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Workstation 7 on Ubuntu 9.10 host -- VMs run dog slow

mbonsack — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:08:44 GMT

I know there's another post on this topic but for the life of me I can't find it. I'm having the same problem -- running VMs cause the CPU to spike to 100% and they all run dog slow. Others report good success with Karmic. Any hints?

Thanks, -mark

EDIT The thread I was referring to is in the locked beta forum: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/238765

Space character in Remote Name

GHelbig — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:07:00 GMT

I am trying to use VMWare Shared Folders so the guest can access files on the host.

The problem is that there is a space character in the name:

Status Local Remote Network

Z: \\.host\Shared Folders VMware Shared Folders

The application (the only application that's running in the guest, and the application that is 100% of the reason for wanting to use VMWare) can NOT tolerate a space character in the path.

How do I get rid of that space character? The one between the 'd' and the 'F' in 'Shared Folders'.

Again, changing the application is not an option. The only reason
for deploying VMWare is that we need to run exactly this application.

How to have custom resolution in Linux guest consoles?

Nazgulled — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:38:35 GMT

Hi,

I've always used VMware but had to move to VirtualBox because a strange problem in VMware Workstation 6.5 that none was able to help me fix it. I'm currently trying VMware Workstation 7 and it seems that old problem is gone and I'm using it succesfully.

However, there are some features in VirtualBox that I really liked and I can't seem to find a way to do the same thing in VMware. One of those was setting custom resolution. For instance, I could configure up to 4 (or 5, can't remember) custom resolutions in XML configuration file for the specific VM, like, 1280x705. Then, on the Linux guest, I was able to see that mode listed in the supported modes by the framebuffer. And I was able to easily use that mode.

But note, I don't want this custom resolution to be the max resolution, that one (and what I've set for max resolution in the VM settings) I want it to be 1280x800.

How can I do the same with VMware Workstation? Is it even possible?

Windows Server 2003 Standard SP2 install error on VMWare Wkstn 7

Nidhin9 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:33:18 GMT

I tried installing Windows Server 2003 Standard SP2 from an integrated CD (known to be working, tried it on real machines). Text mode of setup fails at the point prior to showing EULA. I am posting a screen cap. Any one had a similar problem? Windows Server 2003 Standard Gold worked perfect. A syspreped image of Windows Server 2003 Enterprise SP2 too worked well (Ghosted from image to Disk).

does it work?

mclavey — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:39:28 GMT

Has anyone been able to make VMware function ?

VCP W'station Key not working on W'station 7

russjar — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:47:27 GMT

Hi all,

I tried to upgrade to workstation 7 this morning and tried to apply my VCP serial number however the serial was not accepted.

What is the story here? Our VCP keys don't work on workstation 7?

Thanks in advance....

VCP,MCSE NT4/W2k/W2k3, MCSA W2k3

BSOD during Workstation 7 upgrade

StephenH0 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:23:01 GMT

Host is Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit.

Have Workstation 6.5.3. Ran
Workstation 7 install (the full version). Prompted to uninstall 6.5.3.
Then restarted. During install, got a 2203 error on some unix tools.
Install proceeded to complete. Reran Workstation 7 install (this time
use the run as administrator option, obviously I am already an
administrator) and chose repair. Got a blue screen. Restarted machine.
Lost keyboard. Could not login. Issue same as
http://communities.vmware.com/thread/242401;jsessionid=25AB81AD07A1428B246E60B6BA218BAC?tstart=15.

Rebooted
machine using Windows 7 disc and repaired machine by restoring to a
previous system restore point. Ran program Workstation 6.5.3. Got an
error. (So the system restore was not able to restore everything, I
guess.) Ran Workstation 6.5.3 install and chose repair option. Got
BSOD. Restarted machine. Lost keyboard.

Rebooted machine using
Windows 7 disc and repaired machine by restoring to a previous system
restore point. Uninstalled Workstation 6.5.3. Restarted machine. Ran
Workstation 6.5.3 install. Got BSOD. I didn't copy down the BSOD
previously but this time it says page_fault_in_nonpaged_area.

Restored
machine using Acronis True Image. Now I am afraid to touch my existing
working Workstation 6.5.3 installation. Please advise. Thanks.

Workstation Installer Hang 6.5.3 and Workaround

BitOBear — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:24:35 GMT

I just encountered a hang installing Workstation on Ubuntu Karmic.

Symptom: you are running a an install using 6.5.3 bundle and you get to "Configuring VMWare Player" and then everything stops indefinitely.

Cause: the installer runs vmware-modconfig-console which produces enough output with some kernels that the python engine deadlocks is command piplining during the compile.

Technical Details: It is always dangerous for a linux/unix program to use the pipe-based "run a sub-command" library calls if it isn't ready to read all the output in one thread while waiting for the command to complete in another. Normally such commands should either be reading the result text or redirecting that result text to /dev/null. The naieve version just runs the command and waits for the result. But if the result text is larger than the system pipe buffer size, the command will block while trying to send its output, and the command never finishes. With the command waiting for the parent to read the data, and the parent waiting for the command to finish, the whole shebang just comes to a stop.

Why this is happening: The current driver patches for the 2.6.31 kernels produce a lot of warning messages about the symbols _MSVC_VER and __FREE_BSD__ being not defined. This never happened before, and whoever wrote the installer never tried it against a long stream of output. So with the new warning stream the compile and the installer deadlock as above.

Workaround: There are three phases to the work around; It is necessary to catch and kill the compile step; this, in turn would cause the installer to back out the installation, so you have to stop that from happening; then you have to compile the modules manually.

Steps:

1) open two command windows.

2) become root in one of those windows. i.e. "su -". (If you havn't set your root password in Ubuntu use "sudo su -" and your login password)

3) in the root-ed window run "while true; do killall -9 vmware-modconfig-console; sleep 1; done" this wil try, once each second, to kill the module compile step. Ignore the stream of not-found messages.

4) in the non-root window run the install with sudo and the --ignore-errors argument; i.e. "sudo ./VMware-Workstation-6.5.3-185404.i386.bundle --ignore-errors". This will take a little longer than usual because of the continuous killall above, don't sweat it.

5) once the installer finishes go back to the root window and do a control-C to stop the kill loop.

6) In the root window run "vmware-modconfig --console --install-all" to install the modules.

Caveats and Tips:

a) Once you have a hung installer session you have to kill the python command that is running the installer. Think of that as a step-0 if it comes up. 8-)

b) If the installer still hangs, the kill loop may not be fast enough; start over but leave the 'sleep 1;' out of the kill loop. It will slow down the install even more, but it is more likely to catch the command in time.

ASIDE: It woudl be nice if the installer had a don't compile the modules step...

Hopefully the installer will be fixed soon.

Sound broken with Ubuntu 9.10 guest

jeffbarish — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:30:10 GMT

Under VMware Workstation 6.5.3, sound does not work with Ubuntu 9.10 as a guest. I have seen reports of sound not working for Ubuntu 9.10 as a guest under Fusion 3.0.0 (e.g., in this thread nosoundinfusion), but I though it worth mentioning that the same problem arises with Workstation 6.5.3. Uninstalling pulseaudio (as suggested in that thread) helps, but I find that the sound is still jerky. Anyone know whether Ubuntu 9.10 works under Workstation 7? Anyone know whether VMware will fix 6.5.3 even though 7 is out?

Guest OS (XP) hangs, causing host to 100% cpu

Druggo — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:42:42 GMT

Hi,

I am using Ubuntu 8.10 (2.6.27-9-generic) 64bit on a Macbook 5,1with the version Workstation 6.5.1 build-126130

after using my guest for a while, it completely freezes, with the only resolution being kill -9 on the vmware-vmx pid,

i have read some posts about disabling copy-paste & drag-n-drop, i have tried that, but with no luck :/

this is what i get in the logfile:

Dec 03 12:09:09.292: vmx| GuestRpcSendTimedOut: message to toolbox timed out.
Dec 03 12:09:09.292: vmx| GuestRpcSendTimedOut: message to toolbox-dnd timed out.
Dec 03 12:09:22.761: vmx| GuestRpcSendTimedOut: message to toolbox-dnd timed out.
Dec 03 12:09:24.281: vmx| GuestRpcSendTimedOut: message to toolbox timed out.
Dec 03 12:09:24.281: vmx| GuestRpc: app toolbox's second ping timeout; assuming app is down
Dec 03 12:09:24.281: vmx| GuestRpcSendTimedOut: message to toolbox-dnd timed out.
Dec 03 12:09:24.281: vmx| GuestRpc: app toolbox-dnd's second ping timeout; assuming app is down

Please help...

VM 7 hangs and wont launch XP workstations created with VM Workstation 6.0

NV7456 — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:01:17 GMT

Afternoon

Just purchased VM Workstation 7.0, and it wont launch my XP workstations created with VM Workstation 6.0.

Is there a tool I have to run ?

Thanks Much

Jim

Disadvantages with running VMware Workstation (7) on a Xeon rack server?

VMwareRules — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:41:23 GMT

Hello,

On my company we are planning to run VMware Workstation (7) on a Xeon based rack server (the next generation Xeon, i.e. Beckton/Nehalem-EX, with 8 cores, planned to be released in Q1 2010), and then access all these virtual machine guests (Windows based, both of the server and desktop kind/flavor) by separate direct Remote Desktop connections to them.

I have had a very hard time trying to find out if there are any (big or small) disadvantages with this approach?

We don't want to use Vmware Server for this, because its features (e.g. regarding snapshots) are inferior to those of VMware Workstation, and neither do we want to use ESXi, because we still want to run Windows as host OS on the server.

Is VMware Workstation our best choice then, and will there be any noticable disadvantages? I think it feels like there's one product missing in VMware's portfolio, i.e. namely a server product with all the features of VMware Workstation, which still runs on top of another host OS, what am I missing?

Anyway, again, the main question is:
Is this plan of ours stupid, and in that case how should we better solve it? Is there really any advantage using VMware Server instead of VMware Workstation in this situation, and in that case more exactly what?

