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: 3.00
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 2020-09-16 17:26 (UTC)

Hi guys, I know the new version of VMware is released but I probably won't update the package before the end of the week. Major upgrades often have small changes in the installation procedure so I have to check if all files are correctly installed and if no functionnality is broken, which is longer than just changing a number in the PKGBUILD. Please be patient! :)

alcomatt commented on 2020-09-16 16:57 (UTC)

Version 16 is out. Just a heads up.

jihem commented on 2020-09-13 08:47 (UTC)

@hecsa The file vmware-workstation.install was probably removed by error (by you or your AUR helper). Remove the directory containing the PKGBUILD and restart the building procedure.

hecsa commented on 2020-09-13 02:20 (UTC)

Hi!
When updating the package I ran into this:

Building vmware-workstation...
==> ERROR: install file (vmware-workstation.install) does not exist or is not a regular file.

Any ideas?
Thanks in advance and best regards,
HeCSa.

hoschi commented on 2020-09-10 08:46 (UTC) (edited on 2020-09-10 08:47 (UTC) by hoschi)

Hello!
When I reboot my virtual Windows 10 withing VMWare it causes a complete freeze of the host system. This seems to happen only with Wayland, when I switch to use X11 it seems to work fine. Anyone else?

PS: I'm using GNOME.

abruegmann commented on 2020-09-07 21:28 (UTC)

@jihem, @peeweep - thank you so much. Great job!

jihem commented on 2020-09-06 16:48 (UTC)

@peeweep: Now the package is compatible with Linux 5.9. I've updated with two patches from https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/commits/workstation-15.5.6. One of the patches is equivalent to yours.

peeweep commented on 2020-09-05 22:13 (UTC)

jihemel, would you like to add the kernel 5.9 support? I email you a patch.

--- a/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c
+++ b/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c
@@ -1739,7 +1739,9 @@
    lockedPages += global_page_state(NR_PAGETABLE);
 #endif
    /* NR_SLAB_* moved from zone to node in 4.13. */
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 13, 0)
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(5, 9, 0)
+   lockedPages += global_node_page_state_pages(NR_SLAB_RECLAIMABLE_B);
+#elif LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 13, 0)
    lockedPages += global_node_page_state(NR_SLAB_UNRECLAIMABLE);
 #else
    lockedPages += global_page_state(NR_SLAB_UNRECLAIMABLE);

jihem commented on 2020-09-05 19:12 (UTC)

@gbr Thanks, these patches work well, no crash detected for the moment with Linux 5.8. I've updated the package with them.

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