Unable to Start Virtual Ethernet
I am using VMWare Player 14.0.0 for Linux
My Build: 4.12.0-kali2-amd64
This is meant for my Linux Machine (Kali Machine), I have installed a VMWare Player. I was expecting it to have Internet on my VM when using bridge mode.
However, it says something like Ethernet1 failed to connected to /dev/vmnet0.
root@kali:/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source# sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
[AppLoader] GLib does not have GSettings support.
Stopping VMware services:
VMware Authentication Daemon done
VM communication interface socket family done
Virtual machine communication interface done
Virtual machine monitor done
Blocking file system done
make: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only'
Using kernel build system.
/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/4.12.0-kali2-amd64/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-amd64'
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/linux/driverLog.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/common/apic.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/common/task.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/common/hashFunc.o
In file included from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h:4:0,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:20,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h:4,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:52,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/thread_info.h:37,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:6,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/preempt.h:80,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/spinlock.h:50,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu.h:4,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/desc.h:6,
from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/common/task.c:70:
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h:561:0: warning: "MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES" redefined
#define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES 0x00000140
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.h:32:0,
from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/common/task.c:51:
/tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/./include/x86msr.h:115:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
#define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES 0x140
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.h:32:0,
from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.c:43:
/tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/./include/x86msr.h:115:0: warning: "MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES" redefined
#define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES 0x140
In file included from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h:4:0,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:20,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h:4,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:52,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/thread_info.h:37,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:6,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/preempt.h:80,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/spinlock.h:50,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/rcupdate.h:38,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/rculist.h:10,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/pid.h:4,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/sched.h:13,
from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/common/vmx86.c:31:
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h:561:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
#define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES 0x00000140
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/common/comport.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.o
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/./common/vmx86.h:32:0,
from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:32,
from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:47:
/tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/./include/x86msr.h:115:0: warning: "MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES" redefined
#define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES 0x140
In file included from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h:4:0,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:20,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h:4,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:52,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/thread_info.h:37,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:6,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/preempt.h:80,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/spinlock.h:50,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/wait.h:8,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/fs.h:5,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/highmem.h:4,
from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:25:
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h:561:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
#define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES 0x00000140
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/bootstrap/monLoaderVmmon.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/bootstrap/monLoader.o
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm.h:43:0,
from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:60:
/tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/./include/x86msr.h:115:0: warning: "MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES" redefined
#define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES 0x140
In file included from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h:4:0,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:20,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h:4,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:52,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/thread_info.h:37,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:6,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/preempt.h:80,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/spinlock.h:50,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/rcupdate.h:38,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/rculist.h:10,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/pid.h:4,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/sched.h:13,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/binfmts.h:4,
from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:32:
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h:561:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
#define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES 0x00000140
/tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:981:1: warning: always_inline function might not be inlinable [-Wattributes]
LinuxDriverSyncReadTSCs(uint64 *delta) // OUT: TSC max - TSC min
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/bootstrap/bootstrap.o
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/./common/vmx86.h:32:0,
from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.c:35:
/tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/./include/x86msr.h:115:0: warning: "MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES" redefined
#define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES 0x140
In file included from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h:4:0,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:20,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h:4,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:52,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/thread_info.h:37,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:6,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/preempt.h:80,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/spinlock.h:50,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/rcupdate.h:38,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/rculist.h:10,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/pid.h:4,
from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/sched.h:13,
from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/vmcore/moduleloop.c:31:
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h:561:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
#define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES 0x00000140
LD [M] /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/vmmon.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/vmmon.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only/vmmon.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-amd64'
/usr/bin/make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild
make[1]: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only'
make[1]: 'postbuild' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only'
cp -f vmmon.ko ./../vmmon.o
make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmmon-only'
make: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only'
Using kernel build system.
/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/4.12.0-kali2-amd64/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-amd64'
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/driver.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/hub.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/userif.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/netif.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/bridge.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/procfs.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/smac_compat.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/smac.o
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/vnetEvent.o
In file included from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/pci.h:36:0,
from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/compat_netdevice.h:27,
from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/netif.c:43:
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/pci_ids.h:2258:0: warning: "PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE" redefined
#define PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE 0x15ad
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/net.h:38:0,
from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/vnetInt.h:26,
from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/netif.c:42:
/tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/vm_device_version.h:56:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
#define PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE 0x15AD
In file included from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/pci.h:36:0,
from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/compat_netdevice.h:27,
from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/netif.c:43:
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/pci_ids.h:2259:0: warning: "PCI_DEVICE_ID_VMWARE_VMXNET3" redefined
#define PCI_DEVICE_ID_VMWARE_VMXNET3 0x07b0
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/net.h:38:0,
from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/vnetInt.h:26,
from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/netif.c:42:
/tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/vm_device_version.h:73:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
#define PCI_DEVICE_ID_VMWARE_VMXNET3 0x07B0
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/net.h:38:0,
from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/vnetInt.h:26,
from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/bridge.c:53:
/tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/vm_device_version.h:56:0: warning: "PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE" redefined
#define PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE 0x15AD
In file included from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/pci.h:36:0,
from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/compat_netdevice.h:27,
from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/bridge.c:52:
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/pci_ids.h:2258:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
#define PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE 0x15ad
In file included from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/net.h:38:0,
from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/vnetInt.h:26,
from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/bridge.c:53:
/tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/vm_device_version.h:73:0: warning: "PCI_DEVICE_ID_VMWARE_VMXNET3" redefined
#define PCI_DEVICE_ID_VMWARE_VMXNET3 0x07B0
In file included from /usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/pci.h:36:0,
from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/compat_netdevice.h:27,
from /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/bridge.c:52:
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-common/include/linux/pci_ids.h:2259:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
#define PCI_DEVICE_ID_VMWARE_VMXNET3 0x07b0
CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/vnetUserListener.o
LD [M] /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/vmnet.o
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
CC /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/vmnet.mod.o
LD [M] /tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only/vmnet.ko
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.12.0-kali2-amd64'
/usr/bin/make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild
make[1]: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only'
make[1]: 'postbuild' is up to date.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only'
cp -f vmnet.ko ./../vmnet.o
make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-2IdvrD/vmnet-only'
Starting VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor done
Virtual machine communication interface done
VM communication interface socket family done
Blocking file system done
Virtual ethernet failed
VMware Authentication Daemon done
Unable to start services
When will a patch be ready?
This is quite urgent
Hi Alvinoo,
Your host OS is not on the list of supported host OS's.
So I do not think that VMware will quickly come up with a patch for an issue with Kali linux.
Also note that they never answer "when" questions.
Perhaps somebody else in the forum has a patch for you, my suggestion is to try and search the forum. There certainly have been patches been shared for fixing issues with Kali down here before, just can't remember if it had to do with a network issue.
--
Wil