
PIDFile=/var/lock/subsys/vmware-workstation-server etc/systemd/system/rvice ĮxecStart=/etc/init.d/vmware-workstation-server startĮxecStop=/etc/init.d/vmware-workstation-server stop Wants=rviceĪfter=rviceĮxecStart=/usr/bin/vmware-networks -startĪdd this service as well, if you want to connect to your VMware Workstation installation from another Workstation Server Console: WantedBy=multi-user.target /etc/systemd/system/rvice ĮxecStop=/usr/bin/vmware-usbarbitrator -kill service files ( vmware-usbarbitrator and vmware-networks are also included vmware-workstation AUR with a few differences): (Optional) Instead of using /etc/init.d/vmware ( start|stop|status|restart) and /usr/bin/vmware-usbarbitrator directly to manage the services, you may also use. See the INSTALL document found on the repository for the most up-to-date module installation instructions for VMware Workstation versions from 12.5.5 and up. The older versions presented in this article and their natively supported kernels are as follows: 15.5 (kernels up to 5.4), 14.1.7 (4.18) and 12.5.9 (4.12).įor VMware bundle versions, a collection of patches needed for the VMware host modules to build against recent kernels can be found from the vmware-host-modules GitHub repository. VMware Workstation 16.0 supports kernel 5.8 out of the box. If it loads for too long without response, please try #Cannot load Module vmmon. rvice for sharing virtual machines (not available since version 16).


Install vmware-workstation AUR, vmware-workstation16 AUR, vmware-workstation15 AUR, vmware-workstation14 AUR, vmware-workstation12 AUR or vmware-workstation11 AUR for respectively versions 17, 16, 15, 14, 12 and 11 of VMware Workstation. If it shows Unable to install all modules, please try #Cannot load Module vmmon. Tip: To (re)build the modules from terminal later on, use:
