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#1 2014-03-19 14:54:10

earlz
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Registered: 2010-07-11
Posts: 39

VMWare Workstation 10 won't start [solved]

So, I did a full system update and now VMWare won't start. I applied the netfilter patch on the wiki and that made it so the modules will compile(despite me using the stock kernel I encountered compiler errors). However, now I'm really stuck. When I try to launch vmware it just sits there and never does anything

This is the output I see:

[earlz@EarlzWork ~]$ vmware
Logging to /tmp/vmware-earlz/vmware-modconfig-1186.log

And this is what's logged:

[earlz@EarlzWork ~]$ cat /tmp/vmware-earlz/vmware-modconfig-1186.log
2014-03-19T10:56:01.656-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Log for VMware Workstation pid=1186 version=10.0.1 build=build-1379776 option=Release
2014-03-19T10:56:01.656-05:00| vthread-3| I120: The process is 64-bit.
2014-03-19T10:56:01.656-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8
2014-03-19T10:56:01.656-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Host is Linux 3.13.6-1-ARCH 2013.09.01
2014-03-19T10:56:01.655-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Msg_Reset:
2014-03-19T10:56:01.655-05:00| vthread-3| I120: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/usr/lib/vmware/settings": No such file or directory.
2014-03-19T10:56:01.655-05:00| vthread-3| I120: ----------------------------------------
2014-03-19T10:56:01.655-05:00| vthread-3| I120: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /usr/lib/vmware/settings. Using default values.
2014-03-19T10:56:01.655-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Msg_Reset:
2014-03-19T10:56:01.655-05:00| vthread-3| I120: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/home/earlz/.vmware/config": No such file or directory.
2014-03-19T10:56:01.655-05:00| vthread-3| I120: ----------------------------------------
2014-03-19T10:56:01.655-05:00| vthread-3| I120: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /home/earlz/.vmware/config. Using default values.
2014-03-19T10:56:01.656-05:00| vthread-3| W110: Logging to /tmp/vmware-earlz/vmware-modconfig-1186.log
2014-03-19T10:56:01.662-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Obtaining info using the running kernel.
2014-03-19T10:56:01.662-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Created new pathsHash.
2014-03-19T10:56:01.662-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Setting header path for 3.13.6-1-ARCH to "/lib/modules/3.13.6-1-ARCH/build/include".
2014-03-19T10:56:01.662-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Validating path "/lib/modules/3.13.6-1-ARCH/build/include" for kernel release "3.13.6-1-ARCH".
2014-03-19T10:56:01.662-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Failed to find /lib/modules/3.13.6-1-ARCH/build/include/linux/version.h
2014-03-19T10:56:01.662-05:00| vthread-3| I120: /lib/modules/3.13.6-1-ARCH/build/include/linux/version.h not found, looking for generated/uapi/linux/version.h instead.
2014-03-19T10:56:01.662-05:00| vthread-3| I120: using /sbin/gcc for preprocess check
2014-03-19T10:56:01.669-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Preprocessed UTS_RELEASE, got value "3.13.6-1-ARCH".
2014-03-19T10:56:01.669-05:00| vthread-3| I120: The header path "/lib/modules/3.13.6-1-ARCH/build/include" for the kernel "3.13.6-1-ARCH" is valid.  Whoohoo!
2014-03-19T10:56:01.711-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Reading in info for the vmmon module.
2014-03-19T10:56:01.711-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Reading in info for the vmnet module.
2014-03-19T10:56:01.711-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Reading in info for the vmblock module.
2014-03-19T10:56:01.711-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Reading in info for the vmci module.
2014-03-19T10:56:01.711-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Reading in info for the vsock module.
2014-03-19T10:56:01.711-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Setting vsock to depend on vmci.
2014-03-19T10:56:01.711-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Invoking modinfo on "vmmon".
2014-03-19T10:56:01.712-05:00| vthread-3| I120: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 0.
2014-03-19T10:56:01.712-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Invoking modinfo on "vmnet".
2014-03-19T10:56:01.713-05:00| vthread-3| I120: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 0.
2014-03-19T10:56:01.713-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Invoking modinfo on "vmblock".
2014-03-19T10:56:01.714-05:00| vthread-3| I120: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 256.
2014-03-19T10:56:01.714-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Invoking modinfo on "vmci".
2014-03-19T10:56:01.715-05:00| vthread-3| I120: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 0.
2014-03-19T10:56:01.715-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Invoking modinfo on "vsock".
2014-03-19T10:56:01.716-05:00| vthread-3| I120: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 0.

