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VMware Fusion 1.1 Beta is out! posted: Sep 27, 2007 12:03 PM

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bgertzfield
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Sep 7, 2005
Hi folks,

Just wanted to make our faithful forum readers be the first to know that VMware Fusion 1.1 beta is now available!

http://www.vmware.com/beta/fusion/

Your existing serial numbers still work with VMware Fusion 1.1 beta, but if you haven't yet purchased 1.0, you can use the temporary serial number on the download page.

Here's the release notes with everything that's new in the 1.1 beta:

http://www.vmware.com/beta/fusion/releasenotes_fusion.html

We worked really hard on this release, so please let us know about any feedback you have, constructive criticism, or issues you run into!

NOTE FROM PAT

The goal of this post and initial thread was to let people know about
VMware Fusion 1.1 Beta. We are getting great reports from people in
this thread, but it is hard to track them all hidden in this thread.

So, we are going to lock this thread and request that users who have
issues create a new thread and mention the version number and refer to
Eric Tung's post [d-1070] for guidance in giving us a much information as possible to help track down any potential issues.

Thanks,

Pat

Message was edited by: Pat Lee

Tags: vmware_fusion, beta, 11_beta

Re: VMware Fusion 1.1 Beta is out!

1. Sep 25, 2007 8:23 PM in response to: bgertzfield
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rcardona2k
5,198 posts since
Oct 20, 2005
Thanks Ben! Just in time for my return to the forums!

Re: VMware Fusion 1.1 Beta is out!

2. Sep 25, 2007 8:53 PM in response to: bgertzfield
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adamsimpson
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Apr 12, 2007
Awesome, can't wait to try it out.

Re: VMware Fusion 1.1 Beta is out!

3. Sep 25, 2007 9:02 PM in response to: rcardona2k
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HPReg
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Dec 22, 2004
Welcome back, Richard! We missed you! (seriously)

Re: VMware Fusion 1.1 Beta is out!

4. Sep 25, 2007 9:30 PM in response to: bgertzfield
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archieleach
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Jan 20, 2007

Neither my serial number (paid) or the beta number works..recent build of Leopard:

The serial number you provided is not valid, or has expired.

Any ideas how to fix?

Re: VMware Fusion 1.1 Beta is out!

5. Sep 25, 2007 9:38 PM in response to: bgertzfield
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Bob Zimmerman
259 posts since
Dec 22, 2006
I think this dialog might need a little updating. ;-) Still says DirectX 8.1.

Admittedly, I'm running on a MacBook, but I would have expected it to say something like "there is experimental support for DirectX 9.0c except for shaders", but better.

Edit: Forgot to say that I like the addition to that and other Settings dialogs. That little message should help a lot with the number of people who are confused about why they can't make hardware changes.
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Re: VMware Fusion 1.1 Beta is out!

6. Sep 25, 2007 9:44 PM in response to: archieleach
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bgertzfield
1,120 posts since
Sep 7, 2005
archieleach wrote:

Neither my serial number (paid) or the beta number works..recent build of Leopard:

The serial number you provided is not valid, or has expired.


Sorry about the inconvenience. Can you post the contents of the file:

/var/log/install.log

so we can see what the internal error is?

Re: VMware Fusion 1.1 Beta is out!

7. Sep 25, 2007 9:51 PM in response to: bgertzfield
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TheAngryPengu…
60 posts since
Sep 21, 2006
Initial Observations:

0) Nice Jive Forums redesign!

1) Debug is enabled by default, even if it wasn't post-upgrade. This was somewhat annoying as the VMtools install took much longer than it could/should have. But nonetheless, it's survivable. Please make sure that the next GA honors the user's previous preference!

2) Hiding the Staus Bar is nice. There was a slight delay until its usefulness became apparent as I had to wait until the new VMtools finished loading to appreciate it. For MacBook users and those otherwise screen real estate envious, this is definitely welcome!

