Is there a text mode re-install option? For years we had a script we could run that would rebuild all the kernel interface modules so that when we got a kernel upgrade we could easily get VMware to work with the new kernel.
The latest several versios have had the rebuild functionality built in to VMware itself, which seems like a swell idea -- if you have just one copy to upgrade.
I have 50 Workstation licenses and another 90 or so Player installs. I used to be able to log on the 30 or so workstations at a time and lauch the rebuild process on each one, simultaneously. Now I have to do each one, one at a time. This is very painful. An install of the full product (from the bundle) is much easier -- it detects that I'm installing from a text mode window and perates accordingly, but I haven't figured out how to do this when I have to rebuild the kernel modules.
I can't believe that the ability for a non-graphical rebuild is gone, I just can't figure out how to get to it. Does someone have a solution for me?
Try the following from the command line when login as root
vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
Another option would be to run through the GUI on one machine and copy the compiled modules to the other machines
Try the following from the command line when login as root
vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
Another option would be to run through the GUI on one machine and copy the compiled modules to the other machines