Kernel – 5.7 Is Out. OK with Patched VMware and NVIDIA..
Kernel 5.7 has been released, and brief details of changes since -rc7 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2005.3/09342.html
The patched versions of VMware 15.5.5 and NVIDIA 440.82 both compile OK, as expected, and the patched pre-Beta VMware 16 20H2 is also OK.
VMware patch: https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-15.5.5
NVIDIA patch: https://gitlab.com/snippets/1965550
Robert Gadsdon. May 31st 2020.
I’m running VMware 15.5.6 on Linux 5.7.7 (Fedora). Applying the patch successfully allowed VMware to run (thanks!), however I’ve found that Drag&Drop only works one way. I can drag from Host to Guest fine, but attempting to drag or copy from Guest to Host produces an error such as:
Error when getting information for file “/Hj1Ipo/asdf.txt”: No such file or directory
The directory indicated does not exist and seems to be randomly generated. This was just a test “txt” file on the guest desktop.
I get the same error from both Linux and Windows Guests, although the non-existant directory changes.
… It looks like “Shared Folders” also fail. Fortunately USB works.
I’m using vmware on windows 10 with debian 10 virtualized. Everything seems working, except the fact when I click on vmware “both monitors”, yes I have 2 monitors setup, vmware gives me a double black screen. If I go back to 1 screen everything works great. When I boot debian as default kernel, 4.19, fullscreen works great on both display. Think need to wait for a custom patch from vmware.
Thanks!
Ric.