Any input and/or answers will be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

Major Unity Problem

Bernd Nowak — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:44:55 GMT

Hi all,
I have a Windows 7 64 Bit host with 8 GB RAM, Intel Quad Q9300, Nvidia 8800 GTS and VMware Workstation 7.0.0 build-203739.
I setup a Windows XP SP3 VM with Vmware Tools installed.
If I choose Unity via View/Unity vmware workstation is minimized and I see the Unity start menu integration and can access the installed programs there. However if I launch a program from there it's not displayed on the host.
If I restore VMWare workstation and exit unity mode the program is opened in the VM. I have uninstalled several times and cleaned the registry, deleted C:\ProgramData VMware directories but no matter what I do unity don't work.
I have found a thread dating a long time back with users having the same problem but no solution. No event log entries when I try to launch a program through unity.
Attached is the UI log. I found only these errors but my search haven't lead me anywhere

Nov 21 21:20:50.954: vmui-4040| CnxAuthdConnect: Returning false because CnxAuthdConnectPipe failed
Nov 21 21:20:50.954: vmui-4040| CnxConnectAuthd: Returning false because CnxAuthdConnect failed
Nov 21 21:20:50.954: vmui-4040| Cnx_Connect: Returning false because CnxConnectAuthd failed
Nov 21 21:20:50.954: vmui-4040| Cnx_Connect: Error message: Failed to read vmware-authd port number: Cannot connect to VMX: F:\Vmware\XPVmwareTools\XP Vmware Tools.vmx

So maybe someone can help ? Or someone from VMware ?

Workstation 6.5 and 64-bit Guest OS on a 32-bit computer

frankhovin74 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:31:57 GMT

Is this at all possible? I was under the impression that this was indeed possible, but recent tests indicate otherwise.

My Workstation is a Lenovo T60, a 32-bit machine running Windows 7 Pro.

I've tried to install Suse Linux Enterprise 10 64-bi, but when the setup starts I get this message (or similar): "You cannot install a 64-bit system on a 32-bit computer".

The thing is, I haven't found anywhere to specify that the virtual machine should be 64-bit. I've chosen Suse Enterpris 64-bit under OS, when creating the machine, but I couldn't find any other relevant settings.

Am I missing something, or is this not doable?

VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (mks) Inception 0x0000005 (access violation)

Sonoben — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:13:16 GMT

had this error come up after Lenovo x200 tablet went into sleep. Log and dmp attached. any thoughts?

Running games in Windows 98

chiatt — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:01:54 GMT

First off, let me apologize if this is the wrong sub-forum. I'm still figuring VMware out.

Recently, I had an urge to play some of my older games, only to find most of them cannot run on Vista or XP machines. In my search for answers and workarounds, someone suggested I give VMware a try. I've installed Workstation and Win 98 without a hitch, but I'm still having problems. Namely with the game Warlords III. When I attempt to play it, I get an error stating that the game cannot innitialize media files.

This seems to suggest that the virtual machine lacks a compatible sound card or video card. Is there a way to change either? Or does anyone have any other advice?

WS7 and W7 non enhanced 3d

A13x — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:03:17 GMT

Does anyone know how to get W7 to work with WS7 in non enhanced 3d mode, whenever i remove/ untick this and restart i get nothing but a black screen.

VMWare Workstation 6.5 Auto Start Guest OS on bootup?

vivithemage — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:30:03 GMT

I am running XP PO 64bit on my host OS.

I have 3 *nix OS's in my VMWare Workstation 6.5 install, and i'd love it if they could auto start when the server reboots. Is that possible? Google is coming up short.

Vmware not detecting host vista network adapters

sukumar — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:28:56 GMT

Hi all,

Recently I got my dell laptop1420 with built in windows vista. I installed vmware workstation ACE edition 6.0.4 build-93057. As a guest OS I selected linux redhat(fedora 8). when I try to power on my guest os (Linux) it had given "eth0 device is down". When I try to bridge manually using vmware network editor, I found strange thing.. "automatically choose an available physical network adapter to bridge to VMnet0" option is entirly disabled. even
for addition it is not showing any network adapters.

from last one month I am trying to solve this problem. But I am not able to solve this issue. Please some one kindly provide any suggetion to resolve this issue.

Details about the system
Vmware workstation ACE edition version: 6.0.4 build 93057.
host os: windows vista
guest os: fedora 8
network adapter: Broadcom netlink fast ethernet
intel wireless adapter

Thanks and regards,
Sukumar

found a bug in vmware workstation 7

ubergitler — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:05:15 GMT

win 7 x64
vmware workstation 7
bug
vmware workstation install service that handles usb devices, and make them connect as needed to virtual machines.
this service make my usb 3g modem huawei e1550 not detected properly.

when this modem connected to pc, it first detected as cdrom and card reader.
after installing drivers, in moment of connect software try to switch it to modem mode but cannot.
stopping this service solve the problem.
that all.
it will be great if fixed.
thanks

is there a way to remove the top tool bar ?

mclavey — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:54:10 GMT

I am evaulating VMware ...very new to it ..... I have not read all the manuals and docks.... I am on a laptop

running win 7 as a guest the resulting window is so small ... with scroll bars on the side and bottom .

Is there a way to remove the top "VMware" tool bar so the window can be large enough to make it usable?

SSD performance with VMWare Workstation over SATA

Ericinboston — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:01:59 GMT

Hi all,

I have been reading rave reviews about the Intel X25-M Mainstream SSDSA2M160G2XXX 2.5" 160GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid state disk (SSD) drive especially regarding its performance over SATA drives.

I use a laptop (Lenovo W500) and currently use 7200 RPM SATA drives. I run VMWare Workstation a lot and am looking for performance improvements that possibly the above SSD will provide.

Here are a few performance questions/topics that hopefully you can help me with:

Typically the best way to have good VMWare performance (other than CPU and RAM) is to be sure to store/run the VM images themselves from another internal, non-USB drive. Meaning, you power up your pc and VMWare Workstation is installed in c:\program files yet your actual VMs are stored in d:\vmfiles or something...this way the 2nd hard drive is free from Windows' normal disk i/o nonsense. Therefore, I can imagine improving drive performance by 1 of 2 options:

1)Install the Intel SSD drive as my 2nd drive...the c drive (where Windows is installed) will still be a SATA 7200 RPM drive.
2)Install the Intel SSD drive as BOTH my drives...therefore, a definite performance gain because I am no longer using traditional non-SSD drives

My big question is: Do you think #1 will give me a performance increase in my daily use of VMWare or will I really need to go with option #2? I'm not a super VMWare expert but I believe all VM disk i/o is done on the drive where the VM files are stored (in my case, the D drive)...and therefore, theoretically #1 would give me a performance increase if I am correct. But, a part of me says that VMWare Workstation's inner workings (not the VM) is utilizing the Windows Page File that is stored on the C drive...so if I do #1, I won't get as much of a performance gain as doing #2.

I hope my question makes sense.

Again, my use case is all around Windows (XP or 7 or 2008 Server) as the host and VMWare Workstation 6 or 7...the W500 laptop currently has 4gig of RAM and will likely go to 8GB soon...and the CPU is a 2.53GHz dual core Intel. The VMs run ok now, but after reading about the Intel SSD being faster than many RAID configurations, I just had to come here and ask around. I am aware of the traditional methods of increasing system and VM performance, but until recently, drive performance was the last frontier to be improved.

Thanks so much in advance for your help!

-Eric

Which one - AMD 6400+ Dual or AMD X4 9950 Quad core?

briansnj — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:05:53 GMT

Hello all,

I currently am running WORKSTATION 7 on a Windows 7 Pro 64 bit HOST PC running the AMD 790GX chipset with 4GB DDR2 800 MHz of ram and 3 SATA II 1TB Seagate drives. I am getting great performance. No complaints.

The motherboard allows for DDR2 800 ram with the 6400+ and will allow DDR2 1066 ram with the X4 9950. I have 4GB of each type so the RAM speed/performance will get a bump for sure.

Which ever way I go I will add 4gb more of the correct RAM once this is decided.

Right now I am using an AMD 6400+ DUAL core cpu. I have an extra AMD X4 9950 BE cpu which is a quad core, in a box not being used.

I have checked the benchmarks for the CPUs and basically, they are about the same performance wise except some apps that benefit from quad cores of course perform better with the 9950 and those that do not are the same or slightly better with the 6400+ cpu.

Will VMWARE WORKSTATION 7 perform better with the quad core? If so, How much better? A little or a lot?

I have the CPUs already so this is strictly if it is worth it for me to swap out the CPU or leave it all alone.

I only run 1 or 2 VMs at a time and only for basic testing and toying for myself and clients, virus checks, software tests, see if some appllications have correct compatibility, etc.

I jsut have not found any clear indication of which is better. My gut tells me the quad AMD would be better and I could use the 6400+ in a separate machine I have for backups.

Thanks for all advice!!

How to get best performance?

Nidhin9 — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:05:04 GMT

I have a Core 2 Duo E6300 with 8 GB of RAM and 4 HDDs. I need to run multiple operating systems , ranging from Windows 2000 Pro to 2008 Datcenter, upto 4 at a time, inside VMWare workstaion. Since my OS (Windows XP 32 bit) cant take advantage of the 8 GB RAM i think its best to switch to another Windows OS (2003 Server Enterprise / XP 64 bit / Windows 7 64 bit). I have heard 32 bit apps have got a slight performance hit when running in 64 bit OS.
I have read in a forum that VMWare.exe runs in 32 bit mode and vmware-vmx.exe runs in 64 bit mode. Does that mean VMWare can take advantage of the 64 bit OS and VMWare.exe is just a GUI to the virtual machine? What you people think is the best option? ( I need to use VMWare workstion. i cant use other VMWare products)

MEM_ALLOC bug

marcosestevesbarbosa — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:09:38 GMT

I'm have a problem: When i click to create a new virtual machine in VMware Workstation 7, crash and occur this error in console:

MEM_ALLOC /build/mts/release/bora-203739/bora/lib/unicode/unicodeSimpleBase.c:793

Any ideas? Thanks

aero in windows 7 vmworkstation 7

lumangoy — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:07:52 GMT

how do I get aero to work on windows 7 on workstation 7?

I have a dell optiplex 280, windows 2003, 2gb ram, Intel(R) 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family

dxdiag says directdraw and direct3d accelaration is enabled.

in my windows 7 host, it says desktop window manager is disabled and it tried to fix it, but aero still doesn't work.

and I downloaded the latest drivers from dell's website.

VMWare Workstation 6.5, can't seem to get networking to work

MarkusR83815 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:08:00 GMT

Good day all,

I used the tool awhile back that created my VM from an existing machine. Everything has been working great within the VM. I don't know if the network ever worked though and now I am trying.

