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Package Details: vmware-workstation 17.6.3-3

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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)

Dependencies (15)

dkms (dkms-git^AUR)
fuse2
gcr
gtk3 (gtk3-no_deadkeys_underline^AUR, gtk3-patched-filechooser-icon-view^AUR, gtk3-classic^AUR, gtk3-classic-xfce^AUR)
gtkmm3
hicolor-icon-theme (hicolor-icon-theme-git^AUR)
libaio (libaio-git^AUR)
libcanberra
libxcrypt-compat
pcsclite (pcsclite-git^AUR)
7zip (make)
python (python37^AUR, python311^AUR, python310^AUR) (make)
sqlite (sqlite-fossil^AUR) (make)
uefitool^AUR (uefitool-git^AUR, uefitool-bin^AUR) (make)
linux-headers (optional) – build modules against Arch kernel

Required by (6)

Sources (25)

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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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Win8Error commented on 2018-01-03 10:28 (UTC)

Can you please add "ncurses5-compat-libs" to the dependencies list?

Without it VMware can't use the Guest-Additions-ISOs for the VMs.

zigo commented on 2017-12-29 08:44 (UTC) (edited on 2017-12-29 08:46 (UTC) by zigo)

@jihem i removed the /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build directory and restarted the command "dkms install -k 4.14.8-1-ARCH vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693". I get the same error

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping...

Building module:

cleaning build area...

make -j4 KERNELRELEASE=4.14.8-1-ARCH KVERSION=4.14.8-1-ARCH SRCDIR=/usr/src/vmware-workstation-14.1.0_7370693....(bad exit status: 2)

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.14.8-1-ARCH (x86_64) Consult /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/make.log for more information.

jihem commented on 2017-12-29 07:47 (UTC)

Try to remove /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build directory and restart the command.

zigo commented on 2017-12-29 06:53 (UTC)

@jihem i started the command "dkms install -k 4.14.8-1-ARCH vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693" and i get this

Building module: cleaning build area... make -j4 KERNELRELEASE=4.14.8-1-ARCH KVERSION=4.14.8-1-ARCH SRCDIR=/usr/src/vmware-workstation-14.1.0_7370693...(bad exit status: 2) Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.14.8-1-ARCH (x86_64) Consult /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/make.log for more information.

this is the output of the "/var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/make.log"

DKMS make.log for vmware-workstation-14.1.0_7370693 for kernel 4.14.8-1-ARCH (x86_64) Fri Dec 29 08:51:39 EET 2017 cp -r /usr/src/vmware-workstation-14.1.0_7370693/vmmon-only vmmon-only cp -r /usr/src/vmware-workstation-14.1.0_7370693/vmnet-only vmnet-only make KVERSION=4.14.8-1-ARCH VM_KBUILD=yes -C vmnet-only make KVERSION=4.14.8-1-ARCH VM_KBUILD=yes -C vmmon-only make[1]: Entering directory '/var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only' Using kernel build system. make[1]: Entering directory '/var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only' Using kernel build system. make -C /lib/modules/4.14.8-1-ARCH/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ MODULEBUILDDIR= modules make[2]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/4.14.8-1-ARCH/build' make -C /lib/modules/4.14.8-1-ARCH/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ MODULEBUILDDIR= modules make[2]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/4.14.8-1-ARCH/build' CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only/driver.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only/hub.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o In file included from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only/./common/vmx86.h:32:0, from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only/linux/driver.h:32, from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:48: /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only/./include/x86msr.h:115:0: warning: "MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES" redefined #define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES 0x140

In file included from ./arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h:5:0, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:21, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h:5, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:53, from ./include/linux/thread_info.h:38, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:7, from ./include/linux/preempt.h:81, from ./include/linux/spinlock.h:51, from ./include/linux/seqlock.h:36, from ./include/linux/time.h:6, from ./include/linux/ktime.h:24, from ./include/linux/timer.h:6, from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only/./include/compat_timer.h:4, from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:24: ./arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h:572:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition #define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES 0x00000140

In file included from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm.h:43:0, from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:65: /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only/./include/x86msr.h:115:0: warning: "MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES" redefined #define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES 0x140

