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本文介绍的是最新的主要 VMware 版本,意思是 VMware Workstation Pro 和 Player 17、16、15、14 和 12.5。

本文是关于在 Arch 中安装 VMware,你也许想寻找的是 VMware/安装 Arch Linux 为虚拟机

先决条件[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

1. 通过机器的 BIOS/UEFI 启用虚拟化

安装[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

您可以使用 VMware 捆绑包或软件包 vmware-workstationAUR 进行安装。 如果在 x86_64 上使用VMware Workstation,则首选后者。

注意: 自版本 14 以来,VMware 已放弃对许多 CPU 的支持,包括早期的 Intel Core i7 CPU。请查看 Processor Requirements for Host Systems 。如果较新版本不支持您的 CPU,则可以使用 vmware-workstation12AUR.

VMware 捆绑包[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

安装正确的依赖:

命令如下:

# pacman -S fuse2 gtkmm linux-headers ncurses libcanberra pcsclite

下载最新版的 VMware Workstation Pro 或者 Player (或者一个 beta 版本, 如果可用).

开始安装:

# sh VMware-edition-version.release.architecture.bundle
提示:一些有用的标志:
  • --eulas-agreed - 跳过EULAs
  • --console - 使用控制台UI.
  • --custom - 允许改变安装目录到,例: /usr/local (确保在#systemd services中更新 vmware-usbarbitrator.service 路径)。
  • -I, --ignore-errors - 忽略致命错误。
  • --set-setting=vmware-workstation serialNumber XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX - Set the serial number during install (good for scripted installs).
  • --required - Only ask mandatory questions (results in silent install when combined with --eulas-agreed and --console).

For the System service scripts directory, use /etc/init.d (the default).

注意: During the installation you will get an error about "No rc*.d style init script directories" being given. This can be safely ignored, since Arch uses systemd.
提示:To (re)build the modules from terminal later on, use:
# vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

x86_64 的软件包构建[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

安装 vmware-workstationAURvmware-workstation15AURvmware-workstation14AURvmware-workstation12AURvmware-workstation11AUR 分别适用于VMware Workstation的版本 16、15、14、12 和 11。 还需要为已安装的内核安装适当的头文件包:例如 linux-headerslinux-lts-headers

提示:请检查当前的kernel version 是否被vmware-workstation支持,vmware-workstation-pro-16.1.0 支持到Linux5.8。经过测试能在Linux5.10中运行

然后,根据需要启用以下一些服务:

  • vmware-networks.service 用于访客网络访问(否则您将收到错误 could no connect 'ethernet 0' to virtual network 并且您将无法使用 vmware -netcfg
  • vmware-usbarbitrator.service 用于将 USB 设备连接到访客
  • vmware-hostd.service 用于共享虚拟机(从版本 16 起不可用)

最后,加载 VMware 模块:

# modprobe -a vmw_vmci vmmon

配置[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

内核模块[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

VMware Workstation 16.0 支持开箱即用的内核 5.8。 本文介绍的旧版本及其本机支持的内核如下:15.5(最高为 5.4 的内核)、14.1.7 (4.18) 和 12.5.9 (4.12)。 对于 VMware 捆绑包版本,可以从 [1] GitHub 存储库中找到针对最新内核构建 VMware 主机模块所需的补丁集合 . 有关 VMware Workstation 12.5.5 及更高版本的最新模块安装说明,请参阅存储库中的安装文档。

systemd服务[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

(Optional) Instead of using /etc/init.d/vmware (start|stop|status|restart) and /usr/bin/vmware-usbarbitrator directly to manage the services, you may also use .service files (vmware-usbarbitrator and vmware-networks are also included with a few differences):

/etc/systemd/system/vmware.service
[Unit]
Description=VMware daemon
Requires=vmware-usbarbitrator.service
Before=vmware-usbarbitrator.service
After=network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/etc/init.d/vmware start
ExecStop=/etc/init.d/vmware stop
PIDFile=/var/lock/subsys/vmware
RemainAfterExit=yes