My host computer is XP SP3.
Guest is XP SP2

My host is on a domain (not sure if that matters).
There is no DHCP server.
I don't need access to other VMs.
I need to be able to access the internet.

What network connection should I use? I have tried them all to no avail.

On my host I have VMnet1 and VMnet8 set to obtain ip automatically? Should I hardcode an IP address? Also noticed that VMware bridge protocal is unchecked for both of them.

My host has a VMWare Accelerated AMD pcNet Adapter. Currently had it hardcoded to an ip address on the network.

I have tried many different settings. Hardcoding the host vmnet1 and or 8.

Can someone tell me the correct combination please

-Markus

WHY is a clone not a clone! If you clone with pre-allocated disc, the resulting clone is variable!

chico9 — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:06:20 GMT

I had made 6 clones of a vm with a pre-allocated disk size of 10gb & installed diferent software on each clone for testing purposes, only to find the clones were made with VARIABLE disk size! I HAD TO DELETE THEM ALL AND START OVER! Which meant clone them one by one (slow), them having to convert (again slow) each one to a fixed (preallocated disk size), and then installing all the software again on each one. I lost 2 days of work because a clone is not a true clone. WHY?

workstation 6.5 on xp

Does remote display via VNC work with WS 7 ?

continuum — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:24:31 GMT

When I enable remote display in VM-settings and try to connect to the display via Real VNC version 4 to "localhost" this imediatly opens hundreds of VNC Windows - also any other open Window running on the host is duplicated hundreds of times.
The result is completely unusable.
Normal sessions with the same client to different hosts work as expected - so my VNC client works fine

___________________________________

VMX-parameters- VMware-liveCD - VM-Sickbay

workstation v7.0 Host usb device connection disabled not working (host OS: win 7)(guest OS: backtrack 3)

shaolinchamp — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:20:34 GMT

Im trying to get my usb wifi adapter to work in the guest os, but everytime i boot the virtual machine i get this error message in the workstation:

The connection to the VMware USB Arbitration Service was unsuccessful. Please check the status of this service in the Microsoft Management Console.

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/241662 was a discussion that was started a few days ago with a similar problem. i couldnt roll back to the default drivers on the usb root hub, and there was not a usbfilter file in the registry.

i had a similar problem in virtualbox, but i thought if i would install workstation the problem would be resolved. any additional help will be surely appreciated.

Keyboard is not working in unity mode

SomeWeirdText — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:39:53 GMT

I'm using Workstation7. Host is Windows 7, Guest - WinXP and Ubuntu linux 9.10, Tools are installed.
Keyboard is not working in unity mode, other modes are OK, mouse is working.
Mouse and keyboard are USB.

How to solve this?

Cannot update WS7 preferences on XP Pro for standard user

kdshapiro — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:36:56 GMT

I purchased the WS7 upgrade from WS6. It's running on a multiboot system W7/Vista 64/XP pro SP3. The XP install went smoothly and WS7 runs fine logged in as administrator. However, modifying the preferences or editing the virtual network configuration under a user id that has standard privileges, an error message to the effect: "Need administrator privileges in order to modify ....all users\application data\vmware\config.ini" is displayed.

6.5.3 worked flawlessly running under a standard XP user, does anybody have a suggestion as what is going on?

Regards, Ken

workstation 7 crashes after pressing ctrl+alt

HerbZhang — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:46:18 GMT

workstation 7 crashes after pressing ctrl+alt when guest os is being installed.

VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (mks)
Exception 0xc0000005 (access violation) has occurred.
A log file is available in "E:\vm\Windows 7 x64\vmware.log". A core file is available in "E:\vm\Windows 7 x64\vmware-vmx-2032.dmp". Please request support and include the contents of the log file and core file.
To collect data to submit to VMware support, choose "Collect Support Data" from the Help menu.
You can also run the "vm-support" script in the Workstation folder directly.
We will respond on the basis of your support entitlement.

Host: win7 7600 x86

Guest:win7 7600 x64

log is attached.

Activating OS via providing key in wizard vs when using the OS

BladeR1 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:07:18 GMT

Hi,

I was just wondering, when setting up a VM and providing the OS ISO file in the wizard, is there any difference or implication to not providing the serial key at this stage but then activating the OS when it's installed and you're using it?

In my case, this is Windows Server 2008 R2.

ChromeOS in Workstation 7

Student Driver — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:16:05 GMT

You can read about it here:

http://lifehacker.com/5408932/chrome-os-virtual-machine-build-ready-for-your-testing

I thought I would go ahead and post that it works just fine on my Windows 7 Ultimate x64 install with WS7. I just created an "other" Linux 32bit VM, and replaced the created virtual harddrive with the downloaded VMDK. It's a tad slow, but not bad. You have to logon to it with your GMail account. Also, they recommend bridged networking, and that's what I used.

Have fun.

Dell SXPS 1340, P9600, 8GB RAM
MCSE/MCSA 2003, MCTS, RHCT

Problems with networking using Workstation 7

omnicc — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:03:22 GMT

My current environment is Windows 7 X64 as my host machine running Workstation 7. My VM is running XP SP3. When I was running version 6.5.2 with Vista 64 everything worked properly. I use the DHCP server from my router. My internal network is 192.168.1.0. I am attached to a domain and the domain server is 192.168.1.200. The DHCP server is 192.168.1.245. When I try and login to my VM using a bridged network (which is what I had with 6.5.2), I get a error

The system could not log you on. Make sure your User name and domain are correct, then type password again. Letters in the password must be typed in the correct case.

Now if I change my network to use NAT. I can login with no problems. The problem at that point is that I can't access anything that is not in this VM. If I then change the network to bridged everything works fine. I don't believe that I should have to login using NAT and then use bridged to access the network. This machine was built originally as a 6.0 machine. The problem existed in this mode, so I did a full clone upgrading the VM to 6.5-7.0 machine. Same results.

Best Regards

Michael Gould

DOS printing to USB device

BillPedersen — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:19:51 GMT

Well, the newer systems do not have parallel ports. So have installed a USB to parallel converter...

Only problem now is how to connect from a DOS VMware machine using Workstation 7 to the HOST USB printer.

Virtual Printer - no VMware Tools for DOS

Parallel goes to file or PHYSICAL parallel port.

Serial goes to file or PHYSICAL serial port

Any suggestions are welcome. One obvious one is to add a parallel port...Well, IF it is the ONLY solution...

Thanks,

Bill.

Cannot Install Tools on Workstation 7 Guest

RichmondVA — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:00:38 GMT

Hello,

Could someone give me some suggestions about a problem I have? I cannot install VWMare Tools. Here is the message that appears:

"Setup cannot continue. This program requires that you have Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, or Windows NT4 (with Service Pack 6 or greater) installed in this virtual machine."

My Host: WindowsXP with service pack 3
VMware Workstation: 7 trial (MD5 verified)
Guest: WindowsXP or Windows 7

I did not have this problem with Workstation 5.5 and Guest as WindowsXP.

I have tried everything I can think of to resolve the problem. Any ideas?

Thank you for helping,

How can I force download of solaris.iso vmware-tools ?

continuum — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:10:32 GMT

Is there a way to force Workstation to download the solaris.iso manually ?
I accidentaly deleted the solaris.iso in the WS-install dir.
Trying the button "Download all components now" only pops up a "everything up-to-date" message.
I then cleaned all references in registry to the solaris.iso - still no luck.

Question: how do I update / download the missing iso ?
I know that I could simply re-install or extract the iso from the setup-package but there has to be an easier way

Please provide the vmware-tools as unobscured downloads available from the download section.

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Cant authenticate with domain accounts?

HALOTEQ — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:51:17 GMT

Hi all,
when trying to connect through VM View, I cannot authenticate to workstation with ANY domain account (not even admin). Only when I add the domain account to the LOCAL machine can I authenticate with the domain account

Any ideas?

Thanks ALL!!

Windows7 Guest hangs / Excessive HD IO

JustCallMeBob — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:32:01 GMT

My current setup is a Win7x64 Enterprise Host and Win7x64 Enterprise Guest. I'm running VMware 7 on a Dell Latitude E6500 (4gig of memory, dual 2.66Ghz procs)

The guest is given 1 cpu, 2gig of memory ,and 64gig of HDD space (using 46 gig so far).

While the guest is running, the guest will intermittently hang. Sometimes it will hang for 5 seconds, sometimes it seems to hang as long as 30 seconds. I've noticed that the HDD light seems to light up solid when this happens. I'm not purposely doing anything HDD intensive when it happens. Sometimes, I will just bring up the properties of an icon and have to sit there while the HDD churns. The hanging seems to be completely random. Any ideas?

I've completely given up on trying to run multiple VMs at the same time. Doing so make the system unusable. My only guess is that it has something to do with VMware's interaction with Win7, for everything worked while I was doing a pure XP setup.

Thanks

unable to open file

sjlukacs — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:15:06 GMT

hello one and all,

i have osx snow leopard 10.6.2 and vmware fusion 3.0. i installed win7x64 under my osx "lucas" login on my win7 harddrive on my mac pro. vmware and win7 work fine under my osx login. however,when my girl "brooke" logs into her osx account and tries to open the win7 she gets,

"Unable to open file "/Volumes/Win7/ Windows 7 x64.vmwarevm/Windows 7 x64-000002.vmdk": Insufficient permission to access file."

so i logged in under myself, which i am an osx admin and gave full permission to brooke for the above file and the win7 partitition. however, brooke can not still use the vmware and the same message comes up. please point me in the direction of where to fix this. thank you in advance.

lucas

WS7 Mouse tracking in Linux "Live CD" guests

BJH — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:28:37 GMT

I have a (WinXP) guest but that doesnt matter. I am booting from a number of Linux "LivE CD" CD disks including OpenSUSE 11.1 KDE and RH Fedora Live 11. I have also noticed the problem with gparted Live 0.4.8-6 (which, I believe is Ubuntu-based).

After booting from the CD, the Linux mouse appears, however the desktop elements respond to mouse hovering when the mouse is not ever the elements. There seems to be a fixed parallax (both x and y).

The recommended solution ("install VMWare tools') is a no-go in these situations since there is no persistent HD. Also, the tools installation tries to unmount the CD ( the OS has it locked).

This problem appears to be new to WS7. Anyone else seen it?

