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Ree

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Registered: 2010-05-19

Posts: 37

No network on VMware

I installed the current Arch version on VMware workstation and i have no network at all. I did have network during installation. I also noticed that perhaps this is because I don't have VMware tools installed. However, since I don't have network connection, how do I install the dependencies indicated (as a last resort I could reinstall the OS with those dependencies)?

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

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Re: No network on VMware

What happens if you run (as root) dhcpcd   ?

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Ree

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Re: No network on VMware

It works then. Why didn't this service start on boot? And I also don't see it in systemd unit list.

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

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Re: No network on VMware

Why didn't this service start on boot?

Because you did not tell it to   It is not applicable to all Arch configurations.

And I also don't see it in systemd unit list.

ewaller$@$odin ~ [1]1004 %pacman -Qo /usr/lib/systemd/system/dhcpcd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/dhcpcd.service is owned by dhcpcd 6.4.2-1
ewaller$@$odin ~ 1005 %

It should be there.  What if you enable it using systemctl?

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Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of who do the things no one can imagine. -- Alan Turing
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