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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

Hi, when using your package I get an error when launching "vmware": -> $ vmware Loop on signal 11. Seems to be a kernel panic, in /tmp/vmware-ui.logs: 2017-08-08T16:32:37+02:00[+0.013]| vmui| W115: Caught signal 11 -- tid 16859 (addr 1430) 2017-08-08T16:32:37+02:00[+0.013]| vmui| I125: SIGNAL: rip 0x1430 rsp 0x7ffdf7353b48 rbp 0x1 2017-08-08T16:32:37+02:00[+0.013]| vmui| I125: SIGNAL: rax 0x0 rbx 0x7f4f084cfdd0 rcx 0xcdf6c65740 rdx 0xcdf6c65740 rsi 0x7ffdf7354ae8 rdi 0x1 2017-08-08T16:32:37+02:00[+0.013]| vmui| I125: r8 0xcdf787dc50 r9 0x2f r10 0xcdf7876cd0 r11 0x206 r12 0x7ffdf7354ae8 r13 0xcdf6c65740 r14 0x7f4f084cfdd8 r15 0x0 2017-08-08T16:32:37+02:00[+0.013]| vmui| I125: SIGNAL: stack 7FFDF7353B48 : 0x00007f4f1853d37a 0x000000000000000b 2017-08-08T16:32:37+02:00[+0.013]| vmui| I125: SIGNAL: stack 7FFDF7353B58 : 0x0000000000000001 0x00007ffdf7354ae8 2017-08-08T16:32:37+02:00[+0.013]| vmui| I125: SIGNAL: stack 7FFDF7353B68 : 0x000000cdf6c65740 0x000000cdf7876cd0 2017-08-08T16:32:37+02:00[+0.013]| vmui| I125: SIGNAL: stack 7FFDF7353B78 : 0x00007f4f1853d486 0x00007f4f1871bea0 2017-08-08T16:32:37+02:00[+0.013]| vmui| I125: SIGNAL: stack 7FFDF7353B88 : 0x0000000000000006 0x00007ffdf7353c60 2017-08-08T16:32:37+02:00[+0.013]| vmui| I125: SIGNAL: stack 7FFDF7353B98 : 0x000000000000001d 0x0000000000000001 2017-08-08T16:32:37+02:00[+0.013]| vmui| I125: SIGNAL: stack 7FFDF7353BA8 : 0x000000cdf7876cd0 0x000000000000001d 2017-08-08T16:32:37+02:00[+0.013]| vmui| I125: SIGNAL: stack 7FFDF7353BB8 : 0x00007f4f1854193e 0x000000cdf7876cd0 2017-08-08T16:32:37+02:00[+0.013]| vmui| I125: Backtrace: 2017-08-08T16:32:37+02:00[+0.013]| vmui| I125: Backtrace[0] 00007ffdf73532b0 rip=00007f4f1051d8fe rbx=00007f4f1051d6d0 rbp=0000000000000000 r12=00007f4f18719b00 r13=00007ffdf7353bc8 r14=00007ffdf73535c0 r15=0000000000000000 2017-08-08T16:32:37+02:00[+0.013]| vmui| I125: Backtrace[1] 00007ffdf73532e0 rip=00007f4f1048de68 rbx=00007ffdf7353bc8 rbp=000000000000000b r12=00007f4f18719b00 r13=00007ffdf7353bc8 r14=00007ffdf73535c0 r15=0000000000000000 2017-08-08T16:32:37+02:00[+0.013]| vmui| I125: Backtrace[2] 00007ffdf7353570 rip=00007f4f1048e19d rbx=000000000000000b rbp=0000000000000004 r12=00007f4f18719b00 r13=00007ffdf73536f0 r14=00007ffdf73535c0 r15=0000000000000000 2017-08-08T16:32:37+02:00[+0.013]| vmui| I125: Backtrace[3] 00007ffdf73535c0 rip=00007f4f1811d7e0 rbx=00007f4f084cfdd0 rbp=0000000000000001 r12=00007ffdf7354ae8 r13=000000cdf6c65740 r14=00007f4f084cfdd8 r15=0000000000000000 2017-08-08T16:32:37+02:00[+0.013]| vmui| I125: PANIC: Loop on signal 11. 2017-08-08T16:32:37+02:00[+0.013]| vmui| I125: Backtrace: 2017-08-08T16:32:37+02:00[+0.013]| vmui| I125: Backtrace[0] 00007ffdf7352160 rip=00007f4f1051d8fe rbx=00007f4f1051d6d0 rbp=0000000000000000 r12=00007ffdf73525c0 r13=00007ffdf7352ab0 r14=00007ffdf7352980 r15=0000000000000000 2017-08-08T16:32:37+02:00[+0.013]| vmui| I125: Backtrace[1] 00007ffdf7352190 rip=00007f4f10261e9a rbx=00007ffdf7352980 rbp=00007f4f17ef0660 r12=00007ffdf73525c0 r13=00007ffdf7352ab0 r14=00007ffdf7352980 r15=0000000000000000 2017-08-08T16:32:37+02:00[+0.013]| vmui| I125: Backtrace[2] 00007ffdf73525c0 rip=00007f4f1026204d rbx=00007ffdf7352980 rbp=000000000000000b r12=00007f4f18719b00 r13=00007ffdf7352ab0 r14=00007ffdf7352980 r15=0000000000000000 2017-08-08T16:32:37+02:00[+0.013]| vmui| I125: Backtrace[3] 00007ffdf73526a0 rip=00007f4f1048dd60 rbx=00007ffdf7352980 rbp=000000000000000b r12=00007f4f18719b00 r13=00007ffdf7352ab0 r14=00007ffdf7352980 r15=0000000000000000 2017-08-08T16:32:37+02:00[+0.013]| vmui| I125: Backtrace[4] 00007ffdf7352930 rip=00007f4f1048e19d rbx=000000000000000b rbp=0000000000000004 r12=00007f4f18719b00 r13=00007ffdf7352ab0 r14=00007ffdf7352980 r15=0000000000000000 2017-08-08T16:32:37+02:00[+0.013]| vmui| I125: Backtrace[5] 00007ffdf7352980 rip=00007f4f1811d7e0 rbx=0000000000000000 rbp=00007ffdf7353250 r12=00007ffdf73530a0 r13=00007ffdf7352fb0 r14=0000000000000000 r15=00007f4f1051db00 2017-08-08T16:32:37+02:00[+0.013]| vmui| I125: Backtrace[6] 00007ffdf7352f40 rip=00007f4f17f03e07 rbx=0000000000000000 rbp=00007ffdf7353250 r12=00007ffdf73530a0 r13=00007ffdf7352fb0 r14=0000000000000000 r15=00007f4f1051db00 2017-08-08T16:32:37+02:00[+0.013]| vmui| I125: Backtrace[7] 00007ffdf7352fb0 rip=00007f4f17f059b8 rbx=0000000000000000 rbp=00007ffdf7353250 r12=00007ffdf7352fb0 r13=00007ffdf73530a0 r14=00007ffdf7353260 r15=00007f4f1051db00 2017-08-08T16:32:37+02:00[+0.013]| vmui| I125: Backtrace[8] 00007ffdf7353260 rip=00007f4f1051d86e rbx=00007f4f1051d6d0 rbp=00007ffdf73532ac r12=00007f4f18719b00 r13=0000000000000000 r14=00007ffdf73535c0 r15=0000000000000000 2017-08-08T16:32:37+02:00[+0.013]| vmui| I125: Backtrace[9] 00007ffdf73532b0 rip=00007f4f1051d8fe rbx=00007f4f1051d6d0 rbp=0000000000000000 r12=00007f4f18719b00 r13=00007ffdf7353bc8 r14=00007ffdf73535c0 r15=0000000000000000 2017-08-08T16:32:37+02:00[+0.013]| vmui| I125: Backtrace[10] 00007ffdf73532e0 rip=00007f4f1048de68 rbx=00007ffdf7353bc8 rbp=000000000000000b r12=00007f4f18719b00 r13=00007ffdf7353bc8 r14=00007ffdf73535c0 r15=0000000000000000 2017-08-08T16:32:37+02:00[+0.013]| vmui| I125: Backtrace[11] 00007ffdf7353570 rip=00007f4f1048e19d rbx=000000000000000b rbp=0000000000000004 r12=00007f4f18719b00 r13=00007ffdf73536f0 r14=00007ffdf73535c0 r15=0000000000000000 2017-08-08T16:32:37+02:00[+0.013]| vmui| I125: Backtrace[12] 00007ffdf73535c0 rip=00007f4f1811d7e0 rbx=00007f4f084cfdd0 rbp=0000000000000001 r12=00007ffdf7354ae8 r13=000000cdf6c65740 r14=00007f4f084cfdd8 r15=0000000000000000

