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: 3.53
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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jihem commented on 2021-02-24 20:54 (UTC)

neuromante: I have no problem to compile vmmon and vmnet modules with kernel 5.11.1 (the default Arch Linux kernel). Are you sure you didn't make a mistake (a partial upgrade or something like that)? If you want some help, can you provide the pacman log with the error?

neuromante commented on 2021-02-24 10:53 (UTC)

Problems with kernel 5.11.1: vmmon module won't compile (and maybe some other modules)

injured commented on 2020-11-23 16:34 (UTC)

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

sizzen commented on 2020-11-21 19:59 (UTC)

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.

injured commented on 2020-11-21 10:01 (UTC) (edited on 2020-11-21 10:45 (UTC) by injured)

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?

brandimarte commented on 2020-11-19 13:33 (UTC)

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.

brandimarte commented on 2020-11-19 11:08 (UTC)

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!

obelix1502 commented on 2020-11-18 22:30 (UTC)

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.

injured commented on 2020-11-18 18:14 (UTC)

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

jihem commented on 2020-11-11 18:34 (UTC)

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.

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