VMware Workstation fails to load when restarting a SUSE Linux host after the initial installation

Products

• VMware Desktop Hypervisor

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• If the host is running on SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 Service Pack 2 or OpenSUSE 11, VMware Workstation fails to load when restarting the host after the initial installation
  
• You see the errors:
  • Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory.
    Please make sure that the kernel module `vmmon' is loaded.
    
  • The network bridge on device /dev/vmnet0 is not running.
    The virtual machine will not be able to communicate with the host or with other machines on your network. Virtual device Ethernet0 will start disconnected.

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Environment

VMware Workstation 7.x (Linux)
VMware Workstation 6.x (Linux)
VMware Workstation 8.x (Linux)

Resolution

This issue is resolved in Workstation 6.5.4, but is present in Workstation 7 and 8. You can download the latest version of Workstation 6.5.x from our Download Center.

To ensure that the host starts after the first installation:

1. Install VMware Workstation.
   
   
2. Disable runlevels 2 and 3. To do so:
   
   
   1. In SUSE 10:
      
      
      1. Open a command prompt. For more information, see Opening a command or shell prompt (1003892).
         
         Run these commands:
         
      2. su -
         
         Note: Enter your SUSE password when prompted. For security reasons, the typed password is not displayed.
         
         
      3. chkconfig --list vmware
         
         Note: The output displays the run levels assigned to vmware:
         vmware 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off
         
         
      4. chkconfig --level 5 vmware on
         
         
      5. chkconfig --list vmware
         
         Note: The output appears, confirming the change to run level 5 only:
         vmware 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:on 6:off
         
         
   2. In SUSE 11:
      
      
      1. Go to Yast > System > System Services(Runlevel) >Expert Mode.
      2. Uncheck levels 2 and 3.
         
         
3. Restart your host operating system.

Additional Information

初期インストールの後で SUSE Linux ホストを再起動するときに VMware Workstation のロードに失敗する
初始安装后重新启动 SUSE Linux 主机时，VMware Workstation 无法加载