Hi Andrei,
It is quite possible that there are modules in another location (hint - initrd).
I already did lsinitrd | grep vm and they don't show up. The modules are loaded/unloaded when the vmware service is started/stopped which does not have to be at boot time.
In general, showing random lines which *you* think are important is not that useful.
I was told that signing the modules was an option. I'm not sure why *you* consider the EXACT steps that I did to sign the modules as not useful since reporting exactly what was done when a problem occurs is generally the most desired information for a problem. The kernel is complaining about the modules being unsigned, so showing the process used to sign the modules seems like it would be VERY important information in determining what the problem is.
Full "journalctl -b" after boot may give some more information.
I don't start the vmware service at boot so no error occurs until I manually start the service. I included the main error which said the modules were unsigned, but here is the complete journal from when I try to manually start the services. Mar 07 09:56:28 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Starting VMware host virtualization and network services for Workstation... ░░ Subject: A start job for unit vmware.service has begun execution ░░ Defined-By: systemd ░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel ░░ ░░ A start job for unit vmware.service has begun execution. ░░ ░░ The job identifier is 2299. Mar 07 09:56:28 localhost.localdomain vmware[2525]: Starting VMware services: Mar 07 09:56:28 localhost.localdomain kernel: Lockdown: modprobe: unsigned module loading is restricted; see man kernel_lockdown.7 Mar 07 09:56:28 localhost.localdomain vmware[2525]: Virtual machine monitor - failed Mar 07 09:56:28 localhost.localdomain vmware[2525]: Virtual machine communication interface - done Mar 07 09:56:28 localhost.localdomain vmware[2525]: VM communication interface socket family - done Mar 07 09:56:28 localhost.localdomain kernel: Lockdown: modprobe: unsigned module loading is restricted; see man kernel_lockdown.7 Mar 07 09:56:28 localhost.localdomain vmware[2525]: Virtual ethernet - failed Mar 07 09:56:28 localhost.localdomain vmware[2525]: VMware Authentication Daemon - done Mar 07 09:56:28 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: vmware.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE ░░ Subject: Unit process exited ░░ Defined-By: systemd ░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel ░░ ░░ An ExecStart= process belonging to unit vmware.service has exited. ░░ ░░ The process' exit code is 'exited' and its exit status is 1. Mar 07 09:56:28 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: vmware.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. ░░ Subject: Unit failed ░░ Defined-By: systemd ░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel ░░ ░░ The unit vmware.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'. Mar 07 09:56:28 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Failed to start VMware host virtualization and network services for Workstation. ░░ Subject: A start job for unit vmware.service has failed ░░ Defined-By: systemd ░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel ░░ ░░ A start job for unit vmware.service has finished with a failure. ░░ ░░ The job identifier is 2299 and the job result is failed. Unless you see something that I missed, the only relevant message is that the kernel says the modules are unsigned but modinfo correctly reports that they are. localhost:~ # modinfo vmmon vmnet filename: /lib/modules/6.2.1-1-default/misc/vmmon.ko supported: external license: GPL v2 description: VMware Virtual Machine Monitor. author: VMware, Inc. suserelease: openSUSE Tumbleweed srcversion: D616D4B72FEEBBA3E7D1333 depends: retpoline: Y name: vmmon vermagic: 6.2.1-1-default SMP preempt mod_unload modversions sig_id: PKCS#7 signer: VMware sig_key: 7C:51:AE:4A:23:24:66:C7:43:75:26:8C:CC:19:7F:70:01:85:62:F6 sig_hashalgo: sha256 signature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filename: /lib/modules/6.2.1-1-default/misc/vmnet.ko supported: external license: GPL v2 description: VMware Virtual Networking Driver. author: VMware, Inc. suserelease: openSUSE Tumbleweed srcversion: FA15920F7F0CEFE751B345D depends: retpoline: Y name: vmnet vermagic: 6.2.1-1-default SMP preempt mod_unload modversions sig_id: PKCS#7 signer: VMware sig_key: 7C:51:AE:4A:23:24:66:C7:43:75:26:8C:CC:19:7F:70:01:85:62:F6 sig_hashalgo: sha256 signature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parm: vnet_max_qlen:Maximum queue length of the vmnet, default is 1024, maximum is 1024 (uint Joe