| Git Clone URL: | https://aur.archlinux.org/vmware-workstation.git (read-only, click to copy) |
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| 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: | 202 |
| Popularity: | 2.79 |
| First Submitted: | 2017-02-10 19:04 (UTC) |
| Last Updated: | 2024-10-11 05:17 (UTC) |
@jihem,
It breaks the smooth operation of VMWare, and it prevents Windows 11 and I think Windows 10 from operating cleanly and smooth. I will try and take a picture of it.
My desktop uses nVidia, and I do not have this issue running VMWare on Arch on my desktop.
@cryptodan Unfortunately I can't answer. If I understand correctly, this is a problem with out-of-tree kernel modules so the solution will come from Linux/VMware/NVIDIA developers. I don't think there is anything I can do for this problem. Why is it so annoying to add ibt=off in your kernel parameters?
When will I beable to run vmware without having the kernel option of
ibt=off
It is rather annoying on my lap top but on my desktop I do not need to do that.
My lap top is using hybrid graphics Intel cCore i7 11800H with Intel UHD 600 series graphics and an nVidia 3060 Mobile video card.
Thank you! Updated from 16 to 17 on my laptop and it was smooth sailing :)
@ridge Thanks for the time passed to investigate! I totally forgot that I have already seen this problem during the upgrade to VMware 16 and this time I didn't take the time to test the behavior of the program without license key.
Now the package is "fixed" with the change in /etc/vmware/config (it may need a manual intervention if the file has been changed by the user, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Pacnew_and_Pacsave).
Hi @jihem I'm having the same issue, hopefully this can be of help. The command "vmplayer" opens Workstation and asks me if I want to use the 30-day trial, if I accepted that it asks for my root password, which I somewhat reluctantly hand over (but hey, science) and it opens VMWare Player after that. It goes through that same process every time, but VMWare Player does work once I get past that.
Edit: Changing "VMWare Workstation" in /etc/vmware/config to be "VMWare Player" works for me o_O
@lfom No idea, it works for me. To help me investigate, can you give me:
md5sum $(which vmplayer)/etc/vmware/config/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmplayer starts workstation or playerHello, there! Thanks for creating and maintaining the AUR package for VMWare. But for some reason, I cannot start vmplayer anymore, it always launches workstation instead. Launching from the terminal shows no error. I tried to remove the package and install again, same problem. Any idea about what is going on? Thanks again.
@normalalkene
I use Wayland, and my kernel models load. Try using ibt=off on the kernel command to see if they compile if using hybrid graphics.
@NormalAlkene I don't use Wayland and I don't know how well VMware supports it, but I am sure this is not related to your problem.
I don't know why the command never returns, I never had this kind of problem. If you use a custom kernel, you can try to install the official linux/linux-headers packages instead and see if that fixes it. You can also simply check if the VMware upgrade (version 17.0.0) fixes it.
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