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After the first installation, please:

1) install the appropriate headers package(s) for your installed kernel(s): linux-headers for default kernel, linux-lts-headers for LTS kernel...

2) reboot or load vmw_vmci and vmmon kernel modules (modprobe -a vmw_vmci vmmon)

3) Enable the services you need (using .service units to activate them during boot or .path units to activate them when a VM is started) :

• vmware-networks: to have network access inside VMs

• vmware-usbarbitrator: to connect USB devices inside VMs

@jnbrains: I know, the patch is already included in the package.

Linux Host: Kernel 4.14-rc1 Breaks vmmon... https://communities.vmware.com/thread/572148

@gbr: After reading your previous comment, I assume it always works on kernel 4.9. It's very strange, it seems you are the only one who have this problem. Try to investigate: does it work better if you disable graphics acceleration in your VMs? If you allow/disallow swap or increase reserved memory in VMware settings? If you disable systemd services related to VMware? If you start a new VM using a minimum of resources (without sound card, USB controller...)? If you have an Intel processor, have you installed intel-ucode package? Also, search some informations in the logs (located in /tmp/vmware-$USER/vmware*.log, read the logs with the number corresponding to the PID of VMware currently running). You can also try to reset all settings: uninstall the package, remove folders /etc/vmware and ~/.vmware and reinstall the package. And of course, verify if there is no regression with your hardware in recent kernel versions.

Not working for me anymore on kernel 4.14.3, all my VMs became REALLY slow to start (they don't even start to be honest).

@timofonic: I know there is a new version of unlocker, but it is useless to update it for the moment: I patched the previous version to work with VMware 14 and it does the job. This file will be updated on the next version of the package. Canberra is probably not related to your problem: I have the same message and it doesn't matter if the package can be created. I think the mistake is that you didn't install linux-headers package before. This package is required when you compile kernel modules with DKMS (but is not defined as a dependency of this package because its exact name depends which kernel you use: for example it is linux-lts-headers if you use linux-lts). In the case you already installed linux-headers but it does not work, give me the output of "dkms install -k 4.13.12-1-ARCH vmware-workstation/14.0.0_6661328"

Error... Why does it happen? Help me, please:( Because of this error: Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module": libcanberra-gtk-module.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory I installed both "lincanberra" "lib32-libcanberra-gtk3" and packages, I also tried to switch the first one with "libcanberra-git". The same error happens again. pkgfile libcanberra-gtk-module.so Tue 28 Nov 2017 10:09:18 AM CET extra/libcanberra multilib/lib32-libcanberra Also... # modprobe -a vmw_vmci # modprobe -a vmmon modprobe: WARNING: Module vmmon not found in directory /lib/modules/4.13.12-1-ARCH My lsmod: https://0x0.st/soeP.vmw_vmc :: Package vmware-workstation not found in repositories, trying AUR... :: resolving dependencies... :: looking for inter-conflicts... :: vmware-workstation-14.0.0-2 is up to date -- reinstalling :: vmware-workstation-14.0.0-2 has been flagged out of date on Tue 28 Nov 2017 09:47:50 AM CET AUR Packages (1) vmware-workstation-14.0.0-2 :: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] :: Retrieving package(s)... sudo: a password is required [sudo] password for timofonic: :: Checking vmware-workstation integrity... ==> Making package: vmware-workstation 14.0.0-2 (Tue Nov 28 09:50:44 CET 2017) ==> Retrieving sources... -> Found VMware-Workstation-Full-14.0.0-6661328.x86_64.bundle -> Found bootstrap -> Found config -> Found pam.d-vmware-authd -> Found configure-initscript.sh -> Found vmware-environment.sh -> Found config.xml -> Found datastores.xml -> Found environments.xml -> Found proxy.xml -> Found vmware-hostd-certificates.service -> Found vmware-hostd.service -> Found vmware-networks-configuration.service -> Found vmware-networks.service -> Found vmware-usbarbitrator.service -> Found dkms.conf.in -> Found Makefile -> Found vmblock.patch -> Found vmci.patch -> Found vmmon.patch -> Found vmnet.patch -> Found vsock.patch ==> Validating source files with sha256sums... VMware-Workstation-Full-14.0.0-6661328.x86_64.bundle ... Passed bootstrap ... Passed config ... Passed pam.d-vmware-authd ... Passed configure-initscript.sh ... Passed vmware-environment.sh ... Passed config.xml ... Passed datastores.xml ... Passed environments.xml ... Passed proxy.xml ... Passed vmware-hostd-certificates.service ... Passed vmware-hostd.service ... Passed vmware-networks-configuration.service ... Passed vmware-networks.service ... Passed vmware-usbarbitrator.service ... Passed dkms.conf.in ... Passed Makefile ... Passed vmblock.patch ... Passed vmci.patch ... Passed vmmon.patch ... Passed vmnet.patch ... Passed vsock.patch ... Passed :: Preparing vmware-workstation... ==> Making package: vmware-workstation 14.0.0-2 (Tue Nov 28 09:50:47 CET 2017) ==> WARNING: Skipping dependency checks. ==> Retrieving sources... -> Found VMware-Workstation-Full-14.0.0-6661328.x86_64.bundle -> Found bootstrap -> Found config -> Found pam.d-vmware-authd -> Found configure-initscript.sh -> Found vmware-environment.sh -> Found config.xml -> Found datastores.xml -> Found environments.xml -> Found proxy.xml -> Found vmware-hostd-certificates.service -> Found vmware-hostd.service -> Found vmware-networks-configuration.service -> Found vmware-networks.service -> Found vmware-usbarbitrator.service -> Found dkms.conf.in -> Found Makefile -> Found vmblock.patch -> Found vmci.patch -> Found vmmon.patch -> Found vmnet.patch -> Found vsock.patch ==> WARNING: Skipping all source file integrity checks. ==> Extracting sources... ==> Starting prepare()... Extracting VMware Installer...done. Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module": libcanberra-gtk-module.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Would you like toupdate the unlocker? There's a newer version here https://github.com/DrDonk/unlocker/blob/master/unlocker.py

@mirh: actually, instructions about the services you can enable are written on the terminal during the first installation of the package. But I've just added a pinned comment for people who didn't see this information.

> and yes, you need to manually activate the services you want This should be a bit more prominent in the comments.