Need Help: Remote Desktop unable to display more than 8-bit Color quality using high resolution 3840 x 1024 pixels

vcpwj07310 — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:27:46 GMT

VMWare Workstation = 6.5.3, VMware Tools for Windows = Version 7.8.6, build-185404

Host OS = Windows XP 64 bit

Guest Os = Windows XP 64 bit

When remoting in to the Virtual Machine (XP 64 bit) using the 64-bit version of Remote Desktop (from another 64-bit or 32-bit machine or locally from the host PC), the video display only provides 8-bit color quality (for 3 monitors: 3840 X 1024). The objective is to get 16-bit color quality on 3 monitors (each with 1280 X 1024 resolution) via remote desktop.

The command used is:

mstsc /v:GUEST_OS_Hostname /w:3840 /h:1024 (also tried: mstsc /v:GUEST_OS_HOSTNAME /span /console)

Is this a limitation of the VMWare Video Driver for 64-bit XP? On 2 monitors, I was able to achieve 16-bit color using 1280 X 1024 resolution on each (Unfortunately, not on 3 monitors).

Any way to "magnify" a guest to just appear.. bigger?

j_mosk — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:21:07 GMT

My monitor is 2048x1152 (zowie!)

But my guests are all 1024x768 and must stay that way so I can take screenshots, etc.

But I'm losing my mind with how SMALL the internal guest size looks.

Does anyone have any creative solutions to just "zoom in" on a guest to make it bigger?

I have two monitors.. So .. I'd like to "zoom in" on the LEFT monitor (the one with VMware Workstation) and write with WORD on the RIGHT monitor.

Here's what I've tried, and failed at:

() Microsoft Windows 7's built-in "accessability magnifier." Can't get it to just ZOOM IN a particular window.

() Microsoft's free "Zoomit" presentation utility. Again, can't get it FIXED upon a particular window

() 3rd party free tool called Desktop Zoom... The guest mouse is wonky, and, the upscale ratio is blurry

Stats:

HOST: Windows 7 Ultimate

Guest: Various. Mostly Windows 7 and WS08.

VMW: 7.0 on Windows

Thanks team!

PS: "Fit guest now" and "Fit Window now" don't do it.. it doesn't acutally make the stuff inside the guest appear BIGGER to my eyes.. it just snaps the guest's inside res. to the window.

power on guest fail

meinkoch — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:01:22 GMT

Hello,
the error messages first:
Failed to power on due to invalid value in config parameter vnet.pollInterval.

I upgraded to version 7 from 6.5(Windows 7 host). After resuming the guest I got the above error
message.

Thanks for a solution.

Regards,
Meinolf Koch

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Hölderlinstr. 3
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VMWare guest OS and VPN

tekion — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:26:51 GMT

Hi,

does anyone know if a guest OS with Bridge Network could benefit from a HOST OS VPN connections? IE, I have a vpn connection on my host OS, could my guest OS with Bridge Nework also use the vpn connection? Thanks.

vmware workstation 6.x

tekion — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:07:50 GMT

i have vmware workstation 6.x installed. I noticed my vmnet0 in my host network connection is nolonger there. I would like unistall and reinstall vmware. But I need to get my license key first, just in case it is lost in the de-install. How would i get the license?

virtual machine cannot connected to Internet

ChrisLopes — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:26:22 GMT

Hi,

I have configure a vm machine to use Bridge Network connection.

It able to get the DHCP IP Address from my router. The same range of IP received by my notebook.

From the VM, it cannot ping my physical notebook and also cannot go to internet.

What should I do?

disk resizing in WS7

lumangoy — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:31:34 GMT

I used the exand utility for the first time today. I thought it would expand the disk and resize the partition of the guest OS. It did not. I still had to use VMware Converter to resize the disc and the partition. It would be nice to also resize the partition from WS so we don't have to use VMware Converter and create another VM.

VMware Workstation 7 - Loop on signal 11

murzic — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:49:34 GMT

Hello.

I try to use VMware Workstation 7 on openSUSE 11.2. It installed correctly, and kernel modules compilled with no erro. But when I try to run vmware, on desktop EULA blinks and I get error on console Loop on signal 11 -- pid 12446 at 0x7f2424a84c17. What can I do with this error?

# uname -a
Linux uit-3-lin 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2009-10-26 15:49:03 +0100 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

# vmware --version
VMware Workstation 7.0.0 build-203739

# vmware
Logging to /tmp/vmware-murzic/setup-12449.log
/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:74: error: unexpected identifier `colorize_scrollbar', expected character `}'
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop/misc/vmmon.ko
supported: external
license: GPL v2
description: VMware Virtual Machine Monitor.
author: VMware, Inc.
srcversion: 9FB063A3FC33465439B2834
depends:
vermagic: 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop SMP preempt mod_unload modversions
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop/misc/vmnet.ko
supported: external
license: GPL v2
description: VMware Virtual Networking Driver.
author: VMware, Inc.
srcversion: D3C8DA77D18E9E1C4CCD5A9
depends:
vermagic: 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop SMP preempt mod_unload modversions
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop/misc/vmblock.ko
supported: external
version: 1.1.2.0
license: GPL v2
description: VMware Blocking File System
author: VMware, Inc.
srcversion: 400149ED038D22A87322D56
depends:
vermagic: 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop SMP preempt mod_unload modversions
parm: root:The directory the file system redirects to. (charp)
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop/misc/vmci.ko
supported: external
license: GPL v2
description: VMware Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI).
author: VMware, Inc.
srcversion: 9721EAF47E95C11AD349B0E
depends:
vermagic: 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop SMP preempt mod_unload modversions
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop/misc/vsock.ko
supported: external
license: GPL v2
version: 1.0.0.0
description: VMware Virtual Socket Family
author: VMware, Inc.
srcversion: BC1943DCE52AE461DCC2D43
depends: vmci
vermagic: 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop SMP preempt mod_unload modversions
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop/misc/vmmon.ko
supported: external
license: GPL v2
description: VMware Virtual Machine Monitor.
author: VMware, Inc.
srcversion: 9FB063A3FC33465439B2834
depends:
vermagic: 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop SMP preempt mod_unload modversions
/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:74: error: unexpected identifier `colorize_scrollbar', expected character `}'
Fontconfig error: "conf.d", line 1: no element found
Fontconfig warning: line 73: unknown element "cachedir"
Fontconfig warning: line 74: unknown element "cachedir"
Loop on signal 11 -- pid 12446 at 0x7f2424a84c17.

# cat /tmp/vmware-murzic/setup-12449.log
Nov 19 14:36:39.893: app-139916200957680| Log for VMware Workstation pid=12449 version=7.0.0 build=build-203739 option=Release
Nov 19 14:36:39.893: app-139916200957680| The process is 64-bit.
Nov 19 14:36:39.893: app-139916200957680| Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8
Nov 19 14:36:39.893: app-139916200957680| Logging to /tmp/vmware-murzic/setup-12449.log
Nov 19 14:36:40.162: app-139916200957680| System distribution is SuSE
Nov 19 14:36:40.162: app-139916200957680| System version is 11.2
Nov 19 14:36:40.162: app-139916200957680| modconf query interface initialized
Nov 19 14:36:40.163: app-139916200957680| modconf library initialized

Recommended Guest hardware configuration

Ed654 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:09:12 GMT

Hi, I have been reading this forum and occasionally I come across statements of the type "You have too much RAM/CPUs assigned to this guest". I would therefore like to have your opinion on how much resources I should add to my guests on this system (running VMWare Workstation 6.5.3):

Host: Windows 7 (64-bit), 8 GB RAM, Intel Core2 Quad CPU

I currently have two guests running, guest #1 is a priority regarding performance:

Guest #1: Windows XP SP3, 2 processors, 2048 MB RAM
Guest #2: Windows XP SP3, 1 processor, 1024 MB RAM

Would I benefit, performance wise, from running more (or even less) RAM/CPUs to either guest?

vmware not installing

akashj — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:54:20 GMT

i want to install vmware workstation 7 on win 7 home premium ..

earlier i was facing issue with incorrect cab file so i again downloaded the setup..and now when i am running it it says "setup has detected VMware software runnin on this machine. please power off all virtual machines and close all vmware applications before continuing"

I dont have any vmware app running as i uninstalled vmware 6.5 and after that ran the windows cleanup utility

any help ?

Need help about iSCSI .

mypass604 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:36:44 GMT

Hi,
I am using VMware workstation 6. I am using windows xp as a Host operating system. I want to provide another disk to VM by using iSCSI solution: It is a new thing and I does't have any experience with it. Please let me guide from scratch about iSCSI .i.e from where I download iSCSI and how to configure my host drive with virtual drive etc etc.

thanks in advance
mypass

map virtual disc fail

Homeier — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:44:12 GMT

Hi Community,

VMWare WS 7

Host: Windows XP SP2

Guest: Windows any Versions

I try to map a virtual disc - an error occurs:

AppName: vixdiskmountserver.exe AppVer: 6.5.0.6401 ModName: msvcr80.dll
ModVer: 8.0.50727.3053 Offset: 000046b4

any idea?

Ralf

vmware workstation and cisco vpn

ajauhar — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:09:25 GMT

I have a guest OS of winxp having a cisco vpn software. When I try to
connect the cisco vpn software in the guest os, the guest OS dies with
a blue screen. Guest OS is running on a bridged network connection and
uses the wireless card of the host OS.

Here the configurations

Guest OS

Win XP SP2, cisco vpn 4.8 running on a bridged network connection and uses the wireless card of the host OS.

Host OS

win xp Sp3, 2 GB RAM, broadcom LAN Card, Intel 3945G wireless card

has anyone successfully connected a cisco vpn software in the guest OS over a wireless bridged connection.is so how ?

Lan Segments with VMWare Workstation 7

janpan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:41:00 GMT

Hi,

has somebody already tried out the "LAN Segments" functionality of VMWare Workstation 7?

I have the following configuration:

1 team
4 VM´s
3 LAN Segments

2 Machines are configured that they are together in a LAN Segment (LAN 2) with the following settings:

Name "LAN 2"
Bandwidth: "Leased Line T1 (1.544 Mbit/s)
1544 Kbps
Packet Loss 0.0%

Although I have configured this team I have still >100Mbit/s connection between these both VM´s. I´ve tried it out by transferring a 35MB files from one VM to the other using a fileshare.

Has anybody experience with this problem in VM7? Do somebody know if it is a known bug?

