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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

Thank you so much for your efforts to maintain this package. Having VMware Workstation on Arch and its derivatives via the AUR is so extremely helpful.

I'm actually on Manjaro and recently ran a system-wide upgrade that included a Kernel update from 5.3 to 5.4. As expected, this broke my Workstation 15 install. However, removing and reinstalling following the direction provided solved the issue with one exception. When I reinstalled, I didn't realize I still had only the Linux53 headers installed and not the Linux54 headers. The vmmon module wasn't built during the install as a result.

Uninstalling Workstation 15, removing the Linux53 headers (I'm not expecting to revert to the 5.3 kernel anytime soon), installing the Linux54 headers, and then reinstalling Workstation 15 from the AUR solved the issues.

Very grateful for your work in making this available.

THANK YOU!!!

@redsolja: I've fixed the PKGBUILD.

@majed17: I don't have this kind of problem. Maybe this is a bug with the Cinnamon screen locker. You should try with another desktop environment or another screen locker before trying another distribution.

Hello, after the latest update to VMware-Workstation-Full-15.5.1-15018445.x86_64.bundle, vmware was silently failing.

Logs under /tmp showed that there was a GLIB error complaining about two EULA files:

2019-11-16T23:13:10.971+02:00| vmui| W115: Unhandled Glib exception: class 'N4Glib9FileErrorE', details 'Failed to open file “/usr/share/doc/vmware-workstation/EULA”: No such file or directory'

and

2019-11-16T23:21:31.815+02:00| vmui| W115: Unhandled Glib exception: class 'N4Glib9FileErrorE', details 'Failed to open file “/usr/lib/vmware-ovftool/vmware.eula”: No such file or directory'

I fixed this with:

cd /usr/share/doc/
mkdir vmware-workstation
cd vwmare-workstation
cp /home/USERNAME/aur/vmware-workstation/pkg/vmware-workstation/usr/share/licenses/vmware-workstation/VMware\ Workstation\ -\ EULA.txt EULA

cd /usr/lib/vmware-ovftool/
cp /usr/share/licenses/vmware-workstation/VMware\ OVF\ Tool\ -\ EULA.txt vmware.eula

does anybody have win 10 virtual machines on the new workstation version? on linux mint it keeps crashing when i lock the screen! does that happen on arch?

Thanks for your feedback! Yes, this solution exists but is not perfect because I'm afraid that Player refuses to start after 30 days. I'm interested if someone could tell me what happen after this delay.

However, even if Player refuses to start, it's probably possible to ask a new trial after removing the file /etc/vmware/license-ws-150-e1-201804

I can confirm the solution. You only have to run vmware just one time, instead of vmplayer. After that, you won't see again the prompt.

@jihem I "solved" this problem by launching VMware Workstation (the paid version) and selecting a 30-day trial. This made the license prompt disappear from VMware Player and everything works as before.

I haven't done this more than 30 days ago, though, so perhaps once the trial is over the prompts will reappear. I hope not!..

Edit: It seems this has already been talked about down below. However, I don't see any license countdown in Player.

I've updated the package. Unfortunately the problem with VMware Player license is still present. It seems this update mostly includes security fixes.

I created a PKGBUILD for 15.5.1 available at https://stro.nz/public/vmware-workstation-PKGBUILD.txt

the git diff of the PKGBUILD

diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 8dc52ec..7275600 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@

