[SOLVED] VMWare fails to load vmci kernel module

JimDeadlock · 2019-10-29 16:09:26

I'm running VMWare 15 Player 15.5.0 with kernel 5.3.7-arch1-2-ARCH, installed vmware-patch from the AUR and enabled the 'vmware' service as instructed in the vmware-patch installation. When trying to start my usual Win10 guest (which has been running fine previously) it fails to start:

Guest log:

2019-10-29T15:45:38.340Z| vmx| I125+ Power on failure messages: Failed to open device "/dev/vmci": No such file or directory
2019-10-29T15:45:38.340Z| vmx| I125+ Please make sure that the kernel module 'vmci' is loaded.
2019-10-29T15:45:38.340Z| vmx| I125+ Module 'DevicePowerOn' power on failed.
2019-10-29T15:45:38.340Z| vmx| I125+ Failed to start the virtual machine.

# sudo systemctl status vmware
● vmware.service - VMware daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/vmware.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2019-10-29 15:43:21 GMT; 4min 34s ago
 Main PID: 2898 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Oct 29 15:43:21 arch vmnet-natd[3013]: RTM_NEWLINK: name:enp110s0 index:3 flags:0x00001002
Oct 29 15:43:21 arch vmnet-natd[3013]: RTM_NEWLINK: name:eno2 index:4 flags:0x00011043
Oct 29 15:43:21 arch vmnet-natd[3013]: RTM_NEWROUTE: index:4
Oct 29 15:43:21 arch vmnet-natd[3013]: RTM_NEWADDR: index:4, addr:192.168.1.5
Oct 29 15:43:21 arch vmware[2898]: [29B blob data]
Oct 29 15:43:21 arch vmware[2898]: [41B blob data]
Oct 29 15:43:21 arch systemd[1]: vmware.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Oct 29 15:43:21 arch vmnetBridge[2995]: Stopped bridge eno2 to virtual network 0.
Oct 29 15:43:21 arch vmnetBridge[2995]: Bridge process exiting.
Oct 29 15:43:21 arch systemd[1]: vmware.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

I consulted the Arch wiki and tried:

# sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
.............................
Starting VMware services:
   Virtual machine monitor                                             done
   Virtual machine communication interface                            failed
   VM communication interface socket family                            done
   Blocking file system                                                done
   Virtual ethernet                                                    done
   VMware Authentication Daemon                                        done
Unable to start services

I'm able to start the vmware service manually:

# sudo systemctl start vmware
# sudo systemctl status vmware
● vmware.service - VMware daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/vmware.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: active (running) since Tue 2019-10-29 15:48:55 GMT; 4s ago
 Main PID: 4848 (bash)
    Tasks: 3 (limit: 77089)
   Memory: 3.5M
   CGroup: /system.slice/vmware.service
           ├─4848 bash /etc/init.d/vmware start
           ├─4864 bash /etc/init.d/vmware start
           └─4882 sleep 1

Oct 29 15:48:55 arch systemd[1]: Started VMware daemon.
Oct 29 15:48:55 arch vmware[4848]: Starting VMware services:
Oct 29 15:48:55 arch vmware[4848]: [36B blob data]
Oct 29 15:48:55 arch vmware[4848]: [53B blob data]

... but this doesn't resolve the issue since I'm guessing the vmci kernel module is still not loaded properly.

here is my dmesg - no mention of vmci

https://pastebin.com/zwT280FZ

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I tried the (very old) solution in post #7 here but still no joy:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=169472

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I'm back up and running after a reinstall of VMWare - I think the original problem was that I simply forgot to do this at the end of the installation:

sudo modprobe -a vmw_vmci vmmon

Last edited by JimDeadlock (2019-11-03 03:42:48)

GrtlinG · 2024-12-05 12:53:44

Thanks a lot

WorMzy · 2024-12-05 23:45:45

Mod note: moving to AUR Issues and closing.

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#1 2019-10-29 16:09:26

[SOLVED] VMWare fails to load vmci kernel module

#2 2024-12-05 12:53:44

Re: [SOLVED] VMWare fails to load vmci kernel module

#3 2024-12-05 23:45:45

Re: [SOLVED] VMWare fails to load vmci kernel module

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