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vmware-config-tools.pl NOT starting X ?

Saribro — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:10:33 GMT

Is there a way to make vmware-config-tools.pl to NOT startx after config ? (not even bothering to mess up my xorg.conf would be even better)

The reason is, the configscript sets my mouse as /dev/mouse, and then when starting X, X crashes badly (can't kill it, can't switch to another terminal, nothing). I find it very annoying to have to reset my VM's every time I tinker with my kernel (and as such, have to redo the vmhgfs module), which I do quite often.

SnapShots

Svendsen — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:53:51 GMT

I wonder if someone can help me, please!! I have downloaded and installed the last version of my VMware Workstation. From version 5.5.2 to 5.5.3. After that, I can't take snapshots or manage my snapshots, way is it so??

With best regards,
Svendsen

vmware workstation on linux - guest os - messed perfomance

booya_cat — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 13:39:36 GMT

yo everyone....
i installed vmware 5.2 on my slackware with 2.6.18 kernel (which runs on a hp pavilion laptop)
on it i installed windows 2000 server and windows xp pro sp 2

now when i installed it they both worked fine...

now, a couple of months later... for some weird reason i get really messed up perfomance problems:

on my windows 2000 - all windows animation takes for ever (maximization and minimzation... and all menu effects)

my windows xp machine just takes for ever to boot (i gave up all the times i tried to boot it because it felt stuck)

Open image fails with feature difference message

tpletcher — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:44:18 GMT

just starting to eval the workstation product.

I install Windows version of VMWare Workstation, with no problems, but when i try to open a virtual machine image created on a Mac, i get an error which says "image created with a version of VMWare with more features the the version you are running" and the image won't run.

Some guidance on this would be appreciated.

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tpletcher

help with dual-boot config on Fedora fc6 host: wizard cannot write .vmdk

krisheyrman — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:54:06 GMT

My host system is a Dell Latitude D 820 running Fedora Core 6. It has a SCSI partition /dev/sda2 containing an NTFS file system with Windows XP home edition, that I can boot alternatively with grub which is on /dev/sda. After making a Virtual Machine profile on the XP machine when it was booted straight, I now want to make a new virtual machine with the VMware WS 5.5.3 New Virtual Machine Wizard. I run vmware as non-root, but am part of the group disk that has r/w access to /dev/sda* block devices, and even to the / and /boot file systems. In the wizard, I select a physical disk, /dev/sda, using individual partitions /dev/sda2 (the NTFS partition), and /dev/sda5 (the linux /boot partition). This works allright until the wizard want to store the disk file with partition access information sentosa-virtual.vmdk: it says:unable to complete wizard: insuffiecient permission to access file. Doesnt work at other locations, like .boot/sentosa-virtual.vmdk or ~/vmware/sentosa-virtual/sentosa-virtual.vmdk.
BTW, SELinux is temporaily off.

I would be very grateful if somebody could help with this.
Kris Heyrman

SQL Server 2005 installation issue - removable media error

superninja — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:18:57 GMT

Hi

installed beta build 39849 on windows vista home premium ed. - OK

installed win server 2003 in a VMWare session - OK

created a partition on primary disk on vista - OK

configured security on vista to allow Everyone to see partition

from within VmWare Win 2003 server session I can see and I can write to the partition drive on vista - all good so far...

I run install of SQL Server 2005

when I try to change the installation folder to the visible partition it tells me that SQL Server cannot be installed on removable media and that I should select a folder on the hard disk.

I will have multiple o/s in different VMWare sessions and will run out of disk space very quickly if I can't install SQL Server on a single host partition.

any help greatly appreciated.

bye

can I do this?

brownb01 — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:16:15 GMT

OK...I have an xp workstation running as a VM on my xp machine.

I would like the VM to get it's own IP addres from my wireless lan.

The reason...I work from home alot, and when I connect to my work via VPN all of my traffic is now routed over this vpn connection, and then my work has access to see everything I am doing.

I want the VM not to work through the VPN connection and just route through the regular network adapater.

I set the VM to use the "bridged" connection...it gets a connection but no IP. I would have to guess this is because it can't authnicate to my wireless network.

thoughts??

Going from 5.3.3 to 6.0???

Rayj00 — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:38:03 GMT

I've read about the new features in 6.0 Beta. I like the drag and drop
from guest to host.... If I can't get the USB to work correctly the
drag and drop seem like a good substitution....

Can I upgrade to 6.0 or would I have to uninstall 5.5.3 first?

Beta 6 expiration

DraconPern — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:54:51 GMT

Beta 6 suddently refused to run any vm's. Said the license has expired. Host's date is correct. Help-> About shows expiration as 5/29/2007.

Anyone else have this problem?

VMware networking problems

nunya — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:07:14 GMT

Hi all,

Totally baffled and have looked at other post to see if there was another like this.
Vmware: ver 5.5.3
Host: xpsp2, 2GB ram, VM's sitting on external SATA drive
Network config:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : xx01

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Peer-Peer

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : wifi.xx.com

Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet8:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet8

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-08

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.172.1

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : wifi.xx.com

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-12-F0-xx-xx-04

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.200.225

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.200.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.200.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.200.1

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, March 01, 2007 3:25:46 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, March 01, 2007 3:55:46 PM

Ethernet adapter VMware Network Adapter VMnet1:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet1

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-56-C0-00-01

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.152.1

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-25-xx-xx-16

4 Guests: VM networking on all host only

3 @ win2k3server, upgraded all virtual hardware
1 xp
The win2k3 servers are all direct copies of each other with a sid change.

Network on guest:

10.0.0.1 - 4
mask 255.0.0.0
dns 10.0.0.1

Three work 1,2,4 and ping each other.
#3, 10.0.0.3 will not talk.

Here is what I tried so far:
changed IP address
Added another virtual NIC
removed first NIC
Rebooted after all of this.

OK so 2 is working, I copy the whole vm, sid change it, host name change, ip address change... nope

When I set adapter to DHCP, i get APIPA address & no packets received.
When I set adapter to FIXED 10.0.0.3 still no packets.

Any one got any idea's

TIA,

Dean

Is Vanderpool technology supported?

Michael Silverman — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:45:50 GMT

Hi,

Sorry if this has came up before but I can't seem to find a straight answer.

I've just bought a Core Duo E6600 based computer which can have Vanderpool technology enabled/disabled.

Does the current VMware workstation (v5.5) support this feature? Will I gain anything by enabling it? If so, what else needs to be done to instruct VMware workstation to use it?

I should note that I only intend to run 32bit guest OS's.

Best regards,
Michael

Wireless Network within Virtual Machine - How to do that?

pephilip — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 21:14:17 GMT

I have a VMWare WinXP machine, and i want to test a Wireless Network application. I have networking set to Bridge Mode and can't seem to get a USB Wireless Adapter to get recognized by the VMWare machine (within the VMWare machine).

Can anyone tel me how to do this.

Tanks

Peter

Probems with bridge network

emamm — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:23:53 GMT

Hello

I am running VM Worstation 5.5.3 under linux. The bridge network is
defined as follows:

. vmnet0 is bridged to dev1804289383
. vmnet2 is bridged to eth0

and

Starting VMware services:
Virtual machine monitor [ OK ]
Virtual ethernet [ OK ]
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 [ OK ]
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background) [ OK ]
Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet2 [ OK ]
Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background) [ OK ]
NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 [ OK ]

However when I try to run Xp (host), vmware returns

The network bridge on device /dev/vmnet0 is temporarily down because
the bridged Ethernet interface is down. The virtual machine may not
be able to communicate with the host or with other machines on your
network.

What could be the problem?

Many thanks

Ed

XP Pro Unattended installation loops forever

Lex-xe7 — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:26:42 GMT

When performing an unattended installation via WinPE in VMWare 5.x, the session goes into a reboot loop with the message "Setup is being restarted......."

The same unattend disk works on real hardware.

What could be causing that loop? How do you resolve it?

TIA
Lex

Ubuntu 6.10 Host / Windows XP Guest has no USB???

Rayj00 — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:03:05 GMT

The install of VMware Workstation 5.5.3 Build 34685 went smooth.

The only issue I am having now is the guest WinXP does not
recognize when I insert my Cruzer 2Gb USB thumb drive.
Ubuntu works great with the USB stick.

When I look in WinXP device manager and check the USB controllers, they
appear to be operating normally.

VM->Setting says USB Controller Present and the status says controller
is enabled. Automatically connect new USB devices to this VM when it has focus is checked.

I do not see the USB drive in My Computer or Windows Explorer so I can't
use it and I really need it!!! HELP!!!

Fullscreen Error

Satique — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:48:10 GMT

Once i go full-screen with an application in VMWare, i get a DirectX error, namely;

"The Directx9 Device implementation has failed"

It's a Windows XP install on VMWare 5.5.1 with DirectX 9c installed.

Any ideas?

oracle 10g installation

an.viswa — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:56:33 GMT

Hello,
I tried to install oracle 10g release 1 on my guest OS (win 2003 server).
my host is win xp

I get the error :

"Thrown when the IP address of a host cannot be determined"

My ipconfig /all output:

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : localdomain
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Accelerated AMD PCNet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-29-FD-93-68
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.44.129
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.44.2
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.44.254
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.44.2
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.44.2
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, February 23, 2007 11:40:53 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, February 23, 2007 12:10:53 PM

Any help?
Please let me know asap

thanks

Exception 0x0000006 (disk error while paging)

Martyn E — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 09:56:07 GMT

I have set up a team, win server 2000, win2k and win2k on an external hard drive. The idea is to move the HD between PC's for testing/development. This team worked as in independent network, I moved the HD to another machine and had to change the .vmtm file as the drive letter had changed. The Team started up and worked as per the previous machine.

I used the VM team, closed it down okay but the next day when I went to start the VM team I got the following error, from which I can't recover.
Luckily I made a backup, but I need to be sure that the idea of moving the pysical external harddrive from PC to PC will work and be stable.

VMworkstation unrecoverable error: (vcpu)
Exception 0x0000006 (disk error while paging) has occured

Access PCI cards from within guest

FunkyRX — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 09:49:34 GMT

Hi,
I'm running VMWare Workstation 5 with an XP guest image.
The host is Vista Ultimate.
How can I access PCI cards (from the guest) that are installed on the host computer?
Thx,
FRX

How to run vmware-config-tools.pl in fedora guest machine?

rodoom — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 02:46:41 GMT

Hi

I am new to both Linux and VM.

I recently installed a fedora core 6 guest machine but when I tried to install vmware tools I found a problem.

The instructions say that I must run: rpm -Uvh VMware...... which I did, but then it says that I must configure vmware tools with "vmware-config-tools.pl", but it doesnÂ´t work... I tried "/]# ./vmware-config-tools.pl" but it says that the file could not be found...

I hope someone can help me.

Thanks.

The parent virtual disk has been modified since the child was created.

Scorpion380 — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:25:16 GMT

One of my team members is getting this error message when launching this VM.

Cannot open the disk 'C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP4\EDP4-000006.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.

Reason: The parent virtual disk has been modified since the child was created.

A duplicate of this VM was created and launched but had a new ID created. The problem is with this old VM which fails to launch.

