ubuntu12.04 installation vmware12 appears cannot ope Dev/vmmon and modprobe Vmmon prompt key Invalid solution
Notebook model ThinkPad e450c, a time ago removed preinstalled windows, changed to ubuntu12.04, and intended to install a Windows virtual machine on Ubuntu. After downloading VMware for Linux and installing, start the VMware prompt "cannot open /Dev/Vmmon : No such file or directory".
Workaround:
1, into the TMP folder, CD/TMP2, the Vmmon under the pressure of VMware to the TMP folder, Tar Xvf/usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon.tar3, into the VMMON-ONLY,CD VMMON-ONLY/4, compile, Make5, copy Vmmon.ko to kernel, CP vmmon.ko/lib/modules/4.4.0-31-genric/misc/vmmon.ko6, load Vmmon module to boot driver, Modprobe Vmmon Run the 6th step, the system prompts "modprobe Vmmon, but get error: modprobe:ERROR:could "not" Insert ' Vmmon ': Required key not available "。 It was looked for for the following reasons: ThinkPad preinstalled Windows Os,windows System will be shipped in the BIOS set secure boot, the module will prevent Windows system and Windows non-authorized system coexistence (Windows self-protection, Also known as Monopoly). If you need to load the module driver for Linux, you need to turn off secure boot. The solution is as follows: 1: Restart the computer at ThinkPad Welcome Interface Press ENTER2: Enter BIOS interface 3: Find secure Boot, change the value to disable, save and Exit 4: Reboot into Ubuntu, run modprobe Vmmon5: Restart Ubuntu, open VMware, success, such as
Ubuntu installation Vmware12 appears cannot ope Dev/vmmon and modprobe Vmmon prompt key Invalid solution