VMW 16.2.3 w/5.15.0-41-generic mkubecek patch fails MAKE

[kamiller42]

My KDE neon updated kernel to 5.15.0-41-generic. An attempt to rebuild VMware Workstation results in this...

[AppLoader] GLib does not have GSettings support. 
(process:10091): GLib-CRITICAL **: 14:56:36.416: g_file_test: assertion 'filename != NULL' failed

 I downloaded the mkubecek patch for this version. The "make" results in this...

make -C vmmon-only  
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/k/Downloads/vmware/vmware-host-modules-workstation-16.2.3/vmmon-only' 
Using kernel build system. 
make -C /lib/modules/5.15.0-41-generic/build/include/.. M=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ 
 MODULEBUILDDIR= modules 
make[2]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.15.0-41-generic' 

 ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid. 
        include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing. 
        Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it. 

make[2]: *** [Makefile:743: include/config/auto.conf] Error 1 
make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.15.0-41-generic' 
make[1]: *** [Makefile:117: vmmon.ko] Error 2

 I go to the linux header src directory & run the suggested command and get this...

  LEX     scripts/kconfig/lexer.lex.c 
/bin/sh: 1: flex: not found 
make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.host:9: scripts/kconfig/lexer.lex.c] Error 127 
make: *** [Makefile:622: oldconfig] Error 2

 How to get 16.2.3 working with 5.15? Will VMware update their install to fix this?

[continuum · Accepted solution]

wait for 16.2.4
see https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/VMware-engineers-and-documentation-authors/...

[kamiller42]

Thanks for the suggestion. I've updated to 16.2.4 & still have the same problem:

me@pc:~/Downloads$ sudo  vmware-modconfig --console --install-all 
[AppLoader] GLib does not have GSettings support. 

(process:428367): GLib-CRITICAL **: 07:09:23.977: g_file_test: assertion 'filename != NULL' failed 
Failed to setup build environment.

 Kernel is 5.15.0-41-generic. Secure boot disabled.