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VMWare Kernel Modules will not compile or update on Ubuntu 12.04

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Kernel Module Update was required when opening VMWare client (vmplayer) then following error occurs. Any idea would be appreciated.

Unable to start services.

See log file /tmp/vmware-root/setup-NNN.log for details    (Note: NNN looks like random numbers)

On GUI that show progress of updating, "Virtual Netowork Device" show red flag appears. Content of .log file is here: http://pastebin.com/wEKT5UHf

This page suggests installing linux-headers-generic and build-essential, which are already installed on mine (thus no good).

This could be 1st execution of vmplayer on my machine since I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04 from 11.10.

Environment: VMware Player 4.0.3 build-703057

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answered 2 Years ago cretanol · Accepted Answer

I had the same problem, that VMWare didn't work any after updating to Ubuntu 12.04. Instead of installing a patch from an untrusted page, I just downloaded and installed the latest version VMware-Player-5.0.0 from the VMWare-Page:

https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/free#desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_player/5_0

So far, it seems to work properly. I hope it's OK for you too.