After 10.10 update vmmon failed to compile

[Hendrik van Niekerk]

Nov 05 07:14:17.743: app-140233191450368| Log for VMware Workstation pid=5620 version=7.0.1 build=build-227600 option=Release
Nov 05 07:14:17.743: app-140233191450368| The process is 64-bit.
Nov 05 07:14:17.743: app-140233191450368| Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8
Nov 05 07:14:17.743: app-140233191450368| Logging to /tmp/vmware-root/setup-5620.log
Nov 05 07:14:17.825: app-140233191450368| modconf query interface initialized
Nov 05 07:14:17.825: app-140233191450368| modconf library initialized
Nov 05 07:14:17.856: app-140233191450368| Your GCC version: 4.4
Nov 05 07:14:17.862: app-140233191450368| Your GCC version: 4.4
Nov 05 07:14:17.871: app-140233191450368| Your GCC version: 4.4
Nov 05 07:14:17.885: app-140233191450368| Your GCC version: 4.4
Nov 05 07:14:17.894: app-140233191450368| Your GCC version: 4.4
Nov 05 07:14:17.925: app-140233191450368| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 05 07:14:17.927: app-140233191450368| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 05 07:14:17.930: app-140233191450368| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 05 07:14:17.932: app-140233191450368| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 05 07:14:17.933: app-140233191450368| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 05 07:14:17.949: app-140233191450368| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 05 07:14:17.951: app-140233191450368| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 05 07:14:17.953: app-140233191450368| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 05 07:14:17.956: app-140233191450368| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 05 07:14:17.958: app-140233191450368| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 05 07:14:17.963: app-140233191450368| Your GCC version: 4.4
Nov 05 07:14:17.972: app-140233191450368| Your GCC version: 4.4
Nov 05 07:14:18.006: app-140233191450368| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 05 07:14:18.009: app-140233191450368| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 05 07:14:18.012: app-140233191450368| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 05 07:14:18.015: app-140233191450368| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 05 07:14:18.017: app-140233191450368| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 05 07:14:18.022: app-140233191450368| Your GCC version: 4.4
Nov 05 07:14:18.032: app-140233191450368| Your GCC version: 4.4
Nov 05 07:14:18.076: app-140233191450368| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 05 07:14:18.079: app-140233191450368| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 05 07:14:18.081: app-140233191450368| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 05 07:14:18.084: app-140233191450368| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 05 07:14:18.086: app-140233191450368| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 05 07:14:18.477: app-140233191450368| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 05 07:14:18.477: app-140233191450368| Building module vmmon.
Nov 05 07:14:18.490: app-140233191450368| Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.
Nov 05 07:14:18.534: app-140233191450368| Building module with command: /usr/bin/make -C /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only auto-build SUPPORT_SMP=1 HEADER_DIR=/lib/modules/2.6.35-22-generic/build/include CC=/usr/bin/gcc GREP=/usr/bin/make IS_GCC_3=no VMCCVER=4.4.5
Nov 05 07:14:22.173: app-140233191450368| Failed to compile module vmmon!

[Nicola Ferralis (feranick)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug. In order to understand its cause, we would need to know:

Which version and source of vmmon you are trying to compile. It is possible, however that you might not have the kernel headers installed. In the terminal, please make sure you do by running:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic

Does this solve the issue?

I am setting the status of this bug as incomplete. Feel free to reopen it once you have the requested information and you are still suffering from it.

[Hendrik van Niekerk (figmination)]

This is the latest log after the apt-get and trying to run the vmware 7.0.1 workstation player. At the end of this log there seems to be more info than the previous log. Hope this helps. Thanks for you assistance so far.

Nov 06 04:37:33.484: app-139733596964608| Log for VMware Workstation pid=2283 version=7.0.1 build=build-227600 option=Release
Nov 06 04:37:33.484: app-139733596964608| The process is 64-bit.
Nov 06 04:37:33.484: app-139733596964608| Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8
Nov 06 04:37:33.484: app-139733596964608| Logging to /tmp/vmware-root/setup-2283.log
Nov 06 04:37:33.571: app-139733596964608| modconf query interface initialized
Nov 06 04:37:33.571: app-139733596964608| modconf library initialized
Nov 06 04:37:33.601: app-139733596964608| Your GCC version: 4.4
Nov 06 04:37:33.607: app-139733596964608| Your GCC version: 4.4
Nov 06 04:37:33.616: app-139733596964608| Your GCC version: 4.4
Nov 06 04:37:33.630: app-139733596964608| Your GCC version: 4.4
Nov 06 04:37:33.639: app-139733596964608| Your GCC version: 4.4
Nov 06 04:37:33.670: app-139733596964608| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 06 04:37:33.673: app-139733596964608| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 06 04:37:33.675: app-139733596964608| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 06 04:37:33.678: app-139733596964608| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 06 04:37:33.680: app-139733596964608| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 06 04:37:33.698: app-139733596964608| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 06 04:37:33.700: app-139733596964608| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 06 04:37:33.703: app-139733596964608| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 06 04:37:33.705: app-139733596964608| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 06 04:37:33.707: app-139733596964608| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 06 04:37:33.711: app-139733596964608| Your GCC version: 4.4
Nov 06 04:37:33.721: app-139733596964608| Your GCC version: 4.4
Nov 06 04:37:33.754: app-139733596964608| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 06 04:37:33.757: app-139733596964608| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 06 04:37:33.759: app-139733596964608| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 06 04:37:33.762: app-139733596964608| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 06 04:37:33.764: app-139733596964608| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 06 04:37:33.768: app-139733596964608| Your GCC version: 4.4
Nov 06 04:37:33.778: app-139733596964608| Your GCC version: 4.4
Nov 06 04:37:33.823: app-139733596964608| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 06 04:37:33.825: app-139733596964608| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-generic.
Nov 06 04:37:33.828: app-139733596964608| Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel 2.6.35-22-ge...

[ginsmar (ginsmar)]

I have exactly the same problem, and I have installed linux-headers-generic.
Regards

[wkallander (wkallander)]

There's a really nice little patch here:
http://pario.no/2010/10/02/installing-vmware-workstation-7-1-1-64-bit-on-ubuntu-10-10/

It worked for me, on x86_64 2.6.35-22-generic Ubuntu 10.10 Meerkat with VMware-Workstation-Full-7.1.2-301548.x86_64.bundle

[Hendrik van Niekerk (figmination)]

Thanks to, Hans-Henry Jakobsen, his solution solved my problem!

Thanks
Hendrik

Solution:

http://pario.no/2010/10/02/installing-vmware-workstation-7-1-1-64-bit-on-ubuntu-10-10/