Ah - by the way; I use build 203739

Thanks in advance,

Jan

Resume suspended guest on host bootup

ShaZAM42 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:44:30 GMT

I have a win2008 server running on top of win7 with Workstation 7. I typically keep the server up in the background full time. I was wondering if there was a way to syncronize the guest and host power cycle. I'd like the guest to suspend when the host shuts down or restarts and resume when the host boots up. Any suggestions? Thank you.

ShaZAM!

WS 6.5.1 crashes when you start a Virtualbox VM with VT-support

continuum — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:35:27 GMT

WS 6.5.1 can run along with Virtualbox nicely as long as you do NOT use a VirtualBox VM with VT-support.
When you start a VirtualBox VM with VT-support all running Workstation VMs crash at once.

Why does WS crash ? - can't you lock the VT extensions so that VirtualBox can't start a VM with VT-support ?

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Configuring VMWare in Windows 2003

vePortal — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:08:13 GMT

Hi All,
I have got a Dedicated Server with 5x Usable IP Addresses and running Windows Server 2003.

I have installed VMWare on the server and installed a CentOS 5.4 32bit Distribution, That has worked perfectly, I've got it booted up and when using it it's working perfectly! Not a problem i can browse the internet etc fine.

BUT

I've noticed that the VM is being assigned an internal ip (192.168.108.xxx) Which is incorrect, I need to be able to assign the VPS 2x of my 5 IP's that my Windows 2003 Server has assigned by the datacenter.

When using my VMWare here it works fine, but i have the server connected to your average router and it auto assigns via DHCP everytime i boot it up.

Any advice please im 100% Newb to Windows OS on Servers!

Workstation 6.5.2 (and 3), WinXP USB Mouse Driver versus VMware Mouse Driver

alexlang — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:23:15 GMT

I'm running VMware Workstation 6.5.2 on Fedora 11 x86_64. With a newly converted WinXP partition on my old laptop and with USB enabled in the guest, the mouse acts as a USB mouse. With USB disabled in the guest, it acts as a PS/2 mouse.

Normally, that wouldn't be interesting with the following exception. When acting as a USB mouse, the mouse cannot exit the bounds of the WinXP window without hitting Ctrl-Alt. When actiing as a PS/2 mouse, it can.

From looking at the WinXP device manager, it seems that the USB mouse drivers are superceding the VMware Pointing Device driver.

How can I make sure that even with USB enabled in the guest, that the VMware mouse driver takes precedence over the HID USB mouse drivers??

Thanks!

Can create but not open a virtual machine

quadricorrelator — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:06:35 GMT

I created a new machine by clicking on "New Virtual Machine". It takes me into the Virtual Machine Wizard. Then I go through the steps until I get to "Ready to Create Virtual Machine and Start Installing Windows XP Professional and VMware tools" I then click on "Finish" but nothing else happens. I have an XP CD in the CD/DVD drive. It worked when I tried it on another machine.

I tried to open the virtual machine using "Open Existing VM or Team", but nothing happens.

Can you help me get it running?

Windows Vista Home Premium
Service Pack 1

Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard

Model: HP Paviliion dv7 Notebook PC

Processor: AMD Turion(tm) X2 Dual-Core Mobile RM-74 2.20 GHZ

Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB

System Type: 64-bit Operating System

Many thanks for any help.

-q

getting kernel panic on CentOS

tekion — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:40:01 GMT

Hi,

I am getting kernel panic when trying to Boot CentOS from VM. Attached is the screenshot. Any idea? Thanks.

need to restart VMWare NAT service occassionaly

lumangoy — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:30:42 GMT

On occassion I've had to restart my VMWare NAT service. My guest cannnot resolve DNS. After I restart, DNS is ok.

All my guest (all XP SP3) using NAT cannot resolve DNS.

VMWare 6.5 workstation on a Windows 2003 server. My Host almost has nothing installed except for Antivirus and the drivers.

Workstation 7 - BSOD when installing Win7 as guest

JimMcHugh79 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:29:12 GMT

I have a HP 8730 laptop running XP Pro as the host OS. I Installed Workstation 7 (upgrade from 6.x) I am trying to setup a guest OS as Win 7, which I had previously used without error under Workstation 6.x (but for several reasons wanted to re-install). I am trying to install the Win7 OS from an ISO file that our company has created (using Win7 RTM) since it has some customization and it has always worked in the past. (It also works fine using Virtual PC).
Now, it boots off the CD fine, installs the OS, but after the first reboot I get "Starting Windows" for a few seconds, and then I get the BSOD. Error message is IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL and a code STOP: 0x00000000A. At that point it won't boot. Tried safe mode. No good.
Suggestions?
Thanks

HASP License Dongles & VM Workstation

Markskin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:50:56 GMT

We have a Windows XP Computer which I have successfully created a VM Workstation of; which is used as a ARCGIS License server. The original computer has USB HASP license dongles attached for ArcGIS.

Will there be any issues connecting the USB HASP license dongle from the host computer and detected by the virtual workstation?

If so what would I need to do so we have no issues?

It makes economic sense to create a VM Workstation and attach to a exisiting 2003 server, instead of replacing hardware.

WS7 Mouse pauses at edges of VM

021702Brian — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:20:04 GMT

I just installed WS7 onto a brand new Dell e6500 with 8GB of RAM & a dual core processor running Windows 7 x64. Everything seems to work correctly except that the mouse stops when entering or exiting the VM windows. The version of VM Tools is the most recent, 8.1.3 build 203739.

I copied a VM that I had created in WS 653 to WS7, and it does not have this problem. When I update to the newer version of VM Tools then this problem occurs, does anyone have a clue what I can do about this? It's very annoying.

Using raw disk - can only boot if set partition to 'active'

noetus — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:55:16 GMT

I have a disk with three partitions as follows: partition1, partition2, partition 3. So partition1 has an install of Windows XP on it which is my host OS. Then partition2 has a RAW disk install of Windows XP (again, both OSes the same) which is my guest OS. Then partition3 is a data partition visible to the guest OS, also RAW.

Everything worked fine for a while - the host OS boots, then I start the VM on partition2. I used a raw disk, independent and nonpersistent for both partition2 and partition3. Once though I used PerfectDisk, a defrag program, to do a boot-time defrag of the system files while the host OS was booting. After that my guest OS, XP on partition2 would not boot, complaining that the partition table of the RAW disk did not match what is in the vmdk file.

So I removed the RAW disk from the VM and re-created it and attempted to boot again. After much trial and error I am now in the following position. I can ONLY boot if (1) I recreate the RAW disk in the guest VM settings using the ENTIRE physical disk, rather than the single partition (as before), and then (2) set the second partition, partition2, to ACTIVE in the host OS. Then I can get the guest OS to boot - otherwise it attempts to boot from the HOST OS PARTITION and bluescreens in a matter of seconds. Once I have the guest OS booted, I can set the host OSes partion back to active. But if I shut down the guest OS and want to restart it again, I have to go back into disk management in the host OS and set the guest OSes partition to 'active' again.

I thought of installing bootloaders but I am leery of further messing things up - I'd just like to get them back to where they were.

documented workarounds for the following issues are needed ...

continuum — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:02:48 GMT

documented workarounds for the following issues are needed ...

after watching the frequently posted issues with Workstation 7 I thing we have at least this known issues:

installation of Workstation 7 makes Windows 7 host bluescreen on boot
installation of Workstation 7 kills USB-features that worked without problems in 6.5.3
new USB-arbitrator prevents hot-plug of USB-devices on the host even when no running VM is configured with USB

using rawdisks on Vista and Windows7 hosts is not possible when the disk in question uses a Windows-partition
automatic update of vmware-tools is to put it mildly unreliable

IMHO this build was released much too early - when can we have an update ?
or maybe some "official" workarounds ...
or at least a small statement like "we know about this ..."

or maybe a statement like "everything is fine" ....

Ulli

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Problem getting host machine to interact with guest machine.

michaeltm — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:34:00 GMT

Hi!

My question is this. I have problems where the host machine attempts to connect to the guest machine. The connection times out. The host OS is Windows XP SP3. and using Workstation 7. Same scenario/virtual machine using Workstation 6.5 works as I used a Workstation 6.5 to create it. Its only when I upgraded Workstation 6.5 to Workstation 7 did it stop working.

Curious thing is when another machine on the network attempts to connect to the guest machine it was able to connect successfully.

Thanks for any help you can give me.

Convert / Import Acronis 10 Backup and Recovery Fails

jlawton5977 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:11:01 GMT

I am attempting to use VMWare Workstation version 6.5.3 build - 18504 to import/convert Acronis Backup and Recovery 10 (build 10.0.1106) images and it fails with the error in the log "ask failed: P2VError IMPORT_SOURCE_NOT_RECOGNIZED()". I have attempted to use VMware Converter separately and get about the same result.

I have attached the cmware-client log archive for further investigation.

Mouse cursor not aligned

jimbo6846 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:55:01 GMT

Everytime I create a new VM or open an existing VM, whenever the mouse cursor comes onto the screen it will constantly lose focus/grab focus as I move the mouse cursor around. After fiddling with it for a while, I've noticed there is a second mouse cursor moving around in tandem with the "main" cursor, and this cursor seems to be the cause of the problems. Is this the cursor from the guest OS in the VM? How do I align them to make this problem go away?

I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit Edition and VM Workstation 7. The Guest OS is Windows XP Professional 32-Bit.

Please, any help is greatly appreciated. If any more info is needed, just let me know.

Thanks.

Unable to open kernel device "\\.\vmci"...

quwy — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:30:16 GMT

Since I install a 6.x version of WS (now 6.5.1 build 126130 on XP/SP3), I have problems with start of guest systems in advanced user host system account with the subject message. Under admin's account all ok. I think this is a bug, because even after installing WS on the clean OS same error is occured. Advanced-user account is joined to the __wmvare__ user group, but this does not help. May be I need to give some additional permissions for this user?

Workstation 7 ERRORs: Could not open /dev/vmmon.... & grab/ungrab crusor

Stan256 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:16:44 GMT

OS: OpenSUSE 11.2 64bit

kernel: kernel-desktop-2.6.31.5-0.1.1

I just have installed the VMWare Workstation 7. Installation was successful - no errors, BUT:

1. On first start it's working, but the cursor focus is not transferred to the guest OS.
2. After restarting the computer, when starting the guest OS issues an error - "Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory. Please make sure that the kernel module `vmmon' is loaded."