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
/etc/systemd/system/vmware-usbarbitrator.service
[Unit]
Description=VMware USB Arbitrator
Requires=vmware.service
After=vmware.service

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/vmware-usbarbitrator
ExecStop=/usr/bin/vmware-usbarbitrator --kill
RemainAfterExit=yes

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

添加服务以启用网络连接:

/etc/systemd/system/vmware-networks-server.service
[Unit]
Description=VMware Networks
Wants=vmware-networks-configuration.service
After=vmware-networks-configuration.service

[Service]
Type=forking
ExecStartPre=-/sbin/modprobe vmnet
ExecStart=/usr/bin/vmware-networks --start
ExecStop=/usr/bin/vmware-networks --stop

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Add this service as well, if you want to connect to your VMware Workstation installation from another Workstation Server Console:

/etc/systemd/system/vmware-workstation-server.service
[Unit]
Description=VMware Workstation Server
Requires=vmware.service
After=vmware.service

[Service]
ExecStart=/etc/init.d/vmware-workstation-server start
ExecStop=/etc/init.d/vmware-workstation-server stop
PIDFile=/var/lock/subsys/vmware-workstation-server
RemainAfterExit=yes

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

After which you can enable them on boot.

Workstation Server service[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

The vmware-workstation-server.service calls wssc-adminTool in its command chain, despite having been renamed to vmware-wssc-adminTool.

To prevent the service startup, this can be fixed with a symlink:

# ln -s wssc-adminTool /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-wssc-adminTool

运行程序[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

打开 VMware Workstation Pro:

$ vmware

打开VMware Player:

$ vmplayer

技巧和诀窍[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

输入 Workstation Pro 许可证密钥[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

从终端输入[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

# /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx-debug --new-sn XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX 是许可证密钥

注意: The -debug binary informs the user of an incorrect license.

从GUI输入[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

如果上述方法不起效,您可以尝试:

# /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-enter-serial

提取 VMware BIOS[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

$ objcopy /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx -O binary -j bios440 --set-section-flags bios440=a bios440.rom.Z
$ perl -e 'use Compress::Zlib; my $v; read STDIN, $v, '$(stat -c%s "./bios440.rom.Z")'; $v = uncompress($v); print $v;' < bios440.rom.Z > bios440.rom

提取安装程序[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

要查看安装程序的内容 .bundle:

$ sh VMware-edition-version.release.architecture.bundle --extract /tmp/vmware-bundle/

使用修改后的 BIOS[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

如果您决定修改提取的 BIOS,您可以通过将其移动到以下位置让虚拟机使用它:~/vmware/Virtual_machine_name:

$ mv bios440.rom ~/vmware/Virtual_machine_name/

然后将名称添加到Virtual_machine_name.vmx 文件:

~/vmware/Virtual_machine_name/Virtual_machine_name.vmx
bios440.filename = "bios440.rom"

在Intel、Optimus和AMD上启用3D图形加速[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

一些图形驱动默认被禁用, 只是因为这些驱动对3D图形加速不支持或不稳定. 启用 Accelerate 3D graphics, 日志会显示:

Disabling 3D on this host due to presence of Mesa DRI driver.  Set mks.gl.allowBlacklistedDrivers = TRUE to override.

可以在~/.vmware/preferences 更改

VMware Workstation 16.2将OpenGL改用Vulkan, so the setting is a bit different.如果你的驱动不受支持,日志会显示:

mks Vulkan Renderer: Only the AMDVLK driver is supported at this time.
mks Vulkan Renderer: No supported Vulkan device/driver found (See mks.vk.allowUnsupportedDevices or mks.vk.forceDevice configuration options).

如果你的驱动被禁用,你得把 mks.vk.allowUnsupportedDevices = "TRUE" 添加到 ~/.vmware/preferences 或者换一个支持的驱动 - 要是不确定驱动支不支持就看看每个虚拟机目录里的vmware.log

注意: You might need to add the mks.gl.allowBlacklistedDrivers = "TRUE" inside the .vmx file for the specific virtual machine as well, for 3D acceleration with intel drivers to be enabled.

