On Tue, 2022-07-12 at 09:38 -0600, Sbob wrote:
All;
I am frustrated with VMware, I am running Fedora35 and it refuses to
compile since kernel 5.17.14-200.fc35.x86_64 so I am stuck running a
kernel 3+ updates behind. At this point I have to exclude the kernel
from any updates so the only kernel that VMware works with does not get
removed.
Are there any other virtualization tools that would continue to work, or
at least continue to work with more recent kernels? Is Xen an option?
Are there others?
Thanks in advance
I have been using this for well over a year with VMware Workstaion
https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules
Currently using
ja@harting ~ 1$ vmware -v
VMware Workstation 16.2.3 build-19376536
ja@harting ~ 3$ uname -r
5.18.10-200.fc36.x86_64
My idiots guide to myself looks like this - no guarantees!
I just cut/paste the commands into a bash terminal in suitable lumps.
It should be a script!
The following procedure works cleanly
Part 1
Down load the master component from github (Do this "Only Once"!)
mkdir /global/db/sw/VMware_16/mkubecek
https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules Use the green "Code" button to
download the zip version
vmware-host-modules-master.zip
unzip "in situ"
Read the Install notes if required
/global/db/sw/VMware_16/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules-master/Install
or just follow the following recipe
//---------------------
Part 2
As user ja
Version="16.2.3"
cd /global/db/sw/VMware_16/mkubecek/Patches
wget
https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/archive/workstation-$Vers... If
required
tar -xzf workstation-$Version.tar.gz If required
cd /global/db/sw/VMware_16/mkubecek/Patches/vmware-host-modules-workstation-$Version
make clean maybe
make
su
make install
vmware //To test things are OK
//Exit from vmware
Must do this to be sure
systemctl restart vmware.service
systemctl restart vmtoolsd.service
systemctl restart vmware-USBArbitrator.service
exit
Test a virtual machine