Here is the log of what is shown when you try to launch it.
Feb 16 11:17:42: vmx| Log for VMware Workstation pid=452 version=5.5.1 build=build-19175 option=Release
Feb 16 11:17:42: vmx| Command line: "C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\bin\vmware-vmx.exe" "-@" "pipe=\\.\pipe\vmx86ea17873ac2ea18; vm=86ea17873ac2ea18" "C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP4\Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition.vmx"
Feb 16 11:17:42: vmx| UI Connecting to pipe '\\.\pipe\vmx86ea17873ac2ea18' with user '(null)'
Feb 16 11:17:42: vmx| CPU #0 TSC = 6618789878040
Feb 16 11:17:42: vmx| TSC delta 0
Feb 16 11:17:42: vmx| VMMon_GetkHzEstimate: Calculated 703818 kHz
Feb 16 11:17:42: vmx| Measured CPU as 703818 kHz, but OS says 1295000 kHz; using 1295000
Feb 16 11:17:42: vmx| Msg_Hint: msg.hostWin32.cpuSpeedMismatch (not shown)
Feb 16 11:17:42: vmx| pcpu #0 CPUID numEntries=2 GenuntelineI
Feb 16 11:17:42: vmx| pcpu #0 CPUID version=0x695 id1.edx=0xa7e9f9bf id1.ecx=0x180 id1.ebx=0x816
Feb 16 11:17:42: vmx| pcpu #0 CPUID id80.eax=80000004 id81.edx=0x0 id81.ecx=0x0
Feb 16 11:17:42: vmx| CPUID id1.edx: 0xa7e9f9bf id1.ecx: 0x180 id81.edx: 0 id81.ecx: 0
Feb 16 11:17:42: vmx| CPUID id88.ecx: 0 id88.edx: 0x2c043087
Feb 16 11:17:42: vmx| ACL_InitCapabilities: here 1 (bug 63252)
Feb 16 11:17:42: vmx| changing directory to C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP4\.
Feb 16 11:17:42: vmx| Config file: C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP4\Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition.vmx
Feb 16 11:17:42: vmx| DISKLIB-LINK : Attach: Content ID mismatch (3ec2ef6b != 2e8e301a).
Feb 16 11:17:42: vmx| DISKLIB-CHAIN : "C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP4\EDP4.vmdk" : failed to open (The parent virtual disk has been modified since the child was created).
Feb 16 11:17:42: vmx| DISKLIB-LIB : Failed to open 'C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP4\EDP4-000007.vmdk' with flags 0x17 (The parent virtual disk has been modified since the child was created).
Feb 16 11:17:42: vmx| DISK: Cannot open disk "C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP4\EDP4-000007.vmdk": The parent virtual disk has been modified since the child was created (18).
Feb 16 11:17:42: vmx| DISKUTIL: GetDevVersion: couldn't open file 'C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP4\EDP4-000007.vmdk' : The parent virtual disk has been modified since the child was created (18).
Feb 16 11:17:42: vmx| DISKUTIL: Could not populate version buffer.
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| VMXVmdbCbVmVmxExecState: Exec state change requested to state poweredOn without reset
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| PowerOn
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DISKLIB-LINK : Attach: Content ID mismatch (3ec2ef6b != 2e8e301a).
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DISKLIB-CHAIN : "C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP4\EDP4.vmdk" : failed to open (The parent virtual disk has been modified since the child was created).
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DISKLIB-LIB : Failed to open 'C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP4\EDP4-000007.vmdk' with flags 0x17 (The parent virtual disk has been modified since the child was created).
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DISK: Cannot open disk "C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP4\EDP4-000007.vmdk": The parent virtual disk has been modified since the child was created (18).
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DISKUTIL: GetDevVersion: couldn't open file 'C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP4\EDP4-000007.vmdk' : The parent virtual disk has been modified since the child was created (18).
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DISKUTIL: Offline toolsVersion = 0
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| UPGRADE: VM is non-painful guest winNetEnterprise: It is alright to upgrade HW with out-of-date tools
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| Msg_Hint: msg.upgrade.legacyVM (not shown)
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| HOST Windows version 5.1, build 2600, platform 2, "Service Pack 2"
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT --- USER PREFERENCES
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.navBar.type = favorites
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.mruDest0.present = FALSE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.mruDest0.destString =
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.mruDest0.user =
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.mruDest1.present = FALSE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.mruDest1.destString =
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.mruDest1.user =
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.mruDest2.present = FALSE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.mruDest2.destString =
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.mruDest2.user =
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.mruDest3.present = FALSE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.mruDest3.destString =
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.mruDest3.user =
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.mruDest4.present = FALSE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.mruDest4.destString =
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.mruDest4.user =
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.mruDest5.present = FALSE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.mruDest5.destString =
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.mruDest5.user =
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.mruDest6.present = FALSE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.mruDest6.destString =
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.mruDest6.user =
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.mruDest7.present = FALSE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.mruDest7.destString =
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.mruDest7.user =
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT webUpdate.checkLast = 1171428055
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.placement.left = 1
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.placement.top = 0
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.placement.right = 1037
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.placement.bottom = 780
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.tip.index = 1
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT prefvmx.mru.config = C:\local\My Virtual Machines\2003Enterprise\winNetEnterprise.vmx;E:\VMWare Virtual Machines\Jenny\2003Enterprise\winNetEnterprise.vmx;C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP35FP1\EDP 3.5 Demo.vmx;C:\local\My Virtual Machines\Win2KSrvUS\Windows 2000 Server.vmx;
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT prefvmx.mru.suspended = C:\local\My Virtual Machines\2003Enterprise_patch25966_MOD\winNetEnterprise.vmx;C:\local\My Virtual Machines\2003Enterprise\winNetEnterprise.vmx;E:\VMWare Virtual Machines\Jenny\From My Laptop\EDP35FP1\EDP 3.5 Demo.vmx;E:\VMWare Virtual Machines\Jenny\2003Enterprise_patch25966_MOD\winNetEnterprise.vmx;E:\VMWare Virtual Machines\Jenny\2003Enterprise_patch25966\winNetEnterprise.vmx;C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP35FP1\EDP 3.5 Demo.vmx;E:\VMWare Virtual Machines\Jenny\Pulse 2\Pulse 2.vmx;\\support1\My Virtual Machines\Old\Pulse 2\Pulse 2.vmx;
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.navBar = FALSE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.currentVM =
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.openedVM0.present = FALSE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.openedVM0.path = /vm/#1f37f6746e7bff8b/
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.openedVM0.file = C:\local\My Virtual Machines\2003Enterprise\winNetEnterprise.vmx
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.openedVM0.name = Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.openedVM.maxNum = 2
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.tip.startup = FALSE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.openedVM1.present = FALSE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.openedVM1.path = /vm/#b690326167f74954/
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.openedVM1.file = C:\local\My Virtual Machines\2003Enterprise_patch25966_MOD\winNetEnterprise.vmx
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.openedVM1.name = Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.openedVM2.present = FALSE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.openedVM2.path = /vm/#a40b0f2b0ba37165/
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.openedVM2.file = E:\VMWare Virtual Machines\Jenny\From My Laptop\EDP35FP1\EDP 3.5 Demo.vmx
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.openedVM2.name = EDP 3.5 Demo
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.openedVM3.present = FALSE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.openedVM3.path = /vm/#a40b0f2b0ba37165/
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.openedVM3.file = E:\VMWare Virtual Machines\Jenny\From My Laptop\EDP35FP1\EDP 3.5 Demo.vmx
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.openedVM3.name = EDP 3.5 Demo
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.openedVM4.present = TRUE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.openedVM4.path = /vm/#b690326167f74954/
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.openedVM4.file = C:\local\My Virtual Machines\2003Enterprise_patch25966_MOD\winNetEnterprise.vmx
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.openedVM4.name = Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.autoFitFullScreen = fitHostToGuest
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.toolbars.power.items.count = 7
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.toolbars.power.item0.id = POWER_OFF
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.toolbars.power.item1.id = SUSPEND
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.toolbars.power.item2.id = POWER_ON
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.toolbars.power.item3.id = RESET
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.toolbars.power.item4.id = _SEP_
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.toolbars.power.item5.id = PREVIEW_PLAYER
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.toolbars.power.item6.id = PREVIEW_WS
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.toolbars.snapshot.items.count = 3
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.toolbars.snapshot.item0.id = SNAPSHOT
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.toolbars.snapshot.item1.id = REVERT
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.toolbars.snapshot.item2.id = SNAPSHOT_MANAGER
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.toolbars.view.items.count = 6
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.toolbars.view.item0.id = FAVORITES
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.toolbars.view.item1.id = FULL_SCREEN
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.toolbars.view.item2.id = QUICK_SWITCH
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.toolbars.view.item3.id = _SEP_
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.toolbars.view.item4.id = SUMMARY
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.toolbars.view.item5.id = CONSOLE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.toolbars.proj.items.count = 4
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.toolbars.proj.item0.id = ADD_VM
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.toolbars.proj.item1.id = POLICIES
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.toolbars.proj.item2.id = PKG_NEW
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.toolbars.proj.item3.id = EDIT_SETTINGS
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.toolbars.menu.position.ix = 0
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.toolbars.menu.position.newLine = TRUE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.toolbars.power.position.ix = 1
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.toolbars.power.position.newLine = TRUE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.toolbars.power.position.length = 118
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.toolbars.snapshot.position.ix = 2
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.toolbars.snapshot.position.length = 87
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.toolbars.view.position.ix = 3
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.view.toolbars.view.position.length = 153
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj0.present = FALSE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj0.name = Home
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj.maxNum = 10
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT hint.hostWin32.cpuSpeedMismatch = FALSE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT hint.upgrade.legacyVM = FALSE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT hint.leaveFullScreen = FALSE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.currentObj.path = /vm/#86ea17873ac2ea18/
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.currentObj.type = vm
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj1.present = FALSE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj1.type = vm
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj1.path = /vm/#f71064e6f0d9fe42/
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj1.file = C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP35FP1_MOD\EDP 3.5 Demo.vmx
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj1.name = EDP 3.5 Demo
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj2.present = FALSE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj2.type = vm
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj2.path = /vm/#86ea17873ac2ea18/
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj2.file = C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP4\Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition.vmx
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj2.name = EDP4
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.snapshotManager.top = 26
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.snapshotManager.right = 550
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.snapshotManager.bottom = 506
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj3.present = FALSE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj3.name = Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj4.present = FALSE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj4.type = vm
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj4.path = /vm/#7774559aaa6680c8/
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj4.file = C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP4 - James Hardie\Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition.vmx
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj4.name = EDP4
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj5.present = TRUE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj5.type = home
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj5.path =
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj5.file =
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj5.name = Home
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj6.present = TRUE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj6.type = vm
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj6.path = /vm/#f71064e6f0d9fe42/
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj6.file = C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP35FP1_MOD\EDP 3.5 Demo.vmx
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj6.name = EDP 3.5 Demo
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj3.type = vm
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj3.path = /vm/#28b503f20b4785cb/
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj3.file = C:\local\My Virtual Machines\2003Enterprise_EDP35FP1\2003Enterprise\winNetEnterprise.vmx
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj7.type = vm
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj7.path = /vm/#86ea17873ac2ea18/
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj7.file = C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP4\Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition.vmx
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj7.name = EDP4
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj7.present = TRUE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj8.present = TRUE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj8.type = vm
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj8.path = /vm/#28b503f20b4785cb/
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj8.file = C:\local\My Virtual Machines\2003Enterprise_EDP35FP1\2003Enterprise\winNetEnterprise.vmx
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj8.name = Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj9.present = TRUE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj9.type = vm
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj9.path = /vm/#7774559aaa6680c8/
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj9.file = C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP4 - James Hardie\Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition.vmx
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.ws.openedObj9.name = EDP4
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.MigrateWS3To4 = FALSE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT pref.motionScroll = FALSE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT webUpdate.lastCheck.status = done_updates
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT --- USER DEFAULTS
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT floppy0.fileName = A:
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT priority.grabbed = normal
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT priority.ungrabbed = normal
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT --- HOST DEFAULTS
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT prefvmx.useRecommendedLockedMemSize = TRUE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT --- SITE DEFAULTS
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT prefvmx.useRecommendedLockedMemSize = TRUE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT --- COMMAND LINE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT gui.available = TRUE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT --- CONFIGURATION
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT config.version = 8
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT virtualHW.version = 3
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT scsi0.present = TRUE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT scsi0.virtualDev = lsilogic
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT memsize = 768
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT MemAllowAutoScaleDown = FALSE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT ide0:0.present = TRUE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT ide0:0.fileName = EDP4-000007.vmdk
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT ide1:0.present = TRUE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT ide1:0.fileName = auto detect
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT ide1:0.deviceType = cdrom-raw
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT floppy0.fileName = A:
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT ethernet0.present = TRUE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT ethernet0.connectionType = nat
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT usb.present = FALSE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT sound.present = FALSE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT sound.virtualDev = es1371
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT sound.fileName = -1
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT sound.autodetect = TRUE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT displayName = EDP4
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT guestOS = winnetenterprise
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT nvram = Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition.nvram
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT ide1:0.autodetect = TRUE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT floppy0.present = FALSE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT workingDir = .
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT ide0:0.redo =
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT ethernet0.addressType = generated
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT annotation = All Passwords are "password"
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT uuid.location = 56 4d ea 55 a7 b3 6b 60-ac 26 4b 8a d1 41 2c 47
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT uuid.bios = 56 4d f9 4b b0 ef b0 d1-42 94 93 59 59 21 19 ee
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT ethernet0.generatedAddress = 00:0c:29:21:19:ee
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = 0
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT tools.syncTime = FALSE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT ide1:0.startConnected = FALSE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT sharedFolder.maxNum = 0
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT sharedFolder0.present = FALSE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT sharedFolder0.enabled = TRUE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT sharedFolder0.readAccess = TRUE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT sharedFolder0.hostPath = H:\EDP4\
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT sharedFolder0.guestName = EDP4
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT sharedFolder0.expiration = never
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT checkpoint.vmState =
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT checkpoint.vmState.readOnly = FALSE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT --- USER DEFAULTS
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT floppy0.fileName = A:
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT priority.grabbed = normal
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT priority.ungrabbed = normal
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT --- HOST DEFAULTS
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT prefvmx.useRecommendedLockedMemSize = TRUE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT --- SITE DEFAULTS
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT prefvmx.useRecommendedLockedMemSize = TRUE
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DICT --- GLOBAL SETTINGS
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| WSSCAN: reserved mem (in MB) min=32 max=1152 recommended=1152
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| hostMem=1280 maxAllowedAll=4096 maxAllowedVM=3600
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| totOverhead=16
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| WSSCAN: used rec mem (in MB) 1152
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| WSSCAN: Overhead 202993 paged 6559 nonpaged 4096 maxFBSize
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| WSSCAN 1 2 243173 243346 294912 243173 50 0
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| LICENSE using: 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VMware, Inc.\VMware Workstation\License.ws.5.0'
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| STATDECLGROUP stats Root "" null
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| Host CPUID features: version 0x698 id1.edx 0xa7e9f9bf id1.ecx 0x180 id81.edx 0x0 id81.ecx 0x0
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| CPU.cpuFeatures = 0x51fe02
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| CPUID after masking: version 0x698 id1.edx 0x7e9bbbf id1.ecx 0x0 id81.edx 0x800 id81.ecx 0x0 id88.ecx 0x0
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| CPU.cpuFeatures = 0x851fe02
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| KHZEstimate 1295000
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| MHZEstimate 1295
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| NumVCPUs 1
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| UUID: location-UUID is 56 4d ea 55 a7 b3 6b 60-ac 26 4b 8a d1 41 2c 47
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| MM: Using partialmap, 196608 pages AC 0 CE 1 TM 0 DOHU 0
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| UUID: canonical path is c:\local\my virtual machines\edp4\windows server 2003 enterprise edition.vmx
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| UUID: location-UUID is 56 4d a5 52 59 96 a4 aa-c1 a0 37 00 f2 3a 90 4b
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| MM: using fileName C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP4\564da552-5996-a4aa-c1a0-3700f23a904b.vmem for paging
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| Msg_Reset:
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| ----------------------------------------
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| Opened paging file C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP4\564da552-5996-a4aa-c1a0-3700f23a904b.vmem
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| Mapped mainmem as pageable
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| MStat: Creating Stat vm.uptime
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DISK: OPEN ide0:0 'C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP4\EDP4-000007.vmdk' persistent R[(null)]
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [0]: "EDP4-000007.vmdk" (0xa)
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DISKLIB-LINK : Opened 'C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP4\EDP4-000007.vmdk' (0xa): monolithicSparse, 25165824 sectors / 12288 Mb.
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [0]: "EDP4-000006.vmdk" (0xe)
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DISKLIB-LINK : Opened 'C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP4\EDP4-000006.vmdk' (0xe): monolithicSparse, 25165824 sectors / 12288 Mb.
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [0]: "EDP4-000004.vmdk" (0xe)
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DISKLIB-LINK : Opened 'C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP4\EDP4-000004.vmdk' (0xe): monolithicSparse, 25165824 sectors / 12288 Mb.
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [0]: "EDP4-000001.vmdk" (0xe)
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DISKLIB-LINK : Opened 'C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP4\EDP4-000001.vmdk' (0xe): monolithicSparse, 25165824 sectors / 12288 Mb.
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [0]: "EDP4-000003.vmdk" (0xe)
Feb 16 11:17:43: vmx| DISKLIB-LINK : Opened 'C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP4\EDP4-000003.vmdk' (0xe): monolithicSparse, 25165824 sectors / 12288 Mb.
Feb 16 11:17:44: vmx| DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [0]: "EDP4-000002.vmdk" (0xe)
Feb 16 11:17:44: vmx| DISKLIB-LINK : Opened 'C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP4\EDP4-000002.vmdk' (0xe): monolithicSparse, 25165824 sectors / 12288 Mb.
Feb 16 11:17:44: vmx| DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [0]: "EDP4.vmdk" (0xe)
Feb 16 11:17:44: vmx| DISKLIB-LINK : Opened 'C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP4\EDP4.vmdk' (0xe): monolithicSparse, 25165824 sectors / 12288 Mb.
Feb 16 11:17:44: vmx| DISKLIB-LINK : Attach: Content ID mismatch (3ec2ef6b != 2e8e301a).
Feb 16 11:17:44: vmx| DISKLIB-CHAIN : "C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP4\EDP4.vmdk" : failed to open (The parent virtual disk has been modified since the child was created).
Feb 16 11:17:44: vmx| DISKLIB-LIB : Failed to open 'C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP4\EDP4-000007.vmdk' with flags 0xa (The parent virtual disk has been modified since the child was created).
Feb 16 11:17:44: vmx| DISK: Cannot open disk "C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP4\EDP4-000007.vmdk": The parent virtual disk has been modified since the child was created (18).
Feb 16 11:17:44: vmx| DISK: Failed to open disk 'C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP4\EDP4-000007.vmdk' : The parent virtual disk has been modified since the child was created (18) 3016.
Feb 16 11:17:44: vmx| Msg_Post: Error
Feb 16 11:17:44: vmx| [msg.disk.noBackEnd] Cannot open the disk 'C:\local\My Virtual Machines\EDP4\EDP4-000007.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.
Feb 16 11:17:44: vmx| [msg.disk.configureDiskError] Reason: The parent virtual disk has been modified since the child was created.----------------------------------------
Feb 16 11:17:52: vmx| Module DiskEarly power on failed.
Feb 16 11:17:52: vmx| VMX_PowerOn: ModuleTable_PowerOn = 0
Feb 16 11:17:52: vmx| AIOWIN32: asyncOps=0 syncOps=44 bufSize=4Kb delayed=0 fixed=20 sgOp=24 sgOn=1
Feb 16 11:17:52: vmx| vmdbPipe_Streams: Couldn't read
Feb 16 11:17:52: vmx| VMX idle exit
Feb 16 11:17:52: vmx| Flushing VMX VMDB connections
Feb 16 11:17:52: vmx| IPC_exit: disconnecting all threads
Feb 16 11:17:52: vmx| VMX exit.
Feb 16 11:17:52: vmx| AIOMGR-S : stat o=47 r=103 w=0 i=0 br=368128 bw=0

Help with VMworkstation Video Mode (I broke it)

lionflyer — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:56:51 GMT

Leave it to me to break things playing with settings and deleting VMs.

I seem to have my VMworkstation in a mode to where when it starts, it takes over my entire screen minus the VM menu bars. The VM tabs appear and the VM close box is all I see. I can not close VM work station by right clicking on the VM's tab on the start bar as no options are presented. Clicking on the VM close check box only removes the vm tabs leaving a mostly blank screen. Host OS is XP Sp2. The only way I have to close the VM host is to kill it from the Tasks window.

I have uninstalled VM workstation including its license key. Used regedit to remove all keys with vmware in them including their containers. Done a fresh install of VM workstation but as soon as I launch VMworkstation, it goes right back to that "full screen" mode.

VM Player works ok.

I am puzzled by how VM workstation remembers that funky mode even after being "clean" reinstalled.

I fear that I must either give up on VMworkstation on that system or do a system rebuild which I really would rather not do.

Maybe if I could only get a hold of the VM Host's menus I could repair it. But I can't figure out how to.

Access VM Ubuntu+MySQL from windows MySQL Admin

miklesw — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:48:18 GMT

Hi,

I am trying to access my MySQL server on an Ubuntu virtual machine from the host computer using mysql admin..

Ethernet is set to Host only and I can ping the virtual machine..

MySQL Admin is telling me "can't connect to MySQL Server.."

I confirmed the server is running.. using netstat -tap | grep MySQL

Please help!

Move VM from Ubuntu to Windows Xp.

gu014 — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:28:44 GMT

Hello,
I was hoping someone could help me moving a VM from an ubuntu machine to a Windows XP machine. I am using VMware Workstation.

I have moved the the entire VM's directory to the Windows Machine. I have tried creating a new custom image and then specifying an existing image with no success as well as simply trying to open an existing VM.

