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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

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.

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

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

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!!

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

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

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!

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.

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!

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?

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!

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.

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.

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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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

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!!

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

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.

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

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?

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

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 ?

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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

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.

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

Attaching USB Smartcard Reader Causes Error

irishjd — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:35:43 GMT

I recently installedVNware Workstation 6.5.3 build-185404 on a Windows Vista SP2 system. Imigrated an old Windows XP vm to it, and it loades fine. My problem is when I try to log into the XP vm. It is configured so that you can only login with a smartcard. I click on /VM/Removable Devices/Virtual SCM MicroSystems Inc. SCRx31 USB Reader 0/Connect, and the following error window comes up:

VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (vmx)
Exception 0xc0000005 (access violation) has occurred.
A log file is available in "C:\Users\irishjd\My Virtual Machines\zirishjd-d2\vmware.log". A core file is available in "C:\Users\irishjd\My Virtual Machines\zirishjd-d2\vmware-vmx-3280.dmp". Please request support and include the contents of the log file and core 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.

After responding to this error, the host OS (Vista) tells me that VMware Workstation VMX has stopped working, and I have to close it completely. Does anyone have an idea of what might be causing this and how I can fix it?

TIA,

Jon

How to install VMware Tools on Ubuntu 9.10 guest?

Fiser — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:53:19 GMT

Hello!

I have VMware 6.5.3 for Windows. I installed Ubuntu 9.10 32 bit and I don't know how to install tools inside Linux guest. In Windows guest that is a snap, but here look like more complicated. Can someone help me with step by step tutorial how to install this on Ubuntu 9.10? I'm newbie here.

When I click button to install tools I just get open File Browser with file .txt, rpm and gz file. Any file I click I cannot run installer. Please for help!

VMware Workstation 7 SmartCard USB error during guest boot

gege55 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:32:45 GMT

Hello,

I am using VMware Wokstation 7 with Windows XP as Host and Window XP as guest.

The host has a USB SmartCard Reader connected. When the guest system boots I get

The Service "Smart Card" is preventing this device from being stopped.
In the guest side I get The connection for the USB device "SCM Reflex USB v.2 Smart Card Reader" was unsuccessful. The VMWare Arbitrator returned error code 9.

When the guest is ready I can't use the SmartCard on my host.

How can I remap USB storage only.

Thanks in advance for your help

Gerard

VT support for Sony Vaio

SteveMcG — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:57:27 GMT

I have just bought an FZ11Z which comes with the Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 processor. One of the key attractions for me was that this processor is 64 bit and comes with virtualisation support. http://www.intel.com/products/processor/core2duo/specifications.htm

I also ran the detection utility on the VMWare website and it confirms it is able to run 64 bit guests, so I can create 64 bit Virtual Machines.

Now here comes the problem. Vmware support the processor, but to get it to work properly I need to be able to enable VT support in the BIOS, but the BIOS is rather basic and doesnt give me the option.

The official Sony line is that VT "Is not supported" (a horrible phrase that!) but there is no explanation to support that statement.

Being the devious teccy that I am, I am sure that there must be a BIOS somewhere that is not locked down by the manufacturer that will enabe me to get to those settings. (Losing warranty is not important to me)

Has anyone looked into this before at all, and be willing to share their experiences with me? (I guess my perfect answer would be a link to a commercially available unlocked BIOS!)

kernel 2.6.31-rt vmware WS 7 -- Solved

snowder — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:17:25 GMT

Hi, does anybody know wether there is already a patch for WS7 to get it working with a 2.6.31-rt Kernel ?

