VMWare Virtual Machine Monitor Failed in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
I solved this problem.
Ubuntu 16.04, VMware Workstation 12.1.0 build-3272444
- Disable Secure Boot in my BIOS.
Run
sudo su - vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
Using Charly's script on superuser.com/questions/1328401/vmware-workstation-vmmon-broken-on-ubuntu-18-04/, I was able to build the needed modules for kernel 4.15.0-29-generic on 16.04LTS. There is a typo at the end of the script, there should not be a line return between sudo ln -s /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1
and /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libz.so.1/libz.so.1
Another addition I would recommend is to add sudo /etc/init.d/vmware restart
command to the end of the above script.
So the actual solution script with tweaks is:
#!/bin/bash
VMWARE_VERSION=workstation-12.5.9
TMP_FOLDER=/tmp/patch-vmware
rm -fdr $TMP_FOLDER
mkdir -p $TMP_FOLDER
cd $TMP_FOLDER
git clone https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules.git
cd $TMP_FOLDER/vmware-host-modules
git checkout $VMWARE_VERSION
git fetch
make
sudo make install
sudo rm /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libz.so.1/libz.so.1
sudo ln -s /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libz.so.1/libz.so.1
sudo /etc/init.d/vmware restart
```
Sorry this isn't a comment on Charly's answer, I don't have the reputation on this account.
Note that this will only work for Workstation 12.5.9
, you can easily tell which version you have by running vmware --version