vmmon error
After installation, you can’t open VMware directly. It will show an error:
VMWare could not find module ‘vmmon’, Please Make Sure That The Kernel Module ‘vmmon’ Is Loaded.
The AUR package vmware-workstation will install VMWare Workstation and the dkms modules needed to run it.
It can be installed with:
pamac build vmware-workstation
After installing, either reboot, or load the required modules
sudo modprobe -a vmw_vmci vmmon
There are three services that can be optionally be enabled:
vmware-networks.service: Provides network access inside VMs, most people will want this enabled
vmware-usbarbitrator.service: Allows USB devices to be connected inside VMs
vmware-hostd.service: Enables sharing of VMs on the network
To start and enable these services use:
sudo systemctl enable --now vmware-networks.service
sudo systemctl enable --now vmware-usbarbitrator.service
sudo systemctl enable --now vmware-hostd.service
floppy drive
The first time I accidently installed it on floppy drive, the default choice should be a CD drive.