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1: Un-tar /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar to a directory you can write to (eg /tmp, /var/tmp or your desktop or home directory) - this creates a directory vmnet-only

 

2: Apply the attached patch to the un-tarred source (run patch in the directory from step 1 - the patch file was created from the parent directory of vmnet-only)

 

3: Save the original source tar file as /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar.orig

 

4: create a new /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar from the patched source (with 'sudo tar cf /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vmnet.tar vmnet-only' in the directory from step 1)

 

5: Start the vmware player/workstation/....