Any help would be deeply appreciated. Thank you.

VMware broken in really weird way after Ubuntu 6.06 2.6.15-28 kernel update

johnqsmith — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 00:40:05 GMT

(taken from my post here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2188377)

note; at first I thought this was the same thing as
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=358275
but it definitely isn't. I tried all the stuff there but it's not fixing things. I am running 6.06

This started after an update to 2.8.15-28 but I rolled back and still haven't been able to fix it. The primary symptom is that the vmnet interfaces don't show up. When I look with ps I see:
root 6907 0.0 0.0 1416 164 pts/1 S 19:55 0:00 /usr/bin/vmnet-bridge -d /var/run/vmnet-bridge-0.pid /dev/vmnet0 eth0
root 6919 0.0 0.0 1664 416 ? Ss 19:55 0:00 /usr/bin/vmnet-natd -d /var/run/vmnet-natd-8.pid -m /var/run/vmnet-natd-8.mac -c /etc/vmware/vmnet8/nat/nat.conf

as opposed to
root 26247 0.0 0.0 1412 164 pts/1 S 19:56 0:00 /usr/bin/vmnet-bridge -d /var/run/vmnet-bridge-0.pid /dev/vmnet0 eth0
root 26259 0.0 0.0 1664 436 ? Ss 19:56 0:00 /usr/bin/vmnet-natd -d /var/run/vmnet-natd-8.pid -m /var/run/vmnet-natd-8.mac -c /etc/vmware/vmnet8/nat/nat.conf
root 26266 0.0 0.0 1412 164 pts/1 S 19:56 0:00 /usr/bin/vmnet-netifup -d /var/run/vmnet-netifup-vmnet8.pid /dev/vmnet8 vmnet8
root 26277 0.0 0.0 1412 164 pts/1 S 19:56 0:00 /usr/bin/vmnet-netifup -d /var/run/vmnet-netifup-vmnet1.pid /dev/vmnet1 vmnet1
root 26291 0.0 0.0 1724 300 ? Ss 19:56 0:00 /usr/bin/vmnet-dhcpd -cf /etc/vmware/vmnet8/dhcpd/dhcpd.conf -lf /etc/vmware/vmnet8/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases -pf /var/run/vmnet-dhcpd-vmnet8.pid vmnet8
root 26292 0.0 0.0 1724 300 ? Ss 19:56 0:00 /usr/bin/vmnet-dhcpd -cf /etc/vmware/vmnet1/dhcpd/dhcpd.conf -lf /etc/vmware/vmnet1/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases -pf /var/run/vmnet-dhcpd-vmnet1.pid vmnet1

which I see on my healthy machine which hasn't updated/rebooted yet. On the healthy machine it shows vmnet1 and 8 when I do a normal ifconfig but on this broken machine it does not.

I have done /etc/init.d/vmware restart and I still only see the 2 out of 6 things running

I have done vmware-uninstall.pl as root and then went and reinstalled it

I have downgraded to 2.6.15-27 and 26 (what I'm currently on) and uninstalled it and reinstalled it but it didn't help.

I have checked that /dev/vmnet1 and 8 exist

I have tried re-running vmware-config.pl

I have run the missing commands as root and then if I do an ifconfig it doesn't show them but if I do an ifconfig -a it does, but they are not properly bound to their respective IPs.

I have tail -f'ed /var/log/messages /var/log/ but the only things I see are things like

(from /var/log/messages)
Feb 20 19:55:55 localhost kernel: [17181222.876000] bridge-eth0: already up

(from /var/log/debug when I do a /etc/init.d/vmware restart)
Feb 20 20:05:10 localhost kernel: [17181778.128000] /dev/vmmon[7197]: Module vmmon: unloaded
Feb 20 20:05:11 localhost kernel: [17181778.636000] bridge-eth0: down
Feb 20 20:05:11 localhost kernel: [17181778.636000] bridge-eth0: detached
Feb 20 20:05:13 localhost kernel: [17181781.464000] /dev/vmmon[7274]: Module vmmon: registered with major=10 minor=165
Feb 20 20:05:13 localhost kernel: [17181781.464000] /dev/vmmon[7274]: Module vmmon: initialized
Feb 20 20:05:14 localhost kernel: [17181781.932000] /dev/vmnet: open called by PID 7297 (vmnet-bridge)
Feb 20 20:05:14 localhost kernel: [17181781.932000] /dev/vmnet: hub 0 does not exist, allocating memory.
Feb 20 20:05:14 localhost kernel: [17181781.932000] /dev/vmnet: port on hub 0 successfully opened
Feb 20 20:05:14 localhost kernel: [17181781.932000] bridge-eth0: enabling the bridge
Feb 20 20:05:14 localhost kernel: [17181781.932000] bridge-eth0: up
Feb 20 20:05:14 localhost kernel: [17181781.932000] bridge-eth0: attached
Feb 20 20:05:14 localhost kernel: [17181781.948000] /dev/vmnet: open called by PID 7309 (vmnet-natd)
Feb 20 20:05:14 localhost kernel: [17181781.948000] /dev/vmnet: hub 8 does not exist, allocating memory.
Feb 20 20:05:14 localhost kernel: [17181781.948000] /dev/vmnet: port on hub 8 successfully opened

I don't really understand why uninstalling, reinstalling (with the proper 2.6.15-26 headers in /usr/src which I point to during vmware-config.pl) and then doing an /etc/init.d/vmware restart doesn't solve this problem.

Has anyone seen anything similar to this before? Because I'm completely stumped. Oh, also I have 2 identical machines which are broken in exactly this way, and the 3rd one is identical but hasn't been rebooted in a long time (but the broken ones have recently)

Thanks

John

running P2P App on a VM...???

DEVIOUZ — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:37:43 GMT

Im running a XP os on a NAT connected VM..
Im trying to run Morpheus P2P app on this VM.. but i cant get it to connect to any networks for some reason.
my host is xp and directly connected to the net..
IS there somthing being blocked by way of the NAT or something..
what should i check for problems..??
Is there a guide for running a P2P app on a VM..??

Coherence?

Paolo_1979 — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 11:16:02 GMT

I do not know if anybody here had a look at one of the new features of Parallels VM for Mac, coherence. It basically allows to have windows inside the guest operating system next to the ones of the host. You can get the idea here:

http://flickr.com/photos/gruber/311690002/

Is VMWare going to feature something like this? It will be __really__ cool! And if so, is there any chance to have it in the Mac version?

WorkStation 5.5.3 power button does not work

Bo B — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:32:04 GMT

As explained in another thread (as yet not any responses there) I have tried to install Solaris 10 on a VM. Not succeeded yet...

The install works all the way to the end but once there I can't get out.
There is a Solaris button "Restart now" but it reslults in nothing. So after waiting a long time I decided to Reset the VM. That worked.

After a while when Solaris restarted there was an error display and after a few more actions I did not like it anymore so I decided to "pull the plug" on the VM.
So I clicked the red power button, but all it resulted in was a message from WorkStation that the VM is busy and I have to wait. No "shut down anyway" option visible...

How can I force the "power off" function on a running virtual machine?
I think tyhere are valid cases when the user (me) can decide that the machine should no longer run similar to using the power button.

In my case I had to use Task Manager to close the VMWare WorkStation application and then also kill a process vmware-vmx.exe in order to regain the 500 Mb RAM that it had reserved.

Am I missing an obvious point in WorkStation usage here???

I have the WS 5.5.3 trial installed on a DELL Dimension 9100 with 1Gb RAM and XP-Pro SP2.

/Bo

Bridged Networking stopped working - HELP ME!

sync23 — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 10:04:10 GMT

I am running workstation 5.5.1
I have used bridged networking successfully on many VMs in the past.

recently, it has stopped working, well partly at least.
The symptoms are as follows:
1) Guest successfully gets DHCP assigned IP through the bridged adapter
2) Host can ping guests IP
3) Guest cannot access network, or ping host.

Basically networking on the guest is dead, however I can re-lease an IP address?!?!?!?!?
This is the same for all vms including ones that previously worked.

I have reinstalled workstation and I still have the problem

someone please help I am losing the will to live here....

regards,
sync23

WS 6 + Vista Guest + VM Tools Install = BSD of Host OS

djsvmware — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:56:38 GMT

I had successfully installed Vista Business (upgrade edition via Action Pack / MAPS) on VMWare 5.5.3 on a Core 2 Duo Laptop running XP SP2 - but I couldn't get networking to work.

So I thought I might was well upgrade to VMWare 6 Beta.

1) Attempts to boot the VM BSDed my Host (VM5 Prepped Machine).
2) So I ran the converter built-in to WS 6 to upgrade the VM and got a successful boot until Vista started redoing drivers (VM tools I suspect) and I got another BSD.
3) I rolled the VM back to a pre-vmtools 5.5 snapshot and got a successful boot
4) During the install of VMTools 6 as one of the drivers is installing / loading I get a BSD of the Host. It must be about the 4th or 5th driver to install as I answered about 3 or 4 unsigned driver install prompts.

Anyone have similiar problems or know which driver I shouldn't load?

Xubuntu as Host

yeti.man — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:56:50 GMT

I am new to VMWare and see that Ubuntu is supported by Workstation as a host operating system. Does that also go for Xubuntu?

5.5.3 Bridge Problem

mhsemcheski — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:16:54 GMT

Hello,

On my host, I'm running Windows XP SP2 with a Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller (LAN0). In my guest, I'm running Windows Server 2003.

I can get NAT to work, but not a bridged connection.

The router for the network is xx.yy.zz.1.
The host's controller (LAN0) has an IP address xx.yy.zz.60.
The guest's NIC (VM0) is configured with a static IP address of xx.yy.zz.84.

I can ping LAN0 to VM0 and vice versa. But, I can't ping the router or any other host (on the same subnet or otherwise) from the guest.

LAN0 is configured to use the Bridge Protocol.

Anyone have a solution or know anything else to try?

vmnetdhcp.exe consumes all my memory

constantino — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:31:19 GMT

Hi, I`m having trouble with vmnetdhcp.exe.

When it is running it consumes almost all memory and makes the box unacceptable slow.

When I stop the service everything goes back to smooth operation.

The fact is that I choose to mantain every VM service stopped until I need them (manual start), but with this one I must necessarily stop it, even if I needed it.

Any suggestion how can I fix it?

Sending mail from a Visual Studio 2005 application within a VMWare host

Eucalypta — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:02:54 GMT

I have developed an Visual Studio 2005 application which can send mails via an external mail server (I use our company SMTP host,). This application works perfectly on my development PC (which runs directly on the hardware) and on another machine (a server), but when I try to test it inside a virtual machine I get the error 'Client host Rejected: access denied'

The Virtual Machine uses bridged networking. And both my host (on which everything works fine) and the VMware Virtual Machine get dynamically the IP address starting with 10. The only difference are the host's VMware's network adapters which start with IP 192, and a know these numbers are rejected by our SMTP host.

Does anybody have a clue what the problem might be?

Thanks for any help!

vmnat.exe, vmnetdhcp.exe, vmount2.exe, vmware-authd.exe

HsoKinees — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:35:03 GMT

Hey there.
I use VMware WorkStation 5.5.1, and i've noticed that these apps are running even though i'm not actually using VMware.. are they needed in order to use VMware properly? I haven't tried killing them and then loading up VMware, but I wonder why they're active even when I haven't loaded up VMware..

So.. If they are needed by VMware, why are they not loaded and closed when VMware is loaded/closed?

Anyone have any thoughts on this?

Unable to create VmappPoll object: Class not registered.

Wipoosit — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:39:03 GMT

Hello,
My VMWare has a problem. When I open the program, the error pop-up appears state that "Unable to create VmappPoll object: Class not registered....."
Any advices are welcome.

