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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

I get the same error after updating some packages. I finally pinpointed it to a troublesome package called librsvg. librsvg-2:2.44.0-1 caused the error. Downgrading to a prior one librsvg-2:2.42.6-1 solves the issue. you may find the package in /var/cache/pacman/pkg/

I have the same error as Eike. I reverted to the prior kernel and it did not fix the problem. I wish I had kept better track of the updates applied this morning.

This update breaks my installation - but it might be VMware itself, I'm not sure:

thread '<unnamed>' panicked at 'called `Option::unwrap()` on a `None` value', libcore/option.rs:345:21
note: Run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` for a backtrace.
fatal runtime error: failed to initiate panic, error 5´´

For people who have the same issue than @silenx, you should only have to reload the module (modprobe -r vmmon && modprobe vmmon) to fix it.

Hello, issue on updating/install 14.1.3-1 :

2018-08-15T23:21:43.780+02:00| vmx| I125: Msg_Post: Error

2018-08-15T23:21:43.780+02:00| vmx| I125: [msg.vmmonPosix.badDriver] You have an incorrect version of the 'vmmon' kernel module.

EDIT: Resolved with a clean reinstall ( include dependencies ) issue was with dkms and old 14.1.2 probably not removed correctly

can not installing!

==> Making package: vmware-workstation 14.1.2-1 (Sat 04 Aug 2018 08:32:19 AM +0430)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Downloading VMware-Workstation-Full-14.1.2-8497320.x86_64.bundle...
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:--  0:00:08 --:--:--     0
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:--  0:00:16 --:--:--     0
100  2201  100  2201    0     0     84      0  0:00:26  0:00:26 --:--:--   507
  -> Found bootstrap
  -> Found vmware-vix-bootstrap
  -> Found config
  -> Found pam.d-vmware-authd
  -> Found configure-initscript.sh
  -> Found vmware-environment.sh
  -> Found config.xml
  -> Found datastores.xml
  -> Found environments.xml
  -> Found proxy.xml
  -> Found vmware-hostd-certificates.service
  -> Found vmware-hostd.service
  -> Found vmware-networks-configuration.service
  -> Found vmware-networks.service
  -> Found vmware-usbarbitrator.service
  -> Found dkms.conf.in
  -> Found Makefile
  -> Found vmmon.patch
  -> Found vmnet.patch
==> Validating source files with sha256sums...
    VMware-Workstation-Full-14.1.2-8497320.x86_64.bundle ... FAILED
    bootstrap ... Passed
    vmware-vix-bootstrap ... Passed
    config ... Passed
    pam.d-vmware-authd ... Passed
    configure-initscript.sh ... Passed
    vmware-environment.sh ... Passed
    config.xml ... Passed
    datastores.xml ... Passed
    environments.xml ... Passed
    proxy.xml ... Passed
    vmware-hostd-certificates.service ... Passed
    vmware-hostd.service ... Passed
    vmware-networks-configuration.service ... Passed
    vmware-networks.service ... Passed
    vmware-usbarbitrator.service ... Passed
    dkms.conf.in ... Passed
    Makefile ... Passed
    vmmon.patch ... Passed
    vmnet.patch ... Passed
==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check!
==> ERROR: Makepkg was unable to build vmware-workstation.
==> Restart building vmware-workstation ? [y/N]
==> -------------------------------------------
==> 

@buzo I did that by pacman -S linux-headers.

In fact, this command will install the version 4.17.3-1 linux-headers. This version is not 4.17-2-1 that vmware expected.

And the command yaourt -S vmware-workstation seems to download the right version. I can find it in the path /usr/lib/moudules/.

NowG: Have you installed linux-headers?

module vmmon load failed.

The actions that all I did:

1) yaourt -S vmware-workstation

2) modprobe -a vmw_vmci vmmon

Then the WARNING shows like below: modprobe: WARNING: Module vmmon not found in directory /lib/modules/4.17.2-1-ARCH

vmplayer crashed on guest shutdown, leaving this message:

VMware Player Error:
VMware Player unrecoverable error: (vmplayer)
Unexpected signal: 11.
A log file is available in "/tmp/vmware-sts/vmware-vmplayer-19886.log".  
You can request support.  
To collect data to submit to VMware technical support, run "vm-support".
We will respond on the basis of your support entitlement.

But there is no vm-support executable. What should I do?