What is VMware*.budle files?
It is shell/bash script with embedded data. To install do:
$ chmod ugo+x VMware-*.x86_64.bundle
$ sudo ./VMware-*.x86_64.bundle
How to uninstall?
$ sudo vmware-installer -u vmware-workstation
How to solve VMware errors when compiling vmmon and vmnet?
You need to patch and compile yourself. Get the patch here:
$ git clone https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules <or-its-fork>
$ cd vmware-host-modules
$ git checkout <workstation-version>
$ tar -cf vmmon.tar vmmon-only/
$ tar -cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only/
$ sudo cp -v vmmon.tar vmnet.tar /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/
$ sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
Other compile method is:
$ make
$ sudo make install
How to fix VMWare Could not open /dev/vmmon ?
On Linux host with secure mode enabled, it is not allowed to load any unsigned drivers. Due to this, VMware drivers, such as vmmon and vmnet, are not able to be loaded which prevents virtual machine to power on.
$ openssl req -new -x509 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout MOK.priv -outform DER -out MOK.der -nodes -days 36500 -subj "/CN=VMWare"
$ sudo /usr/src/linux-headers-`uname -r`/scripts/sign-file sha256 ./MOK.priv ./MOK.der $(modinfo -n vmmon)
$ sudo /usr/src/linux-headers-`uname -r`/scripts/sign-file sha256 ./MOK.priv ./MOK.der $(modinfo -n vmnet)
$ sudo mokutil --import MOK.der
$ sudo shutdown -r now
During the very next startup, you may need to enter MOK Management during boot, and select “ENROLL MOK” to import the key, and reboot once more.
How to Solve Error ISBRendererComm: Lost connection to mksSandbox?
Open the: *.vmx file and add these line:
svga.allowAsyncReadback = "FALSE"
virtualHW.version = "17" (change option to "17" if a virtualHW.version is already present)
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