What can I do about this?

What are the steps to create, format, and mount a new virtual disk in MS Windows

galgitron — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:07:52 GMT

I swear I have scoured the Internet for days trying to find the specifics of this process, and I'm embarrassed to have failed in my quest to understand what to me should be a very simple thing. The best I could do is the following:

Step 1: Create a new vmdk using vmware-vdiskmanager
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Mount your newly-formatted vmdk using vmware-mount, or by using Workstation's "Map Virtual Disk" option

Now you'll see that somewhere between step 1 and 3, there's a critical step of formatting the new vmdk so that it can be recognized and mounted. I simply cannot find any online example of how to do this. I just know someone is going to say "just attach it to a VM and format it", to which my response will be "How?". It won't let me mount an unformatted disk. When I attempt to go directly to step 3 after step 1, I get the following error, "Error reading volume information. Please select another disk file"

Help!

Recording audio with movie

InforMed Direct — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:03:09 GMT

This this KB article refer to sndvol32 for the host or VM?

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1007996

Cheers, Rob.

scsi0.pciSlotNumber = 160 ???

continuum — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:14:23 GMT

recently I saw a few VMs with this entry in the vmx
scsi0.pciSlotNumber = 160

what the heck is it - it should be 16 right ?

___________________________________

VMX-parameters- VMware-liveCD - VM-Sickbay

Fresh Workstation installation - weird error - unable to install

thangarajj — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:54:51 GMT

After a long time, I am installing vmware workstation to try. But a very strange issue keeps me from being able to install it. When I run the installer, I get the standard UAC prompt & then an unclosable window with the title 'Vmware Workstation Setup' opens up & I get the error below error:
--
Script Error:
Line: 393
Char: 2
Error: 's_pageName' is undefined
Code: 0
URL: file:///C:/Users/xyz/AppData/Local/Temp/vmware_1258601684/index.htm?lang=1033&locale=1033

Do you want to continue running scripts on this page?
Yes No
--

I then realized that this is an internet explorer window and it is browsing to a html file extracted to the temporary directory. I've attached screenshots of the same.

At this point, I can do nothing and the installation process does not go forward. Whatever link I click on the html page, I get a page not found error. & I am unable to close the setup window excepting using the task manager & killing the setup process.

This is the weirdest error that I've seen with an installer, esp. with the site being opened is not even Vmware (but adobe)

Has this happened to anyone else? I downloaded the whole installer again, and there is no change.

Any help appreciated.

System info:
Win 7 Ultimate x64. 6GB RAM
Have never installed a vmware product on this machine, though I've xp mode installed.
System is upto date with patches

Ubuntu 9.10 Display Problem

mkd8919 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:53:20 GMT

I'm running Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit as a guest on VMware Workstation 7. The host is Windows 7 64-bit. I installed Ubuntu using the easy installer. My problem is that I installed the VMware tools, which seem to be working, as I can use unity and autosize the guest, but I have no 3d support. I cannot enable desktop effects. Any Tips?

Remote debugging setup/help NEEDED

Jensemann2 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:41:48 GMT

Please help!

I can't get the Virtual Debugger to work.
A while ago (VS2005+WS6.5) it did work. But now with VS2008SP1 + WS7 + XP guest, it won't work: the remote debugger starts, logs me into the guest and after a few seconds the error screen comes up.

Here is the log:
11.11.2009 22:08:37: Debugging started...
11.11.2009 22:08:37: ERROR: *ppVCProj
11.11.2009 22:08:37: An error occurred in .\utils.cpp at line 2683. Error code is 0x80004005.
11.11.2009 22:08:37: An error has occurred in the application. For more information please see the log file. Its path is listed in the About box.
11.11.2009 22:08:37: ERROR: GetVCInterfaces(m_targetProject, (void **)&m_pVCDbgSettings, (void **)&pVCCfg, (void **)&pVCProj)
11.11.2009 22:08:37: An error occurred in .\Connect.cpp at line 7424. Error code is 0x80004005.
11.11.2009 22:08:37: An error has occurred in the application. For more information please see the log file. Its path is listed in the About box.
11.11.2009 22:08:37: Starting the virtual machine.
11.11.2009 22:08:37: Waiting for VMware Tools to start...
11.11.2009 22:08:37: VMware Tools has started.
11.11.2009 22:08:37: Waiting for login to complete...
11.11.2009 22:08:37: Login succeeded.
11.11.2009 22:08:37: Checking for running Remote Debug Monitor in the virtual machine.
11.11.2009 22:08:37: Sharing Remote Debug Monitor directory:
11.11.2009 22:08:37: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\Remote Debugger\x86\ as .RemoteDebugMonitor12609
11.11.2009 22:08:37: Enabling shared folders succeeded
11.11.2009 22:08:38: Adding share folder succeeded.
11.11.2009 22:08:38: Starting the Remote Debug Monitor: \\vmware-host\Shared Folders\.RemoteDebugMonitor12609\msvsmon.exe /nowowwarn /name:VMware@USPTO
11.11.2009 22:08:40: Preparing the project's configuration properties for live debugging.
11.11.2009 22:09:41: Debugging Failed.
11.11.2009 22:09:42: The Remote Debug Monitor running in the virtual machine has been stopped. Process ID: 2864.
11.11.2009 22:09:42: Removing Remote Debug Monitor share: .RemoteDebugMonitor12609.
11.11.2009 22:09:42: Removing share folder succeeded

Under 'Live Debugging in VM' I can't use the setting <Use host's Visual Studio project command> (Error: "A valid executable name has not been specified in Debugger settings"). If I miss configured the Virtual Debugger (what I would guess), I'd like to get some usefull debug output.

Hope this helps.

Jens

Copy & Pasting Problem in version 7

Bazzer747 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:30:56 GMT

Hi,
I installed VMWare Workstation v7 last week. I am finding that copying and pasting from Excel to and from the OS and an image doesn't work any longer. The copied section is added as a picture though, which is less than useful.

Is this a known problem, or are there new settings that have to be done to stop this behaviour?

Barry

Vista Guest, XP Host with Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 is slower than slow!

GeeteshBajaj — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:18:55 GMT

The host system is Windows XP on Core Duo with 4 GB RAM -- runs very fast -- it also has Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 installed. I installed VMWare Workstation 7 and added Vista as a guest OS -- it runs super slow! Then I disable Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 on the host OS, and Vista runs very well! How can I get Vista as the guest OS and Kaspersky on the host OS to be happy with each other?

Thank you so much.

"The OVF descriptor file could not be parsed" error importing a Virtual Appliance

mickyp — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:44:16 GMT

Hi all

I've been trying to import a Virtual Appliance into VMWare Workstation (6.5.3 build 185404). I get an error "The OVF descriptor file could not be parsed" when attempting to do so.

The original file was a Xen Virtual Appliance (.XVA) and I could not find an option in VMWare to handle this directly. I used the Citrix XenConvert (2.0.2) utility to convert the Xen Virtual Appliance (.XVA) to an Open Virtualization Format package (.OVF). VMWare was then used to import the OVF file (File -> Import or Export). The Wizard option was: Source Type=Virtual Appliance

Attached are the log files relating to the last attempt.

Does anyone have any suggestions for resolving the import problem? Any alternate way of converting a XVA file into a VMWare VM?

The source XVA file was 7.18 GB.
The converted VHD file was 24.0 GB
An OVF, VHD & PVP files were created by the Citrix XenConvert utility

Incorrect version of driver "vmx86.sys"

Alex802 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:57:47 GMT

Hi everybody,

I am new here so please have patience with me

I have VMware Workstation 6.5.1 build 126130 installed on a Vista Ultimate 64bit SP1 updated to day. I had Workstation working fine with all my virtual machines but now I got into this problem I do not know how to fix (tried clean reinstall VMware Workstation software package a couple times but it didn't fix it, one time had my firewall/anitvirus package Comodo disabled - still not working).

Practically evey time I try to start any virtual machine that works on another system (so it's not the VM's problem) I get this message:

Could not get vmx86 driver version: The handle is invalid.
You have an incorrect version of driver "vmx86.sys". Try reinstalling VMware Workstation.
Failed to initialize monitor device.

Followed by a message box saying:

Cannot find a valid peer process to connect to.

Any advice you could give me? Could not find anybody having this issue on Internet.

Thanks!

VMWare unfair upgrade policy for Workstation 7

bchappell — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:09:20 GMT

Is it just me or is anyone else feeling somewhat bitter about VMWare offering the same upgrade price to both v5 and v6 owners?

Did I miss something or did I not pay for the privilege of upgrading from v5 to v6? Why did I do that? Why didn't I just wait for v7 and save myself some money? Hang on, I was an avid user who wanted to keep up to date, who gave VMWare more revenue and reported bugs in their v6 product while continuing to use it. A v5 user didn't do those things, they sat back, saved themselves some cash and now get the same upgrade price that I do.

Thanks a bunch VMWare. May be we should all make a point and skip v7, after all we should fully expect to get the same upgrade deal to v8 as the v7 users when it eventually comes out.

I'm feeling like it's time for a change of virtualisation software, time to look for a company that actually rewards people who are active supporters of their product, who stay current and provide them with a revenue stream.

I'm certainly not going to be recommending VMWare to any future customers of mine at the moment.

VMware Workstation 7 display problem

zhanghwem — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:43:49 GMT

I upgrade VMware Workstation from 6 to 7, and upgrate the VMware tools in a guest Windows 7 OS, then the display adapter driver can't work well. The driver is disabled by windows with error code 43.

Workstation 7 Broken on F12 Beta?

allquixotic — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:53:11 GMT

I am running Fedora 12 Beta x86_64. I bought Workstation 7, installed it, created a brand new VM, but when I try to restore focus to the host OS by pressing Ctrl+Alt, I get this error in a popup:

VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (mks)
Unexpected signal: 6.
A log file is available in "/home/sean/vmware/Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit/vmware.log". Please request support and include the contents of the log file.
To collect data to submit to VMware support, select Help > About and click "Collect Support Data". You can also run the "vm-support" script in the Workstation folder directly.
We will respond on the basis of your support entitlement.

