Hi all - I'm getting to know Linux and need some help. I have jumped straight in at the deep-end and have been using Clear Linux. I really like it as it's very quick, I've also installed and have been using VMware Workstation Pro. But I have an issue I seem to have come across. If I reboot and try to start a guest in VMware it throws up a vmmon error. So I then run this command in terminal and it starts the relevant services sudo /etc/init.d/vmware start, I can then start my guest. The problem is I must do this every time I boot. Is there an area in Linux that I can add this line of text, so it starts automatically in the background?

I'd appreciate all your help.

Thanks in advance.

Hi,

I just checked, and it seems that Clear Linux uses systemd. So to enable the service to automatically start you should be able to do:
Evo2.

P.S. This assumes that /etc/init.d/vmware file contains an init info block (or a vmware.service file is installed).

Hi thanks for coming back, I get this message when I try and run it…..

Failed to enable unit: Unit file VMware.service does not exist.

Linux is case sensitive, so use vmware.service, not VMware.service.

Thanks for the advice but that still didn't work, it's just the same error message.

Hi,

it seems that you will either need to install vmware.service file or modify the /etc/init.d/vmware script to add a proper INIT INFO section.

To decide which is the better option (or if there is a better way), I think it would be best if you tell us how you installed vmware. Please provide a url to whatever instructions were followed.

Evo2.

Hi - So I used this guide https://docs.01.org/clearlinux/lates...0will%20launch. I also installed the Kernel Modules too, the lts bundle.

Sorted!! Did the below....

Autoload VMware Kernel Modules

sudo mkdir /etc/modules-load.d
sudo gedit /etc/modules-load.d/vmware.conf

vmw_vmci
vmmon
vmnet

sudo clr-boot-manager update

modprobe -a vmw_vmci vmmon vmnet

reboot

Thanks for everyone's responses, it's really appreciated.