Here's the log.
Feb 27 17:23:47: vmui| Log for VMware Workstation pid=3972 version=5.5.1 build=build-19175 option=Release
Feb 27 17:23:47: vmui| Error 0x80040154 instantiating object VMMsg
Feb 27 17:23:47: vmui| Unable to create VMMsg object: Class not registered. Reinstalling VMware Workstation may help.
Feb 27 17:23:47: vmui| Backtrace:
Feb 27 17:23:47: vmui| ----Backtrace using dbghelp.dll----
Feb 27 17:23:47: vmui| Module path: C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmapplib.DLL
Feb 27 17:23:47: vmui| Module directory: C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| backtrace[00] ebp 0x0012f204 eip 0x111060ba params 0x11106a60 0000000000 0x0012f624 0x111013c3 [C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmapplib.DLL base 0x11100000 0x0001:0x000050ba] (Ordinal201 + 0x0b2a)
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| backtrace[01] ebp 0x0012f214 eip 0x11107366 params 0000000000 0x0012f224 0x62616e55 0x7420656c [C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmapplib.DLL base 0x11100000 0x0001:0x00006366] (Ordinal433 + 0x0236)
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| backtrace[02] ebp 0x0012f624 eip 0x111013c3 params 0x0068aa14 0x0012f640 0x0012f660 0x0064662c [C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmapplib.DLL base 0x11100000 0x0001:0x000003c3] (Ordinal199 + 0x00c3)
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| backtrace[03] ebp 0x0012f634 eip 0x11101060 params 0x0068aa14 0x00501060 0x00172018 0x0068aa50 [C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmapplib.DLL base 0x11100000 0x0001:0x00000060] (Ordinal5 + 0x0010)
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| backtrace[04] ebp 0x0012f660 eip 0x0064662c params 0x00501060 0000000000 0000000000 0x7c34347e [C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmapputil.DLL base 0x00640000 0x0001:0x0000562c] (Ordinal7 + 0x00bc)
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| backtrace[05] ebp 0x0012fe14 eip 0x0044341b params 0x00152348 0x7c80b6a1 0x00152348 0000000000 [C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware.exe base 0x00400000 0x0001:0x0004241b] (no symbol information)
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| backtrace[06] ebp 0x0012ff18 eip 0x00401f95 params 0x00400000 0000000000 0x00152348 0x00000001 [C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware.exe base 0x00400000 0x0001:0x00000f95] (no symbol information)
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| backtrace[07] ebp 0x0012ffc0 eip 0x00401185 params 0x0146d1fc 0x00000018 0x7ffd7000 0x8054a6ed [C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware.exe base 0x00400000 0x0001:0x00000185] (no symbol information)
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| backtrace[08] ebp 0x0012fff0 eip 0x7c816fd7 params 0x00401000 0000000000 0x78746341 0x00000020 [C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll base 0x7c800000 0x0001:0x00015fd7] (RegisterWaitForInputIdle + 0x0049)
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| ----End of backtrace----
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| Win32 object usage: GDI 9, USER 4
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| W32Util_CoreDump: faking exception to get context
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: Writing minidump to C:\Documents and Settings\Wipoosit.Udomsrisuk\Application Data\VMware\vmware-3972.dmp
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x00400000 size 0x0023a000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x00000000 timestamp 0x43a24006
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware.exe
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 5.5.0.19175
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x7c900000 size 0x000b0000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x000af2f7 timestamp 0x411096b4
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 5.1.2600.2180
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x7c800000 size 0x000f4000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x000f724d timestamp 0x44ab9a84
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 5.1.2600.2945
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x7c340000 size 0x00056000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x0005f1e9 timestamp 0x3e561eac
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\msvcr71.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 7.10.3052.4
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x77f10000 size 0x00047000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x0004d0d0 timestamp 0x43b34feb
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\gdi32.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 5.1.2600.2818
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x77d40000 size 0x00090000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x0009505c timestamp 0x42260159
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\user32.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 5.1.2600.2622
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x773d0000 size 0x00102000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x001043f0 timestamp 0x4110968c
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\X86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.2180_x-ww_a84f1ff9\comctl32.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 6.0.2900.2180
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x77c10000 size 0x00058000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x00057cd3 timestamp 0x41109752
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\msvcrt.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 7.0.2600.2180
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x77dd0000 size 0x0009b000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x000a0de4 timestamp 0x411096a7
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\advapi32.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 5.1.2600.2180
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x77e70000 size 0x00091000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x0009c482 timestamp 0x411096ae
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\rpcrt4.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 5.1.2600.2180
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x77f60000 size 0x00076000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x00074bd7 timestamp 0x45091559
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\shlwapi.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 6.0.2900.2995
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x763b0000 size 0x00049000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x0004b1df timestamp 0x411096b0
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\comdlg32.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 6.0.2900.2180
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x7c9c0000 size 0x00815000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x0081c44a timestamp 0x441a3527
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\shell32.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 6.0.2900.2869
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x76bf0000 size 0x0000b000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x0000a29b timestamp 0x411096ca
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\psapi.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 5.1.2600.2180
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x10000000 size 0x00009000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x00000000 timestamp 0x42f033f7
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\sigc-2.0.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 2.0.16.1
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x7c3a0000 size 0x0007b000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x0008657e timestamp 0x3e77eebb
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\msvcp71.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 7.10.3077.0
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x00640000 size 0x0016e000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x00000000 timestamp 0x43a23c86
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmapputil.DLL
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 5.5.0.19175
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x774e0000 size 0x0013d000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x0013dc6b timestamp 0x42e5be93
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 5.1.2600.2726
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x77120000 size 0x0008c000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x00096957 timestamp 0x411096f3
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\oleaut32.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 5.1.2600.2180
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x11100000 size 0x00296000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x00000000 timestamp 0x43a23c1d
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmapplib.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 5.5.0.19175
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x71ab0000 size 0x00017000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x0002030b timestamp 0x411096f2
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\ws2_32.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 5.1.2600.2180
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x71aa0000 size 0x00008000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x0000aff6 timestamp 0x411096f3
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\ws2help.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 5.1.2600.2180
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x76b40000 size 0x0002d000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x0002ed0a timestamp 0x411096d6
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\winmm.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 5.1.2600.2180
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x771b0000 size 0x000a6000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x000a5f03 timestamp 0x4509155b
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\wininet.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 6.0.2900.2995
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x77a80000 size 0x00094000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x00096491 timestamp 0x41109691
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\crypt32.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 5.131.2600.2180
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x77b20000 size 0x00012000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x000116ad timestamp 0x411096e3
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\msasn1.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 5.1.2600.2180
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x73000000 size 0x00026000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x0002a147 timestamp 0x411096b6
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\winspool.drv
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 5.1.2600.2180
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x76f60000 size 0x0002c000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x0003811e timestamp 0x411096bb
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\wldap32.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 5.1.2600.2180
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x007b0000 size 0x00130000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x00000000 timestamp 0x43a23c65
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmcuiutil.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 5.5.0.19175
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x76390000 size 0x0001d000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x0002a024 timestamp 0x411096ae
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\imm32.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 5.1.2600.2180
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x629c0000 size 0x00009000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x000094b6 timestamp 0x411096aa
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\lpk.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 5.1.2600.2180
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x74d90000 size 0x0006b000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x000656c9 timestamp 0x411096ba
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\usp10.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 1.420.2600.2180
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x76780000 size 0x00009000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x0000774e timestamp 0x411096b8
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\shfolder.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 6.0.2900.2180
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x77fe0000 size 0x00011000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x0001a281 timestamp 0x411096c1
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\secur32.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 5.1.2600.2180
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x77690000 size 0x00021000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x0001ffbf timestamp 0x411096ce
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntmarta.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 5.1.2600.2180
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x71bf0000 size 0x00013000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x00019c51 timestamp 0x411096ad
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\samlib.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 5.1.2600.2180
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x5ad70000 size 0x00038000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x0003e638 timestamp 0x411096bb
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\uxtheme.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 6.0.2900.2180
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x74720000 size 0x0004b000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x00049029 timestamp 0x411096ea
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\msctf.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 5.1.2600.2180
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x76fd0000 size 0x0007f000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x0007b912 timestamp 0x42e5be90
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\clbcatq.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 2001.12.4414.308
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x77050000 size 0x000c5000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x000c916e timestamp 0x411096b4
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\comres.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 2001.12.4414.258
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x77c00000 size 0x00008000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x00011d78 timestamp 0x411096b7
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\version.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 5.1.2600.2180
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x11000000 size 0x0003a000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x00000000 timestamp 0x43a23c49
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmdbCOM.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 5.5.0.19175
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x20000000 size 0x002c5000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x002d3044 timestamp 0x411096b9
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\WINDOWS\system32\xpsp2res.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 5.1.2600.2180
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: including module base 0x02800000 size 0x000c1000
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| checksum 0x000bd9f7 timestamp 0x3e385156
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| image file C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\dbghelp.dll
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| file version 6.1.17.2
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: Including thread 4008
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: Including thread 3932
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: Including thread 3976
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: Including thread 824
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| CoreDump: Including thread 1240
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| Msg_Post: Error
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| [msg.log.error.unrecoverable] VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (vmui)
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| Unable to create VMMsg object: Class not registered. Reinstalling VMware Workstation may help.
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| [msg.panic.haveLog] A log file is available in "C:\Documents and Settings\Wipoosit.Udomsrisuk\TEMP\vmware-Wipoosit.Udomsrisuk\vmware-Wipoosit.Udomsrisuk-3972.log". [msg.panic.haveCore] A core file is available in "C:\Documents and Settings\Wipoosit.Udomsrisuk\Application Data\VMware\vmware-3972.dmp". [msg.panic.requestSupport.withLogAndCore] Please request support and include the contents of the log file and core file. [msg.panic.requestSupport.win32]
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| To collect files to submit to VMware support, run cscript vm-support.vbs.
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| [msg.panic.response] We will respond on the basis of your support entitlement.
Feb 27 17:23:48: vmui| ----------------------------------------

Clustered Windows 2003 File Server

irweazel — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:03:25 GMT

I want to replicate our files servers - which are two 2k3 servers clustered with a storage array - i.e. one failsover the other takes over the disks
So in VMware i would like
2 x Windows 2003 Server with shared storage so i can create the cluster rersources

I can't figure out what the correct way of doing this on vmware workstation 5, or if it is possible

Unable to boot from USB device

michaelfranklin — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:36:26 GMT

My development work frequently requires me to create a bootable USB image from within the guest OS [XP sp2] and then reboot the virtual machine into that image.

Recently though, this has stopped working. In spite of choosing 'removable devices' from the boot menu, the machine boots from the hard drive.

Definitely not working on 5.5.3 or the beta 6. When I rolled back from those to 5.5.2 it wouldn't work either.

Here are the logs from 5.5.3:

USB: Connecting device 0xe30000010d7d0100

USB: Adding autoconnect pattern [path:1/3/1 autoclean:1] in slot 0

USB: Found device [name:phison\ Electronics\ USB\ device vid:0d7d pid:0100 path:1/3/1]

USB: Autoconnecting device "phison Electronics USB device" matching pattern [path:1/3/1 autoclean:1]

USB: Connecting device 0xe30000010d7d0100

USB: Found device [name:phison\ Electronics\ USB\ device vid:0d7d pid:0100 path:1/3/1 autoclean:1]

USB: Autoconnecting device "phison Electronics USB device" matching pattern [path:1/3/1 autoclean:1]

USB: Connecting device 0xe30000010d7d0100

USB: Found device [name:phison\ Electronics\ USB\ device vid:0d7d pid:0100 port:1 path:1/3/1]

USB: Device [name:phison\ Electronics\ USB\ device vid:0d7d pid:0100 port:1 path:1/3/1] should already be connected

VMXVmdbLoadUsbDevices: New set of 1 USB devices

USB: Found device [name:phison\ Electronics\ USB\ device vid:0d7d pid:0100 port:1 path:1/3/1]

USB: Device [name:phison\ Electronics\ USB\ device vid:0d7d pid:0100 port:1 path:1/3/1] should already be connected

Any ideas what might be causing this?

Thanks,

Michael

Partition Manager in guest

JimmyW — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 20:08:11 GMT

Partition Manager will not run on XP64. Has anyone tried, or is it possible, to run Partitoin Manager in an XP 32 guest on an XP 64 host, and edit partitions on the host, using PM or a similar app? (I think Partition Magic is similarly limited to 32.) Thanks.

Are there any known issues in accessing the internet from vmware?

gajaykrishnan — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:44:40 GMT

Hi all,

I've a windows XP media center edition OS on my laptop. I have used Vmware earlier on my XP professional machine. In that i had installed Linux on my vmware. Though, the OS worked fine, i was not able to connect to the LAN or access internet from linux. I was facing this problem only when i was trying to access internet through Vmware.
Does anybody if its a Vmware issue or if its because of wrong configuration by me?

Thanks in advance,
Ajay

vmware, and bridged network

James G — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 06:23:09 GMT

Hello all, quick question here.....

I am running vmware 5 with Fedora 5, but doesnt matter the OS, the same things happen.

Here the problem, I have to use bridged networking, I tried NAT but couldnt get the guest OS to connect to anything, but, using bridged it causes problems with my LAN, I have 7 PC's on my small LAN, and 1 lap top.
1 PC uses DHCP to get an IP from the router, the rest are static, problems with my LAN I mean, I can connect to the web, but cant browse my machines on my LAN. Might shutting off DHCP on my router fix this?

I also tried to use NAT, and get contunous "network unreachable" error.

Any help would be greatly appreciated......

Kernel module version mismatch w/ v5.5.3

chguernsey — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:41:36 GMT

I have installed Workstation v5.5.3 on a freshly built Slackware 11 system on Linux 2.6.20.1. Kernel module compilation didn't work so I installed the vmware-any-any-update108 patch. All looked great until I tried to start a vm.

Version mismatch with vmmon module: expecting 138.0, got 137.0.
You have an incorrect version of the 'vmmon' kernel module.
Try reinstalling VMware Workstation.
[OK]

Failed to initialize monitor device.
[OK]

Unable to change virtual machine power state.
Cannot find a valid peer process to connect to.
[OK]

Failed to reply to the dialog: Pipe:
Read failed.
[OK]

Searching the web turned up this thread:
http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=580295Ã²ÂÂ«Â

After comparing fuzy's approach to my own files I changed vmware-config.pl to insert "VMWARE_VER=VME_V55" when running 'make'. This did not help. I changed getversion.pl, no help. I changed vmmon-only/include/iocontrols.h to report "137" instead of 138 in case the error was backwards. No help.

In desperation I did what the error suggested and re-installed. Nada.

I'm sorta stuck here. Suggestions would be appreciated.

Daniel Johnson

Guest OS Vista crashing when using mapped "\\.host\Shared Folders" drive

jbriere — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 02:40:29 GMT

The problem is this:

In a Vista VM, run command line

net use Z: "\\.host\Shared Folders"

Launch Windows Explorer

Open the Computer tree

Result on my Vista VM: Explorer crash, the UI goes down and then restarts after a second.

I saw some comments about this in some very old threads, is there a work around? Thanks - John Briere

Newbie question

worldphoenix — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:37:59 GMT

Just installed Workstation on my PC and have installed W2003 Server - great

But apart from using a CD - how can I transfer files from my PC onto the VM ??!!

copy a virtual machine from one PC to another - NAT networking problem

c.veronesi — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:12:11 GMT

Hello, I am developing a Virtual Machine with VMWare Workstation 5.5.3 under SUSE Linux SLES9. This machine has openSUSE 10.2 as guest OS and I wish to copy it on a Windows PC and run it with VMWare player.

The problem is that the openSUSE guest on the Windows host starts with networking disabled, I believe because he "sees" a different MAC address than the developing workstation. So I have to run YAST and configure the new NIC.

Is there a way to avoid network reconfiguration? Unfortunately I need NAT networking on this machine, IIRC with host-only network there's no need to reconfigure the NIC (or am I wrong?)

Thank you. Kind regards, Cristian.

Ubuntu Guest Clone/Export for use by others (MAC addresses need to change)

eroberer4u — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 23:12:35 GMT

Hi all, sorry if this has been asked multiple times already, but here's my problem:

I am trying to use VMWare Workstation 5.5.3 (on a RHEL4 host) to make a single Ubuntu VM that I want to "export" for use by others. Since others may be on my same network, I want the MAC addresses to change ONCE per individual download of the single VM, then stay that way for good. I've really worked hard on find solutions to this task. Is there any really easy "export" option that I'm missing? Beyond that, the first main question that I have is: do the UUID's change whenever a new VM is moved onto a new host?

Secondly, the Ubuntu guest VM seems unique in this problem: it wants to create/rename network interfaces when the hardware address changes in the VMX file (e.g. my two interfaces from eth0 and eth1 to eth2 and eth3). I already know two ways to solve this on the Ubuntu guest, but they have problems. Is there ANY other way to fix this?

1. Manually edit or script a one-time hardware address change to /etc/iftab on the newly downloaded Ubuntu guest OS. This will cause the ethernet interfaces to be loaded with the correct name. Since these VM's will be used by others, I don't really want to add the extra step of making the downloaders run this script.

2. delete or move the file /etc/udev/rules.d/25-iftab.rules, so that udev doesn't even consult the /etc/iftab file for how to name the network interfaces. This MAY cause erratic naming of the interfaces (i.e. eth0 = hardware addr 00:0c:...:01, then reboot and eth0 = hardware addr 00:0c:...:02, the address that eth1 was before), which I also don't want. Like I said, I want the MAC addresses and interface naming to stay the same. Does anyone know if this is true? I basically just don't know how udev names interfaces without this the 25-iftab.rules file.

Anyway, right now all I'm doing to "export" the Ubuntu guest VM is to compress (.tar.bz2) the VM's folder and upload it to the shared network directories. Is there anything else I should be doing?

PLEASE ask if I need to give more detail here. Like I said, I'm basically just trying to get a single Ubuntu VM to work for multiple people on the same network. I'm sure somebody else out there has tried to do this! Thanks!

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VM Workstation and VM Server Console

Cliff Thomas — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:55:16 GMT

Currently use VMWorkstaion 5.5.03 on PC for workstation development sandboxing. Great... We've now gone to using VMWare Server on Servers to Host (Host Server environments) as pre-production sandboxes. Need use of Server Console on PC. Understand it can not co-exist with VMWorkstation. Is there a general downside to uninstalling VMWorkstation and installing VMServer on PC and using it for workstation development too, so that we can also manage/monitor preproduction VM server(s) and environments?

Issues Installing Solaris 9 on VMWare workstation 5.5.3

carlos_listas — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:34:02 GMT

Hi all
I'm trying to install the Solaris 9 but I'm having troubles when the fdisk are being executed, the VM stops and don't happen more activites in the disk

I follow the procedure below
http://pubs.vmware.com/guestnotes/guestos_solaris9.html

But always stop in the same point.

T+

Slow response when pressing ctrl-alt-enter

Erik Larsson — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:04:25 GMT

I use OpenSuse 10.2 and the latest release of vmware workstation where I run win2k and winxp prof. When shifting to full window the screen is black for a rather long time (very much longer than for e.g kubuntu 10.6). I suppose there are some changes that can be made in OpenSuse. Suggestions are appreciated. Thanks.

Bridged Mode not working on Vista Business 32

Wissywig — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 22:35:06 GMT

I receive this error while trying to start guests in bridged mode. Workstation 5.5.3.

The network bridge on device 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.

And just like it says, no networking works on the guest once booted.

Anyone have a fix for me?

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Using pipe key on german keyboard inside SLES 10 on Windows Host

tilli — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:13:29 GMT

Hello,

I dont get the "pipe"-key ( <,>, |) to work in the KDE environment on my Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 a Virtual Machine on a Windows XP VMWare Workstation.

I tried to load my german keyboard layouts in the x environment via setxkbmap de, but didnt succeed.

If I load the keymap via loadkeys /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwertz/de.map.gz I only get the "<">", but still no pipe "|".

How can I forward the "Alt Gr" properly to the Virtual Machine environment, as well as the "Str" + "Alt" keys to switch between different terminals?

Kind regards,

Dual Boot W2K guest on linux host suddenly stops booting ...

msteiner — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:14:41 GMT

Hi,

I have a dual boot with RHEL4 and W2K SP4 on a thinkpad T42p and for more than a year i was ``happily'' running windows inside vmware from linux. However, since about two weeks, windows will not boot anymore from vmware but BSOD with a STOP 0x0000001E error (KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED) in ntoskrnl.exe when booting in normal or any safe mode. VGA or debugging mode will end up with a 100% CPU hang after showing the graphical ``windows is starting up'' screen. Recovery console or bare-metal boot, though, work like a charm. Disabling drivers in the device manager did not seem to make any difference (even if i went as far as disabling all drivers which could be disabled!).

Configuration-wise it probably corresponded to a Windows update but uninstalling these patches did not seem to make any difference. I did also run Lenovo's System Update but can't recall it was updating a driver, just some utility programs (unfortunately, i could not find any installation logs for this .

Any help welcome! (e.g., how to isolate which driver might have caused this problem)

Thanks!

-michael-

System freeze WS5.5.3 Fedora Core 5

ddaeschl — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:18:43 GMT

Good Afternoon,

I upgraded the kernel on my fedora core 5 system this morning and have been experiencing system lock ups while starting, or running a windows xp professional virtual machine. When the system is locked up the caps-lock key no longer toggles it's LED and I cannot ctrl+alt+bksp out of X, or ctrl+alt+del to reboot the system. The only way for me to recover is holding down the power button of the system.

