Hello everyone
I recently installed VMWare Player on my PC. After installing, everything was fine. After restarting my PC, however, VMWare Player stopped working properly. It starts up fine but if I try to access my Windows 98 virtual machine, I get the following error message:
"Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory.
Please make sure that the kernel module `vmmon' is loaded."
After that, another error appears saying that the virtual machine is busy and VMWare Player just has a black screen. I tried searching for a solution and so far, I have only found 2.
First is to type this command into Konsole:
sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all --appname="VMware Player" --icon="vmware-player"
It does work but it takes a while and VMWare Player only works until I restart my PC again, at which point, the same problem comes back and I have to type in the same command again. I would prefer a solution that doesn't require me using the console every time I restart my PC.
The second option I have found is documented here:
http://blog.solutionperspectivemedia.co.uk/?p=6
It basically tells me to add some code to /etc/init.d/vmware. The only problem I have found is that that file is owned by Root and so I can't edit the file. Is there is a Konsole command I can use to edit that file?
Anyway, I need some advice for a long term solution to this problem. Can anyone help me with this? Help will be greatly appreciated.
I recently installed VMWare Player on my PC. After installing, everything was fine. After restarting my PC, however, VMWare Player stopped working properly. It starts up fine but if I try to access my Windows 98 virtual machine, I get the following error message:
"Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory.
Please make sure that the kernel module `vmmon' is loaded."
After that, another error appears saying that the virtual machine is busy and VMWare Player just has a black screen. I tried searching for a solution and so far, I have only found 2.
First is to type this command into Konsole:
sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all --appname="VMware Player" --icon="vmware-player"
It does work but it takes a while and VMWare Player only works until I restart my PC again, at which point, the same problem comes back and I have to type in the same command again. I would prefer a solution that doesn't require me using the console every time I restart my PC.
The second option I have found is documented here:
http://blog.solutionperspectivemedia.co.uk/?p=6
It basically tells me to add some code to /etc/init.d/vmware. The only problem I have found is that that file is owned by Root and so I can't edit the file. Is there is a Konsole command I can use to edit that file?
Anyway, I need some advice for a long term solution to this problem. Can anyone help me with this? Help will be greatly appreciated.
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