VMware Workstation 17.5, Could not open /dev/vmmon

I will start with this…


 ╭─fenris@fenris in ~ as 🧙 took 26ms
 ╰─λ sudo garuda-inxi
System:
  Kernel: 6.10.6-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=cd6e149b-2970-476f-b742-e3dc1120bedc rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet rd.luks.uuid=264cadad-c8c3-46fe-b132-32f30ff8b69c
    rd.luks.uuid=0dd705d1-74f7-4ae7-8f55-96ae57f524b8
    resume=/dev/mapper/luks-0dd705d1-74f7-4ae7-8f55-96ae57f524b8 loglevel=3
    ibt=off
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.43 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0
    with: xfce4-panel tools: xfce4-screensaver avail: xautolock dm: LightDM
    v: 1.32.0 Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: AZW model: MINI S v: 10 serial: N/A part-nu: 01
    uuid: 03000200-0400-0500-0006-000700080009 UEFI: American Megatrends LLC.
    v: ADLNV104 date: 02/06/2023
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel N100 socket: U3E1 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Alder Lake
    level: v3 note: check built: 2021+ process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6
    model-id: 0xBE (190) stepping: 0 microcode: 0x17
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 384 KiB
    desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x64 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 1x2 MiB L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3114 high: 3196 min/max: 700/3400 base/boost: 2871/3400
    scaling: driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave volts: 1.0 V
    ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 3176 2: 2997 3: 3087 4: 3196 bogomips: 6451
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-N [UHD Graphics] driver: i915 v: kernel
    alternate: xe arch: Gen-12.2 process: Intel 10nm built: 2021-22+ ports:
    active: HDMI-A-1 empty: HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:46d1
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Creative Live! Cam Sync 1080p V2 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-3.4:7
    chip-ID: 041e:40a0 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.13 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver:
    X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915
    display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
    s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 model: Acer G247HYL serial: <filter>
    built: 2016 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 93 gamma: 1.2
    size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65") diag: 604mm (23.8") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 5 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu
    name: Intel Graphics (ADL-N) driver: mesa intel v: 24.1.6-arch1.1
    device-ID: 8086:46d1 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
    (LLVM 18.1.8 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 24.1.6-arch1.1 (LLVM
    18.1.8) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
  API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. glxinfo is missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-N PCH High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:54c8 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Creative Live! Cam Sync 1080p V2 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-3.4:7
    chip-ID: 041e:40a0 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  API: ALSA v: k6.10.6-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.3 status: n/a (root, process) with:
    1: pipewire-pulse status: active 2: wireplumber status: active
    3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel CNVi: Wi-Fi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.3
    chip-ID: 8086:54f0 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp1s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-3: ASIX AX88179 Gigabit Ethernet driver: ax88179_178a type: USB
    rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 bus-ID: 2-4.1:5
    chip-ID: 0b95:1790 class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
  IF: enp0s20f0u4u1 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
  Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, sshd, systemd-timesyncd,
    wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-10:6 chip-ID: 8087:0026
    class-ID: e001
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
    rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2 lmp-v: 11
    status: discoverable: no pairing: no
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 4.55 TiB used: 3.35 TiB (73.7%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 PRO 1TB
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 4B2QJXD7 temp: 76.8 C
    scheme: GPT
  SMART: yes health: PASSED on: 110d 22h cycles: 25
    read-units: 95,495,920 [48.8 TB] written-units: 25,128,119 [12.8 TB]
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000LM015-2E8174
    family: Barracuda 2.5 5400 size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
    logical: 512 B sata: 3.1 speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5400
    serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0001 temp: 68 C scheme: GPT
  SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 232d 15h cycles: 152
    read: 23.82 TiB written: 26.29 TiB Old-Age: g-sense error rate: 106
    Pre-Fail: attribute: Spin_Retry_Count value: 100 worst: 100 threshold: 97
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000LM015-2E8174
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: USB
    rev: 3.2 spd: 10 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 tech: HDD rpm: 5400
    serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0202 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 914.27 GiB size: 914.27 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 485.69 GiB (53.1%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/dm-1
    maj-min: 254:1 mapped: luks-264cadad-c8c3-46fe-b132-32f30ff8b69c
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 728 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
    maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 914.27 GiB size: 914.27 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 485.69 GiB (53.1%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/dm-1
    maj-min: 254:1 mapped: luks-264cadad-c8c3-46fe-b132-32f30ff8b69c
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 914.27 GiB size: 914.27 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 485.69 GiB (53.1%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/dm-1
    maj-min: 254:1 mapped: luks-264cadad-c8c3-46fe-b132-32f30ff8b69c
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 914.27 GiB size: 914.27 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 485.69 GiB (53.1%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/dm-1
    maj-min: 254:1 mapped: luks-264cadad-c8c3-46fe-b132-32f30ff8b69c
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 16.94 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
    mapped: luks-0dd705d1-74f7-4ae7-8f55-96ae57f524b8
  ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 15.4 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 4 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 94.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.4 GiB used: 6.44 GiB (41.8%)
    igpu: 60 MiB
  Processes: 335 Power: uptime: 14m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 6.14 GiB services: upowerd,xfce4-power-manager
    Init: systemd v: 256 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 2001 libs: 509 tools: pamac,paru,yay Compilers:
    clang: 18.1.8 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi (sudo) default: Bash v: 5.2.32
    running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.35
Garuda (2.6.26-1):
  System install date:     2024-04-11
  Last full system update: 2024-08-25
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Failed units:            vmware-networks-server.service vmware-workstation-server.service vmware.service 

 ╭─fenris@fenris in ~ as 🧙 took 3s
 ╰─λ 

So, I installed a whole bunch of updates and everything was fine till I reboot my computer. Things started behaving sluggish over time of installing updates and not restarting the operating system, so I finally did that now.

I restart my VMware Workstation application to load my macOS VM’s and I get this annoying error:
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And you get this after clicking the OK button:
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Then the VM crashes, and you get this after clicking the OK button:
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After that, I consult a web search and I find these issues how to solve it (kinda):
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=273846

This tells me that something in the linux-headers updates did this somehow, but I don’t know how to fix these issues in Garuda. I don’t think I should need to git clone the header files like you would if this were native Arch.

Any ideas?

Try some other kernels, for example the LTS kernel or regular linux.

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Ya, I switched to the LTS kernal, and it seems to work…

I don’t know why switching from Zen to LTS, but I get the results I’m looking for. What happened to Zen to cause this?

Thank you!

Probably just a bug or regression. Next time you see the Zen kernel gets an update, check again to see if it has been fixed.

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Will do! :sunglasses:

Thanks

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