[FIX] Dealing With VMWare Error on Kernel 3.10

Hey guys. Have you tried kernel 3.10 on your Linux? Well, I'm trying now. And this morning, I got a little bit frustrated after a failure when I try to building new modules for my VMWare Player. NVIDIA driver is working in this kernel tho.

After working around with this error, I found where everything just began. It's because when you building a new module for vmblock, it will do create_proc_entry() removal in favor of proc_create(). So I decide to share with you, how to deal with this new kernel. So you can use your VMWare again. Yay!

1. Open your terminal (you can use terminator, or gnome-terminal, or xterm, or whatever your flavor)

2. Make sure you've installed linux-headers-3.10-3-amd64 and linux-headers-3.10-3-common
If you're not sure, type this on your terminal:

Command :

root@kali:~# apt-get install linux-headers-3.10-3-amd64 linux-headers-3.10-3-common

 3. Stop vmware service by typing this command on your terminal

Command :

root@kali:~# service vmware stop

 4. Download patches to patch your old vmware source (WARNING: IF YOU PATCH YOUR VMWARE SOURCE, IT MIGHT NOT WORK ANYMORE WITH YOUR OLDER KERNEL. DO WITH YOUR OWN RISK!)

a. Patch for vmnet source

Command :

root@kali:~# cd /tmp/ ; curl -O http://download1504.mediafire.com/1hjabvhjhhmg/p01zil23et23p16/vmnet-9.0.2-5.0.2-3.10.patch

b. Patch for vmblock source

Command :

root@kali:~# cd /tmp/ ; curl -O http://download1338.mediafire.com/cchmnk8dnyog/iqff11seyebt0bd/vmblock-9.0.2-5.0.2-3.10.patch

5. Patch your old vmware source

Command :

root@kali:~# cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/sourceroot@kali:~# tar -xvf vmblock.tar
root@kali:~# tar -xvf vmnet.tar
root@kali:~# patch -p0 -i /tmp/vmblock-9.0.2-5.0.2-3.10.patch
root@kali:~# patch -p0 -i /tmp/vmnet-9.0.2-5.0.2-3.10.patch
root@kali:~# tar -cf vmblock.tar vmblock-only
root@kali:~# tar -cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only
root@kali:~# rm -r vmblock-only
root@kali:~# rm -r vmnet-only

6. Reinstall your new vmware modules

Command :

root@kali:~# vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

That's it! Enjoy your VMWare on your new kernel!