vmware modversion is wrong

[xevilstar]

Help me save my job please :)

I am using 4.13.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.13.4-1 (2017-10-01) x86_64 GNU/Linux and bumped into the memory bug:
The virtual machine is unable to reserve memory. If selecting Retry does not work, try closing programs on the host machine to free memory first.
For more information about this error, see "http://vmware.com/info?id=19".

applying your patches I get

Version mismatch with vmmon module: expecting 329.0, got 308.0.
You have an incorrect version of the 'vmmon' kernel module.
Try reinstalling VMware Workstation.

Failed to initialize monitor device.

[xevilstar]

vmmon.zip

[mkubecek]

VMMOD_VERSION is 329 in 14.0.0 and 308 in 12.5.7. So my guess would be that you built the module from workstation-12.5.7 branch but are trying to use it with Workstation 14.0.0.

[xevilstar]

I have uninstalled completely vmware and reinstalled it from scratch .... same issue
just after your patch. When I start the vm I get just the

The virtual machine is unable to reserve memory. If selecting Retry does not work, try closing programs on the host machine to free memory first.
For more information about this error, see "http://vmware.com/info?id=19".

the version error comes up when I apply your patches

[xevilstar]

as you can see I even tried to remove the tars before reinstalling so ...

cd source/
root@azrael:/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source# ls -la
totale 5448
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 ott 20 15:52 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 ott 20 15:52 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 870400 ott 20 15:52 vmblock.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1341440 ott 20 15:52 vmci.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1443840 ott 20 15:52 vmmon.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 768000 ott 20 15:52 vmnet.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1136640 ott 20 15:52 vsock.tar

[xevilstar]

the patch installs an old version I guess

[xevilstar]

if you want I can give you the whole zipped tarball of the source dir

[mkubecek]

For 14.0.0, you need the module source from branch workstation-14.0.0, not workstation-12.5.7.

[xevilstar]

source.zip

[xevilstar]

Those sources reappeared right after I removed them and reinstalled vmware workstation from scratch

[xevilstar]

the error is now

The virtual machine is unable to reserve memory. If selecting Retry does not work, try closing programs on the host machine to free memory first.
For more information about this error, see "http://vmware.com/info?id=19".

[xevilstar]

if I install the ones from your git the version error appears

[xevilstar]

please help

[xevilstar]

cannot even close even pressing cancel

[mkubecek]

Flooding me with more and more comments doesn't help anything. Please read what I already wrote to you and use the source from the branch matching your VMware version.

[rubyjedi]

Try downloading the 14.0.0 sources as a zipfile instead, using this link:

https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/archive/workstation-14.0.0.zip

.. Or have a look at the one-step installer script in the pull-request section, set VMWARE_PRODUCT="workstation-14.0.0" to make it match your product, and run that.