On Tue, 2022-07-12 at 09:38 -0600, Sbob wrote: > All; > > > I am frustrated with VMware, I am running Fedora35 and it refuses to > compile since kernel 5.17.14-200.fc35.x86_64 so I am stuck running a > kernel 3+ updates behind. At this point I have to exclude the kernel > from any updates so the only kernel that VMware works with does not get > removed. > > > Are there any other virtualization tools that would continue to work, or > at least continue to work with more recent kernels? Is Xen an option? > Are there others? > > > Thanks in advance >
I have been using this for well over a year with VMware Workstaion https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules Currently using ja@harting ~ 1$ vmware -v VMware Workstation 16.2.3 build-19376536 ja@harting ~ 3$ uname -r 5.18.10-200.fc36.x86_64 My idiots guide to myself looks like this - no guarantees! I just cut/paste the commands into a bash terminal in suitable lumps. It should be a script! The following procedure works cleanly Part 1 Down load the master component from github (Do this "Only Once"!) mkdir /global/db/sw/VMware_16/mkubecek https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules Use the green "Code" button to download the zip version vmware-host-modules-master.zip unzip "in situ" Read the Install notes if required /global/db/sw/VMware_16/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules-master/Install or just follow the following recipe //--------------------- Part 2 As user ja Version="16.2.3" cd /global/db/sw/VMware_16/mkubecek/Patches wget https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/archive/workstation-$Version.tar.gz If required tar -xzf workstation-$Version.tar.gz If required cd /global/db/sw/VMware_16/mkubecek/Patches/vmware-host-modules-workstation-$Version make clean maybe make su make install vmware //To test things are OK //Exit from vmware Must do this to be sure systemctl restart vmware.service systemctl restart vmtoolsd.service systemctl restart vmware-USBArbitrator.service exit Test a virtual machine _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
