Subj : Re: VMWare Fusion and Workstation now FREE
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : maskreet
Date : Sun Nov 24 2024 12:38:49

On 23 Nov 2024, poindexter FORTRAN said the following...
 
 pF> I had problems getting VM Workstation running under Linux, it was too
 pF> dependent on linux kernel versions - do an apt upgrade and VM
 pF> Workstation would break. Virtualbox didn't have that issue.

Just wanted to let you know that I was getting frustrated to no end about that as well. I'd get a kernel update, the system would reboot for whatever reason (power loss, usually), and it would fail to launch my VMs, a lot of them with BBSes or whatnot.

ChatGPT actually came up with a solution to fix that so that if a newer kernel was installed (like say, with unattended upgrades on an unmonitored machine) and when next you reboot it would automatically run the update for VMware and then your VMs could launch. Lemme see if I can dredge that up.

Here we go. Here are the steps on Ubuntu to get it to update automatically with root priveleges:

https://pastebin.com/TGvtjsRe

Freakin' lifesaver. 

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