I upgrade Fedora 20 to the latest Kernel updates. I have Fedora installed under VMWare workstation, and now the VMWare Tools are broken. I'm getting the following message:
Failed to start SYSV: Manages the services needed to run VMware software.
What can I do to get it running correctly again?
It looks like you do not have the current VMWare tools installed on your VM. You should use the options in the VMWare menu to install the tools - but be sure to download the latest ones first.
The new ones use the systemctl framework, and are much better than the previous System V ones, in my opinion.
I have this problem. I am running fedora 20 on my laptop and, i have wmvare player program. When i try to run wmware, i see this problema.
[root@localhost init.d]# systemctl status vmware.service
vmware.service - SYSV: This service starts and stops VMware services
Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/vmware)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since dom 2014-11-23 20:32:51 EST; 43s ago
Process: 5766 ExecStart=/etc/rc.d/init.d/vmware start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
nov 23 20:32:51 localhost.localdomain vmware[5766]: Starting VMware services: nov 23 20:32:51 localhost.localdomain vmware[5766]: Virtual machine monitor[ OK ] nov 23 20:32:51 localhost.localdomain vmware[5766]: Virtual machine communication interface[ OK ] nov 23 20:32:51 localhost.localdomain vmware[5766]: VM communication interface socket family[ OK ] nov 23 20:32:51 localhost.localdomain vmware[5766]: Blocking file system[ OK ] nov 23 20:32:51 localhost.localdomain vmware[5766]: Virtual ethernet[FALLÓ] nov 23 20:32:51 localhost.localdomain vmware[5766]: VMware Authentication Daemon[ OK ] nov 23 20:32:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: vmware.service: control process exited, code=exited s...s=1 nov 23 20:32:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Failed to start SYSV: This service starts and stops V...es. nov 23 20:32:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Unit vmware.service entered failed state. Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.
Asked: 2014-05-19 09:28:33 -0600
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I have a Fedora 20 VM running on VMWare, and I tried this out. I have the tools working fine, my VM is a 64 bit one.
Have you tried reinstalling the VMWare tools? I use the latest ones, and they work using the systemd infrastructure.
What do you see when you issue this command:
Here's what I get:
I keep getting this during the installation of the tools:
apparently you have to patch vmware modules to make them work in 3.17 kernels, see if this helps