How TO: Allow Access Among Multiple Images on single host?

bhavtosh — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:11:09 GMT

hi all,

im using vmware WS 6.5 and i have xp running as my host with 2 guests win2k3 and Winxp; Im unable to access any website of Win2k3 guest from my XP guest image.

both of my guest images are under same workgroup and i can see both images in My Network Places but not able to access them?

what do i need to do in order to enable the folder and website access among both guest OS?

thanks,

Installation Issue - XP OS

komments — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:43:08 GMT

I attempted to upgrade my VMware Workstation 5.0.0 to 7 and was told that the install file couldn't uninstall version 5 so I did it manually. Now when the executable tries to install 7 I get the following error. Any ideas? I have tried rebooting the system with no effect.

Installation of ReinerSCT smartcard reader fails in Win2000 VM with Linux host

spacer — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:48:41 GMT

Hello,

I am using VMWare Workstation V6.5.1 build-126130
on a SuSE Linux 11.1 host, kernel 2.6.27.7-9-default x86_64.
My guest OS is Windows 2000 (all SP, patches installed).

For secure HBCI online banking I want to use a smartcard reader ReinerSCT
cyberJack® secoder (USB) as shown here:
http://www.reiner-sct.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=171

Problem:
When connecting the card reader to my Windows 2000, the device remains unknown.
Installation of device driver fails.
In Windows device manager, it is listed as "USB Device", "driver not installed
(Code 28)".

On Linux host with the Linux driver, the card reader works ok. On Windows Vista 64
host on the same computer (multiboot with grub), the device works too.

For testing, I have also created a virtual machine with Windows XP Workstation
(all SP, patches installed). Here the card reader installs and works ok too.

In VMWare removable devices, the card reader is listed as
"Reiner SCT Kartensysteme cyberJack Secoder".

I have tested some hints from VMWare knowledge base:

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/58655
The line
ehci.present = "TRUE"
was already present in the VMX file.

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=774&sliceId=1&docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&dialogID=832991&stateId=1%200%20836730

Hardware compatibility version of all virtual machines was "Workstation 6".
Upgrading to "Workstation 6.5" did not help.

Connecting the device to a USB 1.1 hub did not help.

Disabling High-Speed support in VM also did not help.

I have already contacted ReinerSCT support.
They told me, that the problem is in VMWare, before driver installation:

This is from setupapi.log from Windows XP VM, where installation works fine:
--->>>-----------------------------------------------------
~~2009/01/28 22:15:52 1352.3 Driver Install~~
#-019 Searching for hardware ID(s): usb\vid_0c4b&pid_0400&rev_0001,usb\vid_0c4b&pid_0400
#-018 Searching for compatible ID(s): usb\class_ff&subclass_00&prot_00,usb\class_ff&subclass_00,usb\class_ff
#-198 Command line processed: C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
#I393 Modified INF cache "C:\WINDOWS\inf\INFCACHE.1".
#I022 Found "USB\VID_0C4B&PID_0400" in C:\WINDOWS\inf\oem68.inf; Device: "REINER SCT cyberJack pinpad/e-com USB"; Driver: "REINER SCT cyberJack pinpad/e-com USB"; Provider: "REINER SCT"; Mfg: "REINER SCT"; Section name: "cjusb".
#I023 Actual install section: cjusb. Rank: 0x00001001. Effective driver date: 04/13/2007.
#-166 Device install function: DIF_SELECTBESTCOMPATDRV.
#I063 Selected driver installs from section cjusb in "c:\windows\inf\oem68.inf".
#I320 Class GUID of device remains: {50DD5230-BA8A-11D1-BF5D-0000F805F530}.
#I060 Set selected driver.
#I058 Selected best compatible driver.
#-166 Device install function: DIF_INSTALLDEVICEFILES.
#I124 Doing copy-only install of "USB\VID_0C4B&PID_0400\7670738724".
#-166 Device install function: DIF_REGISTER_COINSTALLERS.
#I056 Coinstallers registered.
#-166 Device install function: DIF_INSTALLINTERFACES.
#-011 Installing section http://cjusb.Interfaces from "c:\windows\inf\oem68.inf".
#I054 Interfaces installed.
#-166 Device install function: DIF_INSTALLDEVICE.
#I123 Doing full install of "USB\VID_0C4B&PID_0400\7670738724".
#I121 Device install of "USB\VID_0C4B&PID_0400\7670738724" finished successfully.
---<<<-----------------------------------------------------

