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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

jihem: I do not believe I am! Installing now. Out of curiosity how did you see that commit? I am fairly new to Arch from MacOS. About 3 months now on my laptop and I love it more than any other OS but Im still working out some kinks here and there. I really appreciate the community support.

sizzen: Are you sure you use the latest version of this package: 15.0.2-3? The commit d17bd2c83158 includes some patches (taken from the repo you quote in your previous post) that make the package compatible with Linux 5.0.

If you are sure you use the latest version, can you show me the make.log file generated by DKMS?

majed17: When I run that I get this error modprobe: WARNING: Module vmmon not found in directory /lib/modules/5.0.0-arch1-1-ARCH.

Also more background, when install linux-headers via pacman I get this error dkms install vmware-workstation/15.0.2_10952284 -k 5.0.0-arch1-1-ARCH Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.0.0-arch1-1-ARCH (x86_64) Consult /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/15.0.2_10952284/build/make.log for more information.

So I'm not really sure whats going on.

I have also tried going to this git repo https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules and downloading the modules for workstation 15.0.2 but I get an error saying that vmmon doesnt exist which is odd. Specifically there error listed below

make -C vmmon-only make[1]: vmmon-only: No such file or directory. Stop. make: [Makefile:21: vmmon-only] Error 2

you need to run modprobe -a vmw_vmci vmmon and magic, it will work :)

I recently upgraded to Linux Kernel 5.0.0. Does the latest package have support for this kernel? I mistakenly updated and now my virtual machines are not starting with the error Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory. I do not see the module in the kernel modules either. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

--EDIT--

Fixed after a system upgrade: pacman -Syu

I get the following error during installation:

Unable to install module vmware-workstation/15.0.2_10952284 for kernel 4.20.7-arch1-1-ARCH: Missing kernel modules tree.

I have 4.20.7-arch1-1-ARCH under /usr/lib/modules and have created a symbolic link to it in /usr/src.

Inside /usr/lib/modules/4.20.7-arch1-1-ARCH there's only build directory which I'm pretty sure means I have to build it but if I run make inside /build, it returns with:

Do not try to update included dependency files

scripts/Makefile.build:42: arch/x86/entry/syscalls/Makefile: No such file or directory make[1]: No rule to make target 'arch/x86/entry/syscalls/Makefile'. Stop. make: [arch/x86/Makefile:233: archheaders] Error 2

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Is anyone else having issues with USB 3.0 compatibility on Windows 10? I've been having this really annoying mouse cursor lag and beeping on my freshly installed Windows 10 guest, so I googled the symptoms and found this old reddit thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/48pae4/random_mouse_lagging_and_beeping/

The symptoms are similar (but not the exact same), but that bug was fixed a long time ago, and I'm on build 1803 already. Then I tried setting the USB compatibility to 2.0 in the VM's settings, and these annoying issues were gone.

I don't know what causes this, some people were saying it's because of a slow CPU, but mine isn't slow, it's an i5 3570k. I just wonder if it's just me who's experiencing it. Can someone with a Windows 10 guest try to reproduce it? Thanks

fredweb: yes, it is possible but clearly not recommended because something could be broken in the future (for example, the program won't be compatible with Linux 5.0 when it will be released).

In the git repository of the package, you have to find the commit number corresponding to the version you want (40ba3a8a7995 for VMware 15.0.0) and build with the following code:

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/vmware-workstation.git
cd vmware-workstation
git checkout 40ba3a8a7995501bc29a0529e40832ceaeae6aaa
makepkg -si

After that, to prevent updates, add IgnorePkg=vmware-workstation in /etc/pacman.conf.

Hello, is possible to install an old version of VMware Workstation, like 15.0.0 for example?

Thanks in advance.

PS. I am using Manjaro 18.0.2