ubuntu 24 lts kenel not compatible with vmware 17.5.2 vmmon/vmnet?

Question

My installed VMware-Workstation-17.5.2-23775571.x86_64.bundle lakes vmmon and vnet packages, but after running the command "sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all" , I got the following Error:

[AppLoader] Use shipped Linux kernel AIO access library. An up-to-date "libaio" or "libaio1" package from your system is preferred. [AppLoader] GLib does not have GSettings support. Stopping VMware services: VMware Authentication Daemon done Virtual machine monitor done make: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmmon-only' Using kernel build system. /usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/6.8.0-38-generic/build/include/.. M=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/.
MODULEBUILDDIR= modules make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.8.0-38-generic' warning: the compiler differs from the one used to build the kernel The kernel was built by: x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-13 (Ubuntu 13.2.0-23ubuntu4) 13.2.0 You are using: gcc (Ubuntu 13.2.0-23ubuntu4) 13.2.0 CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmmon-only/linux/driverLog.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmmon-only/common/apic.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmmon-only/common/comport.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmmon-only/common/crosspage.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmmon-only/common/moduleloop.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmmon-only/common/sharedAreaVmmon.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmmon-only/common/statVarsVmmon.o /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmmon-only/common/crosspage.o: warning: objtool: CrossPage_CodePage+0x207: 'naked' return found in RETHUNK build make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:243: /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmmon-only/common/crosspage.o] Error 255 make[3]: *** Deleting file '/tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmmon-only/common/crosspage.o' make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o: warning: objtool: PhysTrack_Add() falls through to next function PhysTrack_Remove() /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmmon-only/common/phystrack.o: warning: objtool: PhysTrack_Remove() falls through to next function PhysTrack_Test() /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:2926:1: warning: no previous prototype for ‘HostIFCheckTrackedMPN’ [-Wmissing-prototypes] 2926 | HostIFCheckTrackedMPN(VMDriver *vm, // IN: The VM instance | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:3046:1: warning: no previous prototype for ‘HostIFWritePhysicalWork’ [-Wmissing-prototypes] 3046 | HostIFWritePhysicalWork(MA ma, // MA to be written to | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:3205:1: warning: no previous prototype for ‘HostIFStartTimer’ [-Wmissing-prototypes] 3205 | HostIFStartTimer(Bool rateChanged, //IN: Did rate change? | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:271:1: warning: no previous prototype for ‘LinuxDriverInit’ [-Wmissing-prototypes] 271 | LinuxDriverInit(void) | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:339:1: warning: no previous prototype for ‘LinuxDriverExit’ [-Wmissing-prototypes] 339 | LinuxDriverExit(void) | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ make[2]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.8.0-38-generic/Makefile:1926: /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmmon-only] Error 2 make[1]: *** [Makefile:240: __sub-make] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.8.0-38-generic' make: *** [Makefile:117: vmmon.ko] Error 2 make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmmon-only' make: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmnet-only' Using kernel build system. /usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/6.8.0-38-generic/build/include/.. M=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/.
MODULEBUILDDIR= modules make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.8.0-38-generic' warning: the compiler differs from the one used to build the kernel The kernel was built by: x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-13 (Ubuntu 13.2.0-23ubuntu4) 13.2.0 You are using: gcc (Ubuntu 13.2.0-23ubuntu4) 13.2.0 CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmnet-only/driver.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmnet-only/hub.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmnet-only/userif.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmnet-only/netif.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmnet-only/bridge.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmnet-only/procfs.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmnet-only/smac_compat.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmnet-only/smac.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmnet-only/vnetEvent.o CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmnet-only/vnetUserListener.o /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmnet-only/netif.c:173:1: warning: no previous prototype for ‘VNetNetIf_Create’ [-Wmissing-prototypes] 173 | VNetNetIf_Create(char *devName, // IN: | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmnet-only/userif.c:1091:1: warning: no previous prototype for ‘VNetUserIf_Create’ [-Wmissing-prototypes] 1091 | VNetUserIf_Create(VNetPort **ret) // OUT | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmnet-only/vnetUserListener.c:87:1: warning: no previous prototype for ‘VNetUserListener_Create’ [-Wmissing-prototypes] 87 | VNetUserListener_Create(uint32 classMask, // IN: the listener's class mask | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmnet-only/bridge.c:258:1: warning: no previous prototype for ‘VNetBridge_Create’ [-Wmissing-prototypes] 258 | VNetBridge_Create(const char *devName, // IN: name of device (e.g., "eth0") | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmnet-only/bridge.c:1411:1: warning: no previous prototype for ‘VNetBridgeSendLargePacket’ [-Wmissing-prototypes] 1411 | VNetBridgeSendLargePacket(struct sk_buff *skb, // IN: packet to split | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmnet-only/userif.o: warning: objtool: VNetCsumAndCopyToUser+0x2d: call to csum_partial_copy_nocheck() with UACCESS enabled LD [M] /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmnet-only/vmnet.o MODPOST /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmnet-only/Module.symvers CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmnet-only/vmnet.mod.o LD [M] /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmnet-only/vmnet.ko BTF [M] /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmnet-only/vmnet.ko Skipping BTF generation for /tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmnet-only/vmnet.ko due to unavailability of vmlinux make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.8.0-38-generic' /usr/bin/make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/.
MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild make[1]: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmnet-only' make[1]: 'postbuild' is up to date. make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmnet-only' cp -f vmnet.ko ./../vmnet.o make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-igsDyr/vmnet-only' Unable to install all modules. See log for details.

Can someone help please!

Answer 1

For some reason this is still one of the top results on Google for this error. I found solutions at the following sites after finding this post.

https://community.broadcom.com/vmware-cloud-foundation/question/vmware-workstation-pro-1752-on-ubuntu-2404-lts-compile-errors

cd /tmp
sudo bash
git clone https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules.git
cd vmware-host-modules
git switch workstation-17.5.1
make
make install

Other useful links may be these ones.

https://www.claudiokuenzler.com/blog/1434/how-to-fix-vmware-workstation-player-kernel-unable-install-modules https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/773558/vmware-vmmon-vmnet-17-5-1-and-linux-kernel-6-8-0-wont-compile