Package Details: vmware-workstation 17.6.1-2

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: jihem
Last Packager: jihem
Votes: 203
Popularity: 3.30
First Submitted: 2017-02-10 19:04 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2024-10-11 05:17 (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 2017-12-19 20:39 (UTC)

@avarx: Yes. I maintain this package for linux, linux-zen and linux-lts kernels.

avarx commented on 2017-12-19 06:18 (UTC) (edited on 2017-12-19 06:29 (UTC) by avarx)

Hi guys. Anyone successfully running VMware Workstation 14.0.0. on 4.14.6-1?

Win8Error commented on 2017-12-17 10:58 (UTC)

Works perfectly :D Thank you very mutch!

xanadu73 commented on 2017-12-15 10:55 (UTC)

I can confirm the following: On ArchMerge kernel version 4.9.68-1-lts and workstation version 12.5.8 build-7098237 the patch works flawlessly. It asks mentions kernel 13x-14x during installation but it is no problem.

By the way, I'm not using Workstation version 14 because when running with a Windows Guest for some reason, the program automatically exits FulScreen Mode without any intervention or fault by the user (including Exclusive Mode). I haven't been able to identify the cause.

jnbrains commented on 2017-12-08 09:10 (UTC)

Thanks jihem.

jihem commented on 2017-12-05 13:35 (UTC)

@jnbrains: I know, the patch is already included in the package.

jnbrains commented on 2017-12-05 08:48 (UTC)

Linux Host: Kernel 4.14-rc1 Breaks vmmon... https://communities.vmware.com/thread/572148

jihem commented on 2017-12-04 23:40 (UTC)

@gbr: After reading your previous comment, I assume it always works on kernel 4.9. It's very strange, it seems you are the only one who have this problem. Try to investigate: does it work better if you disable graphics acceleration in your VMs? If you allow/disallow swap or increase reserved memory in VMware settings? If you disable systemd services related to VMware? If you start a new VM using a minimum of resources (without sound card, USB controller...)? If you have an Intel processor, have you installed intel-ucode package? Also, search some informations in the logs (located in /tmp/vmware-$USER/vmware*.log, read the logs with the number corresponding to the PID of VMware currently running). You can also try to reset all settings: uninstall the package, remove folders /etc/vmware and ~/.vmware and reinstall the package. And of course, verify if there is no regression with your hardware in recent kernel versions.

gbr commented on 2017-12-04 02:50 (UTC)

Not working for me anymore on kernel 4.14.3, all my VMs became REALLY slow to start (they don't even start to be honest).

jihem commented on 2017-11-28 10:39 (UTC)

@timofonic: I know there is a new version of unlocker, but it is useless to update it for the moment: I patched the previous version to work with VMware 14 and it does the job. This file will be updated on the next version of the package. Canberra is probably not related to your problem: I have the same message and it doesn't matter if the package can be created. I think the mistake is that you didn't install linux-headers package before. This package is required when you compile kernel modules with DKMS (but is not defined as a dependency of this package because its exact name depends which kernel you use: for example it is linux-lts-headers if you use linux-lts). In the case you already installed linux-headers but it does not work, give me the output of "dkms install -k 4.13.12-1-ARCH vmware-workstation/14.0.0_6661328"

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