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Unable to Restart Virtual Ethernet

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

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alvinoo
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When will a patch be ready?

This is quite urgent

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wila
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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.

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Wil

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