We have a CentOS 6.3 server where we have Installed VMware-Player-5.0.2 for linux 64 bit
When we try to run one of the “.vmx” Virtual machine file using the VMware player, we are getting the following error
Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory. Please make sure the kernel module ‘vmmon’ is loaded
What could be the reason? Could you people suggest us on how to start the VMware player to open the virtual machine
Thanks!
Answer
Well, it seems like the vmmon kernel module is not loaded 😉
So try ‘modprobe vmmon’ (as root) and if that doesn’t work, it might be worth firing these two:
sudo mv /usr/lib/vmware/modules/binary /usr/lib/vmware/modules/binary.old
sudo vmware-modconfig –console –install-all –appname=”VMware Player” –icon=”vmware-player”
(found that in the VMware forums BTW)
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