In file included from ./arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h:5:0, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:21, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h:5, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:53, from ./include/linux/thread_info.h:38, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:7, from ./include/linux/preempt.h:81, from ./include/linux/spinlock.h:51, from ./include/linux/seqlock.h:36, from ./include/linux/time.h:6, from ./include/linux/ktime.h:24, from ./include/linux/timer.h:6, from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only/./include/compat_timer.h:4, from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:32: ./arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h:572:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition #define MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES 0x00000140

In file included from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86.h:41:0, from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86_64.h:40, from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm.h:46, from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:65: /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only/./include/x86_basic_defs.h:78:0: warning: "CR3_PCID_MASK" redefined #define CR3_PCID_MASK 0xFFF

In file included from ./arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:5:0, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h:5, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:53, from ./include/linux/thread_info.h:38, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:7, from ./include/linux/preempt.h:81, from ./include/linux/spinlock.h:51, from ./include/linux/seqlock.h:36, from ./include/linux/time.h:6, from ./include/linux/ktime.h:24, from ./include/linux/timer.h:6, from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only/./include/compat_timer.h:4, from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:32: ./arch/x86/include/asm/processor-flags.h:39:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition #define CR3_PCID_MASK 0xFFFull

In file included from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86.h:41:0, from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm_x86_64.h:40, from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only/./include/vm_asm.h:46, from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:50: /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only/./include/x86_basic_defs.h:78:0: warning: "CR3_PCID_MASK" redefined #define CR3_PCID_MASK 0xFFF

In file included from ./arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:5:0, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h:5, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h:53, from ./include/linux/thread_info.h:38, from ./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:7, from ./include/linux/preempt.h:81, from ./include/linux/spinlock.h:51, from ./include/linux/seqlock.h:36, from ./include/linux/time.h:6, from ./include/linux/ktime.h:24, from ./include/linux/timer.h:6, from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only/./include/compat_timer.h:4, from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:24: ./arch/x86/include/asm/processor-flags.h:39:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition #define CR3_PCID_MASK 0xFFFull

/var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function 'HostIF_EstimateLockedPageLimit': /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:1536:19: error: implicit declaration of function 'global_page_state'; did you mean 'global_numa_state'? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] lockedPages += global_page_state(NR_PAGETABLE); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ global_numa_state CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only/linux/driverLog.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only/userif.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only/netif.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only/common/memtrack.o cc1: some warnings being treated as errors make[3]: [scripts/Makefile.build:315: /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.o] Error 1 make[3]: Waiting for unfinished jobs.... CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only/bridge.o make[2]: [Makefile:1504: module/var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/4.14.8-1-ARCH/build' make[1]: [Makefile:114: vmmon.ko] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmmon-only' make: [Makefile:13: vmmon.ko] Error 2 make: Waiting for unfinished jobs.... CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only/procfs.o In file included from ./include/linux/pci.h:37:0, from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only/compat_netdevice.h:27, from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only/netif.c:43: ./include/linux/pci_ids.h:2261:0: warning: "PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE" redefined #define PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE 0x15ad

In file included from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only/net.h:38:0, from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only/vnetInt.h:26, from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only/netif.c:42: /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only/vm_device_version.h:57:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition #define PCI_VENDOR_ID_VMWARE 0x15AD

In file included from ./include/linux/pci.h:37:0, from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only/compat_netdevice.h:27, from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only/netif.c:43: ./include/linux/pci_ids.h:2262:0: warning: "PCI_DEVICE_ID_VMWARE_VMXNET3" redefined #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_VMWARE_VMXNET3 0x07b0

In file included from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only/net.h:38:0, from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only/vnetInt.h:26, from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only/netif.c:42: /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only/vm_device_version.h:75:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_VMWARE_VMXNET3 0x07B0

CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only/smac_compat.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only/smac.o In file included from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only/net.h:38:0, from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only/vnetInt.h:26, from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only/bridge.c:53: /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only/vm_device_version.h:75:0: warning: "PCI_DEVICE_ID_VMWARE_VMXNET3" redefined #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_VMWARE_VMXNET3 0x07B0

