As every Update from Vmware also VM WS 9.03 breaks the Kernel Updates.
Anyone with a working Patch here ? Would be awesome !
System:
3.11.0-13-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
THANK YOU !
The patch from 3.11 does not work for me and failed:
sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
[.....]
AbortError: Installation was aborted
[2013-11-15 13:10:54,796]
[2013-11-15 13:10:54,796]
[2013-11-15 13:10:54,796] Installer running.
[2013-11-15 13:10:54,796] Command Line Arguments:
[2013-11-15 13:10:54,797] ['/tmp/vmis.k7juaG/install/vmware-installer/vmware-installer.py', '--set-setting', 'vmware-installer', 'libconf', '/tmp/vmis.k7juaG/install/vmware-installer/lib/libconf', '--install-component', '/tmp/vmis.k7juaG/install/vmware-installer', '--install-bundle', '/home/torsten/Downloads/./VMware-Workstation-Full-9.0.3-1410761.x86_64.bundle', '']
[2013-11-15 13:10:54,953] /tmp/vmis.k7juaG/install/vmware-installer/python/pygtk/gtk/__init__.py:69: GtkWarning: could not open display
warnings.warn(str(e), _gtk.Warning)
[2013-11-15 13:10:54,954] Unable to initialize gtk: could not open display
[2013-11-15 13:10:54,963] Using UI type console
[2013-11-15 13:10:54,984] Opening database file /etc/vmware-installer/database
[2013-11-15 13:10:56,350] Could not locate installer App Control.
I'am getting nuts... i have to work with the Vm workstation but cant.
PLZ anybody... I'am not a Programmer, i just have to work with this stuff! Thank you !
@VMware... Will there be ANY update that will NOT break the modules with an actual kernel or need community patches to work ?
Hi
Welcome to the communities.
Try to install online instead of offline.
I did ... Doesn't work
Well, restartet from scratch ...
Deinstalled VMware Workstation 9.03 with
sudo vmware-installer -u vmware-workstation
Also followed the manuall deinstall from the KB to get everything left.
Then sudo ./VMware-Workstation-Full-9.0.3-1410761.x86_64.bundle
Result: does not work either.
:smileycry: Anyone ? Plz ?!
Same Problem here. Killed my vmware kernel modules over online update from 9.0.2 to 9.0.3 on Ubuntu 13.10.
Following Services are now broken:
Virtual machine communication interface
VM communication interface socket family
VmWare Workstation starts over X-Forward but its not working. So it starts a death gui.
Hope new patches will come.
As found here: https://gist.github.com/xaitax
This issue seems to now be cleared up by a patch Ubuntu released on December 3rd for their current kernel. Run 'vmware-modconfig --console --install-all' as root (or with sudo) and you should see all VMware services startup fine.
I am so completely sick of this crap. Ubuntu updates, VMWare chokes. Screw around for days to fix VMWare, time to fix Ubuntu again. Ubuntu updates, VMWare chokes. Lather, rinse, repeat. I'm starting to miss windows 3.11.
VMware does not care about users of their technology. This problem repeats again and again. When are they going to take us seriously. At the moment I cannot do anything but wait for the resolution.
It seems there is absolutely no progress in resolving the Ubuntu 13.10 and VMware workstation 9.03.Maybe both companies VMware and Ubuntu do not care about the crap software they are selling. I am considering not to upgrade to Worktstation 10 because it is suffering from the same problem.
I don't know. I ave had no problem at all compiling WS 10 under Ubuntu 13.10 with kernel 3.11. Where is your failure?
Thank you all. I finally resolved my VMware workstation issue and I am back to operation. The problem was caused by Ubuntu 13.10 unity module which is running with root user permission after booting. This caused the installation problem when upgrading VMware Workstaion because the installation failed due to the installation having insufficient permission to use the GUI of Unity. The temporary solution whilst Ubuntu has promised to resolve this problem with 14.04 release in April 2014:
The solution is to reset Unity with the following command line or write a vi script:
sudo dconf reset -f /org/compiz/
sudo setsid unity
I have the same problem but i am using Linux Mint 16 running in Cinnamon (and VMWare still isn't working).
So I guess that it is no use for me to reset Unity because I'm using Cinnamon.
Should I reset Cinnamon then? If so, how?
