Pavilinux,
Thanks for your reply; however, got hung up here:
adler@adler-HP-Spectre-XT-Ultrabook-PC ~ $ sudo mkdir /tmp/vmware && cd /tmp/vmware
[sudo] password for adler:
adler@adler-HP-Spectre-XT-Ultrabook-PC /tmp/vmware $ sudo ls /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/*.tar
/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmblock.tar /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon.tar /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmsock.tar
/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmci.tar /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vsock.tar
adler@adler-HP-Spectre-XT-Ultrabook-PC /tmp/vmware $ sudo unzip /tmp/vmware-for-3.17.patch.zip
Archive: /tmp/vmware-for-3.17.patch.zip
inflating: vmware-for-3.17.patch
adler@adler-HP-Spectre-XT-Ultrabook-PC /tmp/vmware $ sudo patch -p1 < vmware-for-3.17.patch
can't find file to patch at input line 4
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
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|diff -ur a/vmblock-only/linux/control.c b/vmblock-only/linux/control.c
|--- a/vmblock-only/linux/control.c 2014-04-15 01:41:40.000000000 +0400
|+++ b/vmblock-only/linux/control.c 2014-10-09 05:21:34.094551409 +0400
--------------------------
File to patch:
I had eliminated all traces of VMWare before I did a fresh install. The original error shows here:
Starting VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor done
Virtual machine communication interface done
VM communication interface socket family done
Blocking file system done
Virtual ethernet failed
VMware Authentication Daemon done
With previous Kernel up-grades I could always patch VMWare. This time around it has become a nightmare. LOL!
Any insight here? Thanks in advance for any ideas.