It will just hang at that command indefinitely, despite all the modules appearing to have loaded fine

Last edited by earlz (2014-03-19 19:18:00)

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#2 2014-03-19 15:09:21

earlz
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Registered: 2010-07-11
Posts: 39

Re: VMWare Workstation 10 won't start [solved]

I installed the patches for the 3.13 kernel and now the log is like this:

[earlz@EarlzWork ~]$ cat /tmp/vmware-earlz/vmware-modconfig-10328.log
2014-03-19T11:12:11.963-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Log for VMware Workstation pid=10328 version=10.0.1 build=build-1379776 option=Release
2014-03-19T11:12:11.963-05:00| vthread-3| I120: The process is 64-bit.
2014-03-19T11:12:11.963-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8
2014-03-19T11:12:11.963-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Host is Linux 3.13.6-1-ARCH 2013.09.01
2014-03-19T11:12:11.962-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Msg_Reset:
2014-03-19T11:12:11.962-05:00| vthread-3| I120: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/usr/lib/vmware/settings": No such file or directory.
2014-03-19T11:12:11.962-05:00| vthread-3| I120: ----------------------------------------
2014-03-19T11:12:11.962-05:00| vthread-3| I120: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /usr/lib/vmware/settings. Using default values.
2014-03-19T11:12:11.962-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Msg_Reset:
2014-03-19T11:12:11.962-05:00| vthread-3| I120: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/home/earlz/.vmware/config": No such file or directory.
2014-03-19T11:12:11.962-05:00| vthread-3| I120: ----------------------------------------
2014-03-19T11:12:11.962-05:00| vthread-3| I120: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /home/earlz/.vmware/config. Using default values.
2014-03-19T11:12:11.963-05:00| vthread-3| W110: Logging to /tmp/vmware-earlz/vmware-modconfig-10328.log
2014-03-19T11:12:11.969-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Obtaining info using the running kernel.
2014-03-19T11:12:11.969-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Created new pathsHash.
2014-03-19T11:12:11.969-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Setting header path for 3.13.6-1-ARCH to "/lib/modules/3.13.6-1-ARCH/build/include".
2014-03-19T11:12:11.969-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Validating path "/lib/modules/3.13.6-1-ARCH/build/include" for kernel release "3.13.6-1-ARCH".
2014-03-19T11:12:11.969-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Failed to find /lib/modules/3.13.6-1-ARCH/build/include/linux/version.h
2014-03-19T11:12:11.969-05:00| vthread-3| I120: /lib/modules/3.13.6-1-ARCH/build/include/linux/version.h not found, looking for generated/uapi/linux/version.h instead.
2014-03-19T11:12:11.969-05:00| vthread-3| I120: using /sbin/gcc for preprocess check
2014-03-19T11:12:11.976-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Preprocessed UTS_RELEASE, got value "3.13.6-1-ARCH".
2014-03-19T11:12:11.976-05:00| vthread-3| I120: The header path "/lib/modules/3.13.6-1-ARCH/build/include" for the kernel "3.13.6-1-ARCH" is valid.  Whoohoo!
2014-03-19T11:12:12.018-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Reading in info for the vmmon module.
2014-03-19T11:12:12.018-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Reading in info for the vmnet module.
2014-03-19T11:12:12.018-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Reading in info for the vmblock module.
2014-03-19T11:12:12.018-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Reading in info for the vmci module.
2014-03-19T11:12:12.018-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Reading in info for the vsock module.
2014-03-19T11:12:12.018-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Setting vsock to depend on vmci.
2014-03-19T11:12:12.018-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Invoking modinfo on "vmmon".
2014-03-19T11:12:12.019-05:00| vthread-3| I120: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 0.
2014-03-19T11:12:12.019-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Invoking modinfo on "vmnet".
2014-03-19T11:12:12.020-05:00| vthread-3| I120: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 0.
2014-03-19T11:12:12.020-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Invoking modinfo on "vmblock".
2014-03-19T11:12:12.021-05:00| vthread-3| I120: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 0.
2014-03-19T11:12:12.021-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Invoking modinfo on "vmci".
2014-03-19T11:12:12.022-05:00| vthread-3| I120: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 0.
2014-03-19T11:12:12.022-05:00| vthread-3| I120: Invoking modinfo on "vsock".
2014-03-19T11:12:12.024-05:00| vthread-3| I120: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 0.

