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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

In version 16.1.0-1 my problem was solved with the USB controller.

Has anyone had luck with using vmware workstation with KDE plasma with wayland instead of X? You cannot run gui applications as root under wayland which I understand the security behind but then how do I run it if it requires root ? Any help would be appreciated.

When I create a new virtual machine under macOS, I have USB Controller set to USB Compatibility: 3.1. By launching the installation, the USB 3.1 option disappears and only 1.1 and 2.0 remain. I get the message: "Using USB devices with a USB 3.1 controller may require additional drivers to be installed in the guest." I know running macOS on vmware requires USB 3.1. Anyone have an idea why USB 3.1 is disappearing from my list?

I found a solution that worked for me here. The idea is to install polkit-gnome, then run:

$ /usr/lib/polkit-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 &
$ vmplayer

This will prompt a window for the sudo password and after that wmplayer runs normally. Apparently it's only needed in the first run. I've removed the installation of polkit-gnome and I can still run vmware without root privileges.

I'm trying to use wmplayer, but then it prompts a welcome window where I choose "Use WMware Player 16 for free for non-commercial use" and when I click "Finish" the following error appears in the terminal:

==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.policykit.exec ====
Authentication is needed to run `/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-setup-helper' as the super user
Authenticating as: xxxx@yyyy,,,, (xxxx)
Password: 
polkit-agent-helper-1: error response to PolicyKit daemon: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: No session for cookie
==== AUTHENTICATION FAILED ====
Error executing command as another user: Not authorized

This incident has been reported.

where xxxx is my login name and yyyy is the hostname. I can only execute wmplayer as sudo. Anyone here had a similar issue and could recommend a solution? Thanks!

Anyway, kernel 58 is out of date, so for vmware and vmmon 58 it doesn't matter anymore. I didn't make any modification and it works perfectly under the LTS 59 kernel.

Installing macOS 11.0.1. Kernel 58, then 59. Loop during installation on both kernels. Anyone had such a condition?

Ok. Clearly I don't understand how Manjaro handles kernels, but in the future you should always check that you use the same version of linuxXX and linuxXX-headers to avoid this problem. Also, I don't know why you had a reference to 5.8.10 version on your first message, maybe you installed linux58-headers, in that case you can probably remove it now.

@jihem uname - r results in 5.9.3-1-MANJARO

I then installed the linux59-headers

pacman -Qi linux-headers results in Name : linux54-headers Version : 5.4.74-1 Description : Header files and scripts for building modules for Linux54 kernel Architecture : x86_64 URL : http://www.kernel.org/ Licenses : GPL2 Groups : None Provides : linux-headers=5.4.74 Depends On : None Optional Deps : None Required By : linux-lts-headers Optional For : dkms vmware-workstation Conflicts With : None Replaces : None Installed Size : 46.92 MiB Packager : Manjaro Build Server <build@manjaro.org> Build Date : Sun 01 Nov 2020 08:42:10 AM Install Date : Wed 11 Nov 2020 10:18:02 AM Install Reason : Explicitly installed Install Script : No Validated By : Signature

Yes im running Manjaro. In kernels its says im running 5.9

EDIT: by running modprobe vmmon again it seems to be working. Well except for networking but im working on that.

My first idea is that your linux and linux-headers packages are not on the same version but I need more informations on your installation to be sure. You use Manjaro, right? What is the result of the command "uname -r"? What are the versions of your packages linux and linux-headers? You can have this information using the commands "pacman -Qi linux" and "pacman -Qi linux-headers". If you use Manjaro, these packages can have a slightly different name, like linux59, linux59-headers, linux58-headers...