VMware unable to start services

Hi, working with Vmware is always a pain every kernel release it has problem, I suggest to you try other Virtualization Platform:

  • gnome-boxes (installed by default)
  • qemu
  • kvm
  • libvirt
  • virtualbox.

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How to begin on it…

First try to install

sudo dnf install kernel-devel kernel-headers gcc gcc-c++ make

and start again… If this doesn’t works is a configuration problem… see my comment…

COMMENT

The problem here is always the same vmnet and vmmon doesn’t start well or doesn’t start at all, find a PATCH deal with changes in vmmon.c and vmnet.c because something breaks or add some parameters to that files or modify and IF, I suggest to you follow this Step:

  1. know what is your kernel version?: uname -r.
  2. know your Vmware version or install the latest if you don’t have it, this don’t guarantee that you don’t find any issues.
  3. Try to find the PATCH for a specific KERNEL version and Vmware.
  4. You have to deal with sources (vmnet and vmmon) and apply fixed in both of them.
  5. Try to find the fix for the specific product Vmware and Kernel version, other fix that works before don’t guarantee to resolve your problem…

Regards.,

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