Workstation 12 on Linux kernel 5.3?

[buhdeuce67]

Hi there,

I’m running Ubuntu 19.10 on my host machine, and I do not wish to downgrade for the time being.

I tried to install VMware Workstation 12.5.9 on my computer, but it just refused to start at all. I did a little digging, and I found that Workstation 12 isn’t compatible with kernels above 4.x.x.

The thing is, I can’t upgrade to Workstation 15 because my computer has one of the older processors that it dropped support for. So my question is, is there any way I can run Workstation without downgrading my distribution or upgrading my processor?

[Alex_Romeo]

Hi,

No, those are the necessary prerequisites, without those you can not do anything.

ARomeo

[wila · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Have a look at the brilliant patch set from mkubecek​

https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules

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Wil