3) Thanks for fixing the busting out of full screen mode issue. Running VMware with VirtualDesktops is finally on par with that other virtualization product beginning with the letter "p".

4) The bridged-mode networking issue seems to be resovled. The device list in my WRT54G (w/ Tomato) is no loger displaying duplicate IP and MAC addresses.

Edit: I have to renig on #4 -- they eventually showed up.

Re: VMware Fusion 1.1 Beta is out!

8. Sep 25, 2007 9:54 PM in response to: bgertzfield
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nesmex
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Aug 3, 2007

Hi, I downloaded and installed Fusion beta 1.1. I still have wireless bridged issues. When I first installed the upgrade I had network connectivty (local and internet), but after upgrading the VM tools and rebooting, I lost internet connectivity. I had to reboot once more to gain connectivity again. Same issue as reported in the thread posted by Pat

I'll keep playing around to see if there is any improvement on this

Cheers,

Nestor

Re: VMware Fusion 1.1 Beta is out!

9. Sep 25, 2007 10:10 PM in response to: TheAngryPengu…
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Jan 20, 2007
Sep 25 22:06:56 MacBookPro /System/Library/CoreServices/Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Installer207: vm_protect: 0
Sep 25 22:06:56 MacBookPro Installer207: @(#)PROGRAM:Install PROJECT:Install-356
Sep 25 22:06:56 MacBookPro Installer207: @(#)PROGRAM:Installer PROJECT:Installer-274
Sep 25 22:06:56 MacBookPro Installer207: Hardware: MacBookPro2,1 @ 2.33 GHz (x 2), 2048 MB RAM
Sep 25 22:06:56 MacBookPro Installer207: Running OS Build: Mac OS X 10.5 (9A558)
Sep 25 22:06:56 MacBookPro Installer207: Env: PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
Sep 25 22:06:56 MacBookPro Installer207: Env: TMPDIR=/var/folders/7K/7KIxKtnWFeaO-+M1aW66g++++TI/-Tmp-/
Sep 25 22:06:56 MacBookPro Installer207: Env: SHELL=/bin/bash
Sep 25 22:06:56 MacBookPro Installer207: Env: HOME=/Users/xxxx
Sep 25 22:06:56 MacBookPro Installer207: Env: USER=xxxx
Sep 25 22:06:56 MacBookPro Installer207: Env: LOGNAME=xxxx
Sep 25 22:06:56 MacBookPro Installer207: Env: DISPLAY=/tmp/launch-7VQvgg/:0
Sep 25 22:06:56 MacBookPro Installer207: Env: SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/501/nl.uu.phil.SSHAgent.socket
Sep 25 22:06:56 MacBookPro Installer207: Env: Apple_PubSub_Socket_Render=/tmp/launch-oLh5Ak/Render
Sep 25 22:06:56 MacBookPro Installer207: Env: __CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x1F5:0:0
Sep 25 22:06:56 MacBookPro Installer207: Env: SECURITYSESSIONID=9b0720
Sep 25 22:06:56 MacBookPro Installer207: Env: COMMAND_MODE=unix2003
Sep 25 22:06:56 MacBookPro Installer207: VMware Fusion Installation Log
Sep 25 22:06:56 MacBookPro Installer207: Opened from: /Volumes/VMware Fusion/Install VMware Fusion.pkg
Sep 25 22:07:02 MacBookPro Installer207: fileURLForURL = x-disc://VMware%20Fusion/Install%20VMware%20Fusion.pkg
Sep 25 22:07:02 MacBookPro Installer207: fileURLForURL = file://localhost/Volumes/VMware%20Fusion/Install%20VMware%20Fusion.pkg
Sep 25 22:07:02 MacBookPro installdb210: started (uid 96)
Sep 25 22:07:02 MacBookPro installdb210: Opened receipt database on '/' with schema 17.
Sep 25 22:07:08 MacBookPro installdb210: done. (0.008u + 0.008s)
Sep 25 22:07:22 MacBookPro runner218: Administrator authorization granted.
Sep 25 22:07:22 MacBookPro Installer207: ================================================================================
Sep 25 22:07:22 MacBookPro Installer207: User picked Standard Install
Sep 25 22:07:22 MacBookPro Installer207: Choices selected for installation:
Sep 25 22:07:22 MacBookPro Installer207: Upgrade: "VMware Fusion"
Sep 25 22:07:22 MacBookPro Installer207: Install VMware Fusion.pkg : com.vmware.vmware.application : 1.1.0.1.1
Sep 25 22:07:22 MacBookPro Installer207: ================================================================================
Sep 25 22:07:22 MacBookPro Installer207: It took 0.00 seconds to summarize the package selections.
Sep 25 22:07:22 MacBookPro Installer207: -IFPKGDerivedDocument sortedPackageLocations: result = (\n file://localhost\n)
Sep 25 22:07:22 MacBookPro Installer207: -IFDInstallController(Private) _buildInstallPlan: location = file://localhost
Sep 25 22:07:22 MacBookPro Installer207: -IFDInstallController(Private) _buildInstallPlan: file://localhost/Volumes/VMware%20Fusion/Install%20VMware%20Fusion.pkg