And this is from setupapi.log from Windows 2000 VM, where installation failed:
--->>>-----------------------------------------------------
~~2009/01/28 22:39:18 564.2~~
Ungültige Befehlszeile: rundll32.exe newdev.dll,DevInstall USB\Vid_0000&Pid_0000\7&f56bb9c&0&1
EXE-Name: C:\WINNT\system32\rundll32.exe
Gewählten Treiber festlegen
Hardwarekennungen werden gesucht: usb\unknown
Kompatible Kennungen werden gesucht: usb\unknown
Die Dateien C:\WINNT\inf\*.inf werden aufgeführt.
USB\UNKNOWN in C:\WINNT\inf\usb.inf gefunden; Gerät: Unbekanntes Gerät; Treiber: Unbekanntes Gerät; Anbieter: Microsoft; Hersteller: (Standard-USB-Hostcontroller); Abschnitt: BADDEVICE.Dev
Abschnittsname: BADDEVICE.Dev
Gerätinstallationsfunktion: DIF_SELECTBESTCOMPATDRV.
Der gewählte Treiber wird vom Abschnitt BADDEVICE.Dev in c:\winnt\inf\usb.inf installiert.
Die Klassen-GUID des Geräts wurde in {36FC9E60-C465-11CF-8056-444553540000} geändert.
Gewählten Treiber festlegen
Kompatibelsten Treiber auswählen
Gerätinstallationsfunktion: DIF_INSTALLDEVICEFILES.
" Nur Kopieren"-Installation von USB\VID_0000&PID_0000\7&F56BB9C&0&1.
Gerätinstallationsfunktion: DIF_REGISTER_COINSTALLERS.
Coinstaller registriert
Gerätinstallationsfunktion: DIF_INSTALLINTERFACES.
Der Abschnitt BADDEVICE.Dev.Interfaces von c:\winnt\inf\usb.inf wird installiert.
Schnittstellen installiert
Gerätinstallationsfunktion: DIF_INSTALLDEVICE.
Vollinstallation von USB\VID_0000&PID_0000\7&F56BB9C&0&1.
Fehler bei der Geräteinstallation Fehler 0xe0000219: Die Installation ist fehlgeschlagen, da für diese Geräteinstanz kein Funktionstreiber angegeben wurde.
Standardinstallationsprogramm abgeschlossen, Fehler: Fehler 0xe0000219: Die Installation ist fehlgeschlagen, da für diese Geräteinstanz kein Funktionstreiber angegeben wurde.
Gewählten Treiber festlegen
NULL-Treiber für USB\VID_0000&PID_0000\7&F56BB9C&0&1 installieren.
Das Gerät wurde einwandfrei installiert (USB\VID_0000&PID_0000\7&F56BB9C&0&1).
---<<<-----------------------------------------------------

The important difference:
In Windows XP, the device has a valid VID and a PID (vendor ID, product ID),
but in Windows 2000, both IDs are 0.

Thank you for any helpful ideas.

XP Host - Winodws 7 Guest

tzhepiezo — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:43:56 GMT

Hi.

I have successfully installed Windows & RC on a VMWare Workstation, and running XP as a host (all these are 32 bit).

Now the Guest cannot seem to see the Host settings and other profiles i.e. Network settings, Audio, and internet settings.
I have set the Share Folders to Enabled.
Can anyone help?

