open-vm-dkms 2011.12.20-562307-0ubuntu1: open-vm-tools kernel module failed to build. [error: implicit declaration of function ‘d_alloc_root’]

[William Alexander]

Trying to play music cd. No medium found. Support seems to be missing for 12.04 lts precise vmware. I am getting Raring updates? Also both of my computers, older dell's crashed. I had to do fresh install, lost a lot of stuff. No keyboard. I guess the drivers are not going to support cards. I just want to keep Gallium 0.4. Works perfect.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: open-vm-dkms 2011.12.20-562307-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-32.47~precise1-generic 3.8.13.10
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-32-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
Architecture: i386
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.8.0-32-generic
Date: Sat Nov 2 23:10:27 2013
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130820.1)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
PackageVersion: 2011.12.20-562307-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: open-vm-tools
Title: open-vm-dkms 2011.12.20-562307-0ubuntu1: open-vm-tools kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Robin Pronk (robin-romaww)]

Please be aware that many virtual machines running on a VMware platform will be using the open-vm tools and thus will be affected by this bug.

Bug is also applicable to amd64 platform.