Unable To Install Kernel Module After Updating Fedora Kernel To 5.16.5-200.fc35.x86_64

[CuriousTommy]

Hello all,

I was wondering if anyone else was running into issues where VMWare was unable to install the kernel module on my Fedora 35 machine.

I get the following error message when I try to let VMWare install the kernel modules: "Unable to install all modules. See log /tmp/vmware-thomasa/vmware-23576.log for details. (Exit code 1)"

I attached the logs in case anyone wants to see it.

[ralmeida12]

Hi, I have a fedora 35 5.16.5-200.fc35.x86_64 try this works for me

know what is your kernel version?: uname -r.

know your Vmware version or install the latest: vmware --version

Prerequisite

Spoiler

dnf install kernel-devel kernel-headers gcc gcc-c++ make git

Spoiler

wget https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/archive/workstation-16.2.1.tar.gz
tar -xzf workstation-16.2.1.tar.gz
cd vmware-host-modules-workstation-16.2.1
make
make install

pd. Based on your VMware product, replace “12.2.1” with your installed version and/or “workstation” with “player”.

vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
systemctl restart vmware.service

Have fun...

[CuriousTommy]

Thank you! I'm able to access my Manjaro VM again! I'm going to assume that I'll have to do this manually each time when there is a kernel update, right?

For anyone else that is running into the same problem that I did:

For some reason, I don't have the vmware commend on my machine, but you can also check through the log files located in /tmp/vmware-[YOUR USERNAME]/

vmware-modconfig fails for me when I try to use it, but I was to get VMWare working without it (just make sure to reset the vmware.service)