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nasure

Member

Registered: 2010-10-16

Posts: 3

Vmware Player in Arch Linux and RFKILL

Hi,

I am a newbie to Arch Linux, I have installed Vmware player in Arch but it doesn't seem to be running. I have followed the guide in the Arch Wiki. This is the output of the related commands.

[root@swallowed Desktop]# uname -r
2.6.35-ARCH
[root@swallowed Desktop]# vmware-installer -l
No protocol specified
No protocol specified
Product Name           Product Version     
====================== ====================
vmware-player          3.1.2.301548        
[root@swallowed Desktop]# /etc/rc.d/vmware
vmware    vmware.d/ 
[root@swallowed Desktop]# /etc/rc.d/vmware start
Starting VMware services:
   VMware USB Arbitrator                                               done
   Virtual machine monitor                                            failed
   Virtual machine communication interface                            failed
   VM communication interface socket family                           failed
   Blocking file system                                               failed
   Virtual ethernet                                                   failed
[root@swallowed Desktop]# vmplayer 
No protocol specified
xprop:  unable to open display ':0.0'
**
GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2270:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL)
No protocol specified
xprop:  unable to open display ':0.0'
**
GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2270:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL)
No protocol specified

(vmware-modconfig:5602): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0
[root@swallowed Desktop]#

Does anyone know how to resolve this problem?

Besides, I installed Arch on Dell Studio XPS 1640 and I don't seem tobe able to remove the hard block on my Wifi card. I installed all the driver already. This is the output of commands.

[root@swallowed Desktop]# rfkill list
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: yes
        Hard blocked: yes
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: yes
[root@swallowed Desktop]# rfkill unblock 0
[root@swallowed Desktop]# rfkill list
0: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: yes
        Hard blocked: yes
1: phy0: Wireless LAN
        Soft blocked: no
        Hard blocked: yes
[root@swallowed Desktop]# 

I even try to include this inside modprobe but it doesn't work.

[root@swallowed Desktop]# cat /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf 
#
# /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf (for v2.6 kernels)
#
options ath_pci rfkill=0
options snd-pcsp index=2
options iwlcore led_mode=1

Thank you so much!

fphillips

Member

From: Austin, TX

Registered: 2009-01-24

Posts: 202

Re: Vmware Player in Arch Linux and RFKILL

The hard block is probably in the BIOS.

nasure

Member

Registered: 2010-10-16

Posts: 3

Re: Vmware Player in Arch Linux and RFKILL

But I am dual-booting and Windows runs perfectly fine. But I will try to look into the Bios and let you know the result.

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: Vmware Player in Arch Linux and RFKILL

vmware products need patching for kernel 2.6.35 - you didn't mention if you did that or not, but if you didn't, that would explain why vmware is not starting.