VMware Workstation Installation Issue

Hello, I’ve installed VMware Workstation but every time I try to start a virtual machine it gives me those 3 error messages:

Version mismatch with vmmon module: expecting 418.0, got 417.0.
You have an incorrect version of the 'vmmon' kernel module.
Try reinstalling VMware Workstation.
Failed to initialize monitor device.
Unable to change virtual machine power state: Transport (VMDB) error -14: Pipe connection has been broken.
System:
Kernel: 6.18.6-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=5cd49071-bec9-4e8d-a1a6-3221e5550070 rw rootflags=subvol=@
vt.default_red=30,243,166,249,137,245,148,186,88,243,166,249,137,245,148,166
vt.default_grn=30,139,227,226,180,194,226,194,91,139,227,226,180,194,226,173
vt.default_blu=46,168,161,175,250,231,213,222,112,168,161,175,250,231,213,200
quiet loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.5.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.22.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: ASUS TUF Gaming A15 FA507RR_FA507RR
v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: FA507RR v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
uuid: <superuser required> Firmware: UEFI vendor: American Megatrends LLC.
v: FA507RR.315 date: 11/30/2022
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 49.9 Wh (66.1%) condition: 75.5/90 Wh (83.9%)
volts: 15.79 min: 15.86 model: ASUS A32-K55 type: Li-ion serial: N/A
charging: status: not charging control: start: N/A end: 60% cycles: N/A
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 6800H with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Zen 3+ gen: 3 level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm)
family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x44 (68) stepping: 1 microcode: 0xA404108
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB
desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1903 min/max: 404/4787 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 1903 2: 1903 3: 1903
4: 1903 5: 1903 6: 1903 7: 1903 8: 1903 9: 1903 10: 1903 11: 1903 12: 1903
13: 1903 14: 1903 15: 1903 16: 1903 bogomips: 102205
Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a
ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA104M [GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: nvidia v: 590.48.01 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm
non-free: 550-580.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-11; EOL~2026-12-xx)
arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie:
gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
ports: active: none empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,eDP-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:249d class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Rembrandt [Radeon 680M]
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-2 empty: DP-2, DP-3, DP-4, DP-5, DP-6, DP-7,
DP-8, DP-9, Writeback-1 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1681 class-ID: 0300
temp: 66.0 C
Device-3: Sonix USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-4:2 chip-ID: 322e:202c
class-ID: 0e02
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.21 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: eDP-2 model: TL156VDXP0101 built: 2021 res: mode: 1920x1080
hz: 300 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64")
diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: radeonsi device: 3 drv: swrast gbm:
drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: radeonsi x11:
drv: radeonsi inactive: device-2
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.3.4-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon 680M (radeonsi rembrandt
LLVM 21.1.6 DRM 3.64 6.18.6-zen1-1-zen) device-ID: 1002:1681
memory: 1.95 GiB unified: no display-ID: :0.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.335 layers: 11 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD
Radeon 680M (RADV REMBRANDT) driver: mesa radv v: 25.3.4-arch1.1
device-ID: 1002:1681 surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU driver: nvidia v: 590.48.01
device-ID: 10de:249d surfaces: N/A device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 21.1.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.3.4-arch1.1 (LLVM
21.1.6) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: lact,nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8
link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228b class-ID: 0403
Device-2: ASUSTek C-Media Audio driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 5-1:2
chip-ID: 0b05:6208 class-ID: 0300
API: ALSA v: k6.18.6-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.10 status: active 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: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: MEDIATEK MT7921 802.11ax PCIe Wireless Network Adapter [Filogic
330] vendor: AzureWave driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:7961 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: vmnet1 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: vmnet8 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: IMC Networks Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-3:3 chip-ID: 13d3:3563
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> bt-v: 5.3 lmp-v: 12
status: discoverable: no pairing: no
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 130.01 GiB (13.6%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
model: MZVLQ1T0HBLB-00B00 size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: FXM7301Q temp: 38.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 98 GiB size: 98 GiB (100.00%) used: 19.25 GiB (19.6%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 2 GiB size: 2 GiB (99.80%) used: 664 KiB (0.0%)
fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 98 GiB size: 98 GiB (100.00%)
used: 19.25 GiB (19.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 98 GiB size: 98 GiB (100.00%)
used: 19.25 GiB (19.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 98 GiB size: 98 GiB (100.00%)
used: 19.25 GiB (19.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 13.39 GiB used: 2.44 GiB (18.2%)
priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 88.0 C mobo: 54.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 67.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 3700
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 13.39 GiB
used: 10.69 GiB (79.9%)
Processes: 724 Power: uptime: 4h 48m states: freeze,mem,disk
suspend: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 5.31 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 259 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1403 libs: 373 tools: octopi,paru,yay
Compilers: clang: 21.1.6 gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.9 default: fish
v: 4.3.3 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.40
Garuda (2.12.3-2):
System install date:     2026-01-26
Garuda release:          260115
Last full system update: 2026-01-27
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-utils nvidia-open-dkms garuda-hardware-profile-nvidia garuda-hardware-profile-standard
Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:
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Hello. You need to install vmware-workstation from AUR, not from the website.

