VMware from AUR

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Hi all,
I've been trying to get Vmware Server to a usable state bun unfortunatelly I just can't get it right I've installed everything from AUR aur/vmware-server 2.0.2-1; aur/vmware-server-console 1.0.10-1 and aur/vmware-server-modules 2.0.2-3 sucessfully. The problem is when I try to run VMware I can't connect to Local and be able to do anything
EDIT [---MORE INFO---]
I've followed the wiki here http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Vmw … stallation
I've run
vmware-config-server-console.pl
I've started the daemon Vmware sucessfully
:: Starting VMware Server [DONE]
I can open VMware console with
VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK="force" vmware-server-console
but when I select "Local host" I get the following message:
"The local VMware Server is not installed, or is not currently running. Make sure that the server is properly installed and try again."
but it's running:
/etc/vmware/init.d/vmware status
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 is running
Host network detection is not running
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 is running
DHCP server on /dev/vmnet1 is not running
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 is running
DHCP server on /dev/vmnet8 is not running
NAT networking on /dev/vmnet8 is running
Module vmmon loaded
Module vmnet loaded
Maybe I have to run the deamon vmware-authd but I don't have on my system.
when I run
#vmware-authd
599 vmware-authd PANIC: getpeername failed: Socket operation on non-socket
I'think the problem is that I don't have the daemon vmware-authd wich used to be installed using the old wiki version.
Has anybody gotten VMware to work? Can anybody help me with this?
When running /etc/vmware/init.d/vmware status I've noticed
DHCP server on /dev/vmnet1 is not running
does this has anything to do with the problem?
Thank you.
[EDIT #2 --MORE INFO--]
So after running
# /etc/vmware/init.d/vmware restart
Stopping VMware autostart virtual machines:
Virtual machines done
Stopping VMware management services:
VMware Virtual Infrastructure Web Access
VMware Server Host Agent done
Stopping VMware services:
VMware Authentication Daemon done
VM communication interface socket family: done
Virtual machine communication interface done
Virtual machine monitor done
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 done
Host network detection done
DHCP server on /dev/vmnet1 done
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 done
DHCP server on /dev/vmnet8 done
NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 done
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 done
Virtual ethernet done
Starting VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor done
Virtual machine communication interface done
VM communication interface socket family: done
Virtual ethernet done
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 done
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background) done
DHCP server on /dev/vmnet1 done
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background) done
DHCP server on /dev/vmnet8 done
NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 done
VMware Server Authentication Daemon (background) done
Shared Memory Available done
Starting VMware management services:
VMware Server Host Agent (background) done
VMware Virtual Infrastructure Web Access
Starting VMware autostart virtual machines:
Virtual machines done
everything still seems ok, but doesn't work still
Last edited by spookykid (2010-06-05 19:26:29)

Answer 1

I had the same problem with VMware.  I also tried to connect with the VMware  remote console, but got a similar error.  In both cases it seems that it can not connect to the server for some very strange reasons.
I gave it another try with VMware player.  The latest available version 3.1.0 and the previous version 3.0.1.  Both versions did not start.  The version 3.1.0 did not install a init script and 3.0.1 failed to start.  In the end I gave up searching for errors.
Now I'm using VirtualBox and I am quite impressed of it's speed and stability.  As long as you need a desktop virtualisation virtualbox will be probably all you need.  I found it easier than vmware server.  Sadly I was unable to try vmware player.  So I can not compare the speed, but it is definetly faster than vmware servers remote console.  But on the other hand the remote console of vmware server was developed for other purposes.  It's not intended to be used as a desktop solution like vmware player.
If you need a full vmware server replacement then maybe xen would be a good try.  Did not use it though, yet.