Vmware

VMware 10.0.1 modules & kernel 3.13

Short story VMware Workstation kernels don’t compile correctly on Linux Kernel 3.13 located in the Fedora rawhide repo. Here’s the module patch: (Updated: Thanks DanDar3)

1. Change directory into the vmware module source directory

cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source

1. untar the vmnet modules

tar -xvf vmnet.tar

1. run a the patch you should have just saved earlier

patch vmnet-only/filter.c < ~/vmnet313.patch

1. re-tar the modules

tar -uvf vmnet.tar vmnet-only

1. delete the previous working directory

rm -r vmnet-only

1. run the vmware

vmvare