Tumbleweed won't compile VMware kernel modules

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Greetings!
I’m trying to compile kernel modules for WMware Workstation 17.5.2,
but it won’t happen due to nasty error.

make -C vmmon-only 
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/alexound/vmware-host-modules/vmmon-only'
Using standalone build system.
In file included from ./autoconf/geninclude.c:20:
./include/compat_autoconf.h:38:13: fatal error: generated/autoconf.h: No such file or directory
   38 | #   include <generated/autoconf.h>
      |             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/alexound/vmware-host-modules/vmmon-only/driver-6.13.1-1-default'
In file included from .././autoconf/geninclude.c:20:
.././include/compat_autoconf.h:38:13: fatal error: generated/autoconf.h: No such file or directory
   38 | #   include <generated/autoconf.h>
      |             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
Dependencies for driver.c
In file included from .././include/compat_version.h:35,
                 from .././include/driver-config.h:36,
                 from .././linux/driver.c:20:
/usr/include/linux/version.h:2:2: error: #error "======================================================="

I’ve installed every possible build tool such such as make, autoconf, gcc, kernel-source, kernel-devel, etc.

Kernel version: 6.13.1-1-default

Am I missing something?
Any help would by highly appreciated!

Regards,
Alexound.

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I would start by upgrading to VMware Workstation 17.6.2 - the latest version’s modules build fine on Tumbleweed (I have it running right now on a system updated this past Saturday).

VMware Workstation is now available gratis for any use, so upgrading comes at no cost.

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Sorry, it is actually 17.6.2, I mistyped the version in original post :neutral_face:

4

No worries. :slight_smile:

For me, the build succeeded when I launched VMware - it looks like you may be building a non-standard source tree for the modules. This used to be necessary, but isn’t now.

What development packages do you have installed?

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Man, so embarrassing!
I’ve ended up upgrading the system, installed new kernel and everything fired up just fine.

Thank you very much for your attention!

Regards,
Alexound.

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Glad to help out - and that you got it working. :slight_smile: