Fix for vmware vmmon and vmnet issues

vmware_vmmon_fix.sh

#!/bin/sh

# Uncomment this is you want some more verbose output to see what is happening
#set -x

## Variables
# Change this directory name if you want to place these somewhere else
_projectdir=~/projects
_gitrepo=https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules.git
if [ $(grep -q "workstation.product.version" /etc/vmware/config;echo $?) -eq 0 ];then
	_product=workstation
else
	_product=player
fi

_vmwversion=$(awk '/^player.product.version/{gsub("\"","");print $3}' /etc/vmware/config)

## Main
echo;echo "Checking out the patches for the vmware modules and installing as necessary ... ";echo

if [ ! -d ${_projectdir} ];then
	mkdir -p ${_projectdir}
fi

if [ ! -d ${_projectdir}/vmware-host-modules ];then
	cd ${_projectdir}
	git clone ${_gitrepo}
fi

cd ${_projectdir}/vmware-host-modules/
git checkout ${_product}-${_vmwversion}
git pull
make clean
make tarballs

if [ ! -e /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon.tar.org.${_vmwversion} -a ! -e /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar.org.${_vmwversion} ];then
	sudo cp /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon.tar /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmmon.tar.org.${_vmwversion}
	sudo cp /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar.org.${_vmwversion}
fi

sudo cp vmmon.tar vmnet.tar /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/
# Build the modules for the current kernel
# If you get errors make sure you are running the msst recently installed kernel
# If you've updated, and there was a new kernel you will get errors if you haven't rebooted to it
sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
# Completed
echo;echo "DONE";echo

ty guy