[CentOS] vmware player 12.5.7 with CentOS 7.4

Thu Sep 14 17:37:23 UTC 2017
Andreas Benzler <andreas at benzlerweb.de>

Hello Jerry,

This message is typical. No Problem same on other linux distros.

Sincerely

Andy

> Am 14.09.2017 um 17:43 schrieb Jerry Geis <jerry.geis at gmail.com>:
> 
> hi all - anyone find a way to get vmware player 12.5.7 working with 7.4?
> 
> Thanks - everything good with the upgrade except that.
> 
> Great job CentOS team!
> 
> Jerry
> 
> 
> starting vmplayer I get the following:
> Note: adwaita is installed.
> canberra is installed
> No idea what pk is ?
> 
> vmplayer
> 
> (vmware-modconfig:12595): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in
> module_path: "adwaita",
> /usr/share/themes/Adwaita/gtk-2.0/main.rc:733: error: unexpected identifier
> `direction', expected character `}'
> 
> (vmware-modconfig:12595): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in
> module_path: "adwaita",
> /usr/share/themes/Adwaita/gtk-2.0/hacks.rc:28: error: invalid string
> constant "normal_entry", expected valid string constant
> Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module": libpk-gtk-module.so:
> cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module":
> libcanberra-gtk-module.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
> directory
> Stopping vmware (via systemctl):                           [  OK  ]
> Using kernel build system.
> make: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-piDjEW/vmnet-only'
> /usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.2.2.el7.x86_64/build/include/..
> SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \
>  MODULEBUILDDIR= modules
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/3.10.0-693.2.2.el7.x86_64'
>  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-piDjEW/vmnet-only/driver.o
>  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-piDjEW/vmnet-only/hub.o
>  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-piDjEW/vmnet-only/userif.o
>  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-piDjEW/vmnet-only/netif.o
>  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-piDjEW/vmnet-only/bridge.o
>  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-piDjEW/vmnet-only/procfs.o
>  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-piDjEW/vmnet-only/smac.o
>  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-piDjEW/vmnet-only/smac_compat.o
>  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-piDjEW/vmnet-only/vnetEvent.o
> In file included from include/linux/pci.h:35:0,
>                 from
> /tmp/modconfig-piDjEW/vmnet-only/compat_netdevice.h:27,
>                 from /tmp/modconfig-piDjEW/vmnet-only/netif.c:43:
> include/linux/pci_ids.h:2251:0: warning: "PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE" redefined
> [enabled by default]
> #define PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE  0x15ad
> ^
> In file included from /tmp/modconfig-piDjEW/vmnet-only/net.h:38:0,
>                 from /tmp/modconfig-piDjEW/vmnet-only/vnetInt.h:26,
>                 from /tmp/modconfig-piDjEW/vmnet-only/netif.c:42:
> /tmp/modconfig-piDjEW/vmnet-only/vm_device_version.h:56:0: note: this is
> the location of the previous definition
> #define PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE                    0x15AD
> ^
> In file included from /tmp/modconfig-piDjEW/vmnet-only/netif.c:43:0:
> /tmp/modconfig-piDjEW/vmnet-only/netif.c: In function ‘VNetNetifStartXmit’:
> /tmp/modconfig-piDjEW/vmnet-only/compat_netdevice.h:343:46: error: ‘struct
> net_device’ has no member named ‘trans_start’
> #define compat_netif_trans_update(d) do { (d)->trans_start = jiffies; }
> while (0)
>                                              ^
> /tmp/modconfig-piDjEW/vmnet-only/netif.c:468:4: note: in expansion of macro
> ‘compat_netif_trans_update’
>    compat_netif_trans_update(dev);
>    ^
> make[2]: *** [/tmp/modconfig-piDjEW/vmnet-only/netif.o] Error 1
> make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> In file included from /tmp/modconfig-piDjEW/vmnet-only/net.h:38:0,
>                 from /tmp/modconfig-piDjEW/vmnet-only/vnetInt.h:26,
>                 from /tmp/modconfig-piDjEW/vmnet-only/bridge.c:52:
> /tmp/modconfig-piDjEW/vmnet-only/vm_device_version.h:56:0: warning:
> "PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE" redefined [enabled by default]
> #define PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE                    0x15AD
> ^
> In file included from include/linux/pci.h:35:0,
>                 from
> /tmp/modconfig-piDjEW/vmnet-only/compat_netdevice.h:27,
>                 from /tmp/modconfig-piDjEW/vmnet-only/bridge.c:51:
> include/linux/pci_ids.h:2251:0: note: this is the location of the previous
> definition
> #define PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE  0x15ad
> ^
> make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/modconfig-piDjEW/vmnet-only] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/3.10.0-693.2.2.el7.x86_64'
> make: *** [vmnet.ko] Error 2
> make: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-piDjEW/vmnet-only'
> Starting vmware (via systemctl):  Job for vmware.service failed because the
> control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status
> vmware.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
>                                                           [FAILED]
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