The current kernel version is 2.6.19-1.2288.fc5 SMP on a dual AMD Opteron system running in x86_64 mode. I am running VMware Workstation 5.5.3 build-34685.

I have enabled debugging and gotten a core dump and detailed log file. Below is a snippet of the log.

Feb 20 14:25:38: vmx| COWStats: numHints 2421 unique 14 shared 211 totalUnique 25 totalBreaks 575
Feb 20 14:25:38: vmx| COWStats Hot Page: hash 0x2c8e4ab20e2b9ba7 count 4
Feb 20 14:25:38: vmx| COWStats Hot Page: hash 0x3b3fba9e840e3703 count 5
Feb 20 14:25:38: vmx| COWStats Hot Page: hash 0x5d5d5547019d1334 count 7
Feb 20 14:25:38: vmx| COWStats Hot Page: hash 0x889750bb67bb1e25 count 72
Feb 20 14:25:38: vmx| COWStats Hot Page: hash 0x2bd8e6157e6af6d6 count 103
Feb 20 14:25:38: vmx| VMMEM VM 0 min 43861 max 79822 share 65536 paged 71921 nonpaged 7901 locked 65900 cowed 211 usedPct 77
Feb 20 14:25:41: mks| MKS lock acquiring
Feb 20 14:25:41: mks| MKS lock not locked
Feb 20 14:25:41: mks| MKS lock acquiring
Feb 20 14:25:41: mks| MKSHostInstallHostCursor - Request Color Cursor, depth: 32
Feb 20 14:25:41: mks| MKS Refusing selection: state=3 buffer=0x86545b0 target=265 count=1
Feb 20 14:25:41: mks| MKSHostInstallHostCursor - Request Color Cursor, depth: 32
Feb 20 14:25:41: mks| MKSHostInstallHostCursor - Request Color Cursor, depth: 32
Feb 20 14:25:44: mks| MKSHostInstallHostCursor - Request Color Cursor, depth: 32
Feb 20 14:25:45: vcpu-0| MONITOR PANIC: vcpu-0:VMM fault: regs=0x2458, exc=3, eip=0xaffe6
Feb 20 14:25:45: vcpu-0| Core dump with build build-34685
Feb 20 14:25:45: vcpu-0| Writing monitor corefile "/home/ddaeschl/vmware/Windows XP Professional/vmware-core.gz"
Feb 20 14:25:45: vcpu-0| Beginning monitor coredump
Feb 20 14:25:45: vcpu-0| End monitor coredump
Feb 20 14:25:45: vcpu-0| Writing anonymous pages at pos: 401000
Feb 20 14:25:46: vcpu-0| Msg_Post: Error
Feb 20 14:25:46: vcpu-0| [msg.log.monpanic.beta] *** VMware Workstation internal monitor error ***
Feb 20 14:25:46: vcpu-0| vcpu-0:VMM fault: regs=0x2458, exc=3, eip=0xaffe6
Feb 20 14:25:46: vcpu-0| There is a problem in this version of VMware Workstation.
Feb 20 14:25:46: vcpu-0| We rely on your feedback to improve the quality of our product. Please submit a support request that describes the problem at our Web page "http://www.vmware.com/info?id=8". Do not forget to attach the log file (/home/ddaeschl/vmware/Windows XP Professional/vmware.log) and the core file (/home/ddaeschl/vmware/Windows XP Professional/vmware-core.gz).
Feb 20 14:25:46: vcpu-0| To collect files to submit to VMware support, run vm-support-lx.
Feb 20 14:25:46: vcpu-0| We appreciate your feedback,
Feb 20 14:25:46: vcpu-0| -- the VMware Workstation team.
Feb 20 14:25:46: vcpu-0| ----------------------------------------
Feb 20 14:25:46: vcpu-0| MKS release: start, nesting 0
Feb 20 14:25:46: vcpu-0| MKS starting full screen: off
Feb 20 14:25:46: vcpu-0| MKS already off
Feb 20 14:25:46: vcpu-0| MKS finished full screen: done
Feb 20 14:25:46: vcpu-0| MKS lock releasing

Any help would be greatly appreciated, I am hoping others have had a similar problem and can help me with a resolution.

Guest lacks of internet connection

jadeite100 — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:36:01 GMT

Hi:

I am using Vwmare 5.5.1 build-1971.
On the parent operating system it is windows xp and in the guest operating system it is windows 2000.

My Parent operating system has internet connection.
I have only one network card on my laptop.
My guest operating system doesnot have internet connection.

The internet connection was working until today with no reason.
Here is the output of ipconfig /all:

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ipconfig /all

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : al
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : ntastor.local

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : ntastor.local
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : AMD PCNET Family PCI Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-29-C9-DF-0B
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 159.175.18.11
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 159.175.6.27
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 159.175.5.77
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.24.62.122
172.24.62.123
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 159.175.5.62
Secondary WINS Server . . . . . . : 172.24.62.68
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, February 27, 2007 10:15:30 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, March 01, 2007 10:15:30 AM

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>

Here are my setting for Win2000.vmx:
onfig.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "4"
scsi0.present = "TRUE"
memsize = "1340"
scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0:0.fileName = "Windows 2000 Server.vmdk"
ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
ide1:0.fileName = "auto detect"
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"
floppy0.fileName = "A:"
Ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
sound.present = "TRUE"
sound.fileName = "-1"
displayName = "Win2000LoyaltyOracle815Feb23Year2007"
guestOS = "win2000serv"
priority.grabbed = "normal"
priority.ungrabbed = "normal"
powerType.powerOff = "hard"
powerType.powerOn = "hard"
powerType.suspend = "hard"
powerType.reset = "hard"

Ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
uuid.location = "56 4d 47 a0 98 04 d9 4e-4d 9b ad d1 9d 02 f0 7e"
uuid.bios = "56 4d 83 76 95 13 df 84-64 8a 72 75 17 c9 df 0b"
tools.remindInstall = "FALSE"
ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:c9:df:0b"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"

ide1:0.startConnected = "TRUE"
sharedFolder.maxNum = "1"
tools.syncTime = "FALSE"
redoLogDir = "."
sharedFolder0.present = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.enabled = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.readAccess = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.writeAccess = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.hostPath = "c:\"
sharedFolder0.guestName = "shareFolder"
sharedFolder0.expiration = "never"

sound.virtualDev = "es1371"

scsi0:0.deviceType = "disk"
ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE"
usb.present = "TRUE"
sound.autodetect = "TRUE"

scsi0:0.redo = ""
uuid.action = "keep"
floppy0.present = "TRUE"

nvram = "win2000Serv.nvram"

workingDir = "."

The guest operating system is using Network Associates.
But this software didnot cause any problems before.
There was no windows xp or windows 2000 update in terms of service packs.

I don't have a firewall in the guest operating system windows 2000.

Yours,

Desperate.

V5.5.3-34685 configuration bug?

Anton.F — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:32:40 GMT

Hello experts,

I use my vmware workstation to emulate winXP vm-machine with several snapshots. My configuration was "ram:256mb, cd-rom:auto, usb:on, com:on".

After I created new vm-machine for testing ubuntu, I found out that the config of winXP has been changed to "ram:512mb, cd-rm:f; usb:n/a, com:n/a".
Saddly I didn't backup my config before creating a new machine.

What can I do, to get my winXP config back? Is it a bug?

Virus in clone

vmhvw — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:10:43 GMT

Hello,

IfI create a clone of my virtual machine and that clone gets infected with a virus, will my 'master' virtual machine also be infected?

regards,

Henk

CPU Error when switching from full screen

mcslemon — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:36:53 GMT

Hi,

I've setup a coupe of guest os's which I don't run concurrently. One is SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 (SLED) and the other is SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (SLES). I've used linux on VMWare before but it seems these are both causing the same error when I switch from full screen, and occasionally when using the vm.

The error is :

OS: Windows XP Professional, SP2
CPU: GenuineIntel, Intel Pentium 4, MMX @ 0 MHz

Application data:
VmVyc2lvbjogV2xGQlhVSlFWRlphUkU1RFJrTlZKQ2xTT3lRN1ZpQXN
BQWRWUHlFOEl6QnpaSHQrZHpNa0lqc2tJelpGY25SOWVHcC9SemM3Uj
NKNGIzRkRNUT09DQpJbWFnZUJhc2U6IDA2NkYwMDAwDQpFaXA6IDYyN

There is load more in the application data.. This error was happening before and after I used multi processors on the guest.

Has anyone every come across this before?

Cheers,
Neil.

Networking was working, but stopped

rich1383 — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:20:17 GMT

I purchased VMWare WS 5.5.3 a few weeks ago on a WinXP Dell notebook host. I created & installed a Win2K Pro guest with older IE & FF browser versions for testing. The guest (configured to use NAT) "saw" my wired network connection in the office just fine for the week or so that I used it. Now, it no longer sees the network connection (no Internet access from the guest; host works fine).

Since I am at home right now, I tried running the same Win2Kguest machine with the host connected via my Linksys wireless router, but still it did not see a connection. Here is the ipconfig/all output from the Win2K guest (on the home wireless network):

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : rb-vm-w2k-ie55
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Accelerated AMD PCNet Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-29-E5-EF-03
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.17.135
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . :

Anyone have some pointers as to what's happening? I'll post the guest ipconfig info from my office environment (wired) on Monday, but I find the Autoconfiguration IP address odd - shouldn't it be the same 192.168.1.104 address that my host machine got from the Linksys wireless router? Any idea why the Default Gateway and DNS servers are missing? b/c there's no internet connection? Does it have anything to do with the fact that the VMWare WS and NT2K installs were done in my office environment?

An ipconfig/renew on the guest just timed out - no response.

Win98 on VMware workstation 5.1 Linux doesn't find my parallel dongle

coronet24 — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:58:51 GMT

Hello, I installed a Win98SE on a workstation 5.1 for Linux (SuSE 10.1) on my Compaq evo800n notebook. All works fine but the parallel port dongle that I installed on the LPT1 will not be detected by the program. In order to work, the program should find the dongle on the LPT1. Everybody has any idea? Many thanks in advance

Change Shared Folders in Snapshot

andifor — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:24:22 GMT

Hi,

I'm looking for a way to change a shared folder in a snapshot.

I have several VMs that have the same folder as shared folder. Now, I run out of disk space and I added a new harddisk to my host. I can change the shared folder for the current, running snapshot, but as soon as I change to some different snapshot, I have to re-configure the VM.

In the vmsn files is the information on the shared folder but they have some kind of hash to prevent manual changes (and VMware does crash! if I change something there).

Is there a documented (or not documented) way to change the shared folder path in snapshots?

Thanks,
Andreas

how to install sound drivers in dos

acurapower — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 21:33:36 GMT

Hi

I would like to install Dos drivers in VMware Workstation. I'm running VMware 5.5.0 build 18463. So far i've tried the following suggestions found in the current forum but still no sound.

I passed a pci sniffer under vmware, i can see that the sound card is an "ES1371". So i tried to downlaod the dos driver for this card. After the installation, it initialise but crashes during it. I must reset the emulation.

Like it was told in some forum, i tried to change the
sound.virtualDev = "es1371 " to "sb16" in the .vmx configuration but when i put the "sb16", the sound icon at the botom left of my emulation disapear.

i also tried to change the adress parameter in the .vmx config file

sound.baseAddr 0x220
sound.dma16 7
sound.dma8 1
sound.irq 5
sound.mpu401baseAddr 0x330
sound.Opl3BaseAddr 0x388

but it still not working.

i also tried to install the sound blaster basic sound drivers but i get an error while the installation is in progress that the specified adress is not valid 220h,240h,260h or 280h... there is no valid port during the installation so i need to cancel.

i also tried with the lastest version of VMware Workstation but still i can't install my dos drivers...

i'm runing Vmware on a

p4 550 3.4GHz
intel D915PBLL
533mhz 1024 KVR kinsgton ram
realtek hd-audio on board sound
Ati x800Xt Pci-E 256 Mo

but i dont think my computer spec are goin to make difference

So if someone did the installtion in a win3.11 or a dos 6.22 please help me.
Do i need an older version of vmware, is there anything that i'm doin incorectly.. please help

thanks a lot

64-bit issues? "Failed to connect to peer process."

Malibyte — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 04:25:14 GMT

Hi all -

I built a new box...8GB RAM, Athlon 64 x2, running Mandriva Linux 2007, 64-bit version. I am quite sure that 32-bit compatibility libraries have been installed, since several *.i586.rpm packages have been installed, and do run.

I cannot get Workstation 5.5.3 to run on this machine.

Whether I use the RPM or tarball version, I get this when I run the install script or vmware-config.pl:

[code]
The correct version of one or more libraries needed to run VMware Workstation
may be missing. This is the output of ldd /usr/local/bin/vmware:
libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0xf7f0b000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0xf7f07000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0xf7ef4000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0xf7df6000)
libXtst.so.6 => not found
libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0xf7de6000)
libXt.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXt.so.6 (0xf7d8f000)
libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/libICE.so.6 (0xf7d76000)
libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/libSM.so.6 (0xf7d6d000)
libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0xf7d64000)
libz.so.1 => /lib/libz.so.1 (0xf7d51000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xf7c24000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf7f4f000)
libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0xf7c21000)
libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xf7c1b000)

This program cannot tell for sure, but you may need to upgrade libc5 to glibc
before you can run VMware Workstation.
[/code]

All of those libraries **do** exist on this machine - in /usr/lib/ or /usr/lib64/, /lib/ or /lib64/.

This distro **does** use glibc.

If I continue, and finish the install, I can't get it to run. The GUI comes up, but when I try to install a new VM or start a previously existing one, I get:

[code]
"Unable to change virtual machine power state: Failed to connect to peer process."
[/code]

I did a search on the forum, found that some had been able to get this to clear up if they ran it as root (no go on this box), did a chmod 775 on one of the binaries (also a no go), or added their regular user to the vmware group (no such group was installed by the rpm).

Could someone give me a clue as to what's going on, and what I can do to get this cleared up?

Thanks
Bob

Microsoft imposing high cost and limitations for vista in vm

dsharp9000 — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 00:38:41 GMT

I have concern relating to the Vista Eula licensing agreement relating to using vista in a vm. Microsoft is taking the position that I have to buy the most expensive version vista to run in a vm (virtual machine). I currently dont use linux but would like to move to linux; however, to make such a transition successful I will need to use vista in a vm as sometimes I need access to ms applications ; however, microsoft has made it extremely expensive to run vista in a vm as they require you to buy the most expensive and even then heavy limitations are imposed. The high cost microsoft has imposed to run vista in a vm eliminates my right to choose as I cannot afford the "most expensive". Additionally, even if I could afford it, the limitations of not being able to use protected content may eliminate its feasibility for use in a vm for it is unclear to me if protected content is just limited to movies. An example is what if some software such as quickbooks somehow becomes linked to the protected content features in the future (hell, the quickbooks logo itself may someday be tied to protected content -- what about tutorial videos for how to use software....).Not allowing access to protected content also has the implication of microsoft establishing a complete monopoly in the protected content market --- if I dont have vista as my host --- I cant access protected content. Further, I am not allowed to use drive encryption when using a vm --- this poses a security threat. I do not believe it is appropriate for microsoft not to allow me to secure my data using encryption software such as bit locker just because i'm using linux (or a mac).

Through its licensing areement, Microsoft is eliminating my right to choose as I would need to have vista in a vm to make a transition to linux successful. I cant afford the most expensive. Nor should I be penalized with limitations just because I'm not using microsoft vista as my host. A dual boot system is not an option for me as it wastes computer resources and I sometimes need to undo drives when testing applications in the vista environment. A dual boot system also poses a security concern as I have no method to undo drives after I access to the internet. Further, Microsoft is requiring existing linux and mac users to buy the most expensive version of vista for use in a vm, and, even for those that could afford it, it would have limited use.

I think that the current policy of imposing high cost and limitations for use of vista on a vm is illegal as it only serves to further reduce or eliminate all consumer alternatives thereby giving microsoft a complete monopoly in the operating system and protected content market.

This is really frustratring as I would like to move to linux - but microsoft is making it impossible for me to do so by imposing high costs and limitations that make such a move impractical. Does anyone else have concern with this?

Too much hardware!

HabsFan — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:16:30 GMT

Does anyone know what kind of issues I'll encounter installing VMWare Workstation 5.5.3 on a:

- dual quad-core Intel Dell 2950 with 16 GB RAM? What about a 4-CPU system?

