I use Mageia 6 whith kernel 4.9.50
I try to start vmware-workstation-server but it refuse to start.
This is what I did:
First:
[root@Humlan jan]# systemctl start vmware-workstation-server.service
Job for vmware-workstation-server.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status vmware-workstation-server.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
[root@Humlan jan]#
Then:
[root@Humlan jan]# journalctl -xe
sep 18 15:56:17 Humlan.localdomain systemd[1]: Starting SYSV: This services starts and stops the Workstation as a Server daemon....
-- Subject: Unit vmware-workstation-server.service has begun start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit vmware-workstation-server.service has begun starting up.
sep 18 15:56:17 Humlan.localdomain vmware-workstation-server[14286]: [42B blob data]
sep 18 15:56:17 Humlan.localdomain systemd[1]: vmware-workstation-server.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
sep 18 15:56:17 Humlan.localdomain systemd[1]: Failed to start SYSV: This services starts and stops the Workstation as a Server daemon..
-- Subject: Unit vmware-workstation-server.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit vmware-workstation-server.service has failed.
--
-- The result is failed.
sep 18 15:56:17 Humlan.localdomain systemd[1]: vmware-workstation-server.service: Unit entered failed state.
sep 18 15:56:17 Humlan.localdomain systemd[1]: vmware-workstation-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
sep 18 15:56:26 Humlan.localdomain nmbd[11095]: [2017/09/18 15:56:26.801974, 0] ../source3/libsmb/nmblib.c:873(send_udp)
sep 18 15:56:26 Humlan.localdomain nmbd[11095]: Packet send failed to 192.168.122.255(137) ERRNO=Operationen inte tillåten
sep 18 15:56:26 Humlan.localdomain nmbd[11095]: [2017/09/18 15:56:26.802061, 0] ../source3/nmbd/nmbd_packets.c:179(send_netbios_packet)
sep 18 15:56:26 Humlan.localdomain nmbd[11095]: send_netbios_packet: send_packet() to IP 192.168.122.255 port 137 failed
sep 18 15:56:26 Humlan.localdomain nmbd[11095]: [2017/09/18 15:56:26.802094, 0] ../source3/nmbd/nmbd_namequery.c:245(query_name)
sep 18 15:56:26 Humlan.localdomain nmbd[11095]: query_name: Failed to send packet trying to query name MYGROUP<1d>
...skipping...
sep 18 15:56:17 Humlan.localdomain systemd[1]: Starting SYSV: This services starts and stops the Workstation as a Server daemon....
-- Subject: Unit vmware-workstation-server.service has begun start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit vmware-workstation-server.service has begun starting up.
sep 18 15:56:17 Humlan.localdomain vmware-workstation-server[14286]: [42B blob data]
sep 18 15:56:17 Humlan.localdomain systemd[1]: vmware-workstation-server.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
sep 18 15:56:17 Humlan.localdomain systemd[1]: Failed to start SYSV: This services starts and stops the Workstation as a Server daemon..
-- Subject: Unit vmware-workstation-server.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit vmware-workstation-server.service has failed.
--
-- The result is failed.
sep 18 15:56:17 Humlan.localdomain systemd[1]: vmware-workstation-server.service: Unit entered failed state.
sep 18 15:56:17 Humlan.localdomain systemd[1]: vmware-workstation-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
sep 18 15:56:26 Humlan.localdomain nmbd[11095]: [2017/09/18 15:56:26.801974, 0] ../source3/libsmb/nmblib.c:873(send_udp)
sep 18 15:56:26 Humlan.localdomain nmbd[11095]: Packet send failed to 192.168.122.255(137) ERRNO=Operationen inte tillåten
sep 18 15:56:26 Humlan.localdomain nmbd[11095]: [2017/09/18 15:56:26.802061, 0] ../source3/nmbd/nmbd_packets.c:179(send_netbios_packet)
sep 18 15:56:26 Humlan.localdomain nmbd[11095]: send_netbios_packet: send_packet() to IP 192.168.122.255 port 137 failed
sep 18 15:56:26 Humlan.localdomain nmbd[11095]: [2017/09/18 15:56:26.802094, 0] ../source3/nmbd/nmbd_namequery.c:245(query_name)
sep 18 15:56:26 Humlan.localdomain nmbd[11095]: query_name: Failed to send packet trying to query name MYGROUP<1d>
I don't understand what to do.
Just looking at the issue, this is a failed installation of VMware Workstation. Please review KB Collecting diagnostic information for VMware Workstation (1346) on gathering the logs particularly for VMware Workstation 12.x and later versions:
sudo vm-support-collect-host-support-info
When the process completes, you are presented with a message informing you that a file was created in your host's home folder. The compressed support bundle name begins with vmsupport and includes a date stamp for month, day, and year. It would help if this is added to the thread.