 #PKGEXT=.pkg.tar
 pkgname=vmware-workstation
-pkgver=15.5.0
-_buildver=14665864
+pkgver=15.5.1
+_buildver=15018445
 _pkgver=${pkgver}_${_buildver}
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='The industry standard for running multiple operating systems as virtual machines on a single Linux PC.'
 arch=(x86_64)
 url='https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-for-linux.html'
@@ -98,34 +98,28 @@ source=(
   'vmmon.patch'
   'vmnet.patch'
 )
-sha256sums=(
-  'b557b4dcebefb51466da5b33dc51549537b0d381864b6155c3a48a66801a8597'
-
-  '12e7b16abf8d7e858532edabb8868919c678063c566a6535855b194aac72d55e'
-  'da1698bf4e73ae466c1c7fc93891eba4b9c4581856649635e6532275dbfea141'
-  'ce3b1a82d9ed023b7591168bd49b218040ef70d1752a07792b0af6ac15a68453'
-  'd50aa0a3fe94025178965d988e18d41eb60aa1ce2b28ee6e3ca15edeabfa2ca7'
-  '8e4d08668a66be79a900521792b39c16a026cc90659241edee80b64e701bfbcd'
-  'b94959a11b28e51b541321be0588190eb10825e9ff55cbd16eb01483a839a69f'
-
-  'ce1fd2916c7dde0ed0fa3158c0e3055bbc84f6c397464e3a10776aeb35d9828f'
-  '434cd4aa440d36b75ee20e0b588aaad874bb0d796173990bc4046667c66f5099'
-  'cceaec1837fce1e03fa76cf0bf39eb01b19f4ffa45eb986d62221282682deb82'
-  '3c802523606184a5e8ebbe931d9c6c70d83ff8c6833b9f48aa264f0bd5a18a88'
-  'ad522a8cbc6103134ce5e677a01b503cd21875cbceb37bd13fd870ebd9ad0e6d'
-
-  'f9440479f3ae5ad0a39bba3150276627878bf83d6879444fb327c53a1dbb5a4d'
-  '42594b60085d0bbef01ab07b9f8b0d18640001107ce61cc0ddf02d0ab415140f'
-  'e4c2e97acf07c52de570dd4333d67acfb593db719937a563c6075ab773dcce33'
-  'e3812b78158672c7d96b6a58877681462f3fbdfe99a948b32c80c755c8682450'
-  'c0a5aea785db06921fb350d36d5e0fd9a14f5eee0c835686ec6fea1af8c92245'
-  'd7a9fbf39a0345ae2f14f7f389f30b1110f605d187e0c241e99bbb18993c250d'
-
-  '05e26d8b21d190ebabb7f693998114d9d5991d9dfb71acb4d990293a65b6b487'
-  '6ce902b1dab8fc69be253abd8e79017011985eca850ff7acc7282f9ab668e35d'
-  '1060b5d45caeda5119b220fab4e1ece398af34d75131139a5dc6f74ee06672c3'
-  '22d1f23c272dd2f7d4644dfffe051503cf62311886f67d57de3b7502615ceec1'
-)
+sha256sums=('490f8fe8d874c27601c155c1b2c0055ad0d4f14feb32fa9f18643659a147d3c6'
+            '12e7b16abf8d7e858532edabb8868919c678063c566a6535855b194aac72d55e'
+            'da1698bf4e73ae466c1c7fc93891eba4b9c4581856649635e6532275dbfea141'
+            'ce3b1a82d9ed023b7591168bd49b218040ef70d1752a07792b0af6ac15a68453'
+            'd50aa0a3fe94025178965d988e18d41eb60aa1ce2b28ee6e3ca15edeabfa2ca7'
+            '8e4d08668a66be79a900521792b39c16a026cc90659241edee80b64e701bfbcd'
+            'b94959a11b28e51b541321be0588190eb10825e9ff55cbd16eb01483a839a69f'
+            'ce1fd2916c7dde0ed0fa3158c0e3055bbc84f6c397464e3a10776aeb35d9828f'
+            '434cd4aa440d36b75ee20e0b588aaad874bb0d796173990bc4046667c66f5099'
+            'cceaec1837fce1e03fa76cf0bf39eb01b19f4ffa45eb986d62221282682deb82'
+            '3c802523606184a5e8ebbe931d9c6c70d83ff8c6833b9f48aa264f0bd5a18a88'
+            'ad522a8cbc6103134ce5e677a01b503cd21875cbceb37bd13fd870ebd9ad0e6d'
+            'f9440479f3ae5ad0a39bba3150276627878bf83d6879444fb327c53a1dbb5a4d'
+            '42594b60085d0bbef01ab07b9f8b0d18640001107ce61cc0ddf02d0ab415140f'
+            'e4c2e97acf07c52de570dd4333d67acfb593db719937a563c6075ab773dcce33'
+            'e3812b78158672c7d96b6a58877681462f3fbdfe99a948b32c80c755c8682450'
+            'c0a5aea785db06921fb350d36d5e0fd9a14f5eee0c835686ec6fea1af8c92245'
+            'd7a9fbf39a0345ae2f14f7f389f30b1110f605d187e0c241e99bbb18993c250d'
+            '05e26d8b21d190ebabb7f693998114d9d5991d9dfb71acb4d990293a65b6b487'
+            '6ce902b1dab8fc69be253abd8e79017011985eca850ff7acc7282f9ab668e35d'
+            '1060b5d45caeda5119b220fab4e1ece398af34d75131139a5dc6f74ee06672c3'
+            '22d1f23c272dd2f7d4644dfffe051503cf62311886f67d57de3b7502615ceec1')
 options=(!strip emptydirs)

 if [ -z "$_remove_vmware_keymaps_dependency" ]; then

I'm having the same issue, @dani.

Anyone got a solution yet?

EDIT:

Well I tried to downgraded using the older versions und build numbers for vmware workstations and fusions, as well as the sha256 hashes, from this commit without modifying the pkgbuild any further.

This should prevent the 5.4 patch from being reverted.

However this did not work and I made a full downgrade. :/