WMWare Workstation kernel headers issue

Rhiwyth · 02-20-2018, 01:19 PM

Hello,

I'm having an issue running VMWare Workstation on OpenSuse Tumbleweed. I've installed it using

Code:

sh ./VMware-Workstation-Full-14.1.1-7528167.x86_64.bundle

Now when I execute it, it displays:

Quote:

Before you can run VMWare, several modules must be compiled and loaded into the running kernel.

Kernel Headers 4.15.2-1-default

I have installed kernel-default and kernel-devel but is still not able to find the headers.

Output of uname -a

Code:

Linux mypc 4.15.2-1-default #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Feb 8 06:53:26 UTC 2018 (b34965a) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

However, ls -l on /usr/src outputs:

Code:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  14 Feb 18 23:57 linux -> linux-4.15.3-1
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 276 Feb 19 18:11 linux-4.15.3-1
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  12 Feb 18 23:57 linux-4.15.3-1-obj
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  12 Feb 18 23:57 linux-obj
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root  70 Feb 14 12:16 packages

I don't understand this and don't know what to make of it. In /usr/src there is a newer version than the my current running online?
Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you!

AwesomeMachine · 02-20-2018, 06:00 PM

Yes, that's the appears to be the problem. Wrong version. Just upgrade to the latest kernel, reboot, and it should work.

Brains · 02-21-2018, 12:10 AM

Quote:

Linux mypc 4.15.2-1-default #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Feb 8 06:53:26 UTC 2018 (b34965a) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Obviously you did this over the course of almost 2 weeks, looks like you installed Vmware on the 8th of Feb. and your kernel has been upgraded three minutes to midnight almost 2 weeks later. You probably have both kernels installed, just need to boot to the new one.