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Only1KW

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Registered: 2015-12-14

Posts: 17

g_file_test: assertion 'filename != NULL' failed

I'm trying to start a vmware VM.  When I try to do so I get the error

Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory.
Please make sure that the kernel module `vmmon' is loaded.
Failed to initialize monitor device.

I'm trying to fix it using the info in the wiki but getting the following:

[username@hostname source]$ modprobe -a vmw_vmci vmmon
modprobe: WARNING: Module vmmon not found in directory /lib/modules/5.10.46-1-lts
[username@hostname source]$ sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
[sudo] password for username: 
[AppLoader] GLib does not have GSettings support.

(process:2160): GLib-CRITICAL **: 13:27:20.145: g_file_test: assertion 'filename != NULL' failed
Failed to setup build environment.
[username@hostname source]$ 

Any idea how I fix this?  I've found several hits to this error when searching but nothing relevant to my situation.

Only1KW

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Registered: 2015-12-14

Posts: 17

Re: g_file_test: assertion 'filename != NULL' failed

I reinstalled vmware player from scratch using VMware-Player-16.1.2-17966106.x86_64.bundle from vmware's webpage.  Afterwards, I got a much better error saying linux headers couldn't be found.  I installed linux-lts-headers package and ran another modprobe and everything seems to be much better now.