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This one from AUR can you check the output please, the virtual network doesn’t work inside vms

…us-asustufgaminga15fa507rrfa507rr in repo: vmware-workstation on  master +/- via  v3.14.2
[✖] 󰛓  makepkg -i PKGBUILD
==> Making package: vmware-workstation 25H2-4 (Tue 27 Jan 2026 08:13:26 PM EET)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
-> Downloading VMware-Workstation-25H2-24995812.x86_64.bundle...
% Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed  Time    Time    Time   Current
Dload  Upload  Total   Spent   Left   Speed
0      0   0      0   0      0      0      0           00:01              0
100 295.1M 100 295.1M   0      0  3.51M      0   01:23   01:23          1.79M
-> Downloading linux.iso...
% Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed  Time    Time    Time   Current
Dload  Upload  Total   Spent   Left   Speed
100 53.56M 100 53.56M   0      0 21.49M      0   00:02   00:02         20.19M
-> Downloading linuxPreGlibc25.iso...
% Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed  Time    Time    Time   Current
Dload  Upload  Total   Spent   Left   Speed
100 52.29M 100 52.29M   0      0 20.20M      0   00:02   00:02         18.83M
-> Downloading netware.iso...
% Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed  Time    Time    Time   Current
Dload  Upload  Total   Spent   Left   Speed
100 528.0k 100 528.0k   0      0  1.01M      0                              0
-> Downloading solaris.iso...
% Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed  Time    Time    Time   Current
Dload  Upload  Total   Spent   Left   Speed
100 16.10M 100 16.10M   0      0 24.71M      0                              0
-> Downloading winPre2k.iso...
% Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed  Time    Time    Time   Current
Dload  Upload  Total   Spent   Left   Speed
100 13.43M 100 13.43M   0      0 12.66M      0   00:01   00:01         10.90M
-> Downloading winPreVista.iso...
% Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed  Time    Time    Time   Current
Dload  Upload  Total   Spent   Left   Speed
100 68.65M 100 68.65M   0      0 22.76M      0   00:03   00:03         22.52M
-> Downloading winVistaSP1.iso...
% Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed  Time    Time    Time   Current
Dload  Upload  Total   Spent   Left   Speed
100 81.09M 100 81.09M   0      0 15.30M      0   00:05   00:05         14.46M
-> Downloading winVistaSP2.iso...
% Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed  Time    Time    Time   Current
Dload  Upload  Total   Spent   Left   Speed
100 136.7M 100 136.7M   0      0 21.17M      0   00:06   00:06         22.68M
-> Found vmware-bootstrap
-> Found vmware-vix-bootstrap
-> Found config
-> Found configure-initscript.sh
-> Found vmware-environment.sh
-> Found vmware-networks-configuration.service
-> Found vmware-networks.service
-> Found vmware-usbarbitrator.service
-> Found vmware-networks.path
-> Found vmware-usbarbitrator.path
-> Found dkms.conf.in
-> Found Makefile
-> Found vmmon.patch
-> Found vmnet.patch
==> Validating source files with sha256sums...
VMware-Workstation-25H2-24995812.x86_64.bundle ... Passed
linux.iso ... Passed
linuxPreGlibc25.iso ... Passed
netware.iso ... Passed
solaris.iso ... Passed
winPre2k.iso ... Passed
winPreVista.iso ... Passed
winVistaSP1.iso ... Passed
winVistaSP2.iso ... Passed
vmware-bootstrap ... Passed
vmware-vix-bootstrap ... Passed
config ... Passed
configure-initscript.sh ... Passed
vmware-environment.sh ... Passed
vmware-networks-configuration.service ... Passed
vmware-networks.service ... Passed
vmware-usbarbitrator.service ... Passed
vmware-networks.path ... Passed
vmware-usbarbitrator.path ... Passed
dkms.conf.in ... Passed
Makefile ... Passed
vmmon.patch ... Passed
vmnet.patch ... Passed
==> Extracting sources...
-> Extracting linux.iso with bsdtar
-> Extracting linuxPreGlibc25.iso with bsdtar
-> Extracting netware.iso with bsdtar
-> Extracting solaris.iso with bsdtar
-> Extracting winPre2k.iso with bsdtar
-> Extracting winPreVista.iso with bsdtar
-> Extracting winVistaSP1.iso with bsdtar
-> Extracting winVistaSP2.iso with bsdtar
==> Starting prepare()...
Extracting VMware Installer...done.
==> Entering fakeroot environment...
==> Starting package()...
==> Patching vmmon module for DKMS
patching file Makefile
==> Patching vmnet module for DKMS
patching file Makefile
==> Tidying install...
-> Removing libtool files...
-> Removing static library files...
-> Purging unwanted files...
-> Compressing man and info pages...
==> Checking for packaging issues...
==> Creating package "vmware-workstation"...
-> Generating .PKGINFO file...
-> Generating .BUILDINFO file...
-> Adding install file...
-> Generating .MTREE file...
-> Compressing package...
==> Leaving fakeroot environment.
==> Finished making: vmware-workstation 25H2-4 (Tue 27 Jan 2026 08:15:32 PM EET)
==> Installing package vmware-workstation with pacman -U...
[sudo] password for anonymous:
loading packages...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Package (1)         New Version  Net Change

vmware-workstation  25H2-4       1075.66 MiB

Total Installed Size:  1075.66 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(1/1) checking keys in keyring                          [------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity                        [------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) loading package files                             [------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                       [------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) checking available disk space                     [------------------------------] 100%
:: Running pre-transaction hooks...
(1/3) Rejecting pacman transaction if running in snapshot...
(2/3) Performing snapper pre snapshots for the following configurations...
==> root: 116
(3/3) Preparing configurations with garuda-config-agent...
:: Processing package changes...
(1/1) installing vmware-workstation                     [------------------------------] 100%

==> Before using VMware, you need to reboot or load vmw_vmci and vmmon kernel modules (in a terminal on root: modprobe -a vmw_vmci vmmon)
==> You may also need to enable some of the following services:
- vmware-networks: to have network access inside VMs
- vmware-usbarbitrator: to connect USB devices inside VMs
These services can be activated during boot by enabling .service units or only when a VM is started by enabling .path units.

Optional dependencies for vmware-workstation
linux-headers: build modules against Arch kernel [installed]
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
( 1/13) Updating configurations with garuda-config-agent...
( 2/13) Reloading system manager configuration...
( 3/13) Updating the MIME type database...
( 4/13) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
( 5/13) Install DKMS modules
==> dkms install --no-depmod vmware-workstation/25H2_24995812 -k 6.18.6-zen1-1-zen
==> depmod 6.18.6-zen1-1-zen
==> ERROR: Missing 6.18.6-arch1-1 kernel modules tree for module vmware-workstation/25H2_24995812.
( 6/13) Updating initramfs with dracut
:: Rebuilding all initramfs due to changes in dracut files.
:: Building initramfs for linux-zen (6.18.6-zen1-1-zen)
:: Building fallback initramfs for linux-zen (6.18.6-zen1-1-zen)
( 7/13) Foreign/AUR package notification
ab-download-manager 1.8.1-1
ab-download-manager-debug 1.8.1-1
gtk2 2.24.33-5
gtk2-debug 2.24.33-5
libx11-mr293 1.8.12-1
yay-debug 12.5.7-1
( 8/13) Orphaned package notification...
ab-download-manager-debug 1.8.1-1
go 2:1.25.6-1
gtk2-debug 2.24.33-5
xorg-util-macros 1.20.2-1
xtrans 1.6.0-1
( 9/13) Checking for .pacnew and .pacsave files...
(10/13) Updating icon theme caches...
(11/13) Updating the desktop file MIME type cache...
(12/13) Performing snapper post snapshots for the following configurations...
==> root: 117
(13/13) Syncing all file systems...

It work I manage to start all services related to network and USB by using

sudo systemctl start vmware-networks.service
sudo systemctl start vmware-usbarbitrator.service

sudo systemctl enable vmware-networks.service
sudo systemctl enable vmware-usbarbitrator.service

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