The open-vm-tools-dkms package has this deprecation warning: """ This package provides the source code for the vmxnet module, which was superseded by vmxnet3. You should only install this package if you know that you need the legacy vnxnet module. Kernel source or headers are required to compile it using DKMS. """
With that in mind, do you still need it, or the fact you have it is just because of an upgrade from an older version? That being said, the installation of open-vm-tools-dkms worked just fine in my xenial vm: Setting up open-vm-tools-dkms (2:10.0.7-3227872-5ubuntu1~16.04.2) ... Loading new open-vm-tools-10.0.7 DKMS files... First Installation: checking all kernels... Building only for 4.4.0-130-generic Building initial module for 4.4.0-130-generic Done. vmxnet: Running module version sanity check. - Original module - No original module exists within this kernel - Installation - Installing to /lib/modules/4.4.0-130-generic/updates/dkms/ depmod.... DKMS: install completed. update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu10) ... Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8.11) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-130-generic W: mdadm: /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf defines no arrays. These are the packages I have: ubuntu@xenial-openvmtools:~$ uname -a Linux xenial-openvmtools 4.4.0-130-generic #156-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 14 08:53:28 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ubuntu@xenial-openvmtools:~$ dpkg -l|grep -E "linux-(header|image)" ii linux-headers-4.4.0-127 4.4.0-127.153 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 4.4.0 ii linux-headers-4.4.0-127-generic 4.4.0-127.153 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP ii linux-headers-4.4.0-130 4.4.0-130.156 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 4.4.0 ii linux-headers-4.4.0-130-generic 4.4.0-130.156 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP ii linux-headers-generic 4.4.0.130.136 amd64 Generic Linux kernel headers ii linux-headers-virtual 4.4.0.130.136 amd64 Transitional package. ii linux-image-4.4.0-127-generic 4.4.0-127.153 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP ii linux-image-4.4.0-130-generic 4.4.0-130.156 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP ii linux-image-virtual 4.4.0.130.136 amd64 This package will always depend on the latest minimal generic kernel image. Here is the built module: ubuntu@xenial-openvmtools:~$ ll /lib/modules/4.4.0-130-generic/updates/dkms/vmxnet.ko -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37256 Jul 11 14:24 /lib/modules/4.4.0-130-generic/updates/dkms/vmxnet.ko ubuntu@xenial-openvmtools:~$ modinfo vmxnet filename: /lib/modules/4.4.0-130-generic/updates/dkms/vmxnet.ko supported: external version: 2.1.0.0 license: GPL v2 description: VMware Virtual Ethernet driver author: VMware, Inc. srcversion: 8CC5F3D9AA8C5D708B3612B alias: pci:v00001022d00002000sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v000015ADd00000720sv*sd*bc*sc*i* depends: retpoline: Y vermagic: 4.4.0-130-generic SMP mod_unload modversions retpoline parm: debug:int parm: disable_lro:int ubuntu@xenial-openvmtools:~$ dmesg after I modprobe it: [ 301.024905] vmxnet: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel. [ 301.025001] vmxnet: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel [ 301.029391] VMware vmxnet virtual NIC driver -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1779793 Title: open VM tools DKMS fails to build mostly due to multiply defined preprocessor symbols [error: implicit declaration of function 'init_timer_deferrable'] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/1779793/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