Regards
Tshepiso

VMWare USB Arbitrator returned error code 4 (VMW 7 on Win 7 x64)

scerazy — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:53:04 GMT

It goes like this, VM running (32-bit XP/W2K3), memory sticks gets plugged into the host & it is avilable on the host
Try to connect it to the VM, hosts tries to install new hardware Vmware USB device, it contacts Windows Update etc

In the meantime I get the VMWare USB Arbitrator returned error code 4 in VM notification, by which time new hardware install says Device Unplugged

But the actual device is still available to the host, I can try to connect it again to VM (without unplugging first) & it might work or might not

Sometimes I need to unplug & plug back in & try again

That never happened on W2k3 32-bit host with any 6.x workstation

Anybody has a permanent solution?

Thanks

Seb

support packs and older versions of workstation.

CaptainLeonidas — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:00:44 GMT

Copied from http://secunia.com

shinnai has discovered a vulnerability in multiple VMware products,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the VMware Authorization
Service when processing login requests. This can be exploited to
terminate the "vmware-authd" process via "USER" or "PASS" strings
containing e.g. '\xFF' characters, sent to TCP port 912.

The vulnerability is confirmed in vmware-authd.exe version 6.5.3.8888
included in VMware Workstation 6.5.3 build 185404, and reported in
VMware Player 2.5.3 build 185404 and VMware ACE 2.5.3. Other versions
may also be affected.

The solution listed is to restrict the port to trusted users only.

My question however is this: Does having a valid support pack entitle you to a patch to permantenty solve this issue? Or has support been suspended altogether regardless of support packs or not?

Intel Smackover x58-chipset
Intel i7 965
6GB DDR3
Radeon HD4870 1GB VRAM (5870 version ordered)
Vista Bus. x64/Windows 7 Ulti x64

support license and upgrading.

CaptainLeonidas — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:05:31 GMT

Quick question about support...

When I purchased a licensing for WRKstation 6.5.x I allso got a 1 years VMware Workstation Per Incident Support.
This VMware Workstation Per Incident Support is to end in October 2010.
When I ask Vmware about this package being valid if I upgraded my 6.5.x version to a WRKstation 7.0 I was told that the support would not cover the upgrade. So today I checked the licenses I have and I noticed I forgot to register the support-package altogether.

Correct that right away and then I saw that the package is good for WRKstation 6/7ACE..
Hence my confusion.

So do I or do I not get on-call support if I do upgrade?
Anyone been in a situation like this too? If so a reply to my question would be appreciated.

Intel Smackover x58-chipset
Intel i7 965
6GB DDR3
Radeon HD4870 1GB VRAM (5870 version ordered)
Vista Bus. x64/Windows 7 Ulti x64

Message was edited by: CaptainLeonid…
edit the message to reflect the correct support bundle (VMware Workstation Per Incident Support)

Question on upgrade license of workstation 7

jrr09 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:10:52 GMT

Hi there,

I currently have workstation 6.5 license (working on Windows Vista machine). Now I want to upgrade and install workstation 7 on the fresh-installed Windows 7. I assume that only the upgrade license (not the full) needs
to be purchased. Is that correct? What is the licensing steps? Would it ask for both 6.5 serial number and 7 serial number?

Notice that I don't want to install 6.5 first, then install 7. In fact, I already have the workstation 7 trial version installed at the moment -- just want to apply the serial number....

Thanks.

WorkStation won't install x64. Why?

mocca666 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:05:34 GMT

I downloaded the Workstation 7 and installed it but for some reason all the apps in TaskManager are still shown as 32bit.
I don't get it. I wasn't asked during installation whether I wanted to install 32bit or 64bit. Is that normal?

How do I get the Workstation to run in full 64bit mode?

P.S.: I was really dissapointed to see that installation to a folder outside the "programs" folder does not work! I tried to install to "C:\Utilities\VMWare" and it failed everytime! Worked immediately when I used the default folder (programs (86x))

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?

Upgrade Question

Joe1948 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:10:15 GMT

I'm currently running Workstation 6.5 on Vista host. I intend to change the os to Windows 7 soon. Will the Workstation 7 upgrade do a full install or will I need to reinstall Workstation 6.5 first?

Joe

Touchpad scrolling

branft — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:07:37 GMT

I miss the touchpad scrolling function dearly. I am using Workstation 7.0 and Player 3.0. I tried different guest ans host operating configurations and different notebooks but there is no difference.

It looks that not many people care about this problem according to posts in the Web. I would like to know if there is a solution or not. Preferably for my configuration Win7 Premium as guest and host OS. I am using an Acer 1810TZ.

Does anybody know?

Unable to get Bridge Networking to work (yet another thread)

mblackie — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:06:58 GMT

Hello,

I am unable to get Bridge Networking to function and I have exhausted my wits to get Bridge Networking to function. Let me first ask, in order for Bridge Networking to work a dedicated physical NIC to be assigned to the host OS and each guest OS? I am confused as some of the postings I have read alludes to this, though I am not sure.

System Configuration:

Host OS: Windows XP SP3
Host NIC: Realtek RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC {TCP/IP Properties: "Obtain an IP address automatically", "Obtain DNS server address automatically"and "DHCP Enabled"}
Internet Connection via: Linksys WRT54GS {Basic Configuration: {Local IP Address is 192.182.172.1, Starting IP is 192.182.172.100, Max DHCP Users is 5, DHCP Server option is Enabled}
Host OS Firewall: Outpost Firewall v6.5.2358.316.0307 (though I have this disabled while attempting to get the Bridge Networking to at function)
VMWare: VMWare Workstation v6.0.0 Build 45731
VMWare: Bridge Networking bound to VMnet0: Realtek RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC - Packet Schedule (see attachment "Host Virtual Network Mapping (Host OS).png")

VM Network connection: Custom: Specific virtual network is "VMnet0 (default Bridge" (see attachment "Guest OS Cfg NIC - VMnet0.png") {Note: I have tried the "Bridge: Connection directly to the physical network" option, but that did not work either}

Guest OS: Windows XP SP2
Guest OS NIC: VMWare Accelerated AMD PCNet Adapter {TCP/IP Properties: "Obtain an IP address automatically", "Obtain DNS server address automatically"and "DHCP Enabled"} (see attachment "Guest OS LAN Properties.png") {Note: I have tried specifying an IP of 192.182.172.104 and using the OpenDNS servers, though that did not work either }

I am am thoroughly confused and don't understand why it does not work. My only conclusion is that I need a separate physical NIC for the Host and Guest OSs. I am able to get the Guest OS to connection to the Internet using NAT, which is VMware Network Adapter VMnet8 in my configuration. I am sure I am missing something, but I just do not see it right now. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I simply could use the NAT and be done with it, but 1) I can make my life easier using the same IP range for my firewall rules, 2) I really want to understand why it isn't working.

Mark

VMWare Workstation 7 broke networking

jkounis — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:06:05 GMT

My Windows XP guest running on an Ubuntu 9.04 host was working fine with bridged networking under workstation 6 and 6.5.

After upgrading to workstation 7, I have a wierd problem:

Networking works fine for about 5-10 seconds after a reboot (or after I click "Repair" on the network connection). After that, I can't access any machines on my local network (192.168.1.x). I can ping 192.168.1.1 (my router) and any IP address outside my network. I cannot understand why I can ping the Antarctic Weather Station (or other external IP address), but I can't ping the machine right next to me.

Here is the output of "ROUTE PRINT" on the guest machine. It seems OK to me. The guest IP address is 192.168.1.14.

===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.14 1
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.14 192.168.1.14 10
192.168.1.14 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 10
192.168.1.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.14 192.168.1.14 10
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 192.168.1.14 192.168.1.14 10
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.14 192.168.1.14 1
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1
===========================================================================

NAT seems to work fine, and is a temporary workaround, but I really would like to get bridged networking working.

Any ideas?

Update VMWare-Tools in Win98

Homeier — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:16:19 GMT

Hi,

Guest: WIN98

Host WIN XP SP3

VMWare-Workstation 6.5.3 and 7

I update VMWare-Tools and after finish without error, no new Version was installed.

