Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
VMware Player 15.5.6 build-16341506
Kernel: 5.8.0-36-generic
I installed VmWare Playe anew, then applied the patches from https://github.com/baryonix/vmware-host-modules/tree/fixes-for-5.8
But when I start without the wrapper, I get vmmon error, even though my Secure Boot is disabled (as suggested by this vm-ware article: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2146460)
$ /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmplayer
Could not open /dev/vmmon: Cannot open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory.
Please make sure that the kernel module `vmmon' is loaded.
I figured out that you can manually load the modules and I did
$ sudo modprobe -a
Now I can at least load my VMs, however the vmnet module seems not to work. Get the error
Could not connect 'Ethernet0' to virtual network '/dev/vmnet8
This seems to be the relevant log output:
2021-01-11T15:32:41.807+01:00| vcpu-0| I005: VNET: 'ethernet0' enable link state propagation, lsp.state = 5
2021-01-11T15:32:41.807+01:00| vcpu-0| I005: VNET: MACVNetPortOpenDevice: Ethernet0: can't open vmnet device (No such file or directory)
2021-01-11T15:32:41.807+01:00| vcpu-0| I005: VNET: MACVNetPort_Connect: Ethernet0: can't open data fd
2021-01-11T15:32:41.808+01:00| vcpu-0| I005: Msg_Post: Warning
2021-01-11T15:32:41.808+01:00| vcpu-0| I005: [msg.vnet.connectvnet] Could not connect 'Ethernet0' to virtual network '/dev/vmnet8'. More information can be found in the vmware.log file.
2021-01-11T15:32:41.808+01:00| vcpu-0| I005: [msg.device.startdisconnected] Virtual device 'Ethernet0' will start disconnected.
I found a workaround, but it is quite annoying, as indicated here Starting up a VM and then:
$ sudo modprobe vmnet && sudo vmware-networks --start
The below suggested sudo systemctl start vmware-networks.service did not work for me.
