vmware (vmnet is not loaded) issue after kernel update

[Qiuli Han]

As far as i know, every time you upgrade your kernel, u need to run
vmware-config.pl to re-compile all the modules....

On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 2:50 PM, marc <gmane at auxbuss.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
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