Hello This thread has been extremely interesting - many thanks for all the comebacks ! I did another fresh install of Tumbleweed tonight : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-DVD-x86_64-Snapshot20161111-Media.iso Then I downloaded and installed the lastest version of VMware-Workstation (which BTW has changed since yesterday - the 13th of Nov.): VMware-Workstation-Full-12.5.2-4638234.x86_64.bundle Then I manually compiled the vmnet and vmmon using your suggestions :) VMware-Workstation ran fine : # required rpms rpm -q kernel-default kernel-devel gcc make # Next mkdir /tmp/vmware && cd /tmp/vmware cd /tmp/vmware/source tar -xvf ./vmnet.tar cd vmnet-only make ls -l vmnet.o cp ./vmnet.o /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/misc/vmnet.ko # cd /tmp/vmware/source echo "Compiling the vmmon module... " tar -xvf ./vmmon.tar cd vmmon-only make cd .. ls -l vmmon.o cp vmmon.o /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/misc/vmmon.ko # cp vmmon.o /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc/vmmon.ko # depmod -a # Note : /tmp is mounted as tmpfs Many thanks for the new knowledge! Regards James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org