6.0.4 and now cannot compile kernel for 3.13.0-39-generic. Attempted to install this patch

<http://dandar3.blogspot.com/2014/01/vmware-player-601-on-ubuntu-1404-alpha.html>

and the detailed results are at Ubuntu Pastebin (paste.ubuntu.com/8778444/)

patch fails with

Hunk #3 FAILED at 259.

1 out of 3 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file vmnet-only/filter.c.rej

o backed down to previous kernel(s) -37 and -38 & also tried reinstalling 6.03 - all failed to compile.

Ubuntu 14.04 w/kernel 3.13.0 is an LTS release - why is that VMware Player compiles fail and must be patched every time the kernel is upgraded?

Does anyone have a sucessful patch for 6.0.4 and 3.13.0-30-generic? I would very much like to get my VM's running again.

[NoOpG]

Attached pastebin text for those who are leary of going to an external pastebin url. Also converted my WinXP and Win7 guest VM's over to VirtualBox in the interim as I cannot run VMware Player on linux without a working patch.

[NoOpG]

Thanks for the flood of responses 🙂

Turns out the issue wasn't VMware & the clue is the final line in the log:

Could not locate echo. Unable to build.

VMware was looking for /bin/echo and that file was missing. Reinstalled coreutuils & in turn

that reinstalled /bin/echo. Problem solved.