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freak07

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From: India

Registered: 2014-07-15

Posts: 19

vmware installation error

while installing vmware it asks for system service scripts directory.I did not found /etc/init.d.which one is in arch.

thoffmeyer

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From: Chi

Registered: 2006-07-27

Posts: 91

Re: vmware installation error

Do you "have" to use vmware? If not virtualbox is a great alternative and is already in the [community]repos.

https://www.archlinux.org/packages/comm … irtualbox/

http://virtualbox.org/

Lone_Wolf

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Registered: 2005-10-04

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Re: vmware installation error

according to archwiki, you can just accept /etc/init.d and ignore the not-found message

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WorMzy

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Re: vmware installation error

Not an installation issue, moving to Newbie Corner.

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freak07

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From: India

Registered: 2014-07-15

Posts: 19

Re: vmware installation error

Lone_Wolf it installed successfully after proceeding as you said but after  starting, it reports  gcc 5.1.0 was not found but it is still in testing.

eduncan911

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Re: vmware installation error

Lone_Wolf it installed successfully after proceeding as you said but after  starting, it reports  gcc 5.1.0 was not found but it is still in testing.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=196915

It seems the recent kernel update as of late April broke VMware Tools (no vmblock-fuse, no vmhgfs, etc).  I've been trying for over a week to get it going.

I'm an Arch newbie, but just found this:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=196779

So right now, I am attempting to figure out how to "downgrade."  I'm afraid I may be SOL because I apparently decided to switch to Arch just after the kernel upgrade - I don't have the previous kernel binary.  I am installing new Arch.

Do you "have" to use vmware?

Yes.  VirtualBox's OpenGL performance is dismal compared to VMware, and VirtualBox's Read on VDI is horrible compared to VMDK.  Using VMDK in VirtualBox is better, but I measured twice as fast Read in VMware Fusion 7 over Fusion 6 alone... Compared with VirtualBox, it wasn't even in the running any more.

I used VirtualBox for nearly a year before "just for giggles, let's try Vmware that was pre-installed with the work OSX."  It was a night and day different: no screen tearing, no flickering of youtube videos, Netflix was actually able to be played, etc.  That was all on Ubuntu though.

I'm more than happy to help get Vmware going on Arch!  I just need help debugging and pointing in the right direction.

WorMzy

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Re: vmware installation error

So right now, I am attempting to figure out how to "downgrade."  I'm afraid I may be SOL because I apparently decided to switch to Arch just after the kernel upgrade - I don't have the previous kernel binary.

The Arch Rollback Machine can help you there.

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eduncan911

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Registered: 2015-05-02

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Re: vmware installation error

So right now, I am attempting to figure out how to "downgrade."  I'm afraid I may be SOL because I apparently decided to switch to Arch just after the kernel upgrade - I don't have the previous kernel binary.

The Arch Rollback Machine can help you there.

Sweet!  All over that right now!

eduncan911

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Re: vmware installation error

Just FYI, I ended up rebuilding the kernel using the gcc included with the current version (4.9.2).

That got past the GCC finding issue.  Though there were build errors related to what I've already posted.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 7#p1526907