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
Best Answer
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:
HTH