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feiticeir0
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 Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 11:43 am Post subject: [SOLVED] systemd and vmware-player |
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Hi all !
Ever since i got systemd i was unable to use vmware-player and network with it !
There's no .service file to add to systemd to it can start vmware-player network ! Every time i start a virtual machine, vmware-player complains it can't connect to vmnet8 (although all vmware modules are loaded).
Is is necessary to manually (as root) to start vmware-network with (opt/vmware/bin/vmware-networks --start)
/opt/vmware/bin/vmware-networks --start
Started Bridge networking on vmnet0
Enabled hostonly virtual adapter on vmnet1
Started DHCP service on vmnet1
Started NAT service on vmnet8
Enabled hostonly virtual adapter on vmnet8
Started DHCP service on vmnet8
Started all configured services on all networks
Only like this i have vmware working.
Where can i find a vmware.service for systemd ?
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Marlo
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| Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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After each kernel update new vmware modules are needed.
(you say, the kernel modules are loaded!)
| Code: | | emerge app-emulation/vmware-modules -pv |
Configure the network:
| Code: | | emerge - config vmware-player |
As a user, use your mouse and click on the button "Vmware".
So, you don`t need a systemd unit.
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feiticeir0
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| Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:02 am Post subject: |
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Hi Marlo ! Thanks for the reply.
The problem is not the vmware-player configuration or the vmware-modules.
the modules are loaded and vmware-player was configured...
the problem is, without a .service file, i can't start vmware-network automatically when my computer boots.
If i do it manually :
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/opt/vmware/bin/vmware-networks --start
Started Bridge networking on vmnet0
Enabled hostonly virtual adapter on vmnet1
Started DHCP service on vmnet1
Started NAT service on vmnet8
Enabled hostonly virtual adapter on vmnet8
Started DHCP service on vmnet8
Started all configured services on all networks
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Everything works fine !
EDIT: Just solve it by adding a vmware.service (found in the internet) with the networks:
vi /usr/lib/systemd/system/vmware.service
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[Unit]
Description=VMware network
[Service]
ExecStart=/opt/vmware/bin/vmware-networks --start
ExecStop=/opt/vmware/bin/vmware-networks --stop
PIDFile=/var/lock/subsys/vmware
TimeoutSec=0
RemainAfterExit=yes
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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After adding it with systemctl enable vmware.service
and starting it with
systemctl start vmware.service
and systemctl status vmware.service
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systemctl status vmware.service
vmware.service - VMware network
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib64/systemd/system/vmware.service; enabled)
Active: active (exited) since Fri 2014-02-14 10:00:23 WET; 3min 17s ago
Process: 19708 ExecStart=/opt/vmware/bin/vmware-networks --start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 19708 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Feb 14 10:00:24 nightraider vmnet-dhcpd[19764]: Internet Software Consortium DHCP Server 2.0
Feb 14 10:00:24 nightraider vmnet-dhcpd[19764]: Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 The Internet Software Consortium.
Feb 14 10:00:24 nightraider vmnet-dhcpd[19764]: All rights reserved.
Feb 14 10:00:24 nightraider vmnet-dhcpd[19764]: Feb 14 10:00:24 nightraider vmnet-dhcpd[19764]: Please contribute if you find this software useful.
Feb 14 10:00:24 nightraider vmnet-dhcpd[19764]: For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/dhcp-contrib.html
Feb 14 10:00:24 nightraider vmnet-dhcpd[19764]: Feb 14 10:00:24 nightraider vmnet-dhcpd[19764]: Configured subnet: 172.16.72.0
Feb 14 10:00:24 nightraider vmnet-dhcpd[19764]: Setting vmnet-dhcp IP address: 172.16.72.254
Feb 14 10:00:24 nightraider vmware-networks[19708]: Started Bridge networking on vmnet0
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papandreoos
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| Posted: Sun May 08, 2016 11:22 am Post subject: |
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thank you very much!
i also did what you did, but it wasn't enough.
i also needed to load 'vmnet' kernel module (besides 'vmmon' and 'vmci' that where already loaded)
after i loaded it and start your service i have network in vmware-player that run windows7.
also, in the wiki page of vmware player:
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/VMware/Player#USE_flags
there is no section that say that we need to start those kernel modules.
i think maybe it need to be there. |
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