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VMware vmplayer failing to launch VM on Ubuntu: “Could not open /dev/vmmon”

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I get the following error when trying to launch an ova VM using VMPlayer on Ubuntu 12.04

Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory. Please make sure the kernel module 'vmmon' is loaded

I checked with lsmod and it was indeed not loaded. When i try to load the module using "modprobe -v vmmon", i get the following error:-

insmod /lib/modules/3.5.0-37-generic/misc/vmmon.ko

FATAL: Error inserting vmmon (/lib/modules/3.5.0-37-generic/misc/vmmon.ko): Invalid module format

Then I found from the VMware forums the following suggestion:-

sudo mv /usr/lib/vmware/modules/binary /usr/lib/vmware/modules/binary.old 

sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all --appname="VMware Player" --icon="vmware-player"

This does a lot of compilation, which I guess is to compile the module again, but I get the following output at the end of it:-

Starting VMware services:

   Virtual machine monitor                                            failed

   Virtual machine communication interface                             done

   VM communication interface socket family                            done

   Blocking file system                                                done

   Virtual ethernet                                                    done

   VMware Authentication Daemon                                        done

Unable to start services

After this I get the same error as the start of the whole process. This has got me completely stumped for 2 days now, any help will be highly appreciated :(

ubuntu-12.04 vmware-player

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I get the following error when trying to launch an ova VM using VMPlayer on Ubuntu 12.04

Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory. Please make sure the kernel module 'vmmon' is loaded

I checked with lsmod and it was indeed not loaded. When i try to load the module using "modprobe -v vmmon", i get the following error:-

insmod /lib/modules/3.5.0-37-generic/misc/vmmon.ko

FATAL: Error inserting vmmon (/lib/modules/3.5.0-37-generic/misc/vmmon.ko): Invalid module format

Then I found from the VMware forums the following suggestion:-

sudo mv /usr/lib/vmware/modules/binary /usr/lib/vmware/modules/binary.old 

sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all --appname="VMware Player" --icon="vmware-player"

This does a lot of compilation, which I guess is to compile the module again, but I get the following output at the end of it:-

Starting VMware services:

   Virtual machine monitor                                            failed

   Virtual machine communication interface                             done

   VM communication interface socket family                            done

   Blocking file system                                                done

   Virtual ethernet                                                    done

   VMware Authentication Daemon                                        done

Unable to start services

After this I get the same error as the start of the whole process. This has got me completely stumped for 2 days now, any help will be highly appreciated :(

ubuntu-12.04 vmware-player

share|improve this question

asked Aug 6 '13 at 12:47

xkcdxkcd

13613

bumped to the homepage by Community♦ 17 hours ago

This question has answers that may be good or bad; the system has marked it active so that they can be reviewed.

migrated from serverfault.com Aug 6 '13 at 12:50

This question came from our site for system and network administrators.

add a comment | 

I get the following error when trying to launch an ova VM using VMPlayer on Ubuntu 12.04

Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory. Please make sure the kernel module 'vmmon' is loaded

I checked with lsmod and it was indeed not loaded. When i try to load the module using "modprobe -v vmmon", i get the following error:-

insmod /lib/modules/3.5.0-37-generic/misc/vmmon.ko

FATAL: Error inserting vmmon (/lib/modules/3.5.0-37-generic/misc/vmmon.ko): Invalid module format

Then I found from the VMware forums the following suggestion:-

sudo mv /usr/lib/vmware/modules/binary /usr/lib/vmware/modules/binary.old 

sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all --appname="VMware Player" --icon="vmware-player"

This does a lot of compilation, which I guess is to compile the module again, but I get the following output at the end of it:-

Starting VMware services:

   Virtual machine monitor                                            failed

   Virtual machine communication interface                             done

   VM communication interface socket family                            done

   Blocking file system                                                done

   Virtual ethernet                                                    done

   VMware Authentication Daemon                                        done

Unable to start services

After this I get the same error as the start of the whole process. This has got me completely stumped for 2 days now, any help will be highly appreciated :(

ubuntu-12.04 vmware-player

share|improve this question

asked Aug 6 '13 at 12:47

xkcdxkcd

13613

Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory. Please make sure the kernel module 'vmmon' is loaded

insmod /lib/modules/3.5.0-37-generic/misc/vmmon.ko

FATAL: Error inserting vmmon (/lib/modules/3.5.0-37-generic/misc/vmmon.ko): Invalid module format

sudo mv /usr/lib/vmware/modules/binary /usr/lib/vmware/modules/binary.old 

sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all --appname="VMware Player" --icon="vmware-player"

Starting VMware services:

   Virtual machine monitor                                            failed

   Virtual machine communication interface                             done

   VM communication interface socket family                            done

   Blocking file system                                                done

   Virtual ethernet                                                    done

   VMware Authentication Daemon                                        done

Unable to start services

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uninstall it as root, and reinstall. this will likely fix the issue for you.

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answered Aug 6 '13 at 14:17

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uninstall it as root, and reinstall. this will likely fix the issue for you.

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answered Aug 6 '13 at 14:17

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• 
  
  
  

  
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  No, didn't work. Same errors.
  
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  Aug 7 '13 at 13:35
  

  
  
  
  

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uninstall it as root, and reinstall. this will likely fix the issue for you.

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answered Aug 6 '13 at 14:17

johnshen64johnshen64

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  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  No, didn't work. Same errors.
  
  – xkcd
  Aug 7 '13 at 13:35
  

  
  
  
  

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uninstall it as root, and reinstall. this will likely fix the issue for you.

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answered Aug 6 '13 at 14:17

johnshen64johnshen64

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answered Aug 6 '13 at 14:17

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