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Stefan_xyz

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Registered: 2019-09-01

Posts: 104

[Solved] /usr/lib/systemd/scripts/vmware doesn't exist

Okay so apparently I somehow lost a lot of vmware related files.
I got /etc/init.d/vmware from the github page. (Maybe not the best but it works fine).

It still fails to start the service:

vmware.service - VMware daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/vmware.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2020-06-23 15:44:48 CEST; 12min ago
    Process: 387 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/vmware start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
   Main PID: 387 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Jun 23 15:44:47 arch systemd[1]: Started VMware daemon.
Jun 23 15:44:47 arch vmware[387]: Starting VMware services:
Jun 23 15:44:47 arch vmware[387]:    Virtual machine monitor[71Gfailed
Jun 23 15:44:48 arch vmware[387]:    Virtual ethernet[71Gfailed
Jun 23 15:44:48 arch vmware[387]:    VMware Authentication Daemon[71G done
Jun 23 15:44:48 arch systemd[1]: vmware.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jun 23 15:44:48 arch systemd[1]: vmware.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

Now apparently this can be solved if I issue

vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

But here I get the following error:

[AppLoader] GLib does not have GSettings support.
sh: /usr/lib/systemd/scripts/vmware: No such file or directory
Unable to stop services

I already reinstalled the vm-workstation. Previously it worked perfectly fine

Last edited by Stefan_xyz (2020-06-24 10:07:37)

Lone_Wolf

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Registered: 2005-10-04

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Re: [Solved] /usr/lib/systemd/scripts/vmware doesn't exist

[AppLoader] GLib does not have GSettings support.

That error can occur if the gcc version used to build glib is different from the gcc version used to build the application.
Another possibility is that patches are needed to get the vmware modules to compile on latest kernel .

Which version of vmware workstation are you using ?
Are you using a bundle from vmware or one of the aur packages ?

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Stefan_xyz

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Registered: 2019-09-01

Posts: 104

Re: [Solved] /usr/lib/systemd/scripts/vmware doesn't exist

[AppLoader] GLib does not have GSettings support.

That error can occur if the gcc version used to build glib is different from the gcc version used to build the application.
Another possibility is that patches are needed to get the vmware modules to compile on latest kernel .

Which version of vmware workstation are you using ?
Are you using a bundle from vmware or one of the aur packages ?

I'm using vmware-workstation 15.5.2-1 from the AUR.
I updated all packages (including AUR) to the latest patches but this didn't help it.

Stefan_xyz

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Registered: 2019-09-01

Posts: 104

Re: [Solved] /usr/lib/systemd/scripts/vmware doesn't exist

Okay i reinstalled it from scratch and started the service. this did the trick.

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 14,893

Re: [Solved] /usr/lib/systemd/scripts/vmware doesn't exist

vmware-workstation 15.5.2-1

That may have been the problem, as the aur package is now at 15.5.6-1 and did need changes to work with kernel 5.7  according to the changelog at https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/ … orkstation

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Disliking systemd intensely, but not satisfied with alternatives so focusing on taming systemd.

clean chroot building not flexible enough ?
Try clean chroot manager by graysky