In file included from ./include/linux/pci.h:37:0, from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only/compat_netdevice.h:27, from /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only/bridge.c:52: ./include/linux/pci_ids.h:2262:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_VMWARE_VMXNET3 0x07b0

CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only/vnetEvent.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only/vnetUserListener.o LD [M] /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only/vmnet.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 1 modules CC /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only/vmnet.mod.o LD [M] /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only/vmnet.ko make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/4.14.8-1-ARCH/build' make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild make[2]: Entering directory '/var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only' make[2]: 'postbuild' is up to date. make[2]: Leaving directory '/var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only' cp -f vmnet.ko ./../vmnet.o make[1]: Leaving directory '/var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/build/vmnet-only'

jihem commented on 2017-12-29 06:29 (UTC)

@zigo: start the command (with root privileges) "dkms install -k 4.14.8-1-ARCH vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693". If it doesn't fail, start "modprobe -a vmw_vmci vmmon" and it should work.

zigo commented on 2017-12-28 20:16 (UTC) (edited on 2017-12-28 21:01 (UTC) by zigo)

@jihem i have linux and linux headers version is 4.14.8-1

when i started any vm by vmware i get this error message

Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory. Please make sure that the kernel module `vmmon' is loaded.

and when i execute the command modprobe -a vmmon i get this error

"modprobe: WARNING: Module vmmon not found in directory /lib/modules/4.14.8-1-ARCH"

jihem commented on 2017-12-28 14:44 (UTC)

@zigo: I'm not sure, but I guess you don't have the same version of linux and linux-headers packages (one is 4.14.5 and the other is 4.14.8). Please update your system (pacman -Syu) before trying to reinstall the package.

zigo commented on 2017-12-28 13:03 (UTC) (edited on 2017-12-28 13:04 (UTC) by zigo)

i have this error when installing vmware-workstation 14.1.0-4

==> No kernel 4.14.5-1-ARCH modules. You must install them to use DKMS!

==> dkms remove vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693 -k 4.14.8-1-ARCH

any help please

jihem commented on 2017-12-28 10:07 (UTC)

I've tested a VM on Fedora with VMware encryption and UEFI. I am full SSD on my laptop and I didn't see any loss of performances compared to other VMs. iotop showed me good values (with peaks at more than 150MB/s during Fedora installation).

In my opinion, the main problem is that you use an NTFS partition. NTFS driver use FUSE which has bad performances. Maybe it is particularly bad on big files with a lot of random accesses (but I don't know why there are differences with BIOS/UEFI and encryption). So, I think you should also make tests to compare performances on ext4/ntfs.

Also, I made my tests on linux-zen, which includes some optimizations for desktop use. You could test this kernel too.

gbr commented on 2017-12-28 04:01 (UTC) (edited on 2017-12-28 04:22 (UTC) by gbr)

I think I know what the problem is, but I don't have a solution. Based on a few tests I did with recently created VMs, the slow startup happens when I simply encrypt the VM (using VMware's built-in encryption tool), and most importantly when I choose UEFI over BIOS in the VM's options. You can try it for yourself and see if you can reproduce this issue. I have a decent PC (i5 3570k, 8GB RAM, GTX 660), and yet VMware takes about two minutes to start an EMPTY Ubuntu VM with 20GB of encrypted storage. It's worth noting that I have all my VMs on a 1TB HDD (NTFS filesystem). I've also monitored the I/O data on my HDD while I'm booting that VM, and here's how it looks (note the peak writing usage, it's 180.1 kilobytes, yet the disk utilization % is at 100!!!): https://i.imgur.com/IYmAUH9.png

Now, I don't think my HDD went bad because I also did a benchmark test and it looks fine, here's the result: https://i.imgur.com/PO82lwK.png

Thing is, when the VM is booting, browsing files on that HDD is nearly impossible, because it's painfully slow. I've checked VMware's log files but I couldn't find anything relevant as well. I have a SSD too, but I haven't tried setting up a VM on it yet, but I'll try to do that tomorrow and reproduce this.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks