vmware (vmnet is not loaded) issue after kernel update

[marc]

Scott Sharkey said...
> 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.

It's not in the package. It was replaced with vmware-config-network.pl, 
in Ubuntu, a while back for some reason.

> > 
> > 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?

-- 
Cheers,
Marc