- root@workpc:~# lsmod | grep vm
vmnet 55801 13
vmci 87584 1 vsock
vmmon 76138 1
kvm_intel 132760 0
kvm 414071 1 kvm_intel
videobuf2_vmalloc 12861 1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops 13405 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
- root@workpc:~# ps -A | grep vm
857 ? 00:00:00 kvm-irqfd-clean
1421 ? 00:00:00 vmware-vmblock-
1435 ? 00:00:00 vmnet-bridge
1443 ? 00:00:00 vmnet-netifup
1448 ? 00:00:00 vmnet-dhcpd
1451 ? 00:00:00 vmnet-natd
1453 ? 00:00:00 vmnet-netifup
1458 ? 00:00:00 vmnet-dhcpd
1485 ? 00:00:04 vmware-usbarbit
1768 ? 00:01:07 vmware-hostd <defunct>
16852 ? 00:00:00 vmware-authdlau
root@workpc:~# kill 1421 1435 1443 1448 1451 1453 1458 1485 1768 16852 - root@workpc:~# lsmod | grep vm
vmnet 55801 0
vmci 87584 1 vsock
vmmon 76138 1
kvm_intel 132760 0
kvm 414071 1 kvm_intel
videobuf2_vmalloc 12861 1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops 13405 1 videobuf2_vmalloc - root@workpc:~# rmmod vmnet vmci vmmon
ERROR: Module vmci is in use by vsock
ERROR: Module vmmon is in use
root@workpc:~# rmmod vsock vmci vmmon
ERROR: Module vmmon is in use
Sadly I was not able to unload the vmmon kernel module neither to find a process to kill,
that let me unload the module 