Package Details: vmware-workstation 17.6.3-3

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/vmware-workstation.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: vmware-workstation
Description: The industry standard for running multiple operating systems as virtual machines on a single Linux PC.
Upstream URL: https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-for-linux.html
Keywords: dkms ovftool player vmplayer vmware workstation
Licenses: custom
Conflicts: vmware-modules-dkms, vmware-ovftool, vmware-patch, vmware-systemd-services
Provides: vmware-ovftool
Submitter: synthead
Maintainer: JulianXhokaxhiu
Last Packager: JulianXhokaxhiu
Votes: 212
Popularity: 3.26
First Submitted: 2017-02-10 19:04 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2025-04-03 21:57 (UTC)

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Pinned Comments

jihem commented on 2020-02-10 17:29 (UTC) (edited on 2021-06-19 13:19 (UTC) by jihem)

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

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curled commented on 2023-11-09 09:22 (UTC)

I updated my kernel to kernel 6.6.1, but once I boot my guest os(whatever windows or linux), my host lose network connection, and even I close the guest os, the network still stuck, and sometimes it makes my waybar and firefox freeze...

londospark commented on 2023-11-09 09:17 (UTC)

Tried installing this today and whenever I run vmware or vmplayer I get a segfault. On kernel 6.6.1

mabod commented on 2023-10-27 08:38 (UTC)

@denji: I found that this is not a good idea. If dracut omits the modules I get systemd warning in the journal:Failed to find module 'vmmon'.

/usr/lib/modules-load.d/vmware.conf is asking systemd to load the modules early at boot. I do not want to mess with this file. May be we need a hook for dkms to rebuild initrd on every dkms run.

denji commented on 2023-10-27 08:05 (UTC) (edited on 2023-10-27 12:26 (UTC) by denji)

@mabod Yes that solves the problem (force rebuild dracut).

Exclude vmnet/vmmon from initramfs.

$ cat /etc/dracut.conf.d/vmware-workstation.conf 
omit_drivers+=" vmnet vmmon "

# grub/dracut
$ sudo dracut-rebuild
# systemd-boot/dracut
$ sudo reinstall-kernels

mabod commented on 2023-10-27 07:45 (UTC) (edited on 2023-10-27 07:53 (UTC) by mabod)

Now it works for me as well. Installing new vmware on top of kernel 6.5.9.arch2-1 did not work at first. I had to recreate all the initrd with dracut. Looks like dracut still loads the old vmware modules from 17.0.2-2 and that crashes the vmware app. Now it is running fine here with all kernels.6.1.60 and 6.5.9

EDIT: I have now added the vmware modules vmnet and vmmon as "omit_drivers" to the dracut conf. I hope that prevents issues like this in the future.

shishko commented on 2023-10-27 07:15 (UTC)

After updating kernel to 6.5.9-arch2-1, PC stopped crashing and vmware workstation 17.5 works again

JThundley commented on 2023-10-26 00:28 (UTC)

I'm having the same issue, but I'm on an AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D. When vmplayer starts, my computer suddenly reboots with no error messages at all. I think one time I switched to a VT and my computer only crashed when I switched back to X, so I assumed it was an amdgpu driver bug. I followed @denji's extremely helpful advice and downgraded and now it's working fine again.

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