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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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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denji commented on 2023-10-25 18:57 (UTC) (edited on 2023-10-25 19:07 (UTC) by denji)

@jihem Checked on 6.1.59 (lts) & 6.5.8 (mainline) kernels, the proposed patch mkubecek/vmware-host-modules@4c2a103 did not change the situation, the problem is with vmware-vmx code (not kernel modules).

jihem commented on 2023-10-25 17:21 (UTC)

@denji If you copy/paste the content of the following link at the end of the file vmmon.patch and rebuild the package, does it solve the problem? (I can't reproduce this problem, so I can't investigate myself)

https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/commit/4c2a103fd2d71f2084f1fe7ceacb816b9832ffa2.patch

mabod commented on 2023-10-25 13:48 (UTC) (edited on 2023-10-25 13:48 (UTC) by mabod)

@denji: But where is the official information that vmware workstation 17.5 is broken on Linux? I have searched the web but could not find any trace of this.

denji commented on 2023-10-25 13:22 (UTC) (edited on 2023-10-25 13:50 (UTC) by denji)

@mabod Yes, the problem is completely unrelated to the kernel version and ArchLinux common issue with VMware Workstation 17.5.0 on Linux.
This issue in vmware-workstation product version 17.5.0 has started to cause CPU interrupt failures in new release of any guest operating system *BSD, Linux-based, Windows, etc... host hangs.

There will be exactly the same failure on LTS kernels.
In Changelog for the new release https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/17.5/rn/vmware-workstation-175-pro-release-notes/index.html#Resolved%20Issues

I see only such changes:
  • Unable to decrypt or re-encrypt a virtual machine after changing the disk split value
  • Linux-based guest operating system boots slowly with the default RAM and CPU for a virtual machine
  • Virtual machine shows BSOD when USB is enabled
  • Cannot downgrade the hardware compatibility of a virtual machine

mabod commented on 2023-10-25 11:44 (UTC)

@denji: Is that a common issue with 17.5.0 on Linux or is this just for Arch linux? I did not find any trace for a Linux specific bug on the web.

denji commented on 2023-10-22 01:36 (UTC) (edited on 2023-10-22 04:40 (UTC) by denji)

VMware Workstation Pro 17.5.0 processor hangs CPU (Intel Kaby Lake) without kernel panic (on host with mainline kernel 6.5.8) during startup of any virtual machine. The current solution is to downgrade vmware-workstation=17.0.2-2.

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/vmware-workstation.git vmww
cd vmww
# https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/log/?h=vmware-workstation
git checkout 38aefe99bd5b32bc403c948b08df5b444dbbc7ff
makepkg -si

https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/commits/workstation-17.5.0/

jihem commented on 2023-08-21 19:24 (UTC)

@dvtate The AUR package vmware-workstation16 is already patched for this issue.

dvtate commented on 2023-08-21 14:34 (UTC)

Seems there is an easy fix: https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Cannot-compile-vmnet-kernel-module-on-kernel-6-4-10/td-p/2982156

Any advice on applying it to the version 16 package? I don't have a license for 17 yet.

jihem commented on 2023-08-12 09:23 (UTC)

I confirm that the kernel module can't build since Linux 6.4.10. I will try to fix it ASAP.

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