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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mkono87 commented on 2020-11-11 17:38 (UTC) (edited on 2020-11-11 17:53 (UTC) by mkono87)

@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.

jihem commented on 2020-11-11 17:10 (UTC)

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...

mkono87 commented on 2020-11-11 15:30 (UTC)

@jihem modprobe: FATAL: Module vmmon not found in directory /lib/modules/5.9.3-1-MANJARO

Your kernel headers for kernel 5.8.10.arch1-1 cannot be found at /usr/lib/modules/5.8.10.arch1-1/build or /usr/lib/modules/5.8.10.arch1-1/source. You can use the --kernelsourcedir option to tell DKMS where it's located. Im on kernel 5.9 atm and I only see an option for 5.8.14.

jihem commented on 2020-11-09 18:01 (UTC) (edited on 2020-11-09 18:04 (UTC) by jihem)

@haomingbai this message also appears when using the official installation. The proxy.xml file was used on previous VMware versions for shared VMs functionnality. I think it is totally useless now, the fact this message appears is probably a bug.

@mkono87 some verifications to do:

  • do you have linux-headers package installed?
  • if yes, can you check if both linux and linux-headers packages are on the same version, and if this version is 5.8.10.arch1-1?
  • if yes, can you manually load the module vmmon with the command "modprobe vmmon" (launched with root privileges)?
  • if no, do you have the file /usr/lib/modules/5.8.10.arch1-1/kernel/drivers/misc/vmmon.ko on your filesystem?
  • if no, what is the result of the command (with root privileges) "dkms install -m vmware-workstation -v 16.0.0_16894299 -k 5.8.10.arch1-1"?

haomingbai commented on 2020-11-09 10:47 (UTC)

I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/etc/vmware/hostd/proxy.xml" cannot connect to network

mkono87 commented on 2020-11-08 17:51 (UTC)

Iv tried everything but im also getting the modprobe: WARNING: Module vmmon not found in directory /lib/modules/5.8.10-arch1-1

can some help me out. I just cant seem to figure it out after reading the comments on here.

jihem commented on 2020-10-18 12:37 (UTC)

Sffred: it seems something is incoherent in your system, you have two references to the kernel: one in version 5.9.1 (which compiles successfully) and the over in version 5.8.8. Maybe the package linux-headers is in version 5.9.1 and the package linux is still in version 5.8.8, or you boot on a wrong vmlinuz-linux file. But the problem doesn't come from vmware-workstation package.

ericx commented on 2020-10-13 21:50 (UTC)

Solved the "hung at license" problem. It needs to be able to write the license in /etc/vmware/license-ws-160-e4-202001; so run it once as root or make /etc/vmware writable by whomever (at least until the license is written).

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