To solve the following problem... " Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory. Please make sure that the kernel module `vmmon' is loaded. " ... restart your machine or try the following... Create the file... " /etc/systemd/system/vmware.service " ... with the following content... " [Unit] Description=VMware daemon Requires=vmware-usbarbitrator.service Before=vmware-usbarbitrator.service After=network.target [Service] ExecStart=/etc/init.d/vmware start ExecStop=/etc/init.d/vmware stop PIDFile=/var/lock/subsys/vmware RemainAfterExit=yes [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target " Create the file... " /etc/systemd/system/vmware-usbarbitrator.service " ... with the following content... " [Unit] Description=VMware USB Arbitrator Requires=vmware.service After=vmware.service [Service] ExecStart=/usr/bin/vmware-usbarbitrator ExecStop=/usr/bin/vmware-usbarbitrator --kill RemainAfterExit=yes [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target " Add the following service as well, if you want to connect to your VMware Workstation installation from another Workstation Server Console... Create the file... " /etc/systemd/system/vmware-workstation-server.service " ... with the following content... " [Unit] Description=VMware Workstation Server Requires=vmware.service After=vmware.service [Service] ExecStart=/etc/init.d/vmware-workstation-server start ExecStop=/etc/init.d/vmware-workstation-server stop PIDFile=/var/lock/subsys/vmware-workstation-server [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target " Start and enable the services... " sudo systemctl start vmware.service sudo systemctl enable vmware.service sudo systemctl start vmware-usbarbitrator.service sudo systemctl enable vmware-usbarbitrator.service sudo systemctl start vmware-workstation-server.service sudo systemctl enable vmware-workstation-server.service " Restart your machine! That's all folks! =D

Después de instalado, no se actualizan los complementos

Hi Steven, Unfortunately, vmware-installer is not available with this package for two reasons: - it is really complicated to implement in the PKGBUILD and need a lot of tests (I tried to implement it but I abandoned) - it will add/remove/change package files which is not a good idea (in the future, you might have pacman errors or remaining files after uninstallation) Besides, you should not have this error: the package contains all vmware tools in their last version. Do you have the directory /etc/vmware-installer/components? If yes, remove it. A workaround for your problem is to manually install guest tools: insert the ISO file (in /usr/lib/vmware/isoimages/, select windows.iso, winPre2k.iso or winPreVista.iso depending your Windows version) in the virtual CD/DVD player.

How do I use vmware-installer in this package? I need to use the workaround for vmware-tools for a windows guest that's described on the wiki page for VMWare.

@justmeagain: Probably stupid question, but did you think to start vmware-networks service? If yes, do you have some errors? (systemctl status -l vmware-networks.service) You can start vmware-netcfg program to manage network interfaces (and, for example, remove and recreate vmnet1, maybe it will fix your problem). You can also reset all interfaces with the command "rm -r /etc/vmware/{networking,vmnet*} && systemctl restart vmware-networks-configuration.service"

"Could not connect 'Ethernet0' to virtual network 'dev/vmnet1'". This is the warning message I get when launching a virtual machine. Everything else works flawless, but I cannot connect guests to any network because vmnet adapters does not exists. Seems that installation process did not created the virtual network interfaces needed by vmware

@jihem: oh man. I just put my dunce cap on. You're absolutely right. I forgot to load gksu on this clean install. :(

@frail: I cannot reproduce your bug. Actually, I think this bug is not related to this package. To verify that, install gksu package and start a graphical program with gksu (for example: "gksu nautilus"). If you have the same error, so your bug is not related to this package and is probably a bad configuration of your system. Search a solution on Google. If gksu works, the problem probably comes from this package, but I have no idea how to solve it. Try to uninstall the package, remove /etc/vmware and /etc/vmware-installer directories if they still exist and reinstall the package.

I'm not sure if it's intentional although I'm unable to enter in my license key. Clicking the button opens a prompt: "Failed to run '/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-enter-serial' -n 'VMware Workstation' -v '12.0' as user root. Unable to copy the user's Xauthorization file." Anyone run up against this?