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authorJean-Marc Lenoir2017-09-25 16:32:18 +0200
committerJean-Marc Lenoir2017-09-25 16:32:18 +0200
commit25e2236c4fa85ba57d8dc71c14b65680ef1b9270 (patch)
tree46729a34ebe57f9bf0911796eb5f8870fbbb52c5 /vmware-workstation.install
parent09c14f9eef087927453bc7ac02bdc4ef6e79ceaa (diff)
downloadaur-25e2236c4fa85ba57d8dc71c14b65680ef1b9270.tar.gz
Remove the automatic loading of VMware modules, that was a bad idea
Diffstat (limited to 'vmware-workstation.install')
-rw-r--r--vmware-workstation.install5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/vmware-workstation.install b/vmware-workstation.install
index d18d56501e4f..cff644a49f7e 100644
--- a/vmware-workstation.install
+++ b/vmware-workstation.install
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
post_install() {
cat << EOF
-==> Before using VMware, you may need to enable some services:
+==> Before using VMware, you need to reboot or load vmw_vmci and vmmon kernel modules (in a terminal on root: modprobe -a vmw_vmci vmmon)
+==> You may also need to enable some of these services:
- vmware-networks.service: to have network access in VMs
- vmware-usbarbitrator.service: to connect USB devices inside VMs
- vmware-hostd.service: to share VMs on the network
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ EOF
post_remove() {
cat << EOF
-==> To also remove VMware settings, delete /etc/vmware and /etc/vmware-installer directories.
+==> To remove VMware settings, delete /etc/vmware and /etc/vmware-installer directories.
EOF
}