Apparently there is ‘no information’ on the possible availability of an update to the 12.5.x version of VMware, to fix the well-known problems with GCC 7 etc… If you were thinking of trying the ‘technology preview’ version – which came out some months ago – then this version also has a problem with GCC 7 (tested with … Continue reading →
Apparently there is ‘no information’ on the possible availability of an update to the 12.5.x version of VMware, to fix the well-known problems with GCC 7 etc… If you were thinking of trying the ‘technology preview’ version – which came out some months ago – then this version also has a problem with GCC 7 (tested with … Continue reading →
After further research, I have found a simple solution for the VMware 12.5.6 runtime, with Fedora 26, thanks to comments by ronengi and others on the Archlinux site ( https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/vmware-patch/ ). This made sense, as the vmware-installer graphical interface still ran OK, despite the runtime vmware not doing so.. # cp -r /usr/lib/vmware-installer/2.1.0/lib/lib/libexpat.so.0 /usr/lib/vmware/lib # cd /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libz.so.1 … Continue reading →
VMware version 12.5.6 is out, and (brief) details are here: http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/workstation/12/workstation-1256-release-notes.html In the release notes, it would be helpful if a bit more detail than just ” Bug fixes and security updates ” were given… This version now works OK with Kernel 4.11 without any patches (tested with 4.11.1), but still fails (vmmon) with 4.12 (tested with … Continue reading →
VMware 12.5.5 is out, and the release notes are here: http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/workstation/12pro/workstation-1255-release-notes.html As with 12.5.4, this is another security/fix release, and still supports Kernels 4.10 and earlier. (see http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1937 ) 12.5.5 runs OK on Kernel 4.10.6, and the 4.11 vmmon and vmnet patches still apply (tested on 4.11-rc4)…. Robert Gadsdon. March 29, 2017. … Continue reading →
Thanks to Mikkel Kroman, there is a more complete patch for VMware 12.5.2 vmnet on Kernel 4.9.x and 4.10-rc’s: The change is to the get_user_pages parameter list, to now include the FOLL_WRITE parameter, and is as follows: In vmnet-only/userif.c, around line 113, change #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 6, 0) retval = get_user_pages(addr, 1, 1, 0, &page, NULL); … Continue reading →
Although VMware 12.0.1 was installed OK, the desktop app (/usr/bin/vmware) fails, with – frustratingly – no error shown.. According to various comments found, this is due to a change to GCC version 5.1.1 in Fedora 23.. Thanks to Vincent Cojot, on the sgros.blogspot.com blog, there is a slightly convoluted workaround, which basically involves replacing the VMware versions … Continue reading →
Updated the test system to Kernel 4.3-rc1.. $ uname -a Linux rg6830l 4.3.0-rc1 #1 SMP Sat Sep 12 19:15:35 PDT 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Brief details of changes are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1509.1/03200.html The NVIDIA gpl_only issue has been fixed in linux/kernel/workqueue.c, but the compile now fails even before that is reached: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-355.11/kernel/nvidia/nv-procfs.c: In function ‘nv_procfs_read_registry’: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-355.11/kernel/nvidia/nv-procfs.c:363:12: error: … Continue reading →
Update: Same results with 4.2-rc3.. (RG July 19) Update: Kernel 4.2-rc2 fails with VMware (vmnet) and NVIDIA in the same ways.. (RG July 14) Updated to kernel 4.2-rc1 on the test system: # uname -a Linux rg6830l 4.2.0-rc1 #1 SMP Sun Jul 5 18:36:06 PDT 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1507.0/02156.html VMware 11.1.2 … Continue reading →
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. … Continue reading →