Installed VMWare-Tools Version-No. 7.7.0 Build 190614

Any Idea?

Thanks

VMw 7, Win98SE Guest, old Tools

Gork — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:35:34 GMT

I am running VMware Workstation 7.0.0 build-203739 on a WinXP host. My guest OS is Win98SE. I installed Workstation with the installer version that downloads VMware Tools. The VMware Tools which installed is 7.7.0 build-190614 and Tools complains that it can be upgraded. I can uninstall and reinstall Tools just fine, no problem there. This leads me to believe that either the downloadable pre-2000 Tools ISO is not the correct version, or is not labelled correctly as the correct version. As I understand it the build of Tools should match the build of Workstation, and it does not. I have tried installing Tools through the pop up in Workstation which lets you know Tools is out of date, through Tools itself, through the VM menu in Workstation and via the ISO being mounted on a virtual CD drive in the host all with the same results. I have also tried installing Tools in the default directory as well as a different directory on the guest.

FWIW, I'm running a WinXP and a Win7 guest as well and the Tools installed fine on those VMs, with a matching building number.

On a side note, congrats to whoever at VMware figured out the issue where Win98 would see the Tools ISO as an audio CD and fixed it.

Spliting Vmware file

waltercrasto — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:49:40 GMT

Hi,

Wanted to know the is there any utility which will split the VMware file in small pieces, so that I can copy it on DVD & rebuilt the original file on destination machine.

Thanks & Regards

Walter.

shift+ctrl+enter in Workstation 6 for EXCEL

hpcraith — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:55:26 GMT

I need this sequence for an EXCEL Array Function but it does not work. I asume that VMWARE grabs it,

as nothing happens. It works in a plain XP environmen.

Dieter

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?

Hauppauge wintv 950 hangs workstation 7

4x5 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:33:48 GMT

I have an Hauppauge wintv 950 that I'm trying to use with win xp running as a guest in workstation 7 with Ubuntu 9.10 as the host. The wintv 950 is a usb device that is recognized under Ubuntu and when I start win xp as a guest wintv shows it as wintv 980 and as soon as I try to connect the usb port to the guest the guest crashes workstation to the point of me needing to reboot the host OS. The adaptor worked under workstation 6.5 (the version prior to 7).

I have the feeling that the problem is related to the device showing up as the wrong version.

VMware Workstation window won't stay maximized

Kaon — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:29:39 GMT

I've been using VMware Workstation since version 6 and just recently upgraded to version 7, but to my dismay this annoying UI bug is still here.

I would like Workstation's window to stay maximized pretty much at all times. But when I maximize the window and exit, or when I go to fullscreen mode and return, the Workstation's window always returns to window mode...

I really hope there's a way around this or maybe there'll be a fix coming soon...

Any help would be appreciated.

Making permission change on /dev/vmnet* permanent in Ubuntu 9.10

mbonsack — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:26:20 GMT

I have added the following to /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules on my Ubuntu 9.10 setup:

For VMnet devices

SUBSYSTEM=="net", KERNEL=="vmnet18", MODE="0666"

so that the VMs to cat set the virtual interface(s) to promiscous mode. However, the change does not take effect on a udev restart or at a reboot.

How do you change the permissions of /dev/vmnet* permanently in Ubuntu?

Internet only on Guest

paperbridge — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:30:16 GMT

I am quite new to virtualisation, but i was wondering if its possible to only have internet on the guest and not the host??
My OS is Windows XP Professional SP3

Thanks in advance!
Peter,

VMWare Workstation 7 (shipping version) takes over 20 seconds to load

rjl895 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:47:07 GMT

I am new to the community, so I hope I have given enough background information with my issue.

When I was using VMWare Workstation 7 RC, the application would literally load in a couple of seconds. Since I have purchased the "shipping" version of Workstation 7, the program takes over 20 seconds to load. However, once loaded, it works fine with the VMs--but this is such an annoyance.

