Preface

Troubleshoot vmware-networks not running using vmware-workstation-openrc package from AUR

I got vmware package from https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/vmware-workstation-openrc/ and it should running on artix.

Installation process

trizen -S vmware-workstation-openrc

to running vmware completely, she has 3 daemon to be run.

But I can’t start that after installation. Such as vmware-networks, vmware-networks-configuration, and vmware-usbarbitrator.

So, my vm host can’t conect to the network driver (vmnet) or access to the usb biometric, and virtual printer.

Solved with

restart machine :v

and run it again

# run the service at boot
sudo rc-update vmware-networks boot
sudo rc-update vmware-networks-configuration boot
sudo rc-update vmware-usbarbitrator boot
# start the service
sudo rc-services vmware-networks start
sudo rc-services vmware-networks-configuration start
sudo rc-services vmware-usbarbitrator start

and it working

Read Also

https://alexbelle.wordpress.com/2017/04/10/how-to-manually-configure-vmware-networking-on-linux-command-line/