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After upgrading to 13.04 I am unable to start VMWorkstation. I get the following message:




Before you can run VMware, several modules must be compiled and loaded
into the running kernel.



Kernel Headers 3.8.0-19-generic



Kernel headers for version 3.8.0-19-generic were not found. If you
have installed them in a non-default path you can specify the path
below.




Does anyone have any idea what to do next?



Ubuntu 13.04 64bit



If I direct the path to:



/usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.0-19-generic


I get the following message:




C header files matching your running kernel were not found.




Thanks



Additional:



As suggested I run this in terminal:



cd /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build/include/linux 

sudo ln -s ../generated/utsrelease.h

sudo ln -s ../generated/autoconf.h

sudo ln -s ../generated/uapi/linux/version.h


However, now I get the following:




Before you can run VMware, several modules must be compiled and loaded into the kernel
CANCEL / INSTALL




I INSTALL, the window closes and nothing happens.... Any ideas?



ADDITIONAL:



I installed this:



sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools open-vm-tools-dev open-vm-dkms open-vm-toolbox open-vm-tools-dev


And it all launched...



Many thanks for the suggestions and help... This is what I love about Ubuntu... it has a great helpful community... !



Note: Also found this which may help others too: HERE



ADDITIONAL ERROR:



Could not open /dev/vmmon: Is a directory.
Please make sure that the kernel module `vmmon' is loaded.



Failed to initialize monitor device.



Monitor settings all greyed out



RESOLUTION:



Re-installation of Nvidia Drivers


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Hit same problem here with Ubuntu 13.04 last month. At the time, upgrading to VMWare player 5.0.2 build-1031769 solved the problem. Fast forward a month, hit a new problem today after recent 13.04 updates, again VMWare would not start. Latest VM player version is still 5.0.2. Google lead me to this explanation:



http://communities.vmware.com/thread/446490?start=0&tstart=0



Running the following vmware command with root privs solved the problem for me:



sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all


HTH


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