Install VMware workstation 11 on Fedora 21 with kernel 3.17
Here is some solutions which might be able to help you during your VMware workstation 11 installation on Fedora 21 with kernel 3.17. 1. When you try to power on a virtual guest, you received error : "Unable to change virtual machine power state internal error". Change the option mks.enable3d in the .vmx file from TRUE to FALSE . mks.enable3d = FALSE 2. When you try to power on a virtual guest, you received error: "Version mismatch with vmmon module: expecting xxx.x, got yyy.y. You have an incorrect version of the 'vmmon' kernel module. Try command below, these steps will help to patch vmnet source code: # curl http://pastie.org/pastes/9934018/download -o /tmp/vmnet-3.19.patch # cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source # tar -xf vmnet.tar # patch -p0 -i /tmp/vmnet-3.19.patch # tar -cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only # rm -rf *-only # vmware-modconfig --console --install-all 3. When you try to power on a virtual guest, you received error: "Failed to open device