Any idea if there are plans to expand RAM support past 8GB in the future?

I know these are odd-ball questions but I'd appreciate any info.
Thanks!

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HabsFan

Bridged guest, no Internet

sbox — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:18:48 GMT

I'm running Windows XP Pro as my host. I have several guests, but all have the same issue. For now, we'll just make it simple and use the XP Pro guest also. I was using bridged networking before, with no problems. Recently I was playing with OpenVPN, and then my vmware bridge stopped working properly.

I can use NAT and everything works fine. If I do bridged, I am able to ping internal/external addresses from the guest, but cannot open up an Internet browser or use a command line function like wget.

I have net0 setup as the bridge interface with the bridge protocol installed as well as my NIC connected to the bridge in the vmware network settings.

Any help is appreciated as I've been trying to fix this for several days now with no luck and I've not found anything on the net with a solution.

Thanks in advance.

Problem setting up win 98 as a guest

tomg35 — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:03:16 GMT

Hi

Host is win xp pro and trying to install win 98 as guest.

Created the virtual drive, run fdisk, shut down and restarted then formatted the partition but when i change to the cd drive and type setup i get an error message "this program requires microsoft windows".

What am i doing wrong?
Thanks

guestinfo and api, works in workstation

aktxyz — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:42:49 GMT

At some point on this forum someone mentioned that the vmware api to allow the guest to read the vmx property file was not available on workstation.

I decided to try anyway and it seems to work fine, just letting folks know.

So if you add this line to your vmx file:
guestinfo.hello="hello world"

You can read it like this in your guest (must have vmware tools installed)
sudo /usr/sbin/vmware-guestd --cmd 'info-get guestinfo.hello'

/mnt/hgfs/

SPétör — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:40:36 GMT

Hi everybody.
(Hi Bruno! :-))

I need your help to solve my problem with Shared Folders.

My Host: Windows XP Pro SP2 Hu
My Guest: UHU-Linux 2.0 (a Hungarian Linux version based on Debian)
VMware Workstation 5.5.3 build 34685

After the first installation and configuration the Shared Folders was OK, but after a reboot... disappeared.
(I set in VM / Settings... / options / Shared Folders enabled)
I have read all of the topics here, I tried all of the offers I (and Bruno) found here but it was unsuccessful.

First I have checked that vmware-tools exist:
root:~# whereis vmware-tools
vmware-tools:
root:~#

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
instead of this:

$ whereis vmware-tools
vmware-tools: /etc/vmware-tools /usr/lib/vmware-tools
(or something like this)

Next, see if Ihave the initialization script:

root:~# ls -lad /etc/init.d/*vmware*
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 20434 2007-01-31 00:38 /etc/init.d/vmware-tools
root:~#

OK

Now, here's what I should have to start things automatically by the system.

root:~# ls -lad /etc/rc*d/*vmware*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 2007-02-14 00:00 /etc/rc0.d/K08vmware-tools -> /etc/init.d/vmware-tools
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 2007-02-14 00:00 /etc/rc2.d/K08vmware-tools -> /etc/init.d/vmware-tools
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 2007-02-14 00:00 /etc/rc2.d/S19vmware-tools -> /etc/init.d/vmware-tools
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 2007-02-14 00:00 /etc/rc3.d/K08vmware-tools -> /etc/init.d/vmware-tools
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 2007-02-14 00:00 /etc/rc3.d/S19vmware-tools -> /etc/init.d/vmware-tools
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 2007-02-14 00:00 /etc/rc5.d/K08vmware-tools -> /etc/init.d/vmware-tools
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 2007-02-14 00:00 /etc/rc5.d/S19vmware-tools -> /etc/init.d/vmware-tools
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 2007-02-14 00:00 /etc/rc6.d/K08vmware-tools -> /etc/init.d/vmware-tools
root:~#

OK
Now check:

root:~# ps -ef | grep vmware
speter 1333 1 0 17:30 ? 00:00:06 /usr/lib/vmware-tools/bin32/vmware-toolbox-gtk
root 1621 1609 0 18:08 pts/0 00:00:00 grep vmware
root:~#

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

instead of this:

root:~# ps -ef | grep vmware
speter 1043 1 0 16:54 ? 00:00:27 /usr/lib/vmware-tools/bin32/vmware-toolbox-gtk
speter 1769 1 0 19:04 ? 00:00:01 /usr/sbin/vmware-guestd --background /var/run/vmware-guestd.pid
root 2182 2161 0 19:49 pts/1 00:00:00 grep vmware
root:~

Now try to start:

speter:~$ /etc/init.d/vmware-tools start
Starting VMware Tools services in the virtual machine:
Switching to guest configuration: done
Guest filesystem driver: failed
DMA setup: done
Guest operating system daemon: failed

Stop it and try again as root:

root:~# /etc/init.d/vmware-tools start
Starting VMware Tools services in the virtual machine:
Switching to guest configuration: done
Guest filesystem driver: done
DMA setup: done
Guest operating system daemon: done
root:~#

OK

Check again as user:

speter:~$ ps -ef | grep vmware
speter 1333 1 0 17:30 ? 00:00:07 /usr/lib/vmware-tools/bin32/vmware-toolbox-gtk
speter 1665 1 0 18:10 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/vmware-guestd --background /var/run/vmware-guestd.pid
speter 1762 1595 0 18:13 pts/0 00:00:00 grep vmware
speter:~$

OK

root:~# /sbin/lsmod | grep hgfs
vmhgfs 41360 0
root:~#

You can see the vmhgfs module!

To tell the truth I tried it several times and once it (or something else) worked.

At this occasion I got this:

root:~# /sbin/lsmod | grep hgfs
vmhgfs 41360 4
root:~#

and the Shared Folders were visible in /mnt/hgfs/

Once!
Than reboot and again nothing...

Any idea to solve this problem?
Thank you in advance.

Peter

How do I know which virtual disks are needed?

MtMan — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:38:56 GMT

I'm running in a Windows host and have a few guest Linux distributions, and some of these have snapshots.

It seems I have several orphaned virtual disks. But how do I know which .vmdk files are needed? Many of my .vmdk files have a similar name "Other Linux 2.6.x kernel...".

In one case I see a single .vmdk file referenced in the .vmx file, but since there are snap shots, it would seem that there are other .vmdk files used.

Thanks,

Scott

VMware Tools appearance on Ubuntu guest

jeffbarish — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:57:11 GMT

I put vmware-toolbox in System|Preferences|Sessions|Startup Programs so that VMware Tools would start automatically whenever I boot my Ubuntu guest. That configuration works, but a window appears labeled "VMware Tools Properties". For a long time after I installed VMware Tools yesterday, I would hit the Close button thinking that I did not need to set any properties again and then continue my efforts to figure out why VMware Tools did not seem to be running. I finally figured out that closing the Properties box terminates VMware Tools. I now have the Properties box minimized in the task bar. Is this the normal way for VMware Tools to run on a Linux guest? On a Windows guest, VMware Tools appears as an icon in the task tray, a much more elegant solution. If the window has to be open for VMware Tools to run, it seems to me that VMware could make this fact clearer.

I just noticed that I also have a "VMware Tools DVD-ROM" on my desktop. Is this normal? Is it necessary?

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jeffbarish

SATA Physical disk

inomarkov — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:00:33 GMT

VMware Workstation 5.5.3. I try to configure on linux (FC6 x86_64) /dev/sda3 as a physical disk
for installation of WinXP_PRO_64. The system does see the partition as SCSI(0,0).
In non-full screen mode I can not login setup by "F2" because of cycling of the reboot of
the virtual machine. In full screen mode I can login in the bios setup but he does not
see any hard disk.
1. Is for VMware SATA=SCSI? If yes, do I nead a special SCSI driver?
2. I have installed on the machine a dual-system booting by grub. Can I start existing
windows XP under linux as a virtual machine?
Thank in advance

VMW Wrks 5.5.1 upd 108, xorg 7.1.0, libxcb v1.0, Assertion failed

gfolkert — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:07:24 GMT

greg@princess:~$ vmware
vmware: xcb_xlib.c:50: xcb_xlib_unlock: Assertion `c->xlib.lock' failed.

greg@princess:~$ vmware -v
VMware Workstation 5.5.1 build-19175

I have applied the vmware-any-any-update108 (dated February 14,1007)

I am running Debian Sid (with "Experimental" to get xorg 7.1 and XFCEv4.4) and using a Debian 2.6.20 snapshot kernel. Everything compiles and loads and runs properly... except vmware fails an assertion. It appears to be trying to unlock twice

One thing... the VMware Workstation Player works just fine.

'Alt Gr' key does not work (can't enter Euro sign or @)

marcelruff — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:44:06 GMT

Hi,
i have VMWare workstation 5.5.3 on a SUSE 10.2 host, the guest is a Windows XP Professional.

My German keyboard has a 'Alt Gr' key which works fine to enter @ or on my Linux consol
(or here in the browser for this text),
but nothing happens in my Windows XP (inside Vmware).

What can i do?

Thanks
Marcel

Creating new vm lacks vmx file extension

cf — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:33:50 GMT

Creating a new virtual machine will eventually create a file named after the virtual machine, but without .vmx extension so that it does not show up when subsequently opening it through File/Open.

Steps to reproduce:
Go through the "New Virtual Machine Wizard", pick some values and e.g. save the new machine at /tmp/Machines/foo. This will create /tmp/Machines/foo.vmdk, etc. and /tmp/Machines/foo/foo, rather than /tmp/Machines/foo/foo.vmx. Hence, when using "Open Existing Virtual Machine or Team", the .vmx file does not show up in the file choose dialog and needs to be renamed first.

Host:
openSUSE 10.2 rc1 running VMware 5.5.3 build-34685. Also seen with previous 5.5.2.

Installation of Ubuntu 6.10 guest hangs

jeffbarish — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 18:49:40 GMT

I am trying to install Ubuntu 6.10 on VMWorkstation 5.5.3 as a guest. I pass the Start or install Ubuntu option, I get the Loading Linux Kernel message, and I get the progress bar. Eventually, the progress bar freezes. The last messages in vmware.log are:

Feb 25 11:42:32: vcpu-0| VIDE: (0x170) Rep INSW ATAPI Unknown Cmd 0x52 Data len 32
Feb 25 11:42:35: vmx| CDROM_SG: AIOCallbackSGIO: Unexpected errno: Input/output error (5)
Feb 25 11:42:35: vmx| VIDE: ATAPI DMA 0x28 Failed: key 0x2, asc 0x0, ascq 0x0

The system will boot from the installation disc.

I configured the VM with bridged networking, allocate all disk space now.

Ubuntu VMWare tools wierdness

Jaimi — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:11:50 GMT

I have a windows XP host, and an Ubuntu guest that was working fine up until a few days ago. Now however, two things have happened: Vmware Workstation notifies me that the guest does not have VM Tools installed, and it will not allow me to "Fit guest now". All appears fine in the Ubuntu guest though - it's definitely acting as if the tools are installed: the video is fast, and resizes to my custom modes, the mouse behaves correctly, etc. Any idea how I can get my "Fit guest now" functionality back?

VMware copy and paste problem

rickyray — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 03:49:04 GMT

Hello. I'm running Windows XP media center as my Host, and Suse 10.2 as my Virtual Machine (VM, for short).

The problem is that I want to create a server machine and as you know, servers run a tad better without a GUI and you don't waste space. So what i need is this.

I want to be able to read a tutorial on my HOST machine, http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_opensuse_10.2

As i'm reading, at around page 6,7, and 8, theres one heck of alot of commands to type into the console. I've tried 3 times now and each time somewhere throughout the tutorial i've made mistakes and i wish i could copy the text from my HOST web browser directly into my VM.

As you know, since X isn't installed and not recommended for this tutorial, I am now unable to use vmware-tools.

Searching the internet, i've found this page here. But i have no idea how to work this stuff. http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/details.html

as you can see, if you search that page for 'wmpref' section you'll find it says that you can somehow use this to get copy and paste to work.

Please, if anyone can help, much appreciated.

Need Help Installing Video Driver

KimCang — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:23:04 GMT

Hi, i just installed Windows XP home in WMware workstation and also installed WMware Tool with it. I tried to install a Nvidia Geforce 7400 go graphic card but they kept saying "This computer does not meet the minimum requirements for installing the software". I used the driver from www.Hp.com where i got my laptop from. So if anyone out there know how to fix this problem please help me and i am really appreciated it.

Thanks

How to point to shared folder

tomoo — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 20:54:43 GMT

I can't choose a folder which located on a configured shared folder.

Host Linux and guest WindowsXp.
open control panel -> Printer & fax
right click fax to open preference.
click "archives" tab and browse a folder on shared folder to store received fax.
Then click "apply".
"The specified folder cannot be found. Search for the folder or an alternative folder, using the Browse button." message appears.
This folder exists and can be opened by Explorer with no problem.
Can anyone help me ?

Help setting up home server for testing

Threatcon — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:36:53 GMT

I would like to setup a Fedora 6 server at home for testing purposes only. I'm very new to Linux, but am not afraid to jump in and get my feet wet.
I will be using this test server to familiarize myself with Fedora and how servers are setup to run web apps, pages and such. In the near future I plan on getting myself a Fedora server and doing some web hosting.

What I have done so far...
- Running Windows XP SP2 on main computer
- Installed Fedora 6 and patched it up in VMware Workstation
- Installed VMware tools so now I can run a higher res in VMware Workstation and use the mouse more fluid like
-- That's it!

Is there an idiots guide somewhere that tells me exactly what to do when it comes to setting up a web server with Fedora? How to call pages from FireFox, ftp, telnet and remote to the server just as if it were hosted say in a NOC (network operations center)? I found this helpful looking page, but not sure how similar Fedora 5 and 6 are to say this guide will work.
http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_fedora_core_5

Any help would be very much appreciated! Thanks!

VMWare 5.5 How to change VM-HardDrive? vmdk and commit REDO_a02688

akersche — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:39:18 GMT

Hello,

I wanted to try VMWare 6, but didn't recieve s/n for beta. I had difficulties to install VMWare 5.5 again...
After I managed I did find out, that I did loose all data (and my private emails, only good is that I did have saved 2 months ago and stored important attachments).

Now I want to convert the virutual HardDrive vom Permanent with 6 GB and split into 2GB files...
I want to commit the changes from the REDO files.
And be capable of cloning and taking snapshots.

Can anybody help me, how I can commit the REDO-files, so that changes are in the vmdk...
Do I need to change the kind of drive first?

TIA!

Regards, Arno

Here is the most important from the vmx-file. Can I change this?

config.version = "7"
virtualHW.version = "3"
scsi0.present = "TRUE"
memsize = "768"
ide0:0.present = "TRUE"
ide0:0.fileName = "Windows XP Professional.vmdk"
ide0:0.deviceType = "plainDisk"
ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
ide1:0.fileName = "auto detect"
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"
floppy0.present = "FALSE"
Ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
Ethernet0.connectionType = "nat"
sound.present = "TRUE"
sound.fileName = "-1"
displayName = "Windows XP Professional"
guestOS = "winxppro"
priority.grabbed = "normal"
priority.ungrabbed = "normal"
powerType.powerOff = "hard"
powerType.powerOn = "hard"
powerType.suspend = "hard"
powerType.reset = "hard"

ide1:0.startConnected = "TRUE"
Ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
uuid.location = "56 4d 27 35 43 01 41 3f-9d 02 01 9b 7a df 49 8e"
uuid.bios = "56 4d 31 05 b0 d3 f3 01-e9 b0 9f 7b 99 74 24 39"
ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:74:24:39"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"
tools.syncTime = "TRUE"

sound.virtualDev = "es1371"

sharedFolder.maxNum = "6"
redoLogDir = "."
sharedFolder0.present = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.enabled = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.readAccess = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.writeAccess = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.hostPath = "C:\"
sharedFolder0.guestName = "C_NotebookDrive"
sharedFolder0.expiration = "never"
sharedFolder1.present = "TRUE"
sharedFolder1.enabled = "TRUE"
sharedFolder1.readAccess = "TRUE"
sharedFolder1.writeAccess = "TRUE"

undopoints.seqNum = "0"
ide0:0.mode = "undoable"
ide0:0.redo = ".\Windows XP Professional.vmdk.REDO_a02688"
undopoint.restoreFromCheckpoint = "FALSE"
undopoint.checkpointedOnline = "TRUE"

Ethernet0.vnet = "VMnet1"

usb.present = "TRUE"

undopoint.disableSnapshots = "TRUE"

sound.autodetect = "TRUE"
ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE"

Snapshot Manager causes vmware to freeze

sdvinesjr — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:46:13 GMT

Whenever I click on snapshot manager, the vmware program freezes. The only way to get anything done is to close with the Task manager. What's odd is that the actual VM running still runs, I'm just not able to do anything to it, but I can see it running and the screensaver pops on etc... I've tried opening snapshot manager with the vm running or powered off, both tries freeze the entire vmware. I've uninstalled the software and reinstalled it, and it still freezes the same.

