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ibenomar

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Registered: 2013-12-20

Posts: 25

Vmware 11

I installed VMware  https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VMware/
but after execting the /etc/inid.d/vmware i get :

/etc/init.d/vmware start
Starting VMware services:
   Virtual machine monitor                                            failed
   Virtual machine communication interface                             done
   VM communication interface socket family                            done
   Blocking file system                                                done
   Virtual ethernet                                                   failed
   VMware Authentication Daemon                                        done

any help please

graysky

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Re: Vmware 11

but after execting the /etc/inid.d/vmware i get :

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ibenomar

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Registered: 2013-12-20

Posts: 25

Re: Vmware 11

yes

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ewaller

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Re: Vmware 11

The link you provided is a bit Spartan   Arch now uses Systemd and has for some time.   You are going to look at the script is doing, but I have a hunch you are missing kernel modules -- Or you are not running that script with enough permissions to install kernel modules.

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