Here are my computer specs:

Intel Core Duo Quad core CPU, 8GB RAM, Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit edition.

Actions I have take so far:

I performed a proper uninstall of the RC version, rebooted, and then installed the shipping version of Workstation 7. I also noticed that Workstation 7 interferes with Ccleaner (by Piraform). When I run Ccleaner, I receive "unexpected error" messages and the program will not function properly. So, I uninstalled Ccleaner, but this did not correct the problem with the long load times. I also used the MSCONFIG utility (as posted in a KB article) and hid all MS services, and disabled the rest--rebooted--but this did not solve the problem, either.

Today, I performed an unistall of Workstation 7 and reinstalled Workstation 7, but the same long loadtime problem persists. I am so puzzled as to why the RC version worked like lightning and the shipping version is so slow. All my other applications on my PC load and run lightning fast.

Have any others encountered this problem? Does anyone have some suggestions what else can be done to troubleshoot this problem?

High Memory Consumption

giladb — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:40:01 GMT

I am running VMWare Workstation 7.0.0 build-203739 on Windows XP with 4GB of memory.
My Workstation is running a single guest Linux VM, with 768MB of memory.

The guest is pretty idle, yet, Windows shows Workstation as consuming 860MB of memory, thus hurting other things I do on Windows.
This doesn't look very reasonable to me.

Any way to improve the situation ?

Blue Screen when enabling network card on Wireless network

mmarofsky — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:13:45 GMT

Just recently I cannot bridge my virtual network card to my wireless network card. I get a BSOD and the computer just auto reboots so fast I cannot see the cause.

Computer: WinXP SP2, VMWare Workstation 6.5.3 build 185404
VM: Win XP SP2

VMNet0 - Assigned to my wired Ethernet Card
VMNet2 - Assigned to my wireless Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG

The VM works fine when the virtual ethernet card is configured to VMNet0, if I switch to VMNet2 I get a BSOD.

My Computer is set to NOT auto restart as is my vm, yet the computer auto reboots.

Any way to get the BSOD info? Any log created somewhere?
Event viewer has:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: System Error
Event Category: (102)
Event ID: 1003
Date: 11/17/2009
Time: 4:28:57 PM
User: N/A
Description:
Error code 1000007f, parameter1 00000008, parameter2 80042000, parameter3 00000000, parameter4 00000000.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 53 79 73 74 65 6d 20 45 System E
0008: 72 72 6f 72 20 20 45 72 rror Er
0010: 72 6f 72 20 63 6f 64 65 ror code
0018: 20 31 30 30 30 30 30 37 1000007
0020: 66 20 20 50 61 72 61 6d f Param
0028: 65 74 65 72 73 20 30 30 eters 00
0030: 30 30 30 30 30 38 2c 20 000008,
0038: 38 30 30 34 32 30 30 30 80042000
0040: 2c 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 , 000000
0048: 30 30 2c 20 30 30 30 30 00, 0000
0050: 30 30 30 30 0000

restart of Windows 7 hangs after "starting windows" splash

rjf7r — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:23:18 GMT

Using Workstation 6.5 (fully updated) on a Vista 64-bit host, a Windows 7 32-bit guest with VMware tools will frequently (but not always) hang during the startup process -- always at the same point. This point is after the four-color animated "starting windows" splash screen is displayed, and the window is resized several times. The hang always happens when the window is nearly full screen and black except for a rainbow of colorful raster-like lines. It will just stay that way until I reset or power down.

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.

Any host script to connect/disconnect cdrom iso's?

UlyssesOfEpirus — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:03:46 GMT

Are there any commands/scripts one can run in the host, in order to connect or disconnect .iso cdrom images from running VM's?

I want to connect an .iso to all running VM's automatically, or disconnect it from all running VM's. Iso image will be recreated with new data while disconnected.