I'll enclose my system stats, vmware version, anything I can find that seems relevant and some logs. Has anyone experienced this, or have a solution?

VMware Workstation pid=4732 version=5.5.3 build=build-34685
Host: Windows XP Pro SP2
Intel Centrino Duo 2.00Ghz
2gb of Ram
100gb HD (7200 rpm)

Guest: Doesn't matter, it freezes the same, but I've tried it on:
Win Server 2003 Std / Enterprise / R2
Win XP Pro SP2
Vista Enterprise

* I found this in the Application Log (Event Viewer): (there were about 6 identical entries). I found another that said there were no drive letters to assign, so I think this is in reference to mounting drives when starting the vm's, ie it was set to mount a floppy drive, but I don't physically have one attached to this machine, so I had to take that out of the VM's configuration.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: VMware Virtual Mount Service Extended
Event Category: None
Event ID: 3
Date: 2/24/2007
Time: 9:43:54 AM
User: N/A
Computer:
Description:
Vmount2.Vmount2Service: RegReadStringValue failed with error 2

* I also found this one three times with different sources, but I think it's caused from when I'm going into Task Manager and stopping the frozen app that way:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7034
Date: 2/25/2007
Time: 9:07:13 AM
User: N/A
Computer:
Description:
The VMware Virtual Mount Manager Extended service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 1 time(s).

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

* Here are the log entries I found:

Feb 24 20:39:41: vmui| Log for VMware Workstation pid=4732 version=5.5.3 build=build-34685 option=Release
Feb 24 20:39:43: vmui| HostDeviceInfo: Failed to enumerate host parallel ports via the registry. Could not open device map parallel port registry key.
Feb 24 20:39:44: vmui| HOSTINFO: Seeing Intel CPU, numCoresPerCPU 1 numThreadsPerCore 1.
Feb 24 20:39:44: vmui| HOSTINFO: This machine has 2 physical CPUS, 2 total cores, and 2 logical CPUs.
Feb 24 20:39:50: vmui| CVMUIApp::OpenHomePage: opened
Feb 24 20:39:50: vmui| CVMUIApp::OpenObj: opened /vm/#c53df9e0532ae43e/
Feb 24 20:39:50: vmui| CVMUIApp::OpenObj: opened /vm/#fb7c2f7c09ef42b9/
Feb 24 20:39:51: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: home
Feb 24 20:40:33: vmui| CVMUIStatusBase::OnButton 1055
Feb 24 20:40:45: vmui| VMHSCbUtilFileLs failed: VMDB failure (C:\Documents and Settings\abcde\My Documents\My Virtual Machines\Windows XP Professional)
Feb 24 20:40:45: vmui| Cmd /host2/#2d12834da7832113/util/file/cmd/##67/op/ls/ failed: The system cannot find the path specified
Feb 24 20:40:58: vmui| VMHSCbUtilFileLs failed: VMDB failure (C:\Documents and Settings\abcde\My Documents\My Virtual Machines\XP 1\)
Feb 24 20:40:58: vmui| Cmd /host2/#2d12834da7832113/util/file/cmd/##6a/op/ls/ failed: The system cannot find the path specified
Feb 24 20:40:58: vmui| VMHSCbUtilFileLs failed: VMDB failure (C:\Documents and Settings\abcde\My Documents\My Virtual Machines\XP 1\)
Feb 24 20:40:58: vmui| Cmd /host2/#2d12834da7832113/util/file/cmd/##6b/op/ls/ failed: The system cannot find the path specified
Feb 24 20:41:05: vmui| VMHSCbUtilFileLs failed: VMDB failure (C:\Documents and Settings\abcde\My Documents\My Virtual Machines\XP 1\)
Feb 24 20:41:05: vmui| Cmd /host2/#2d12834da7832113/util/file/cmd/##6f/op/ls/ failed: The system cannot find the path specified
Feb 24 20:41:05: vmui| VMHSCbUtilFileLs failed: VMDB failure (C:\Documents and Settings\abcde\My Documents\My Virtual Machines\XP 1\)
Feb 24 20:41:05: vmui| Cmd /host2/#2d12834da7832113/util/file/cmd/##70/op/ls/ failed: The system cannot find the path specified
Feb 24 20:41:15: vmui| VMHSCbUtilFileLs failed: VMDB failure (C:\Documents and Settings\abcde\My Documents\My Virtual Machines\XP 1)
Feb 24 20:41:15: vmui| Cmd /host2/#2d12834da7832113/util/file/cmd/##74/op/ls/ failed: The system cannot find the path specified
Feb 24 20:41:15: vmui| VMHSWorkerMain started : thread id = 5000: Path: /host2/#2d12834da7832113/util/disk/cmd/##5c/op/createDisk/
Feb 24 20:41:15: vmui| DiskLibCreateParam: 0354FE1C
Feb 24 20:41:15: vmui| ----------------------------
Feb 24 20:41:15: vmui| AdapterType: ide
Feb 24 20:41:15: vmui| CreateType: twoGbMaxExtentSparse
Feb 24 20:41:15: vmui| descriptorFile: C:\Documents and Settings\abcde\My Documents\My Virtual Machines\XP 1\Windows XP Professional.vmdk
Feb 24 20:41:15: vmui| capacity: 16777216
Feb 24 20:41:15: vmui| grainSize: 128
Feb 24 20:41:16: vmui| DISKLIB-LINK : "C:\Documents and Settings\abcde\My Documents\My Virtual Machines\XP 1\Windows XP Professional.vmdk" : creation successful.
Feb 24 20:41:16: vmui| VMHSWorkerMain done : thread id = 5000
Feb 24 20:41:16: vmui| VmdbVmCfg_UpdateFile: Could not load dictionary file C:\Documents and Settings\abcde\My Documents\My Virtual Machines\XP 1\Windows XP Professional.vmx: Unable to get information about file "C:\Documents and Settings\abcde\My Documents\My Virtual Machines\XP 1\Windows XP Professional.vmx": The system cannot find the file specified.
Feb 24 20:41:16: vmui|
Feb 24 20:41:16: vmui| CVMUIApp::OpenObj: opened /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 20:41:16: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 20:41:21: vmui| CVMUIStatusBase::OnButton 1064
Feb 24 20:41:42: vmui| CVMUIStatusVM::OnPowerVM clicked
Feb 24 20:41:42: vmui| VMHSVMCbPower: Setting state of VM /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/ to powerOn with option default
Feb 24 20:41:44: vmui| CVMDlg::ShowDialog: The Microsoft Windows XP product activation feature creates a key based on the virtual hardware in the virtual machine where it is installed. Changes in the virtual machine configuration may require you to reactivate the guest operating system. To minimize those changes, be sure to set the final memory size for the virtual machine and install VMware Tools before you activate Windows XP.
Feb 24 20:41:44: vmui| For more information about Windows XP product activation and virtual machines see our Web site at "http://www.vmware.com/info?id=50".
Feb 24 20:41:44: vmui|
Feb 24 20:42:23: vmui| Dlg::OnClicked:0 Reply KEEP_DISABLED
Feb 24 20:42:23: vmui| CVMDlg::ShowDialog: Your serial number will expire in 6 day(s).
Feb 24 20:42:23: vmui| Be sure that your host machine's date and time are set correctly.
Feb 24 20:42:23: vmui|
Feb 24 20:42:32: vmui| Dlg::OnClicked:0 Reply KEEP_DISABLED
Feb 24 20:42:35: vmui| CVMUIApp::MenuButtonClicked: 40040
Feb 24 20:42:39: vmui| CVMUIApp::MenuButtonClicked: 40041
Feb 24 20:53:09: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: home
Feb 24 20:53:10: vmui| CVMUIStatusBase::OnButton 1055
Feb 24 20:53:19: vmui| VMHSCbUtilFileLs failed: VMDB failure (C:\Documents and Settings\abcde\My Documents\My Virtual Machines\Windows Vista (experimental))
Feb 24 20:53:19: vmui| Cmd /host2/#2d12834da7832113/util/file/cmd/##93/op/ls/ failed: The system cannot find the path specified
Feb 24 20:53:25: vmui| VMHSCbUtilFileLs failed: VMDB failure (C:\Documents and Settings\abcde\My Documents\My Virtual Machines\Vista 1\)
Feb 24 20:53:25: vmui| Cmd /host2/#2d12834da7832113/util/file/cmd/##96/op/ls/ failed: The system cannot find the path specified
Feb 24 20:53:25: vmui| VMHSCbUtilFileLs failed: VMDB failure (C:\Documents and Settings\abcde\My Documents\My Virtual Machines\Vista 1\)
Feb 24 20:53:25: vmui| Cmd /host2/#2d12834da7832113/util/file/cmd/##97/op/ls/ failed: The system cannot find the path specified
Feb 24 20:53:30: vmui| VMHSCbUtilFileLs failed: VMDB failure (C:\Documents and Settings\abcde\My Documents\My Virtual Machines\Vista 1\)
Feb 24 20:53:30: vmui| Cmd /host2/#2d12834da7832113/util/file/cmd/##9b/op/ls/ failed: The system cannot find the path specified
Feb 24 20:53:30: vmui| VMHSCbUtilFileLs failed: VMDB failure (C:\Documents and Settings\abcde\My Documents\My Virtual Machines\Vista 1\)
Feb 24 20:53:30: vmui| Cmd /host2/#2d12834da7832113/util/file/cmd/##9c/op/ls/ failed: The system cannot find the path specified
Feb 24 20:53:40: vmui| VMHSCbUtilFileLs failed: VMDB failure (C:\Documents and Settings\abcde\My Documents\My Virtual Machines\Vista 1)
Feb 24 20:53:40: vmui| Cmd /host2/#2d12834da7832113/util/file/cmd/##a0/op/ls/ failed: The system cannot find the path specified
Feb 24 20:53:40: vmui| VMHSWorkerMain started : thread id = 4644: Path: /host2/#2d12834da7832113/util/disk/cmd/##88/op/createDisk/
Feb 24 20:53:40: vmui| DiskLibCreateParam: 0107FE1C
Feb 24 20:53:40: vmui| ----------------------------
Feb 24 20:53:40: vmui| AdapterType: lsilogic
Feb 24 20:53:40: vmui| CreateType: twoGbMaxExtentSparse
Feb 24 20:53:40: vmui| descriptorFile: C:\Documents and Settings\abcde\My Documents\My Virtual Machines\Vista 1\Windows Vista (experimental).vmdk
Feb 24 20:53:40: vmui| capacity: 33554432
Feb 24 20:53:40: vmui| grainSize: 128
Feb 24 20:53:41: vmui| DISKLIB-LINK : "C:\Documents and Settings\abcde\My Documents\My Virtual Machines\Vista 1\Windows Vista (experimental).vmdk" : creation successful.
Feb 24 20:53:41: vmui| VMHSWorkerMain done : thread id = 4644
Feb 24 20:53:41: vmui| VmdbVmCfg_UpdateFile: Could not load dictionary file C:\Documents and Settings\abcde\My Documents\My Virtual Machines\Vista 1\Windows Vista (experimental).vmx: Unable to get information about file "C:\Documents and Settings\abcde\My Documents\My Virtual Machines\Vista 1\Windows Vista (experimental).vmx": The system cannot find the file specified.
Feb 24 20:53:41: vmui|
Feb 24 20:53:41: vmui| CVMUIApp::OpenObj: opened /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 20:53:41: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 20:53:45: vmui| CVMUIStatusBase::OnButton 1064
Feb 24 20:54:04: vmui| CVMUIStatusVM::OnPowerVM clicked
Feb 24 20:54:04: vmui| VMHSVMCbPower: Setting state of VM /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/ to powerOn with option default
Feb 24 20:54:05: vmui| CVMDlg::ShowDialog: Your serial number will expire in 6 day(s).
Feb 24 20:54:05: vmui| Be sure that your host machine's date and time are set correctly.
Feb 24 20:54:05: vmui|
Feb 24 20:54:07: vmui| Dlg::OnClicked:0 Reply KEEP_DISABLED
Feb 24 20:55:53: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 20:55:55: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 20:56:30: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 20:56:33: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 20:57:57: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 20:58:02: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 20:58:04: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 20:58:16: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 20:58:53: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 20:59:21: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 20:59:27: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#c53df9e0532ae43e/
Feb 24 20:59:29: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#fb7c2f7c09ef42b9/
Feb 24 20:59:32: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#c53df9e0532ae43e/
Feb 24 20:59:33: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 20:59:36: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 20:59:40: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 21:18:52: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 21:18:55: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 21:22:39: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 21:23:04: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 21:24:29: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 21:27:14: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 21:27:28: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 21:29:43: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 21:29:45: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 21:37:10: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 21:37:13: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 21:37:47: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 21:37:50: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 21:39:28: vmui| CVMUIApp::MenuButtonClicked: 40010 /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 21:39:28: vmui| CVMDlg::ShowDialog: Installing the VMware Tools package will greatly enhance graphics and mouse performance in your virtual machine.
Feb 24 21:39:28: vmui|
Feb 24 21:39:28: vmui| WARNING: You cannot install the VMware Tools package until the guest operating system is running. If your guest operating system is not running, choose Cancel and install the VMware Tools package later.
Feb 24 21:39:29: vmui| Dlg::OnClicked:0 Reply KEEP_DISABLED
Feb 24 21:40:46: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 21:40:50: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 21:42:18: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 21:42:19: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 21:44:29: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 21:44:33: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 21:44:34: vmui| CVMUIFrame::OnCtxFitGuestToWindow failed:
Feb 24 21:44:39: vmui| CVMUIFrame::OnCtxFitGuestToWindow failed:
Feb 24 21:44:43: vmui| CVMUIFrame::OnCtxFitGuestToWindow failed:
Feb 24 21:44:53: vmui| CVMUICmdbar::OnButtonClicked: 15
Feb 24 21:44:55: vmui| CVMUICmdbar::OnButtonClicked: 16
Feb 24 21:44:59: vmui| CVMUIFrame::OnCtxFitGuestToWindow failed:
Feb 24 21:45:02: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 21:45:07: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 21:45:11: vmui| CVMUIFrame::OnCtxFitGuestToWindow failed:
Feb 24 21:45:34: vmui| CVMUIFrame::OnCtxFitGuestToWindow failed:
Feb 24 21:46:05: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 21:46:09: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 21:46:25: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 21:46:27: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 21:46:42: vmui| CVMUIApp::MenuButtonClicked: 40023
Feb 24 21:46:45: vmui| CVMUIApp::MenuButtonClicked: 40023
Feb 24 21:46:58: vmui| CVMUICmdbar::OnButtonClicked: 1
Feb 24 21:47:00: vmui| CVMUICmdbar::OnButtonClicked: 1
Feb 24 21:49:13: vmui| CVMUIApp::MenuButtonClicked: 40026
Feb 24 21:49:14: vmui| CVMUIFrame::OnCtxFitGuestToWindow failed:
Feb 24 21:49:19: vmui| CVMUIApp::MenuButtonClicked: 40024
Feb 24 21:49:20: vmui| CVMUIApp::MenuButtonClicked: 40023
Feb 24 21:49:20: vmui| FileLock_Lock: LockFileEx(C:\Documents and Settings\abcde\Application Data\VMware\preferences.ini.lck) fail. error: 33
Feb 24 21:49:27: vmui| CVMUIApp::MenuButtonClicked: 40026
Feb 24 21:49:28: vmui| CVMUIFrame::OnCtxFitGuestToWindow failed:
Feb 24 21:49:31: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 21:49:37: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 21:50:16: vmui| CVMUIApp::MenuButtonClicked: 40023
Feb 24 21:50:18: vmui| CVMUIApp::MenuButtonClicked: 40023
Feb 24 21:50:18: vmui| FileLock_Lock: LockFileEx(C:\Documents and Settings\abcde\Application Data\VMware\preferences.ini.lck) fail. error: 33
Feb 24 21:50:18: vmui| Msg_Reset:
Feb 24 21:50:18: vmui| [msg.preference.loadNoLock] Unable to lock user preference file C:\Documents and Settings\abcde\Application Data\VMware\preferences.ini for reading.
Feb 24 21:50:18: vmui| [localized] Unable to lock user preference file C:\Documents and Settings\abcde\Application Data\VMware\preferences.ini for reading.
Feb 24 21:50:18: vmui| ----------------------------------------
Feb 24 21:50:18: vmui| PREF Failed to load 1 time(s).
Feb 24 21:51:08: vmui| CVMUIApp::MenuButtonClicked: 40026
Feb 24 21:51:08: vmui| CVMUIFrame::OnCtxFitGuestToWindow failed:
Feb 24 21:52:57: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 21:53:01: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 21:55:43: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 21:55:53: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 21:56:20: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 21:56:24: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 21:56:29: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 21:56:37: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 21:56:44: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 21:57:43: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 21:57:47: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 21:59:26: vmui| CVMUIApp::MenuButtonClicked: 40010 /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 21:59:26: vmui| CVMDlg::ShowDialog: Installing the VMware Tools package will greatly enhance graphics and mouse performance in your virtual machine.
Feb 24 21:59:26: vmui|
Feb 24 21:59:26: vmui| WARNING: You cannot install the VMware Tools package until the guest operating system is running. If your guest operating system is not running, choose Cancel and install the VMware Tools package later.
Feb 24 21:59:27: vmui| Dlg::OnClicked:0 Reply KEEP_DISABLED
Feb 24 21:59:51: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 21:59:55: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 22:00:59: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 22:01:07: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 22:03:16: vmui| CVMUIApp::MenuButtonClicked: 40024
Feb 24 22:03:20: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 22:03:22: vmui| CVMUIFrame::OnCtxFitGuestToWindow failed:
Feb 24 22:03:27: vmui| CVMUIFrame::OnCtxFitGuestToWindow failed:
Feb 24 22:03:30: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 22:03:34: vmui| CVMUIFrame::OnCtxFitGuestToWindow failed:
Feb 24 22:03:39: vmui| CVMUIApp::MenuButtonClicked: 40024
Feb 24 22:03:43: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 22:03:48: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 22:04:11: vmui| CVMUICmdbar::OnButtonClicked: 12
Feb 24 22:04:33: vmui| SnapshotTree: Taking powered-on snapshot
Feb 24 22:04:39: vmui| SnapshotTree: Created snapshot 1
Feb 24 22:04:40: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 22:04:49: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 22:05:35: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 22:05:37: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 22:06:16: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 22:06:44: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 22:06:46: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#fb7c2f7c09ef42b9/
Feb 24 22:06:48: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#c53df9e0532ae43e/
Feb 24 22:06:49: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 22:06:53: vmui| CVMUICmdbar::OnButtonClicked: 15
Feb 24 22:06:54: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 22:06:55: vmui| CVMUICmdbar::OnButtonClicked: 15
Feb 24 22:06:56: vmui| CVMUICmdbar::OnButtonClicked: 16
Feb 24 22:06:58: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 22:07:00: vmui| CVMUICmdbar::OnButtonClicked: 16
Feb 24 22:07:10: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 22:09:01: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#2655ec9351258a91/
Feb 24 22:09:04: vmui| CVMUIApp::OnCtxCurrentObj: /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/
Feb 24 22:09:33: vmui| CVMUICmdbar::OnButtonClicked: 12
Feb 24 22:09:58: vmui| SnapshotTree: Taking powered-on snapshot
Feb 24 22:10:08: vmui| SnapshotTree: Created snapshot 1
Feb 24 23:35:06: vmui| DUMPER: restoring checkpoint version 8
Feb 25 08:51:15: vmui| CVMUICmdbar::OnButtonClicked: 7
Feb 25 08:51:15: vmui| VMHSVMCbPower: Setting state of VM /vm/#93e4b227150e1a7b/ to resume with option default
Feb 25 08:51:16: vmui| CVMDlg::ShowDialog: Your serial number will expire in 5 day(s).
Feb 25 08:51:16: vmui| Be sure that your host machine's date and time are set correctly.
Feb 25 08:51:16: vmui|
Feb 25 08:51:18: vmui| Dlg::OnClicked:0 Reply KEEP_DISABLED
Feb 25 08:51:19: vmui| CVMDlg::ShowDialog: Background snapshots are enabled so you can use a virtual machine while it is being resumed. If you have slow disks, performance may degrade while the operation is in progress. This behavior can be controlled under Edit > Preferences > Priority.
Feb 25 08:51:29: vmui| Dlg::OnClicked:0 Reply KEEP_DISABLED
Feb 25 08:51:55: vmui| CVMUICmdbar::OnButtonClicked: 17
Feb 25 08:51:56: vmui| SnapshotLayout::DumpList
Feb 25 08:51:56: vmui| Node[0][2]: 1
Feb 25 08:51:56: vmui| Node[0][4]: 0
Feb 25 08:51:56: vmui| SnapshotLayout::DumpMatrix
Feb 25 08:51:56: vmui| 01234
Feb 25 08:51:56: vmui| Row 0: [#-0-*]
Feb 25 09:06:44: vmui| vmdbPipe_Streams: Couldn't read
Feb 25 09:06:44: vmui| VMHS: Connection to VM broken: cfg: C:\Documents and Settings\abcde\My Documents\My Virtual Machines\Vista 1\Windows Vista (experimental).vmx; error: Pipe: Read failed; state: 3
Feb 25 09:06:44: vmui| SnapshotLayout::DumpList
Feb 25 09:06:44: vmui| Node[0][2]: 1
Feb 25 09:06:44: vmui| Node[0][4]: 0
Feb 25 09:06:44: vmui| SnapshotLayout::DumpMatrix
Feb 25 09:06:44: vmui| 01234
Feb 25 09:06:44: vmui| Row 0: [#-0-*]
Feb 25 09:06:44: vmui| SnapshotLayout::DumpList
Feb 25 09:06:44: vmui| Node[0][2]: 1
Feb 25 09:06:44: vmui| Node[0][4]: 0
Feb 25 09:06:44: vmui| SnapshotLayout::DumpMatrix
Feb 25 09:06:44: vmui| 01234
Feb 25 09:06:44: vmui| Row 0: [#-0-*]
Feb 25 09:06:44: vmui| SnapshotLayout::DumpList
Feb 25 09:06:44: vmui| Node[0][2]: 1
Feb 25 09:06:44: vmui| Node[0][4]: 0
Feb 25 09:06:44: vmui| SnapshotLayout::DumpMatrix
Feb 25 09:06:44: vmui| 01234
Feb 25 09:06:44: vmui| Row 0: [#-0-*]

