VMware – 11.1.2 Released, No Patch Needed..
Just updated VMware to the latest version 11.1.2 on the test system, and it compiles/loads OK with Kernel 4.1-rc8..
Release notes are here: https://www.vmware.com/support/ws/doc/workstation-1112-release-notes.html.
At last, there is no need for the venerable vmnet patch (required since Kernel 3.19 was released..)..
Robert Gadsdon. June 18, 2015.
i can’t install vmware 11.1.2 on openSUSE 13.2 with new kernel 4.1.0.
when i try to run
/usr/bin/vmware-modconfig –console –install-all
i receive the following error:
Failed to get gcc information.
Kernel 4.1.0 is compiled with gcc 5.1.1:
cat /proc/version
Linux version 4.1.0-2.g6c74958-desktop (geeko@buildhost) (gcc version 5.1.1 20150622 [gcc-5-branch revision 224722] (SUSE Linux) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Jun 24 03:16:43 UTC 2015 (6c74958)
i have installed gcc 5.1.1:
gcc –version
gcc (SUSE Linux) 5.1.1 20150622 [gcc-5-branch revision 224722]
Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
but it is not working.
The error message is not exactly helpful..
Mentioned here, but not the exact cause?
https://communities.vmware.com/thread/509702
RG.
yes, it is more or less the same issue.
the /usr/bin/vmware-modconfig tool has the problem not to detect, which gcc it is using.
it notices that the kernel is made with gcc 5.1.1
because of this, it wants to use exactly the same gcc to build it’s kernel modules.
and i have installed exactly this gcc, so it should work.
but vmware-modconfig is not able to detect/notice this, so it stops, telling me, it can’t detect which gcc is installed.
i solved it by compiling the 2 modules vmnet and vmmon manually and copying the results to /lib/modules/4.1.0-2.g6c74958-desktop/misc/.