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#3 2014-03-19 16:04:50

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Re: VMWare Workstation 10 won't start [solved]

I am experiencing the same issue.  After you run vmware, do you still see the process running but nothing appears on screen?  Do a strace on vmware and let me know what results you obtain.  These are the last few lines of my strace;

$ strace vmware
..
open("/proc/meminfo", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 5
fstat(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f1abf686000
read(5, "MemTotal:        8106088 kB\nMemF"..., 1024) = 1024
close(5)                                = 0
munmap(0x7f1abf686000, 4096)            = 0
open("/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
gettid()                                = 19150
gettid()                                = 19150
gettid()                                = 19150
gettid()                                = 19150
open("/etc/pki/tls/cert.pem", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
gettid()                                = 19150
gettid()                                = 19150
gettid()                                = 19150
gettid()                                = 19150
gettid()                                = 19150
futex(0x7f1abfd88100, FUTEX_LOCK_PI, 1) = -1 ESRCH (No such process)
pause(

Notice the pause( ?  It appears vmware is waiting on something, though I am not sure what.   I am using kernel 3.12.1-3-ARCH.  When I rebooted yesterday is when I started encountering problems with vmware not loading.  The last time I rebooted prior to yesterday was March 11th.

Here is a list of packages that I updated since the reboot on March 11th;

