Vmware installer 17.02 thinks there is vmware running

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Starting vmware installler 17.0.2 on tumbleweed 20230713 gives the followwing output :

Extracting VMware Installer…done.
The VMware Installer cannot continue if there are running virtual
machines. Shut down or suspend running virtual machines before
continuing. Press ‘enter’ to continue.:

this is on freshly booted DELL XPS 15 2018 . Checked with ps that there are no instances
of vmware running
Any ideas what makes the installer thinking that there is a running vmware ?

on a new AMD 7xxx system and and older Intel Skylake system there was no problem to install vmware 17.0.2

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What happens when you press Enter?

Maybe execute the installer from a command line to see if there are any clues in output .

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This is the output when running from command line ( as root)

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I have the same issue
sudo ./VMware-Workstation-Full-17.0.2-21581411.x86_64.bundle
Extracting VMware Installer…done.
The VMware Installer cannot continue if there are running virtual
machines. Shut down or suspend running virtual machines before
continuing. Press ‘enter’ to continue.:

Linux tumbleweed 6.4.6-1-default #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue Jul 25 04:42:30 UTC 2023 (55520bc) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux