Hello,
I have recently upgraded to VMWare Workstation 7 / VMWare Player 3. Now I am having the problem that what used to work under the previous version of VMWare Player (v2.5.3), namely that you could vnc into a guest running in VMWare Player, doesn't seem to work anymore. It still functions when I use VMWare Workstation to run the guest.
I have already searched the groups here and most of you state that what I want to do is only possible with Workstation but unsupprted by VMWare Player.
However, I swear it did work with VMware Player v2.5.3. Additionally, when you do a search for "vnc" in the online help of VMware Player 3 then you will find the following section:
Configure a Virtual Machine as a VNC Server
You do not need to install specialized VNC software in a virtual machine to configure it as a VNC server.
Procedure
1 Select VM > Settings.
2 Click the Options tab and select Remote Display.
3 Click Enable remote display.
After remote display is enabled and users connect to the virtual machine with a VNC client, use the View Connected Users button on Remote Display settings panel to see a list of the connected users.
4 (Optional) Change the port number.
To connect to multiple virtual machines on the same host with a VNC client, specify a unique port number for each virtual machine. VMware suggests that you use a port number in the range from 5901 to 6001.
Other applications use certain port numbers, and some port numbers are privileged (only the root or Administrator user can listen). For example, the VMware Management Interface uses ports 8333 and 8222. On Linux, only the root user can listen to ports up to port number 1024.
5 (Optional) Set a password for connecting to the virtual machine from a VNC client.
The password can be up to 8 characters long. Because it is not encrypted when the VNC client sends it, do not use a password that you use for other systems.
6 Click OK.
I cannot find the item "Remote Display" under the Options tab in the Player, only in Workstation (which I used to configure the vm).
Can someone help to clarify the situation for me?
My configuration:
Host: Windows Server 2003 SP2 32bit, also tested on Vista SP2 64bit
Guests: Ubuntu, XP
VMware: VMWare Player 3.0.0 build-203739
Thank you very much
Thomas
I have recently upgraded to VMWare Workstation 7 / VMWare Player 3. Now I am having the problem that what used to work under the previous version of VMWare Player (v2.5.3), namely that you could vnc into a guest running in VMWare Player, doesn't seem to work anymore. It still functions when I use VMWare Workstation to run the guest.
I have already searched the groups here and most of you state that what I want to do is only possible with Workstation but unsupprted by VMWare Player.
However, I swear it did work with VMware Player v2.5.3. Additionally, when you do a search for "vnc" in the online help of VMware Player 3 then you will find the following section:
Configure a Virtual Machine as a VNC Server
You do not need to install specialized VNC software in a virtual machine to configure it as a VNC server.
Procedure
1 Select VM > Settings.
2 Click the Options tab and select Remote Display.
3 Click Enable remote display.
After remote display is enabled and users connect to the virtual machine with a VNC client, use the View Connected Users button on Remote Display settings panel to see a list of the connected users.
4 (Optional) Change the port number.
To connect to multiple virtual machines on the same host with a VNC client, specify a unique port number for each virtual machine. VMware suggests that you use a port number in the range from 5901 to 6001.
Other applications use certain port numbers, and some port numbers are privileged (only the root or Administrator user can listen). For example, the VMware Management Interface uses ports 8333 and 8222. On Linux, only the root user can listen to ports up to port number 1024.
5 (Optional) Set a password for connecting to the virtual machine from a VNC client.
The password can be up to 8 characters long. Because it is not encrypted when the VNC client sends it, do not use a password that you use for other systems.
6 Click OK.
I cannot find the item "Remote Display" under the Options tab in the Player, only in Workstation (which I used to configure the vm).
Can someone help to clarify the situation for me?
My configuration:
Host: Windows Server 2003 SP2 32bit, also tested on Vista SP2 64bit
Guests: Ubuntu, XP
VMware: VMWare Player 3.0.0 build-203739
Thank you very much
Thomas
Tags:
vmware_player_3,
vnc