在主机挂起/休眠之前挂起虚拟机[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

写一个可执行脚本,并放在 /usr/lib/systemd/system-sleep/vmware_suspend_all.sh:

#! /bin/bash

set -eu

if [[ $# -ne 2 ]]; then
    echo "Usage: $0 <period> <action>"
    exit 1
fi

period=$1
action=$2

echo "vmware system-sleep hook argv: ${period} ${action}"

if ! command -v vmrun &>/dev/null; then
    echo "command not found: vmrun"
fi

if [[ "${period}" = "pre" ]]; then
    readarray -t vms < <(vmrun list | tail -n +2)

    echo "Number of running VMs: ${#vms[@]}"

    if [[ ${#vms[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
        exit
    fi

    for vm in "${vms[@]}"; do
        echo -n "Suspending ${vm}... "
        vmrun suspend "${vm}"
        echo "done"
    done

    sleep 1
else
    echo "Nothing to do"
fi

See also Power management#Hooks in /usr/lib/systemd/system-sleep, suspend all virtual machines with vmrun and Support for hibernation.

System speedup tricks[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

See also Improving performance.

Disable transparent hugepages[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

本文或本章节可能需要合并到Improving performance

附注: Not specific to VMware.(在 Talk:VMware 中讨论)

If you notice the guest and/or the host frequently freezing when running a VM, you may want to disable transparent hugepages. To disable them for the current session, run (on the host):

# echo never > /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled

To make the change persistent across boots, add the 内核参数 transparent_hugepage=never.

Ensure direct RAM access[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

By default, VMware writes a running guest system's RAM to a file on disk. If you are certain you have enough spare memory, you can ensure the guest OS writes its memory directly to the host's RAM by adding the following to the VM's .vmx:

Virtual_machine_name.vmx
MemTrimRate = "0"
sched.mem.pshare.enable = "FALSE"
prefvmx.useRecommendedLockedMemSize = "TRUE"
mainmem.backing = "swap"

Performance tips[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

To improve the performance of your virtual machine, try the following tips:

Paravirtual SCSI adapter[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

VMware Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adapters are high-performance storage adapters for VMware ESXi that can result in greater throughput and lower CPU utilization. PVSCSI adapters are best suited for environments, where hardware or applications drive a very high amount of I/O throughput.

The SCSI adapter type VMware Paravirtual is available in the Virtual Machine settings.

If these settings are not in the virtual machine's configuration, the paravirtual SCSI adapter can still be enabled. Ensure that the paravirtual SCSI adapter is included in the kernel image by modifying the mkinitcpio.conf:

/etc/mkinitcpio.conf
...
MODULES=(... vmw_pvscsi)
...

Regenerate the initramfs.

Shut down the virtual machine and change the SCSI adapter: set the .vmx to the following:

scsi0.virtualDev = "pvscsi"

Paravirtual network adapter[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

VMware offers multiple network adapters for the guest OS. The default adapter used is usually the e1000 adapter, which emulates an Intel 82545EM Gigabit Ethernet NIC. This Intel adapter is generally compatible with the built-in drivers across most operating systems, including Arch.

For more performance and additional features (such as multiqueue support), the VMware native vmxnet3 network adapter can be used.

Arch has the vmxnet3 kernel module available with a default install. Once enabled in mkinitcpio (or if it is auto-detected; check by running lsmod | grep vmxnet3 to see if it is loaded), shut down and change the network adapter type in the .vmx file to the following:

ethernet0.virtualDev = "vmxnet3"

After changing network adapters, the network and dhcpcd settings will need to be updated to use the new adapter name and MAC address.

# dhcpcd new_interface_name
# systemctl enable dhcpcd@new_interface_name.service

The new interface name can be obtained by running ip link.