Sep 25 22:07:22 MacBookPro Installer207: _installNextPackage of 1
Sep 25 22:07:22 MacBookPro installdb221: started (uid 96)
Sep 25 22:07:22 MacBookPro installdb221: Opened receipt database on '/' with schema 17.
Sep 25 22:07:22 MacBookPro Installer207: Starting installation:
Sep 25 22:07:22 MacBookPro Installer207: Preparing volume "Macintosh HD" for installation
Sep 25 22:07:22 MacBookPro Installer207: Configuring volume "Macintosh HD"
Sep 25 22:07:23 MacBookPro Installer207: Preparing disk for local booted install.
Sep 25 22:07:23 MacBookPro Installer207: Free space on "Macintosh HD": 37.2 GB (39985729536 bytes).
Sep 25 22:07:23 MacBookPro Installer207: Create temporary directory "/private/tmp/Install VMware Fusion.pkg.207g6z8tz"
Sep 25 22:07:23 MacBookPro Installer207: run preflight script for VMware Fusion
Sep 25 22:07:23 MacBookPro runner218: preflight222: + export PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
Sep 25 22:07:23 MacBookPro runner218: preflight222: + PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
Sep 25 22:07:23 MacBookPro runner218: preflight222: + LIBDIR='/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion'
Sep 25 22:07:23 MacBookPro runner218: preflight222: + ''
Sep 25 22:07:23 MacBookPro runner218: preflight222: + '/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/boot.sh' --stop
Sep 25 22:07:23 MacBookPro runner218: preflight222:
Sep 25 22:07:24 MacBookPro runner218: preflight222: VMware Fusion 51348: Shutting down VMware Fusion:
Sep 25 22:07:24 MacBookPro runner218: preflight222:
Sep 25 22:07:24 MacBookPro runner218: preflight222: No matching processes were found
Sep 25 22:07:24 MacBookPro runner218: preflight222:
Sep 25 22:07:24 MacBookPro runner218: preflight222: No matching processes were found
Sep 25 22:07:24 MacBookPro runner218: preflight222:
Sep 25 22:07:24 MacBookPro runner218: preflight222: No matching processes were found
Sep 25 22:07:24 MacBookPro runner218: preflight222:
Sep 25 22:07:24 MacBookPro runner218: preflight222: No matching processes were found
Sep 25 22:07:24 MacBookPro runner218: preflight222:
Sep 25 22:07:24 MacBookPro runner218: preflight222: kextunload: unload id com.vmware.kext.vmcrosstalk failed (result code 0xe00002c2)
Sep 25 22:07:24 MacBookPro runner218: preflight222:
Sep 25 22:07:24 MacBookPro runner218: preflight222: kextunload: unload kext /Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/kexts/vmmon.kext failed
Sep 25 22:07:24 MacBookPro runner218: preflight222:
Sep 25 22:07:24 MacBookPro runner218: preflight222: kextunload: unload kext /Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/kexts/vmci.kext failed
Sep 25 22:07:24 MacBookPro runner218: preflight222:
Sep 25 22:07:24 MacBookPro runner218: preflight222: kextunload: unload kext /Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/kexts/vmioplug.kext failed
Sep 25 22:07:24 MacBookPro runner218: preflight222:
Sep 25 22:07:24 MacBookPro runner218: preflight222: kextunload: unload kext /Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/kexts/vmnet.kext failed
Sep 25 22:07:24 MacBookPro runner218: preflight222:
Sep 25 22:07:24 MacBookPro runner218: preflight222:
Sep 25 22:07:24 MacBookPro runner218: preflight222:
Sep 25 22:07:24 MacBookPro Installer207: Processing VMware Fusion:
Sep 25 22:07:24 MacBookPro Installer207: Determining files to install
Sep 25 22:07:24 MacBookPro Installer207: It took 0.13 seconds to create the install plan for Install VMware Fusion.
Sep 25 22:07:24 MacBookPro Installer207: Configuring deferred files
Sep 25 22:07:24 MacBookPro Installer207: Determining obsolete files
Sep 25 22:07:24 MacBookPro Installer207: An exception was thrown from the install queue while running IFInstallElement. NSRangeException. *** -NSCFArray objectAtIndex:: index (1) beyond bounds (1).
Sep 25 22:07:24 MacBookPro Installer207: Install failed: The Installer encountered an unknown error that failed the install. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.
Sep 25 22:07:28 MacBookPro installdb221: done. (0.004u + 0.003s)
Sep 25 22:07:32 MacBookPro Installer207: IFDInstallController 75EC10 state = 7
Sep 25 22:07:32 MacBookPro Installer207: Displaying 'Install Failed' UI.
Sep 25 22:07:32 MacBookPro Installer207: 'Install Failed' UI displayed message:'The Installer encountered an unknown error that failed the install. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.'.

