SOLVED - Vmware error install module on kernel

paolol61 · February 17, 2020, 6:31am

Hi,
I just finish to install the OS on a matebook 13 (AMD) , then I installed the VMwareplayer for linux , but when I try to run it is asking to install the module on the kernel and it fail with eror
GLib does not have GSettings support.

thanks for any suggestion

puneetse · February 17, 2020, 3:43am

Try using the LTS kernel if you’re not already. What’s the output of sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all?

paolol61 · February 17, 2020, 6:30am

I already try the vmware-modconfig same error.
I fixed as I do in Manjaro using the W15.5.1-K5.5 release from

thanks

puneetse · February 17, 2020, 6:34am

Thanks for sharing the fix!

khuiper · May 23, 2020, 3:01am

Hi, do you have the procedure to install it?

paolol61 · June 26, 2020, 12:07pm

it’ s easy just read the install file on the package:

github.com

mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/blob/85ede6aae9626912fd9c9be1b41732447dbc9691/INSTALL

This document explains how to use the repository to retrieve the module
source, build modules and install them. There are two basic methods: we can
either build the modules from source and install them ourselves or replace
VMware provided source tarballs with patched ones and let it use its own
vmware-modconfig tool.


0. Quick guide for impatient
----------------------------

First method (build and install):

  wget https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/archive/workstation-14.1.1.tar.gz
  tar -xzf workstation-14.1.1.tar.gz
  cd vmware-host-modules-workstation-14.1.1
  make
  make install

Last command must be executed with root privileges (first four shouldn't).
Based on your VMware product, replace "14.1.1" with your installed version

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