Kernel Update - Versioning Error Causes VMWare Workstation to fail

rrawson · January 15, 2021, 3:46pm

This morning I installed the latest Kernel Update. I am no longer able to start VMWare Workstation as a result. VMWare Workstation requires the kernel headers to compile two modules (vmmon and vmnet?). The latest kernel-source and kernel packages in YaST report version 5.3.18-lp152.60.1 but the kernel installed reports version 5.3.18-lp152.60 so the path to the kernel headers is not found. Is the 5.3.18-lp152.60 kernel the same, could I put in a symlink, or was the wrong kernel packaged in the RPM?

In the meantime I intervened during bootup and went back to the .57 version so I could work…

Sauerland · January 15, 2021, 4:17pm

Please post:

zypper se -si kernel

nrickert · January 15, 2021, 5:34pm

It looks okay from here. Looking at the file list in Yast software management, the paths to headers are all using “5.3.18-lp152.60” in the path (no trailing “.1”). I am not seeing an obvious problem.

Yes, the kernel package is “5.3.18-lp152.60.1” but the “.1” is just a number that is incremented for each recompile. The correct kernel version number should be “5.3.18-lp152.60”. And all header paths seem consistent with that.

charlyS · January 16, 2021, 2:46pm

Non booting [FONT=courier new]system w/ 5.3.18-lp152.60.1 also on my non-VMWare machine.
From that:

zypper se -si kernel

Loading repository data…
Reading installed packages…

Sauerland · January 16, 2021, 4:03pm

Non booting system w/ 5.3.18-lp152.60.1 also on my non-VMWare machine.
From that:

I think, your vmware is not building, so we need the right system…

PS
you can start the above system with the old kernel in grub.

charlyS · January 16, 2021, 6:05pm

Thanks and sorry - just found that the machine is suffering from a Radeon GPU kernel driver problem as posted in:
Nach Sicherheitsupdate für Leap 15.2 startet Grafik nicht mehr - Seite 3 - openSUSE Installation - Community Hilfe - Download Software - Tipps und Tricks
and looks like a reincarnation of:
Bug 1177384](1177384 – Black screen after updating to kernel 5.3.18-lp152.44-default) - Black screen after updating to kernel 5.3.18-lp152.44-default

The workaround for the time being is to use the former kernel driver from 5.3.18-lp152.57.

rrawson · January 18, 2021, 3:22pm

https://brightstack-my.sharepoint.com/:i:/g/personal/rrawson_cisus_com/EXENjvXUFp5BrwBEdiQqhuQB2Sasot72jk3P01KMkw-TLA?e=FOx9dmhttps://brightstack-my.sharepoint.com/:i:/g/personal/rrawson_cisus_com/EXENjvXUFp5BrwBEdiQqhuQB2Sasot72jk3P01KMkw-TLA?e=FOx9dm**

localhost:/home/rrawson #** zypper se -si kernel
Loading repository data…
Reading installed packages…

https://brightstack-my.sharepoint.com/:i:/g/personal/rrawson_cisus_com/EXENjvXUFp5BrwBEdiQqhuQB2Sasot72jk3P01KMkw-TLA?e=FOx9dmhttps://brightstack-my.sharepoint.com/:i:/g/personal/rrawson_cisus_com/EXENjvXUFp5BrwBEdiQqhuQB2Sasot72jk3P01KMkw-TLA?e=FOx9dm

rrawson · January 18, 2021, 3:23pm

https://brightstack-my.sharepoint.com/:i:/g/personal/rrawson_cisus_com/EXENjvXUFp5BrwBEdiQqhuQB2Sasot72jk3P01KMkw-TLA?e=FOx9dm

Sauerland · January 18, 2021, 6:29pm

default-devel is missing for your kernel, install it:

zypper in -f kernel-default-devel

rrawson · January 20, 2021, 12:49am

SOLVED! Thank you.

Root cause was that I did a complete rebuild of my laptop after GUI stopped started and missed that repo. It worked immediately after on the same kernel as before but failed once zypper updated the kernel package.