The log file in question prints an ugly stacktrace:

Oct 28 22:31:18.537: mks| Unexpected signal: 6.
Oct 28 22:31:18.537: mks| Core dump limit is 0 KB.
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| Child process 14924 failed to dump core (status 0x6).
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| Backtrace:
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| Backtrace[0] 00007f3ecba917f0 rip=000000000041ef7c rbx=0000000000000000 rbp=000000000041ed70 r12=0000000000000006 r13=00007f3ecba91f30 r14=00007f3ecba91e00 r15=0000000000000001
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| Backtrace[1] 00007f3ecba91810 rip=00000000004eb178 rbx=0000000000000001 rbp=0000000000ec9c00 r12=0000000000000006 r13=00007f3ecba91f30 r14=00007f3ecba91e00 r15=0000000000000001
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| Backtrace[2] 00007f3ecba91d00 rip=000000000048f11f rbx=00007f3ecba91d40 rbp=0000000000ec9c00 r12=0000000000000006 r13=00007f3ecba91f30 r14=00007f3ecba91e00 r15=0000000000000001
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| Backtrace[3] 00007f3ecba91e00 rip=0000003e57c0f320 rbx=00007fff4a1c8831 rbp=0000003e5713ebf4 r12=0000003e59cb9030 r13=0000003e59cb91e0 r14=0000003e5713ebf4 r15=000000000000021e
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| Backtrace[4] 00007f3ecba92258 rip=0000003e57033575 rbx=00007fff4a1c8831 rbp=0000003e5713ebf4 r12=0000003e59cb9030 r13=0000003e59cb91e0 r14=0000003e5713ebf4 r15=000000000000021e
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| Backtrace[5] 00007f3ecba92260 rip=0000003e57034d55 rbx=00007fff4a1c8831 rbp=0000003e5713ebf4 r12=0000003e59cb9030 r13=0000003e59cb91e0 r14=0000003e5713ebf4 r15=000000000000021e
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| Backtrace[6] 00007f3ecba92390 rip=0000003e5702c655 rbx=00007fff4a1c8831 rbp=0000003e5713ebf4 r12=0000003e59cb9030 r13=0000003e59cb91e0 r14=0000003e5713ebf4 r15=000000000000021e
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| Backtrace[7] 00007f3ecba92410 rip=0000003e59c4c97d rbx=00000000000004a4 rbp=00007f3ec4000a00 r12=00000000000004a4 r13=00007f3ecba924d0 r14=00007f3ecba926bc r15=00007f3ec42258f0
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| Backtrace[8] 00007f3ecba92430 rip=0000003e59c4c999 rbx=00007f3ec4000a00 rbp=00000000000004a4 r12=00000000000004a4 r13=00007f3ecba924d0 r14=00007f3ecba926bc r15=00007f3ec42258f0
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| Backtrace[9] 00007f3ecba92450 rip=0000003e59c33a8a rbx=00007f3ec4000a00 rbp=00007f3ec42248d0 r12=00000000000004a4 r13=00007f3ecba924d0 r14=00007f3ecba926bc r15=00007f3ec42258f0
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| Backtrace10 00007f3ecba92490 rip=00000000007fbe60 rbx=00007f3ec416cd80 rbp=00007f3ecba924b0 r12=0000000000000001 r13=00007f3ecba924d0 r14=00007f3ecba926bc r15=00007f3ec42258f0
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| Backtrace11 00007f3ecba92540 rip=00000000007fc0bc rbx=00007f3ec416cd80 rbp=00007f3ecba92550 r12=0000000000000001 r13=00007f3f16b2a090 r14=00007f3ecba926bc r15=0000000000000004
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| Backtrace12 00007f3ecba92660 rip=0000000000635e3e rbx=0000000000000001 rbp=00007f3f175ac010 r12=0000000000000001 r13=00007f3f16b2a090 r14=00007f3ecba926bc r15=0000000000000004
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| Backtrace13 00007f3ecba92670 rip=0000000000635f84 rbx=0000000000000001 rbp=00007f3f175ac010 r12=0000000000000001 r13=00007f3f16b2a090 r14=00007f3ecba926bc r15=0000000000000004
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| Backtrace14 00007f3ecba926a0 rip=00000000004d9bfe rbx=00007f3ec0000a90 rbp=00007f3f175ac010 r12=0000000000000001 r13=00007f3f16b2a090 r14=00007f3ecba926bc r15=0000000000000004
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| Backtrace15 00007f3ecba92700 rip=00000000004da2d4 rbx=00007f3ec0000a90 rbp=00000000013c2c90 r12=00007f3f175ad8c8 r13=0000000000000000 r14=00047709b4cc33ee r15=00007f3f175ac010
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| Backtrace16 00007f3ecba92d90 rip=0000000000631021 rbx=0000000000000000 rbp=0000000000000000 r12=00007fff4a1c6f20 r13=0000000000000000 r14=0000000000000004 r15=0000000000000007
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| Backtrace17 00007f3ecba92dd0 rip=000000000048fab2 rbx=0000000000fb7920 rbp=0000000000000000 r12=00007fff4a1c6f20 r13=0000000000000000 r14=0000000000000004 r15=0000000000000007
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| Backtrace18 00007f3ecba92ef0 rip=0000003e57c0696a rbx=0000000000000000 rbp=0000000000000000 r12=00007fff4a1c6ea0 r13=0000000000000000 r14=0000000000000004 r15=0000000000000007
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| Backtrace19 00007f3ecba93000 rip=0000003e570e18bd rbx=00007f3ecba93710 rbp=0000000000000000 r12=00007fff4a1c6ea0 r13=0000000000000000 r14=0000000000000004 r15=0000000000000007
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| SymBacktrace[0] 00007f3ecba917f0 rip=000000000041ef7c in function (null) in object /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx loaded at 0000000000400000
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| SymBacktrace[1] 00007f3ecba91810 rip=00000000004eb178 in function (null) in object /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx loaded at 0000000000400000
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| SymBacktrace[2] 00007f3ecba91d00 rip=000000000048f11f in function (null) in object /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx loaded at 0000000000400000
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| SymBacktrace[3] 00007f3ecba91e00 rip=0000003e57c0f320 in function (null) in object /lib64/libpthread.so.0 loaded at 0000003e57c00000
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| SymBacktrace[4] 00007f3ecba92258 rip=0000003e57033575 in function gsignal in object /lib64/libc.so.6 loaded at 0000003e57000000
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| SymBacktrace[5] 00007f3ecba92260 rip=0000003e57034d55 in function abort in object /lib64/libc.so.6 loaded at 0000003e57000000
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| SymBacktrace[6] 00007f3ecba92390 rip=0000003e5702c655 in function __assert_fail in object /lib64/libc.so.6 loaded at 0000003e57000000
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| SymBacktrace[7] 00007f3ecba92410 rip=0000003e59c4c97d in function _XRead in object /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6 loaded at 0000003e59c00000
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| SymBacktrace[8] 00007f3ecba92430 rip=0000003e59c4c999 in function _XReadPad in object /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6 loaded at 0000003e59c00000
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| SymBacktrace[9] 00007f3ecba92450 rip=0000003e59c33a8a in function XGetModifierMapping in object /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6 loaded at 0000003e59c00000
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| SymBacktrace10 00007f3ecba92490 rip=00000000007fbe60 in function (null) in object /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx loaded at 0000000000400000
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| SymBacktrace11 00007f3ecba92540 rip=00000000007fc0bc in function (null) in object /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx loaded at 0000000000400000
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| SymBacktrace12 00007f3ecba92660 rip=0000000000635e3e in function (null) in object /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx loaded at 0000000000400000
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| SymBacktrace13 00007f3ecba92670 rip=0000000000635f84 in function (null) in object /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx loaded at 0000000000400000
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| SymBacktrace14 00007f3ecba926a0 rip=00000000004d9bfe in function (null) in object /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx loaded at 0000000000400000
Oct 28 22:31:18.565: mks| SymBacktrace15 00007f3ecba92700 rip=00000000004da2d4 in function (null) in object /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx loaded at 0000000000400000
Oct 28 22:31:18.566: mks| SymBacktrace16 00007f3ecba92d90 rip=0000000000631021 in function (null) in object /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx loaded at 0000000000400000
Oct 28 22:31:18.566: mks| SymBacktrace17 00007f3ecba92dd0 rip=000000000048fab2 in function (null) in object /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx loaded at 0000000000400000
Oct 28 22:31:18.566: mks| SymBacktrace18 00007f3ecba92ef0 rip=0000003e57c0696a in function (null) in object /lib64/libpthread.so.0 loaded at 0000003e57c00000
Oct 28 22:31:18.566: mks| SymBacktrace19 00007f3ecba93000 rip=0000003e570e18bd in function clone in object /lib64/libc.so.6 loaded at 0000003e57000000
Oct 28 22:31:18.566: mks| Msg_Post: Error
Oct 28 22:31:18.566: mks| http://msg.log.error.unrecoverable VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (mks)
Oct 28 22:31:18.566: mks| Unexpected signal: 6.
Oct 28 22:31:18.566: mks| http://msg.panic.haveLog A log file is available in "/home/sean/vmware/Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit/vmware.log". http://msg.panic.requestSupport.withLog Please request support and include the contents of the log file. http://msg.panic.requestSupport.vmSupport.linux
Oct 28 22:31:18.566: mks| To collect data to submit to VMware support, select Help > About and click "Collect Support Data". You can also run the "vm-support" script in the Workstation folder directly.
Oct 28 22:31:18.566: mks| http://msg.panic.response We will respond on the basis of your support entitlement.
Oct 28 22:31:18.566: mks|

Oct 28 22:31:41.567: vmx| VTHREAD watched thread 1 "mks" died
Oct 28 22:31:41.590: vcpu-1| VTHREAD watched thread 0 "vmx" died
Oct 28 22:31:41.905: Worker#0| VTHREAD watched thread 0 "vmx" died
Oct 28 22:31:42.535: vcpu-0| VTHREAD watched thread 0 "vmx" died

After that, I can't press any modifier keys (Shift, Ctrl, Alt, Capslock, Numlock, etc.) until I kill the X server and restart it. I have tried rebooting and most "general" troubleshooting efforts.

This did not occur with Workstation 7 RC running Fedora 12 Alpha. It looks like Workstation 7 needs to be updated to work with X.Org 7.5 / Xserver 1.7.0.

This is kind of confusing: I had no problems with Workstation 7 RC, Fedora 12 Alpha, and Nvidia binary graphics drivers 190.40 (RC). Now that the same versions of everything have gone from RC to release, and Fedora from alpha to beta, it's broken. You'd think this would make things more stable, not less.

