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pi3k

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Registered: 2008-02-01

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Vmware-workstation 6.0.2 64Bit

Hi,

I was able to install the latest vmware workstation, 6.0.2-59824.x86_64, from the AUR packages, but when I try and power on a virtual machine I get the following error:

"Unable to change virtual machine power state: Failed to connect to peer process."

Has anyone else seen this and know how to fix it? I've looked on the forums and google and the general solution for 6 beta is to install the 32bit libs. Is this still needed for the actual release? I would prefer to install this as a pure 64bit app. I've also run it as root to make sure that it wasn't a permission issue. Nothing in the installation or startup scripts failed. Hopefully someone knows how to solve this.

Thanks.

pi3k

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Registered: 2008-02-01

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Re: Vmware-workstation 6.0.2 64Bit

I sort of got this working by installing vmware-workstation-modules in the 64bit environment and then installing the vmware-workstation package in a 32bit chroot. This is probably not the best way to do it and I would definitely like to have the whole thing in 64bit mode. Any ideas anyone?

Noneus

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From: Munich

Registered: 2006-09-26

Posts: 118

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Re: Vmware-workstation 6.0.2 64Bit

I guess you ran vmware-config.pl?

And you should start the vmware init script: /etc/rc.d/vmware start

pi3k

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Registered: 2008-02-01

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Re: Vmware-workstation 6.0.2 64Bit

Ya, I did that. When both are in 64bit mode, the error above is shown, but the 32bit workstation can connect just fine to the 64bit modules.

Harey

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From: Bavaria, Germany

Registered: 2007-03-24

Posts: 374

Re: Vmware-workstation 6.0.2 64Bit

I remember there was a missing dependency in the PKGBUILD, lib32-libxtst for the 64bit version AFAIK

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anomander

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-12-15

Posts: 17

Re: Vmware-workstation 6.0.2 64Bit

Have look at this topic...

Same problem in post #9

Maybe it'll help you...

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Inferno

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Registered: 2004-11-11

Posts: 15

Re: Vmware-workstation 6.0.2 64Bit

For some reason my vmware doesn't run anymore, however before the kernel upgrade and a pacman -Syu vmware was running. So probably there is something wrong somewhere.

Inferno

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Registered: 2004-11-11

Posts: 15

Re: Vmware-workstation 6.0.2 64Bit

Reverting back to kernel 2.6.24-rc7-zen2 makes my vmware working again. During the boot of 2.6.24-zen1 I get erros like "cannot access hardware clock" and I have some errors about a parport which cannot be found. I continue searching for the problem maker.

Inferno

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Registered: 2004-11-11

Posts: 15

Re: Vmware-workstation 6.0.2 64Bit

I found the problem!

If you compile your kernel specific for a cpu like CONFIG_MCORE2=y instead of GENERIC_CPU=y vmware won't work. So be sure to check that!

mullman

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Registered: 2007-05-24

Posts: 28

Re: Vmware-workstation 6.0.2 64Bit

For those having trouble installing and running VMware Workstation 64-bit on Arch64 with 32-bit VM Clients.

This was done today on Arch64 with the latest updates (kernel 2.6.24.3-3).

1. Download "VMware-workstation-6.0.2-59824.x86_64.tar.gz" (~190MB) from the VMware Website (registration required).

2. [user] $ yaourt -Sy vmware-workstation
Follow the prompts. It will give an error about not finding the downloaded file in the 'build directory'.

3. Copy the downloaded file into the 'build directory':
/tmp/yaourt-tmp-{username}/aur-vmware-workstation/vmware-workstation/
and also:
/tmp/yaourt-tmp-{username}/aur-vmware-workstation-modules/vmware-workstation-modules/

You'll know if you are in the right directory if you see the files: 'vmware-workstation.install' and 'vmware-workstation-modules.install' respectively.

4. Rerun Step 2. This time it will build successfully.

5. A message will appear:
"You need to configure VMware Workstation by invoking /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl.
Also, you should add vmware to the DAEMONS array in /etc/rc.conf.
If you like this package, please install aurvote and vote for its inclusion/keeping in [community]"

6. [root] $ /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl
Follow and answer the questions (most defaults are fine).

7. Add "@vmware" to the DAEMONS array in /etc/rc.conf.

8. [user] $ /usr/bin/vmware

9. Setup VMware as you see fit.

10. Run a 32-bit VM Client. Error message: "Unable to change virtual machine power state: Failed to connect to peer process."

11. To Solve: [root] $ pacman -Sy lib32-libxrender lib32-libxtst

12. Rerun your 32-bit VM Client. All's well that ends well...

Comments Welcome.

sa

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From: boston ma

Registered: 2008-05-23

Posts: 127

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Re: Vmware-workstation 6.0.2 64Bit

sorry to bump this thread from eons ago, but I'm having trouble installing this. I got the tarball from the VMWare site and copied it into the two directories as step 3 said to do, then when I try installing vmware-workstation through yaourt again I get the same error:

==> Building and installing package
==> Making package: vmware-workstation 6.0.4_93057-1 x86_64 (Tue Aug 26 13:47:03 EDT 2008)
==> Checking Runtime Dependencies...
==> Installing missing dependencies...
vmware-workstation-modules package not found, searching for group...
error: 'vmware-workstation-modules': not found in sync db
==> ERROR: Pacman failed to install missing dependencies.
Error: Makepkg was unable to build vmware-workstation package.

am i just making a stupid mistake somewhere?