block file system failed vmware when /etc/init.d/vmware start

gbcbooks · 10-17-2014, 08:43 PM

hi all

i installed VMware-Workstation-Full-10.0.2-1744117.x86_64.bundle successfully on my arch linux with kernel 3.16.4-1 and do as the wiki archlinux said to compile modules vmware needed

but vmware run failed with any prompt and i got the error as startup vmware services manually

Code:

[arhclinux init.d]# ./vmware start
Starting VMware services:
   Virtual machine monitor                                                             done
   Virtual machine communication interface                             done
   VM communication interface socket family                            done
   Blocking file system                                                                        failed
   Virtual ethernet                                                                                done
   VMware Authentication Daemon                                               done

i read the shell file of /etc/init.d/vmware
there are few lines said

Code:

395          if [ "`is_vmblock_needed`" = 'yes' ] ; then
396             vmware_exec 'Blocking file system' vmware_stop_vmblock
397             exitcode=$(($exitcode + $?))
398          fi

seems vmblock modules is needed by vmware

what should i suppose to do to run vmware successfully

unSpawn · 10-19-2014, 05:58 AM

Check if module was built (if not build it manually), check if module was loaded (if not try loading it manually noticing any stderr / dmesg errors), check vmware(-serverd?) log for clues?