[SOLVED] vmware does not stat anymore after latest kernel update

lviggiani · 2017-04-07 13:06:52

I'm on linux-4.10.8 and vmware workastation 12.5, kernel modules are successfully built and services are running:

● vmware.service - VMware daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/vmware.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: active (exited) since Fri 2017-04-07 14:56:53 CEST; 6min ago
  Process: 482 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/vmware start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 482 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
    Tasks: 10 (limit: 4915)
   CGroup: /system.slice/vmware.service
           ├─585 /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmblock-fuse -o subtype=vmware-vmblock,default_permissions,allow_other /var/run/vmblock-fuse
           ├─615 /usr/bin/vmnet-bridge -s 6 -d /var/run/vmnet-bridge-0.pid -n 0
           ├─702 /usr/bin/vmnet-netifup -s 6 -d /var/run/vmnet-netifup-vmnet1.pid /dev/vmnet1 vmnet1
           ├─712 /usr/bin/vmnet-dhcpd -s 6 -cf /etc/vmware/vmnet1/dhcpd/dhcpd.conf -lf /etc/vmware/vmnet1/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases -pf /var/run/vmnet-dhcpd-
           ├─715 /usr/bin/vmnet-natd -s 6 -m /etc/vmware/vmnet8/nat.mac -c /etc/vmware/vmnet8/nat/nat.conf
           ├─717 /usr/bin/vmnet-netifup -s 6 -d /var/run/vmnet-netifup-vmnet8.pid /dev/vmnet8 vmnet8
           ├─725 /usr/bin/vmnet-dhcpd -s 6 -cf /etc/vmware/vmnet8/dhcpd/dhcpd.conf -lf /etc/vmware/vmnet8/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases -pf /var/run/vmnet-dhcpd-
           └─751 /usr/sbin/vmware-authdlauncher

apr 07 14:57:06 dell-xps13-luca vmnet-natd[715]: RTM_NEWLINK: name:wlp1s0 index:2 flags:0x00011003
apr 07 14:57:07 dell-xps13-luca vmnet-natd[715]: RTM_NEWLINK: name:wlp1s0 index:2 flags:0x00011043
apr 07 14:57:07 dell-xps13-luca vmnetBridge[615]: RTM_NEWLINK: name:wlp1s0 index:2 flags:0x00011043
apr 07 14:57:07 dell-xps13-luca vmnetBridge[615]: Adding interface wlp1s0 index:2
apr 07 14:57:07 dell-xps13-luca vmnetBridge[615]: Started bridge wlp1s0 to virtual network 0.
apr 07 14:57:07 dell-xps13-luca vmnet-natd[715]: RTM_NEWLINK: name:wlp1s0 index:2 flags:0x00011043
apr 07 14:57:07 dell-xps13-luca vmnetBridge[615]: RTM_NEWLINK: name:wlp1s0 index:2 flags:0x00011043
apr 07 14:57:08 dell-xps13-luca vmnet-natd[715]: RTM_NEWADDR: index:2, addr:192.168.2.33
apr 07 14:57:08 dell-xps13-luca vmnet-natd[715]: RTM_NEWROUTE: index:2
apr 07 14:57:08 dell-xps13-luca vmnetBridge[615]: RTM_NEWROUTE: index:2

but when i run vmware or vmplayer (even from terminal) I don't get any message, just exit status 1 and the loading wheel (mouse pointer) for a few seconds, then nothing.
Can you help me please?

It was working fine until a couple of weeks ago.
Thanks!

Last edited by lviggiani (2017-04-07 14:07:43)

WorMzy · 2017-04-07 13:09:52

Last time I used vmware software, I think it created user logs in /tmp/. Have a look in there and see if there are any hints as to why it's failing to run.

lviggiani · 2017-04-07 13:29:21

WorMzy wrote:

Last time I used vmware software, I think it created user logs in /tmp/. Have a look in there and see if there are any hints as to why it's failing to run.

Thanks for your hint! I've looked into the log and found that my problem is reported here:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VM … s_launched

Workaround from wiki works!
Thanks!

WorMzy · 2017-04-07 14:04:21

Great. Please remember to mark your thread as solved.

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#1 2017-04-07 13:06:52

[SOLVED] vmware does not stat anymore after latest kernel update

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Re: [SOLVED] vmware does not stat anymore after latest kernel update

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Re: [SOLVED] vmware does not stat anymore after latest kernel update

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