I upgraded to 12.10 from 12.04. I have removed the old kernel 3.2.21 in 12.04.
On start up, I get an error before login, such as vmware ....
In 12.04, I have installed VMware 9.0 and now in 12.10, when I open VMware workstation to start a virtual machine, my monitor turns to black and I must logout and login again.
How do I fix it? Is related to VMware and kernel or not?
Best Answer
EDIT: This problem may not be related to 12.10, bur rather to 3.5/3.6 kernels (I'm using mainline 3.6.2, because I understand it has better support for my ATI video card...)
The problem seems to be VMWare side, rather than ubuntu side.
I have successfully solved this problem by applying the patch found here (direct download link: vmware9_kernel35_patch.tar.bz2). The patched is for kernel 3.5, but I'm using 3.6 and it still fixed my problem. Note, the patch's name indicates it's for Workstation 9, but it is also for Player 5.0.0
Uninstalling
Some people in the thread linked above suggest uninstalling BEFORE upgrading to 12.10. My exact process was somewhat convoluted and may be a bit of an exception, so I am unclear if you need to uninstall or not. It may work installed the patch after upgrading. Should you want to, here are the instructions:
or a much more involved uninstall like this:
Applying the Patch
The zip contains a .sh script. Run it. Very simple.