Any suggestions? Should I just use my 30 day support entitlement and pray that VMware will care?

Thanks,

Sean

Host-Guest=Holy Guest?

Deigeorge — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:20:24 GMT

I haven't used vm for a while,the new edition i tried (7) was very guest friendly,the interaction between host OS is very 'colourfull'

The problem is that...its a freakin rainbow,meaning they are too close with eachother.

Am not sure,but this way it looks if i get a virus into lil OS the biggie will get it too,since borders are not so solid anymore.

Maybe am tripin or smth...

correct me(both vm and grammar ;P)if am wrong.

ty.

Impossible to download VMware WorkStation 7

Lotus91000 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:17:05 GMT

Hello there,
Is impossible to download Wmware WorkStation 7.
The Download link doesn't work:
With the Tools:
https://www.vmware.com/downloads/downloadBinary.do?downloadGroup=WKST-700-WIN&vmware=downloadBinary&file=VMware-workstation-full-7.0.0-203739.exe&pot=1&code=FC11256574368573&hashKey=ba1a8664a28a2703bc50beafaf1ae8b3&tranId=58006834

Without The Tools
https://www.vmware.com/downloads/downloadBinary.do?downloadGroup=WKST-700-WIN&vmware=downloadBinary&file=VMware-workstation-7.0.0-203739.exe&pot=1&code=FC21256574368573&hashKey=955ae2e781a5936fdf6800891017c938&tranId=58006834

Does anyone can check that?

Cheers

Cannot install VMware Workstation 6.5

dk06 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:44:50 GMT

I downloaded and installed the new VMware Workstation v7 thinking my license for v6.5 would work on it and it doesn't.

So I uninstalled Workstation v7 and tried installing v6.5, it gets half way through configuring it and stops so I'm thinking the newer versions leftover configuation files that are interfering with the the older versions files.

I am running openSuSE v11.1 (x86) and using the .bundle install.

Is there a way to completely remove the newer version so I can start fresh...I've tried reinstalling v7 and re-uninstalling 7 various ways with the terminal options but I'm thinking there must me something leftover that is inetefering.

Any help, advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Don

VMware ToolsSTILL doesn't support Windows 95

EpsilonPrime — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:42:21 GMT

I'm getting tired of this. I've reported this issue for several versions of VMware. Do you guys actually test the operating systems you say you support?

splwow64.exe consumes memory

blackpuma — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:59:53 GMT

I assume that this is something not under Workstation's control, but when I run Workstationon Vista, the process splwow64.exe keeps consuming more and more memory, along with 22-25% of CPU time, eventually to the tune of gigabytes of RAM when it starts to interfere with the host machine's performance. Thus I kill the processat least once a day, where it reappears and starts consuming memory again.

Any ideas on how to slap either Workstation or splwow64 so the memory consumption will stop?

I run multiple XP and CentOS as guest OSes most of the day.

VMware Workstation 7.0.0 build-203739

Host: Vista Home Premium(64-bit)

CPU: Quad-core AMD Phenom 9759

8GB RAM

VMWare 7 fresh install -- starting VMWare produces hr=0x80040101

JoshKorn — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:04:21 GMT

I installed a fresh copy of VMWare Workstation 7 -- in fact, I reinstalled it -- only to have the following dialogue pop up when I attempt to start Wkstn:

"Application failure. hr = 0x80040101: Vmdb error -1: VMDB failure"

The install ran without a hitch, and without raising any potential problem.

There's no question this is a COM error code, but it doesn't leave me any the wiser as to what's happening.
This machine is running XP SP3.

Does anyone have any idea why this is happening, and what I can do about it?

Thanks in advance
Josh

Moved VMs, changed resolutions

vmwadmin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:18:22 GMT

I had my VMs running on a Dell desktop (running vmw workstation) with max resolution. I moved the VMs over to a Dell server (also running vmw workstation), and now the ratio of the resolutions is off. It looks like it's wide screen, whereas the old way, it was more like 4:3. I access the server using teamviewer (hope that doesn't over complicate things). So the problem now is that, when I go full screen, I lose the top and bottom of (local) screen real estate. I have VMW Workstation set to never change the VM's resolution, since my application relies on having max screen resolution.

It seems to be a disconnect between the ratio of the resolution on the host when I configured the VMs on the old desktop - and the ratio of the resolution on the new server host.

I know it's a tough one, but is there any way to change the ratio of the resolution on the VMs to be different than the ratio on the host? Or is it a fixed relationship, since the VMs use the video drivers of the host?

Thanks,

vmwadmin

Mac address of virtual machine detected incorrectly by host machine.

sefsinc — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:42:12 GMT

Host: Ubuntu 9.10

Guest: Ubuntu 9.04

Vmware: ver 7

Problem:

I have a VM with a mac adress of 00:11:22:33:44:55

This resides in a host with mac address 66:77:88:99:00:11

When I look into the arp cache of the host machine it is seeing the VM with a mac adresss of 66:77:88:99:00:11 and not it's correct mac of 00:11:22:33:44:55.

Is this by design or is it a bug.

Thanks.

Unable to Build Kernel Module See log for details

pgb204 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:48:43 GMT

I've upgraded my linux box to a new kernel and am trying to recompile vmware 6.5 modules against new kernel. Link in /usr/src/linux point to the correct (newest)

kernel. When I run vmware I get a window "Vmware Kernel Module Updater". After a while another window popsup "Unable to build kernel module see log file /tmp/vmware-root/.setup for details"

The log file has this:

Nov 18 17:41:00.577: app| Log for VMware Workstation pid=2288 version=6.5.2 build=build-156735 option=Release
Nov 18 17:41:00.577: app| Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8
Nov 18 17:41:00.577: app| Logging to /tmp/vmware-root/setup-2288.log
Nov 18 17:41:01.255: app| Extracting the sources of the vmmon module.
Nov 18 17:41:01.271: app| Building module with command: /usr/bin/make -C /tmp/vmware-root/modules/vmmon-only auto-build SUPPORT_SMP=1 HEADER_DIR=/lib/modules/2.6.30-gentoo-r5/build/include CC=/usr/bin/gcc GREP=/usr/bin/make IS_GCC_3=no VMCCVER=4.1.2

I've tried this as root and as a regular user. Any advice on how to fix this?

thanks

64 Bit Host OS Will Not Install VMWare Workstation 7 64x

LIttlewar — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:03:59 GMT

I have a Dell Precision M6300 notebook, (Virtualization Enable in BIOS) with Window 7 64x installed. I cannot get VMWare workstation 7 to install in 64x mode, which doesn't allow me to install 64x guests. Any suggestions?

Thanks...

"It is unsafe to connect" error when using a USB drive for the image file and the Shared Folder

thomkerby — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:57:06 GMT

I am using a 1 TB USB drive to store my VMWare Workstation 6.5 images. I am also pointing to a directory on the drive to store a Shared Folder. When I try to power on an OES Linux image, it does not connect the shared folder all the time. If I right click the USB device in the bottom right of the VMWare window and try to force it to connect, it gives the following error:

"It is unsafe to connect 'USB Device name" to this virtual machine. In general, USB mice and keyboards appear as PS/2 devices and should not be connected as USB peripherals. USB devices containing files in-use by the running virtual machine cannot be connected to the virtual machine. Please consult the documentation for more information.
OK"

I realize my case is the 2nd mentioned there (USB devices containing files in-use by the running VM) as its the same drive. I recognize that allowing the VM Guest to edit the location where the VM is stored is potentially dangerous, but I am looking for an override setting to allow me mount/share this USB device in a different folder than the VM image folder for a shared folder. In this case I added the .ISO files for the OS so I can use them between multiple VMs as an installation source.

Does anyone know a setting or method to override this precaution?

Trouble creating Win7 VM on new PC without ISO

JMorgenthaler — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:08:32 GMT

I just purchased a new computer that came with Win7 Home Premium and also just purchased VMWorkstation 7. I wanted to create a "clone" of Win7 but the pc mfg (HP) did not provide the OEM discs of Win7. Instead they installed a "recovery partition" on the system so that if something happened, Win7 could be restored from the recovery partition.

What I've tried to do is I first created an Acronis backup of the system (using Acronis workstation 9.5). Then went into vmware and selected the import option and selected the acronis .tib file. The wizard shows 3 partitions to select, an "active partition", the "C drive" partition and the "D drive" partition (which is the HP/Win7 recovery partition). I've tried selecting every different combination of these partitions (all 3, just 1&2, 2&3, etc, etc). But in every instance, after vmware creates the vm and I try to power up the vm, I get a Windows Boot Manager error stating that something has changed in the software or hardware and that a required device is missing.

So is there a trick to creating a vm using an Acronis tib file? Or does anyone have any suggestions on how to create a vm of my current win7 drive without having the CD/iso of the original win7 discs? I'm at my wits end on what to try next.

TIA
Jim

PS: I also tried the same thing using the stand-alone vmconverter software (trying to convert the acronis file that way). But I get the same Windows Boot Manager error message.

Bridged vs NAT

xDennis — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:06:42 GMT

Limited knowledge of VMWare other than basics. I installed version 6.02 and have set up 3 XP clients and 1 SVR2003 client.

Having some unexpected issues with this environment. Company still using WinXP at large but to facilitate developing in VMWare environment I got approval use Vista64 Business (8 gigs ram). Almost no support available in-house officially but I get some help until problem starts taking a lot of time then I get standard answer - we don't support your environment.

One of the main issues I have is that the clients I set up only work when I'm connected to network. When I'm away from the office the clients don't work. I get this message:

"The Network Bridge on device VMnet0 is temporarily down because the bridged Ethernet interface..."
"The virtual machine may not be able to communicate with the host or other machines on your network."

There's more but this is all of the message I can see (screen capture).

I should be able to use VPN but Cisco doesn't have a 64bit solution for me. Cisco offered AnyConnect but I don't have ability to configure on my own. Even if I had VPN there are times I should be able to do my work without connecting to the network (using cached credentials?).

So I think (guess) I need to switch the clients to NAT.

Should this allow me to work in standalone mode with my 3 clients?

Can I do this without setting up again from scratch?

Where can I find some info to help me get started?

Thanks for any help you can offer!

Unrelated and just FYI - Cisco Meetingplace also doesn't support 64 bit windows. Cisco VPN and Meetingplace are only 2 reasons I have to carry 2 laptops every day (15 lbs instead of 7lbs in my backpack).

Dennis