[2014-03-13 08:33] [PACMAN] upgraded apache (2.4.7-1 -> 2.4.7-2)
[2014-03-13 08:33] [PACMAN] upgraded bluez-libs (5.15-1 -> 5.16-1)
[2014-03-13 08:34] [PACMAN] upgraded chromium (33.0.1750.146-1 -> 33.0.1750.149-1)
[2014-03-13 08:34] [PACMAN] upgraded cups-filters (1.0.46-1 -> 1.0.48-1)
[2014-03-13 08:34] [PACMAN] upgraded dhcpcd (6.2.1-1 -> 6.3.1-1)
[2014-03-13 08:34] [PACMAN] upgraded freetype2 (2.5.2-1 -> 2.5.3-1)
[2014-03-13 08:34] [PACMAN] upgraded grub (1:2.02.beta2-1 -> 1:2.02.beta2-2)
[2014-03-13 08:34] [PACMAN] upgraded gstreamer0.10-bad (0.10.23-7 -> 0.10.23-8)
[2014-03-13 08:34] [PACMAN] upgraded gstreamer0.10-bad-plugins (0.10.23-7 -> 0.10.23-8)
[2014-03-13 08:34] [PACMAN] upgraded keyutils (1.5.8-1 -> 1.5.9-1)
[2014-03-13 08:34] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-freetype2 (2.5.2-1 -> 2.5.3-1)
[2014-03-13 08:34] [PACMAN] upgraded libvirt (1.2.1-4 -> 1.2.2-1)
[2014-03-13 08:34] [PACMAN] upgraded libzrtpcpp (2.3.4-1 -> 4.2.0-1)
[2014-03-13 08:34] [PACMAN] upgraded ortp (0.22.0-1 -> 0.23.0-1)
[2014-03-13 08:34] [PACMAN] upgraded mediastreamer (2.10.0-1 -> 2.10.0-2)
[2014-03-13 08:34] [PACMAN] upgraded ntp (4.2.6.p5-18 -> 4.2.6.p5-19)
[2014-03-13 08:34] [PACMAN] upgraded python (3.3.4-1 -> 3.3.5-1)
[2014-03-13 08:34] [PACMAN] upgraded sqlite (3.8.3.1-1 -> 3.8.4.1-1)
[2014-03-13 08:34] [PACMAN] upgraded texlive-bin (2013.30973-7 -> 2013.30973-8)
[2014-03-13 08:35] [PACMAN] upgraded texlive-core (2013.31589-1 -> 2013.33063-1)
[2014-03-13 08:35] [PACMAN] upgraded texlive-fontsextra (2013.31570-1 -> 2013.33010-1)
[2014-03-13 08:35] [PACMAN] upgraded tzdata (2013i-1 -> 2014a-1)
[2014-03-13 08:35] [PACMAN] upgraded xf86-input-synaptics (1.7.3-1 -> 1.7.4-1)
[2014-03-14 10:06] [PACMAN] upgraded dhcpcd (6.3.1-1 -> 6.3.1-2)
[2014-03-14 10:06] [PACMAN] upgraded flashplugin (11.2.202.341-1 -> 11.2.202.346-1)
[2014-03-14 10:06] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-sqlite (3.8.3.1-1 -> 3.8.4.1-1)
[2014-03-14 10:06] [PACMAN] upgraded udisks2 (2.1.2-1 -> 2.1.3-1)
[2014-03-17 08:30] [PACMAN] upgraded apr-util (1.5.3-2 -> 1.5.3-3)
[2014-03-17 08:31] [PACMAN] upgraded systemd (210-3 -> 211-1)
[2014-03-17 08:31] [PACMAN] upgraded chromium (33.0.1750.149-1 -> 33.0.1750.152-1)
[2014-03-17 08:31] [PACMAN] upgraded coreutils (8.22-2 -> 8.22-3)
[2014-03-17 08:31] [PACMAN] upgraded e2fsprogs (1.42.9-1 -> 1.42.9-2)
[2014-03-17 08:31] [PACMAN] upgraded galculator (2.1.2-2 -> 2.1.3-1)
[2014-03-17 08:31] [PACMAN] upgraded gstreamer0.10-good (0.10.31-4 -> 0.10.31-5)
[2014-03-17 08:31] [PACMAN] upgraded mesa (10.1.0-2 -> 10.1.0-4)
[2014-03-17 08:31] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-mesa (10.1.0-2 -> 10.1.0-4)
[2014-03-17 08:31] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-mesa-libgl (10.1.0-2 -> 10.1.0-4)
[2014-03-17 08:31] [PACMAN] upgraded libreoffice-en-US (4.1.5-1 -> 4.2.2-2)
[2014-03-17 08:31] [PACMAN] upgraded libreoffice-common (4.1.5-1 -> 4.2.2-2)
[2014-03-17 08:31] [PACMAN] upgraded libreoffice-base (4.1.5-1 -> 4.2.2-2)
[2014-03-17 08:31] [PACMAN] upgraded libreoffice-calc (4.1.5-1 -> 4.2.2-2)
[2014-03-17 08:31] [PACMAN] upgraded libreoffice-draw (4.1.5-1 -> 4.2.2-2)
[2014-03-17 08:31] [PACMAN] upgraded libreoffice-gnome (4.1.5-1 -> 4.2.2-2)
[2014-03-17 08:31] [PACMAN] upgraded libreoffice-impress (4.1.5-1 -> 4.2.2-2)
[2014-03-17 08:31] [PACMAN] upgraded libreoffice-kde4 (4.1.5-1 -> 4.2.2-2)
[2014-03-17 08:31] [PACMAN] upgraded libreoffice-math (4.1.5-1 -> 4.2.2-2)
[2014-03-17 08:31] [PACMAN] upgraded libreoffice-postgresql-connector (4.1.5-1 -> 4.2.2-2)
[2014-03-17 08:31] [PACMAN] upgraded libreoffice-sdk (4.1.5-1 -> 4.2.2-2)
[2014-03-17 08:31] [PACMAN] upgraded libreoffice-sdk-doc (4.1.5-1 -> 4.2.2-2)
[2014-03-17 08:31] [PACMAN] upgraded libreoffice-writer (4.1.5-1 -> 4.2.2-2)
[2014-03-17 08:31] [PACMAN] upgraded man-pages (3.61-1 -> 3.62-1)
[2014-03-17 08:31] [PACMAN] upgraded mesa-libgl (10.1.0-2 -> 10.1.0-4)
[2014-03-17 08:32] [PACMAN] upgraded util-linux (2.24.1-1 -> 2.24.1-3)
[2014-03-17 08:32] [PACMAN] upgraded mkinitcpio (16-2 -> 17-1)
[2014-03-17 08:32] [PACMAN] upgraded nouveau-dri (10.1.0-2 -> 10.1.0-4)
[2014-03-17 08:32] [PACMAN] upgraded prison (1.0-2 -> 1.1.0-1)
[2014-03-17 08:32] [PACMAN] upgraded python2-markupsafe (0.18-2 -> 0.19-1)
[2014-03-17 08:32] [PACMAN] upgraded readline (6.3-1 -> 6.3-3)
[2014-03-17 08:32] [PACMAN] upgraded systemd-sysvcompat (210-3 -> 211-1)
[2014-03-18 11:27] [PACMAN] upgraded bash (4.2.045-5 -> 4.3-2)
[2014-03-18 11:27] [PACMAN] upgraded acpid (2.0.21-1 -> 2.0.22-1)
[2014-03-18 11:27] [PACMAN] upgraded freetype2 (2.5.3-1 -> 2.5.3-2)
[2014-03-18 11:27] [PACMAN] upgraded imagemagick (6.8.8.7-1 -> 6.8.8.8-1)
[2014-03-18 11:27] [PACMAN] upgraded lib32-systemd (210-1 -> 211-1)
[2014-03-18 11:27] [PACMAN] upgraded libwbclient (4.1.5-1 -> 4.1.6-1)
[2014-03-18 11:27] [PACMAN] upgraded mpg123 (1.18.1-1 -> 1.19.0-1)
[2014-03-18 11:27] [PACMAN] upgraded msmtp (1.4.31-5 -> 1.4.32-1)
[2014-03-18 11:27] [PACMAN] upgraded netctl (1.4-2 -> 1.6-1)
[2014-03-18 11:27] [PACMAN] upgraded openssh (6.5p1-2 -> 6.6p1-1)
[2014-03-18 11:27] [PACMAN] upgraded perl-encode-locale (1.03-1 -> 1.03-2)
[2014-03-18 11:27] [PACMAN] upgraded perl-http-date (6.02-1 -> 6.02-2)
[2014-03-18 11:27] [PACMAN] upgraded perl-file-listing (6.04-1 -> 6.04-2)
[2014-03-18 11:27] [PACMAN] upgraded perl-http-cookies (6.01-1 -> 6.01-2)
[2014-03-18 11:27] [PACMAN] upgraded perl-http-negotiate (6.01-1 -> 6.01-2)
[2014-03-18 11:27] [PACMAN] upgraded serf (1.3.2-1 -> 1.3.4-1)
[2014-03-18 11:27] [PACMAN] upgraded skype (4.2.0.13-1 -> 4.2.0.13-2)
[2014-03-18 11:27] [PACMAN] upgraded talloc (2.0.8-2 -> 2.1.0-1)
[2014-03-18 11:27] [PACMAN] upgraded tevent (0.9.19-1 -> 0.9.21-2)
[2014-03-18 11:27] [PACMAN] upgraded smbclient (4.1.5-1 -> 4.1.6-1)
[2014-03-18 11:27] [PACMAN] upgraded soundtouch (1.7.1-1 -> 1.8.0-1)
[2014-03-18 11:27] [PACMAN] upgraded sysstat (10.2.1-1 -> 10.3.1-1)
[2014-03-18 11:27] [PACMAN] upgraded thunderbird (24.3.0-1 -> 24.4.0-1)
[2014-03-19 07:14] [PACMAN] upgraded firefox (27.0.1-1 -> 28.0-1)
[2014-03-19 08:45] [PACMAN] upgraded dhcpcd (6.3.1-2 -> 6.3.2-1)
[2014-03-19 08:45] [PACMAN] upgraded sudo (1.8.9.p5-1 -> 1.8.10.p2-1)