Clustering better on VMWare Server or Workstation

netlib — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 21:17:59 GMT

I have VMWare Workstation 5.5 and I'd like to set up a virtual Windows cluster for testing purposes (using Windows 2000 Advanced Server). Would I be better off using VMWare Server instead? Thanks.

VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (vcpu-0)

ardainbox — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:12:15 GMT

VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (vcpu-0)
NOT_REACHED /build/mts/release/bora-39849/bora/devices/mainmem/mainMemHosted.c:964 bugNr=45226
A log file is available in "/home/xxxx/vmware/PANDA/vmware.log". A core file is available in "/home/xxxx/vmware/PANDA/core.28290". Please request support and include the contents of the log file and core file.
To collect files to submit to VMware support, run "vm-support".
We will respond on the basis of your support entitlement.
Fedora Core 6 : Host XP Pro: Guest
Vmw 6 Beta

VM Importer support for Virtual PC 2007 images

Bill Cumming — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:13:00 GMT

Does Virtual Machine Importer support Virtual PC 2007 (RC1 or RTM) images yet? Or is that part of the beta for VM Workstation 6.x?

Howto reconfigure device of bridget network ?

pospiech — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 11:44:43 GMT

Help! My Network in vmware is down after I installed a new wireless-card. The new device name is now ra0 instead of eth0

1) first I tried to reconfigure with vmware-config zu Ã¤ndern. But that only gave me an additional vmnetwork instead of a reconfiguration. Now I have no idea what is tried to use

2) I found the following line in topic from people with the same problem
vmnet-bridge -d /var/run/vmnet-bridge-0.pid /dev/vmnet0 ra0

after that vmware did not give me the error message anymore, but the network is not working at all in my client (XP)

The content of .vmx is (if that helps)

#!/usr/bin/vmware
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "4"
scsi0.present = "TRUE"
memsize = "532"
MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE"
ide0:0.present = "TRUE"
ide0:0.fileName = "Windows XP Professional.vmdk"
ide0:0.writeThrough = "TRUE"
ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
ide1:0.fileName = "/dev/hdd"
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"
floppy0.fileName = "/dev/fd0"
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
usb.present = "TRUE"
sound.present = "TRUE"
sound.virtualDev = "es1371"
displayName = "Windows XP Professional"
guestOS = "winxppro"
nvram = "Windows XP Professional.nvram"

ide0:0.redo = ""
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
uuid.location = "56 4d 74 b2 68 20 2c 9f-af 14 b3 7a 5a 41 09 fd"
uuid.bios = "56 4d 74 b2 68 20 2c 9f-af 14 b3 7a 5a 41 09 fd"
tools.remindInstall = "FALSE"
ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:41:09:fd"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"

ide1:0.startConnected = "TRUE"
tools.syncTime = "FALSE"

checkpoint.vmState = ""

Matthias

Can access network from Ubuntu guest but not internet

prholland — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:11:52 GMT

WinXP host + Vmware Workstation 5.5.3 using NAT: Ubuntu 6.10 guest

When I installed Ubuntu 6.10 as guest in VMware 5.5.3 I could access network and internet, as I upgraded a number of programs via the DHCP eth0 internet connection.

Since then I've changed the eth0 connection to a static address, and cannot access the internet anymore, even when I switched it back to DHCP again.

The WinXP host is used both connected to a 192.168.1.0 LAN network, and standalone, but always connected to a 192.168.229.0 VMNet8 network. I can access ports on the Ubuntu system from host in static and DHCP modes, and can access the host from the guest in both modes, but the internet is only accessible from the host.

Any hints about how to find out what I've done wrong, and how to fix it, would be appreciated.

........Phil Holland

VMWare 6 beta 39849 Multiple monitors?

craighome — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 00:55:53 GMT

I have opened a previous windows XP virtual machine guest under Vista Ultimate host, looking to enable multple monitor support.

Looking through the help it says to go through VM/Settings/Hardware/Monitors but I can't see the "monitors" device option. Tried "add" but no choice for monitors there either?

Any ideas? Really want to test out that feature as would be very useful in my development machine

Thanks

Craig

The maximum cards of virtual adapters

tetuya — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:24:10 GMT

Hi ALL

I'm use VMWARE Workstation 5.X
I cannot make it though I want to make six virtual adaptors.

How can I make it?

Newbie question on VM distribution

Bleary-eyed — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 20:31:48 GMT

Hello Forum experts,

I need to be able to create and distribute a virtual machine on a CD to demonstrate my software for potential clients.

1) What are the basic steps one must perform to do this (without using ACE) ? I'd expect to use VMPlayer to run the VM on the host computer.

2) Which VM files do I have to include?

3) My .vmdk file is massive (over 3 GB) even after shrinking it with VMTools (the VM only consists of XP, SQL Server, Office 2007 and a relativly small application file). Should it be this large with only those items? How does one handle distribution for such a large file? Is Zipping the filed an option?

4) Are there any scripts I can use so when the user installs the CD into their CD drive, VMPlayer.exe could automaticlly install itself, and then automatically start-up the VM.

Many thanks to all respondents!

losetup problem during .iso mount

Punkie — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:20:46 GMT

Hello

I'm running VMware 5.5.1 - build 19175.
Host OS = WIN XP HOme SP2. Guest OS : Ubuntu Linux 6.06 stock.

Using vmware-tools, i created a directory which is available to Win and Linux so i can transfer files from and to host OS. - /mnt/hgfs

I have a problem with mounting .iso images in these directory.
Example : i copy ubuntu 6.10 iso image in this dir in Windows.

1. $ sudo losetup -f
/dev/loop0
2.$ sudo losetup /dev/loop0 /mnt/hgfs/porcu/ubuntu-6.10-desktop-i386.iso
ioctl: LOOP_SET_FD: Invalid argument

am i missing something here or it's a vmware bug?
vmware module should implement this ioctl for this special directory??

Of course , when i copy the iso image on / losetup work flawlessy.
copying other .iso images created with mkisofs on this dir (/mnt/hgfs) and trying to losetup them shows up the same error.

Best regards

Workstation Versus Server

Spiker — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:46:05 GMT

Hi all

Just a quick question as I seem to have conflicting reports but can anyone point me in the direction of a resource on the differences between Workstation and the Server product so I can justify the cost.

Many thanks

Bridged Networking and Firewalls

sullivap999 — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 18:59:14 GMT

I have the guest OS setup as bridged and I use a firewall on my host. Is the guest OS protected or do I need to install a firewall product on my guest os?

Thanks, Paul

Similar computers but one runs a VM VERY slowly, core2duo problem?

cgage — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 18:03:59 GMT

I have a core2 duo machine that I moved a VM from ESX onto, the VM runs great there (computer has 4GB of ram), this computer only shows one processor as it was created from an image. The ESX version was running 4 porcessors.

I sent this VM over an MD5 hashed ftp to australia. When we run it there on core2duo machines it slows to a crawl. These have 3GB or ram, but the VM only requires 2 GB.

Any ideas? Can you set a prcessor number in workstation?

Appearance of a CD drive that was NOT installed

FJF — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 09:16:17 GMT

Hi,

I have been using VMWare workstation for a couple of years now and have the latest version.

Recently on one of my guest machines a CD drive has appeared which for some reasons i can't uninstall. Not only i did not install this drive. Futhermore it doesn't appear in my guest configuration menu. Even removing the only CD drive i had on the guest machine would not remove this drive.

Is there any tool or any way that i can remove this?

My concern is that a hacker might have got into my machine.

Any help would be much appreciated. Many thanks.

Kind Regards

Farjad

Reallocate Space???

FrostByte — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 01:35:44 GMT

Is there a way to add space to a virtual machine you have already created? I have a windows virtual machine on my slackware box. I put it as 8 gigs for the space and I want to make it bigger. Can I adjust the space some how or do I have to redo the whole virtual machine to do that?

How to create a disk based VMware OS?

Swerve — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:15:28 GMT

Hi,

I have created an XP Pro virtual machine and also a Linux virtual machine.

I want to burn these to a DVD disk so don't have to store the virtual machines on my hard drive.

How should I go about this?

Can I use Nero and burn the files?

Should I burn ALL the files created by vmware?

How should I do it? As a Data Disk?

Any help is appreiciated!!

No sound from CD in guest OS Win98 under Linux

wootletootle — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:19:09 GMT

I can't get sound from my CD's when played in the guest OS (Win98)

The Ensoniq PCI driver is installed and I can play sound (wav) files
But with my music CD's, although the tracks play, there is no sound.
I have an Asus MB with onboard sound (Realtek-R3.5b).
Under Linux I use the alsa drivers.

The sound configuration is:

sound.present = "TRUE"
sound.virtualDev = "es1371"
sound.fileName = "/dev/dsp"
sound.autodetect = "FALSE"

There is nothing exceptional in the log file about the sound.
The cd drive seems to function OK apart from the absence of sound.

Any hints on how to fix this??
Thanks for any help...

(Slackware 11.0, Linux kernel 2.6.18)

VMware Workstation 6

kenwest — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:50:18 GMT

I tried to install WXP Home into a Virtual Machine, made with VMware Workstation 6, from my CD. Everything was going well till the ' Welcome to Setup' screen. I pressed 'Enter' to continue Setup, but nothing happened and there i was stuck. Can someone tell me why? and what to do to continue? Thanks.

PS OS WXP Home, Intel Celeron M 360J 1.4 GHz, RAM 1 GB, HP Compaq Business Notebook nx6110.

Solaris 10 on WorkStation?

Bo B — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:11:01 GMT

I tried to install Solaris 10 from downloads of the "sol-10-u3-ga-x86-vXX.iso" disk images where XX is 1..5. The files are dated Nov 14, 2006.

It all worked very well up until the very last step (I believe) running through all 5 of the CD:s. The installer chose the VMWare graphics adapter and set a suitable video for me. (All in contrast to when I tried to install Solaris10 on Microsoft VirtualPC2007 which just hung on the initial character screen....)

But now I am stuck, after the 5th CD I am being asked to click the "Reboot Now" button in the dialogue to continue and it simply does not work. I have clicked it many times before turning to the forum and nothing at all happens.

I am reluctant to use the main red switch and power off the virtual machine, because since this is Unix (Solaris) I know bad things will happen on reapplication of power when it comes back up....

So I am hoping for some advice from someone who has gone this Solaris 10 route before.

TIA

/Bo B