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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

@gbr: yes, you should. This file is automatically generated by VMware if it doesn't exist, but I decided to include it directly in the package.

Did you finally solve your problem of slow VMs on Linux 4.14?

I'm getting this error while trying to update from 14.1.0-1 to 14.1.0-3:

error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)

vmware-workstation: /etc/vmware-vix/bootstrap exists in filesystem

Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

Should I use --force to install it?

@jihem Thank you for your time. I created another OVA file, and this time it works.

@viljeml: I've updated the package with python2-six dependency. It will fix your problem.

@hunk: I have never used i3 or any other tiling WM, I don't know if it can change anything. I use xfce, if you want to test on this desktop environment.

To get more information about the error, you can start VMware from a terminal and see if it display an error when you try to import your file. You should also search informations on log files. They are stored in /tmp/vmware-$USER. Just read files whose name contains the number corresponding to the PID of VMware currently running.

@timofonic: I use linux-zen as default kernel and I don't have your problem.

Firstly, try to uninstall modules (dkms remove -k 4.14.8-1-zen vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693) before reinstall them (dkms install -k 4.14.8-1-zen vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693).

Now, when you start command "dkms status" on a terminal, do you see the line "vmware-workstation, 14.1.0_7370693, 4.14.8-1-zen, x86_64: installed"? Does the module files exist (/usr/lib/modules/4.14.8-1-zen/kernel/drivers/misc/vmmon.ko and /usr/lib/modules/4.14.8-1-zen/kernel/drivers/net/vmnet.ko)?

If you used bundle installation before trying this package, maybe some modules are still installed and cause conflicts. On /usr/lib/modules/4.14.8-1-zen directory, search and remove following files: vmmon.ko, vmci.ko, vmnet.ko, vmblock.ko and vsock.ko (but don't touch those have extension .gz or .xz). And retry the dkms command to install modules.

=> Patching VMware for macOS guest support Traceback (most recent call last): File "/tmp/yaourt-tmp-vili/aur-vmware-workstation/src/unlocker.py", line 47, in <module> import six ImportError: No module named six ==> ERROR: A failure occurred in package(). Aborting... ==> ERROR: Makepkg was unable to build vmware-workstation.</module>

@jihem:Thank you for your reply! I still can't open OVA file. This OVA file was made by virtualbox. I clicked File->Open... and it will show a dialog of "Open virtual machines", then I double clicked my OVA file, it does nothing, no warning, no error dialog, just like i didn't double click it. I'm using i3wm, is that OK? Where can I get further info about this problem?

Modules don't get build here. Would you be able to fix that? What about a separate packages for dkms modules? They can be part of the same PKGBUILD.

modprobe -a vmw_vmci vmmon vmnet

modprobe: WARNING: Module vmmon not found in directory /lib/modules/4.14.8-1-zen modprobe: WARNING: Module vmnet not found in directory /lib/modules/4.14.8-1-zen ZZ

Why? Am I doing some more conplex for me modprobe -a vmw_vmci vmmon vmnet even insmod Sat 23 Dec 2017 11:15:52 PM CET modprobe: WARNING: Module vmmon not found in directory /lib/modules/4.14.8-1-zen modprobe: WARNING: Module vmnet not found in directory /lib/modules/4.14.8-1-zen

Modules aren't in /var/lib/dkms directory. Why? anbox-modules-binder/ dkms_dbversion

I used the following commands and the relevant module (vmmon) got built and installed:

dkms install vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/ -k 4.14.8-1-zen

Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693//source -> /usr/src/vmware-workstation-14.1.0_7370693/

DKMS: add completed.

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping...

Building module: make clean rm -rf vmmon vmnet rm -rf vmmon-only vmnet-only rm -f vmmon.ko vmnet.ko rm -f vmmon.o vmnet.o

{ make -j2 KERNELRELEASE=4.14.8-1-zen KVERSION=4.14.8-1-zen SRCDIR=/usr/src/vmware-workstation -14.1.0_7370693; } >> /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693//build/make.log 2>&1

make clean rm -rf vmmon vmnet rm -rf vmmon-only vmnet-only rm -f vmmon.ko vmnet.ko rm -f vmmon.o vmnet.o

Kernel cleanup unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping...

DKMS: build completed.

vmmon.ko: Running module version sanity check. - Original module - No original module exists within this kernel - Installation - Installing to /usr/lib/modules/4.14.8-1-zen/kernel/drivers/misc/

vmnet.ko: Running module version sanity check. - Original module - No original module exists within this kernel - Installation - Installing to /usr/lib/modules/4.14.8-1-zen/kernel/drivers/net/

do_depmod 4.14.8-1-zen

sudo dkms install vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693/ -k 4.14.8-1-ARCH

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping...

Building module: make clean rm -rf vmmon vmnet rm -rf vmmon-only vmnet-only rm -f vmmon.ko vmnet.ko rm -f vmmon.o vmnet.o

{ make -j2 KERNELRELEASE=4.14.8-1-ARCH KVERSION=4.14.8-1-ARCH SRCDIR=/usr/src/vmware-workstati on-14.1.0_7370693; } >> /var/lib/dkms/vmware-workstation/14.1.0_7370693//build/make.log 2>&1

make clean rm -rf vmmon vmnet rm -rf vmmon-only vmnet-only rm -f vmmon.ko vmnet.ko rm -f vmmon.o vmnet.o

Kernel cleanup unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping...

DKMS: build completed.

vmmon.ko: Running module version sanity check. - Original module - No original module exists within this kernel - Installation - Installing to /usr/lib/modules/4.14.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/misc/

vmnet.ko: Running module version sanity check. - Original module - No original module exists within this kernel - Installation - Installing to /usr/lib/modules/4.14.8-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/net/

do_depmod 4.14.8-1-ARCH

DKMS: install completed.

After this process, the modules load sucessfully :D