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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

@buzo I did that by pacman -S linux-headers.

In fact, this command will install the version 4.17.3-1 linux-headers. This version is not 4.17-2-1 that vmware expected.

And the command yaourt -S vmware-workstation seems to download the right version. I can find it in the path /usr/lib/moudules/.

NowG: Have you installed linux-headers?

module vmmon load failed.

The actions that all I did:

1) yaourt -S vmware-workstation

2) modprobe -a vmw_vmci vmmon

Then the WARNING shows like below: modprobe: WARNING: Module vmmon not found in directory /lib/modules/4.17.2-1-ARCH

vmplayer crashed on guest shutdown, leaving this message:

VMware Player Error:
VMware Player unrecoverable error: (vmplayer)
Unexpected signal: 11.
A log file is available in "/tmp/vmware-sts/vmware-vmplayer-19886.log".  
You can request support.  
To collect data to submit to VMware technical support, run "vm-support".
We will respond on the basis of your support entitlement.

But there is no vm-support executable. What should I do?

linarcx: I don't have this error. Your .bundle file is probably corrupted (maybe not fully downloaded). Remove it and rebuild the package.

Hi. when i want to install, i get some errors:

==> Validating source files with sha256sums...
VMware-Workstation-Full-14.1.2-8497320.x86_64.bundle ... FAILED
bootstrap ... Passed
vmware-vix-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
vmmon.patch ... Passed
vmnet.patch ... Passed
==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check!
The build failed.
>>> elapsed time 13s

TheChickenMan: Thanks! I probably wouldn't be able to create this package without the work of the first packager, Synthead. But I also spent a lot of time to improve his package (to fix bugs, add missing functionalities, maintain for new versions...). It is not funny at all, but I'm pleased with the result.

Sherlock-Holo: I'm not sure I can help you, I don't really use this functionality. For testing purpose, I just run the vmware-hostd.service with one shared VM on my computer (which is also the client) and I don't have any problem.

You can check if it is a network problem: do you use the same port number in the host and in the client (see in "Edit", "Preferences", "Shared VMs")? Does the host use a firewall which blocks connections to this port? Moreover, check if you have the sufficient permissions (right click on "Shared VMs", "Permissions..."). You can also try to run vmware-hostd.service on the client machine and see if it works (if yes, the problem comes from the host or the network).

GugaDozero: sorry the the late answer, I hope you have found a solution. Otherwise, be sure that ncurses5-compat-libs package is installed and try to manually run the command "bash VMware-Workstation-Full-14.1.2-8497320.x86_64.bundle --extract=extracted" in the PKGBUILD directory to see the errors.

I tried to put a package together for this last year, ran into endless trouble and eventually gave up assuming it was just too complicated and likely impossible. Your package works great and is really appreciated! Now, to read through the PKGBUILD in detail and learn something. Lots of credit for putting this together. I'm sure it wasn't easy.