Not sure what impacted vmware at this point.

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#4 2014-03-19 16:31:18

earlz
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Registered: 2010-07-11
Posts: 39

Re: VMWare Workstation 10 won't start [solved]

I managed to get back access to my VMs by running it through VMWare Player, which works fine, so it's definitely not kernel modules. I think it might be something with libraries like GTK or some such, but I can't really tell what could go wrong there or how to fix it

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#5 2014-03-19 18:37:52

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Registered: 2012-03-27
Posts: 17

Re: VMWare Workstation 10 won't start [solved]

I had exactly the same issue with Workstation 9.0.2 after a system upgrade and the solution for me was to install all the dependencies mentioned in the AUR package of Workstation.
Turned out that half of it wasn't even installed. Despite that, it worked before the upgrade.... Vmware on Linux will always be a mystery to me.

# pacman -S at-spi2-core curl desktop-file-utils fuse gtkmm hicolor-icon-theme lib32-glibc libglade libpng12 librsvg libsm openssl098 startup-notification

Last edited by phyte (2014-03-19 19:09:23)

Sometimes, in order to see the light, you have to risk the dark

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#6 2014-03-19 18:44:14

earlz
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Registered: 2010-07-11
Posts: 39

Re: VMWare Workstation 10 won't start [solved]

phyte wrote:

I had exactly the same issue with Workstation 9.0.2 after a system upgrade and the solution for me was to install all the dependencies mentioned in the AUR package of Workstation.
Turned out that half of it wasn't even installed. Despite that, it worked before the upgrade.... Vmware on Linux will always be a mystery for me.

