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: 3.46
First Submitted: 2017-02-10 19:04 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2025-04-03 21:57 (UTC)

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Pinned Comments

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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sizzen commented on 2019-09-28 03:23 (UTC) (edited on 2019-09-28 04:26 (UTC) by sizzen)

I am on kernel 5.3.1 and getting the error "Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory. Please make sure that the kernel module `vmmon' is loaded."

I attempted to reload the kernel modules but get this error "modprobe: WARNING: Module vmmon not found in directory /lib/modules/5.3.1-arch1-1-ARCH"

Is this kernel not currently supported?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Edit: I was on workstation 15.0.1 upgraded to most recent version and it worked.

AK4EVA commented on 2019-09-25 18:11 (UTC) (edited on 2019-09-25 18:12 (UTC) by AK4EVA)

If VMWare fails to load after installing 15.5.0 try editing /etc/vmware/config and append this at the end (use sudo/root):

acceptOVFEULA = "yes"

acceptEULA = "yes"

After this save, and reboot, works flawlessly! Thank you @jihem & @strayarch

jihem commented on 2019-09-25 18:04 (UTC)

@dani: maybe you don't have polkit service enabled on startup? In that case you should install polkit package and enable polkit.service. But I'm not sure it is sufficient, I don't really know how polkit works.

I'm surprised that no one talk about this problem on VMware community forum.

strayArch commented on 2019-09-24 14:52 (UTC)

Installed 15.5.0, followed @jihem instructions for /etc/vmware/config, rebooted, and starts flawlessly.

dani commented on 2019-09-24 11:22 (UTC) (edited on 2019-09-24 11:43 (UTC) by dani)

@jihem, thank you for replying. But it still does not really work for me.

"I want to try VMware Workstation 15 for 30 days." --> "Finish" --> (no response)

Meanwhile in the console I was prompted to enter the root password.

==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.policykit.exec ====
Authentication is needed to run `/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-setup-helper' as the super user
Authenticating as: root
Password:

After password entered, it responded as follows.

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.

jihem commented on 2019-09-23 19:33 (UTC)

@dani: I have the same problem if I remove my Workstation license file. Same behaviour with a manual installation on Arch Linux or Fedora. I think it's a bug, you can use VMware Player freely if you select "I want to try VMware Workstation 15 for 30 days." on each startup.

jihem commented on 2019-09-23 16:56 (UTC) (edited on 2019-09-23 16:57 (UTC) by jihem)

Sorry guys for the problems!

Firstly, for people who want to temporarily downgrade:

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/vmware-workstation.git && cd vmware-workstation && git checkout 82bfe4ee4a7f4f37998069af9694a8013964885a && makepkg -si

Secondly, if vmware or vmplayer crashes, add the following lines at the end of the /etc/vmware/config file:

acceptOVFEULA = "yes"
acceptEULA = "yes"

NekoBuster commented on 2019-09-23 13:57 (UTC) (edited on 2019-09-23 14:00 (UTC) by NekoBuster)

15.5.0 vmware workstation crashes with no output

vmplayer crashes with signal 6

TheSaint commented on 2019-09-23 06:38 (UTC) (edited on 2019-09-23 14:49 (UTC) by TheSaint)

Upgrade to 15.5.0 creates a problem

vmplayer| I125+ Unexpected signal: 6. And it crash. which I can't identify the correct cause. Perhaps the /etc/vmware.config is not yet updated. I don't know what I should keep from the old one.

How to downgrade to the previous version ?

SOLVED!!!! removed all files/references related to vmware and reinstall the new package.

dani commented on 2019-09-23 03:55 (UTC) (edited on 2019-09-23 04:07 (UTC) by dani)

I was prompted to enter a license key when trying to run vmplayer after upgrading to 15.5. But VMware Player is supposed to be free of charge, right?

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