Virtual machine settings[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

These settings could help improve the responsiveness of the virtual machine by reducing disk I/O, at the expense of using more host memory. Vmware's KB1008885 provides the following optimizations:

mainMem.useNamedFile = "FALSE"
MemTrimRate = "0"
prefvmx.useRecommendedLockedMemSize = "TRUE"
MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE"
sched.mem.pshare.enable = "FALSE"
  • mainMem.useNamedFile: This will only work for Windows hosts and this parameter can be used if high disk activity is experienced upon shutting down the virtual machine. This will prevent VMware from creating a .vmem file. Use mainmem.backing = "swap" on Linux hosts instead.
  • MemTrimRate: This setting prevents that memory which was released by the guest is released on the host also.
  • prefvmx.useRecommendedLockedMemSize: Unfortunately there does not seem to exist a proper explanation for this setting; it seems to prevent the host system from swapping parts of the guest memory.
  • MemAllowAutoScaleDown: Prevents VMware from adjusting the memory size of the virtual machine if it cannot allocate enough memory.
  • sched.mem.pshare.enable: If several virtual machines are running simultaneously, VMware will try to locate identical pages and share these between the virtual machines. This can be very I/O intensive.

The following settings can also be set in the configuration dialog of VMware Workstation(Edit -> Preferences... -> Memory/Priority).

prefvmx.minVmMemPct = "100"
mainMem.partialLazySave = "FALSE"
mainMem.partialLazyRestore = "FALSE"
  • prefvmx.minVmMemPct: Sets amount of RAM in percent which should be reserved by the virtual machine on the host system. If this is set to a lower value it is possible to assign the virtual machine more memory than is available in the host system. Be careful though, as in this case it will most likely lead to excessive hard drive usage. If enough RAM is on the host system, this value should be left at 100.
  • mainMem.partialLazySave and mainMem.partialLazyRestore: These two parameters will prevent the virtual machine from creating partial snapshots for suspends. When these parameters are used, virtual machine suspension will take slightly longer, but there should be less hard disk activity from VMware trying to store this information.

解难答疑[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

Kernel headers for version x.y-zzzz were not found. If you installed them[...][编辑 | 编辑源代码]

安装你使用内核所对应的headers,如linux对应linux-headers

注意: Upgrading the kernel and the headers will require you to boot to the new kernel to match the version of the headers. This is a relatively common error.

USB devices not recognized[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

If not using the systemd service to automatically handle the services, you need to manually start the vmware-usbarbitrator binary as root each time.

To start:

# vmware-usbarbitrator

To stop:

# vmware-usbarbitrator --kill

Incorrect login/password when trying to access VMware remotely[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

VMware Workstation provides the possibility to remotely manage Shared VMs through the vmware-workstation-server service. However, this will fail with the error "incorrect username/password" due to incorrect PAM configuration of the vmware-authd service. To fix it, edit /etc/pam.d/vmware-authd like this:

/etc/pam.d/vmware-authd
#%PAM-1.0
auth     required       pam_unix.so
account  required       pam_unix.so
password required       pam_permit.so
session  required       pam_unix.so

and restart the vmware systemd service.

Now you can connect to the server with the credentials provided during the installation.

注意: libxslt may be required for starting virtual machines.

Issues with ALSA output[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

To fix sound quality issues or enabling proper HD audio output, first run:

$ aplay -L

If interested in playing 5.1 surround sound from the guest, look for surround51:CARD=vendor_name,DEV=num, if experiencing quality issues, look for front:CARD=vendor_name,DEV=num. Finally put the name in the .vmx:

~/vmware/Virtual_machine_name/Virtual_machine_name.vmx
sound.fileName="surround51:CARD=Live,DEV=0"
sound.autodetect="FALSE"

OSS emulation should also be disabled.

Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is running[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

To disable KVM on boot, you can use something like:

/etc/modprobe.d/vmware.conf
blacklist kvm
blacklist kvm-amd   # For AMD CPUs
blacklist kvm-intel # For Intel CPUs
提示:If kvm modules continue to load, despite being blacklisted, and you are running a system with integrated Intel graphics (i915,i965), it may be necessary to blacklist the kvmgt kernel module directly from the kernel command line options. See Kernel module#Using kernel command line_2 for more details.