WinXP 32-bit Host, Win2008 Server 64-bit Guest

cosborn1 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:46:23 GMT

I'm running Workstation 6.0.2, so Win2008 as a guest does say experimental on it, so that right there may be the cause of the issues I'm seeing and I just need to upgrade. But I thought I'd ask anyway to see if anyone had any other suggestions to try first.

I'm seeing two odd issues with guest and host.

The first issue is on the guest. Bridged networking does not appear to be functioning at all, DHCP nor statically assigned. The network always comes up as "Unidentified network", and can't connect to the router getting an IP. I can, however, get internet by using NAT instead, but I would much rather used bridged mode and give it it's own IP address on the network. I've tried both my wireless adapter and a hard line from my laptop with wireless disabled.

The second issue I'm seeing is on the host. I have 4GB of ram on this laptop. I've given the guest 2GB. Before I launch the guest, my laptop is currently using 800MB of ram after a fresh boot and little loaded. When I launch the guest, the guest reports using a total of 1.83GB in the task manager after everything I've got installed on it is loaded. But my host is reporting around 1GB of ram being used now. This doesn't make sense. The guest is using almost 2GB of ram, but the host is only reporting 200MB of ram having been taken away from it. I don't see any excessive disk activity that would indicate that the page file is being used. The two machines are wildy different, in both OS and installed software, so I can't imagine any kind of transparent page sharing is taking place. Just seems weird. My theory is that the memory is being used, just not being reported as having been used, which is probably going to cause my host to get pretty screwy if I were to start loading up memory.

Once again, 2008 server is experimental in the version of Workstation that I've got, so that right there might be the issue... but I was curious if anyone else had run into these issues before.

Thanks.

VM Worstation 7 Not Responding

GIAHughes — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:32:33 GMT

Since I have upgraded to version 7 it keeps saying not responding, never had this with the 6.5 version

I keep a check on my CPU and memory and they both look OK

Any suggestions

Workstation 6.5 installation fails

MGTH59 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:01:08 GMT

I've tryed to install the 6.5.3 version 185404 bundle, but it stops installing when the screen shows "Installing VMware Player 2.5.3"

underneath it says Configuring ........

The installation stalls and goes no further, computer hangs!

Any comments or solution out there?

P.S I installed the 7.0 first, that worked but my licens was only for 6.5. Had to remove the 7.0 before installing the 6.5

Not able to connect to internet from Vista 64 to Mac 10.5 vmware image

lux1 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:50:50 GMT

Hello

I have Vista 64 bit. Using Vmware Workstation trying to run Mac 10.5

I am able to boot and run the Mac very well. But in the Mac system i am not able to connect to Internet

I have DHCP with Bridge.

Any suggesitons?

MAC on VMWare Workstation

QAROON1 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:02:53 GMT

Hi, I have just installed MAC 10.4.8 on VMWare Workstation 5.6 on a Sony Vaio VGN-AR51M machine with a biltin intel LAN card. How can I connect it to internet? NAT is not working automatically like it does on MS OS any other way? I am completely new to MACs as well. help!!

Cannot enter in unity mode after isolation

Blizz4rd — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:56:20 GMT

Hello,

After doing some isolation on my vm to hide it from a program, I cannot enter in unity mode anymore.

This is the part that I added in my vmx file:

monitor_control.virtual_rdtsc = "false"
monitor_control.restrict_backdoor = "true"
isolation.tools.getPtrLocation.disable = "true"
isolation.tools.setPtrLocation.disable = "true"
isolation.tools.setVersion.disable = "true"
isolation.tools.getVersion.disable = "true"
monitor_control.disable_directexec = "true"

Any workaround ?

Thanks in advance

Blizz4rd

Boot from either ISO or CDROM - But also have access to vmdk Hard Drive

Ranger.rkm — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:39:46 GMT

Hello,

I want to boot a vm using a live ISO image, but also gain access to the vmdk hard drive.

Thanks,

Mike

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