PaoloPelloni

Indeed, it happens when it starts without an internet connection (or anyway it cannot reach the cloud). Lucky for me it never erased data in the cloud... but it's quite...

I tried the @rpressw suggestion but with no luck I downloaded the 17.5.1 version just to be sure.... installed the mkubecek files, amended them editing timex.h but when I compile...

Tried this https://github.com/jvillavi/vmware17-ubuntu23.10 but also failed. The vmmon e vmnet services fail to start even here. Waiting for the 17.5.2 patch and see if this works.

I am afraid that doesn't work for 6.8.0-31-generic neither using approach 2a and compiling against that kernel. Or at least not on my system.... but then I found the solution...

@Gabbelebab It did compile for me on same Ubuntu version, slightly different kernel, now I am on -35 and it is still fine. Have you tried giving the kernel parameter...