Module Issues[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

/dev/vmmon not found[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

The full error is:

Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory.
Please make sure that the kernel module 'vmmon' is loaded.

This means that at least the vmmon module is not loaded. See the #systemd services section for automatic loading.

/dev/vmci not found[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

The full error is:

Failed to open device "/dev/vmci": No such file or directory
Please make sure that the kernel module 'vmci' is loaded.

First, try to manually load the modules

# sudo modprobe -a vmw_vmci

Try to recompile VMware kernel modules with:

# vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

Installer Fails to Start[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

If you just get back to the prompt when opening the .bundle, then you probably have a deprecated or broken version of the VMware installer and it should removed (you may also refer to the uninstallation section of this article):

# rm -r /etc/vmware-installer/

User interface initialization failed[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

You may also see an error like this:

 Extracting VMware Installer...done.
 No protocol specified
 No protocol specified
 User interface initialization failed.  Exiting.  Check the log for details.

This can be fixed by either installing the ncurses5-compat-libsAUR dependency or temporarily allowing root access to X:

 $ xhost +
 $ sudo ./<vmware filename>.bundle
 $ xhost -

VMware Fails to Start[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

Module CPUIDEarly power on failed[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

Version 14 has stricter CPU requirements than version 12. If you try to start a virtual machine with an affected CPU, the following message will appear:

 This host does not support virtualizing real mode.
 The Intel "VMX Unrestricted Guest" feature is necessary to run this virtual machine on an Intel processor.

The solution is to uninstall version 14 and install version 12 (vmware-workstation12AUR).

When VMware was usable and this error suddenly appears it could be due to a warm/soft boot or after suspending the system. Please try a cold boot (shutting the system down and starting it again).

Segmentation fault at startup due to old Intel microcode[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

Old Intel microcode may result in the following kind of segmentation fault at startup:

/usr/bin/vmware: line 31: 4941 Segmentation fault "$BINDIR"/vmware-modconfig --appname="VMware Workstation" --icon="vmware-workstation"

See Microcode for how to update the microcode.

vmplayer/vmware version 14 fails to start[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

On systems with librsvg version 2:2.44.0 and above, the log files (located in /tmp/vmware-<id>) show several instances of the following error:

appLoader| I125+ undefined symbol

A workaround is to downgrade librsvg to earlier version, or more preferably, force VMware to use its own shipped version of librsvg:

# export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/lib/vmware/lib/librsvg-2.so.2:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

VMware also has a VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_LIBS variable:

$ env VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_LIBS=1 vmware

vmplayer/vmware fails to start from version 12.5.4[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

As per [2] the temporary workaround is to downgrade the package libpng to version 1.6.28-1 and keep it in the IgnorePkg parameter in /etc/pacman.conf.

An easier workaround is to make VMWare use the system's version of zlib instead of its own one:

# cd /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libz.so.1
# mv libz.so.1 libz.so.1.old
# ln -s /usr/lib/libz.so.1 .

vmplayer/vmware fails to start from version 12.5.3 to version 12.5.5[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

It seems to be a problem with the file /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libstdc++.so.6/libstdc++.so.6, missing CXXABI_1.3.8.

If the system have installed gcc-libs, that library is already installed. Therefore, it is possible to remove that file and vmplayer will use the one provided by gcc-libs instead. As root do:

# mv /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libstdc++.so.6/libstdc++.so.6 /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libstdc++.so.6/libstdc++.so.6.bak

Also there is a workaround:

# export VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_LIBS='yes'

vmware 12 process terminates immediately after start, no GUI is launched[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

Registered bug at Mageia, but it seems that there are no error messages shown in terminal with arch. When inspecting the logs, which are in /tmp/vmware-<id>, there are VMWARE_SHIPPED_LIBS_LIST is not set, VMWARE_SYSTEM_LIBS_LIST is not set, VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_LIBS is not set, VMWARE_USE_SYSTEM_LIBS is not set issues. Process simply terminates with Unable to execute /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-modconfig. after vmware or vmplayer is executed. Solution is the same, as root do:

# mv /etc/vmware/icu/icudt44l.dat /etc/vmware/icu/icudt44l.dat.bak

Also there is a workaround:

# export VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_LIBS='yes'

Despite setting the VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_LIBS variable, VMWare may still fail to find certain libraries. An example is the libfontconfig.so.1 library. Check vmware logs in the tmp directory to see which libraries are still not found. Copy them to the appropriate path with libraries existing on the system:

# cp /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libfontconfig.so.1/

Instead of copying all these files manually, you may want to try exporting an additional setting:

# export VMWARE_USE_SYSTEM_LIBS='yes'

On systems with fontconfig version 2.13.0 and above, it may be needed to force VMware to use the shipped libfontconfig file instead of the newer system file. In such case, it is also necessary to provide a shared object library file libexpat.so.0 for the shipped fontconfig. This applies for at least VMware version 12.5.9. As root do:

# ln -s /usr/lib/libexpat.so /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libfontconfig.so.1/libexpat.so.0
# export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libfontconfig.so.1:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

Guest Issues[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

Unable to download VMware Tools for Guests[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

To download the tools manually, visit the VMware repository.

Navigate to: "application name / version / build ID / linux / packages/" and download the appropriate Tools.

Extract with:

$ tar -xvf vmware-tools-name-version-buildID.x86_64.component.tar

And install using the VMware installer:

# vmware-installer --install-component=/path/vmware-tools-name-version-buildID.x86_64.component

If the above does not work, try installing ncurses5-compat-libsAUR.

Guests have incorrect system clocks or are unable to boot: "[...]timeTracker_user.c:234 bugNr=148722"[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

This is due to incomplete support of power management features (Intel SpeedStep and AMD PowerNow!/Cool'n'Quiet) in VMware Linux that vary the CPU frequency. In March 2012, with the release of linux 3.3-1 the maximum frequency Performance governor was replaced with the dynamic Ondemand. When the host CPU frequency changes, the Guest system clock runs too quickly or too slowly, but may also render the whole Guest unbootable.

To prevent this, the maximum host CPU frequency can be specified, and Time Stamp Counter (TSC) disabled, in the global configuration:

/etc/vmware/config
host.cpukHz = "X"  # The maximum speed in KHz, e.g. 3GHz is "3000000".
host.noTSC = "TRUE" # Keep the Guest system clock accurate even when
ptsc.noTSC = "TRUE" # the time stamp counter (TSC) is slow.
提示:To periodically correct the time (once per minute), in the Options tab of VMware Tools, enable: "Time synchronization between the virtual machine and the host operating system".

Networking on Guests not available after system restart[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

This is likely due to the vmnet module not being loaded [3]. See also the #systemd services section for automatic loading.

Mouse issues[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

Mouse buttons above 5 do not work[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

If your mouse's thumb buttons or other additional buttons do not work, set guest to use advanced mouse.

Strange mouse wheel behavior on Guest[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

This is related to the current Xorg keyboard layout on Host system. Keep primary layout (e.g., English) selected on Host while working on Guest.

No IP address and network access for nested VMs[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

This issue is related to promiscuous mode which, following standard Linux practice, can only be enabled by the root user. To work around these limitations, the permissions for the networking device in question have to be changed.

Give permissions to one group:

# chgpr group /dev/vmnetX

# chmod g+rw /dev/vmnetX

Give permissions to all users:

# chmod a+rw /dev/vmnetX

卸载[编辑 | 编辑源代码]

你必须知道你安装的产品的名称(无论是 vmware-workstation 还是 vmware-player). 要列出已安装的产品:

$ vmware-installer -l

用如下命令来卸载 (--required 跳过同意卸载):

# vmware-installer -u product --required
提示:添加 --console 使用图形界面

记得禁用并移除service

# rm /etc/systemd/system/vmware.service
# rm /etc/systemd/system/vmware-usbarbitrator.service

再看看有没有剩余的内核模块没有移除 /usr/lib/modules/kernel_name/misc/ , and remove /etc/init.d/ if now empty.