
Rebuild the VMware kernel modules: sudo vmware-modconfig -console -install-all Wrap up the newly modified files into a tar ball replacing the original one: sudo tar cf /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon.tar vmmon-only Get into your home directory, or somewhere you can store files temporarily: cd ~ Ĭopy the vmmon source tar ball to your temporary location: cp /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon.tarĭownload the modified file and overwrite the one from the tar ball: wget -O. Run VMWare as a normal user: /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware Rm /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libz.so.1/libz.so.1 Insmod /lib/modules/4.13.0-16-generic/misc/vmnet.o Insmod /lib/modules/4.13.0-16-generic/misc/vmmon.o

Run the following commands in Terminal to Patch (there are two ways to do this): Workstation 12 will not run with the kernel (4.13) in Ubuntu 17.10 unless you patch it.

You need to upgrade to VMWare Workstation 14.