# pacman -S at-spi2-core curl desktop-file-utils fuse gtkmm hicolor-icon-theme lib32-glibc libglade libpng12 librsvg libsm openssl098 startup-notification

You are a freaking genius. That worked. Everything starts fine now. Thanks! (note I didn't need to install openssl098 though)

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#7 2014-03-19 19:15:20

phyte
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Re: VMWare Workstation 10 won't start [solved]

earlz wrote:
phyte wrote:

I had exactly the same issue with Workstation 9.0.2 after a system upgrade and the solution for me was to install all the dependencies mentioned in the AUR package of Workstation.
Turned out that half of it wasn't even installed. Despite that, it worked before the upgrade.... Vmware on Linux will always be a mystery for me.

# pacman -S at-spi2-core curl desktop-file-utils fuse gtkmm hicolor-icon-theme lib32-glibc libglade libpng12 librsvg libsm openssl098 startup-notification

You are a freaking genius. That worked. Everything starts fine now. Thanks! (note I didn't need to install openssl098 though)

Awesome! Glad I could help. Don't forget to mark your thread as solved.

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#8 2014-03-19 19:23:03

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Re: VMWare Workstation 10 won't start [solved]

Yep, I also updated the wiki to point this out (don't understand why dependencies was never listed in the first place) https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VM … leshooting

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#9 2014-03-20 14:26:13

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Re: VMWare Workstation 10 won't start [solved]

I had exactly the same issue with Workstation 9.0.2 after a system upgrade and the solution for me was to install all the dependencies mentioned in the AUR package of Workstation.

Turned out that half of it wasn't even installed. Despite that, it worked before the upgrade.... Vmware on Linux will always be a mystery for me.

Out of the packages listed, below are the packages that I did not have installed;

fuse
gtkmm
libpng12

After installation of above packages, vmware now works properly.  Remains a mystery why vmware worked before - without said packages.  Anyway, thanks much for the feedback Phyte.

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#10 2014-06-17 05:40:26

ctorresc
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Registered: 2013-12-07
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Re: VMWare Workstation 10 won't start [solved]

phyte wrote:

I had exactly the same issue with Workstation 9.0.2 after a system upgrade and the solution for me was to install all the dependencies mentioned in the AUR package of Workstation.
Turned out that half of it wasn't even installed. Despite that, it worked before the upgrade.... Vmware on Linux will always be a mystery to me.

# pacman -S at-spi2-core curl desktop-file-utils fuse gtkmm hicolor-icon-theme lib32-glibc libglade libpng12 librsvg libsm openssl098 startup-notification

Thanks a lot, that helped me out too, just wanted to point out that for me, libglade and libpng12 were not needed.
Im not sure about openssl098 since i had openssl already installed

Im running kernel 3.14.6-1 and VMware Workstation 10.0.2 build-1744117

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#11 2014-10-14 07:03:39

ctorresc
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Re: VMWare Workstation 10 won't start [solved]

ctorresc wrote:
phyte wrote:

I had exactly the same issue with Workstation 9.0.2 after a system upgrade and the solution for me was to install all the dependencies mentioned in the AUR package of Workstation.
Turned out that half of it wasn't even installed. Despite that, it worked before the upgrade.... Vmware on Linux will always be a mystery to me.

# pacman -S at-spi2-core curl desktop-file-utils fuse gtkmm hicolor-icon-theme lib32-glibc libglade libpng12 librsvg libsm openssl098 startup-notification

Thanks a lot, that helped me out too, just wanted to point out that for me, libglade and libpng12 were not needed.
Im not sure about openssl098 since i had openssl already installed

Im running kernel 3.14.6-1 and VMware Workstation 10.0.2 build-1744117

Just another update on this, lib32-glibc was not needed on a clean install of vmware, gtkmm and its dependencies did the trick this time. (at-spi2-core, curl, desktop-file-utils, fuse, hicolor-icon-theme and startup-notification already installed on my box)

now running kernel 3.16.4-1 x86_64 and VMware Workstation 10.0.3 build-1895310

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