vmware (vmnet is not loaded) issue after kernel update

[Scott Sharkey]

marc wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Just ran aptitude update on Gutsy which installed a new kernel[1]:
> 
> After reboot, as usual for vmware, I ran:
> 
>   sudo vmware-config-network.pl

sudo vmware-config.pl

I just did it.

-Scott

> 
> but this failed with 
> 
>   Starting VMware services:
>      Virtual machine monitor failed
>      Virtual ethernet failed
>   Module vmnet is not loaded.  Please verify that it is loaded before
>   running this script.
> 
> So:
> 
>   sudo modprobe vmnet
>   FATAL: Module vmnet not found.
> 
> So, I tried:
> 
>   sudo aptitude reinstall vmware-server
> 
> but this fails[2].
> 
> Any ideas?
>