Re: VMware Fusion 1.1 Beta is out!

10. Sep 25, 2007 11:40 PM in response to: bgertzfield
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c_montoya
7 posts since
Mar 30, 2005

_

Virtual machines stored on drives formatted with FAT32 may crash in VMware Fusion.
This problem is accompanied by the error message: Argument list too long.
Testing suggests that this problem may indicate a corrupted disk.

____

Hi - Will this be fixed? I'm used to run my VMs from external hardrives (FAT) but since I started using Fusion I need to copy my VMS constantly in stead of using them directly from my FAT external HD.

Thanks

Re: VMware Fusion 1.1 Beta is out!

11. Sep 25, 2007 11:43 PM in response to: bgertzfield
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modular747
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Mar 29, 2007
A quick run shows a couple of persisting problems with Unity and Win XP. Certain apps such as Firefox 2.0 don't show in the Dock when open. Closing all guest windows leaves the taskbar nonfunctioning. On the plus side, the taskbar can be moved to the top or sides without causing distortion of open guest windows. I would still like to see an exclude the Dock area option for Unity.

Show Taskbar in Unity Mode didn't work, not repeatable

12. Sep 26, 2007 12:26 AM in response to: bgertzfield
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Rzn8tor
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Jun 10, 2007
Installed the update, booted XP guest, installed Tools, and restarted guest.

Selected Show Taskbar in Unity Mode and got a black bar, where the taskbar was in single window mode. Switched to single window mode the black bar remained; switched to full screen and the black bar remained.

Shut down the guest and it stayed on Saving your settings... for 10 minutes or so; vmx continued to use 8-9% CPU. After forcing Power Off, quitting and restarting Fusion, XP guest loaded without errors and taskbar was back. Switched to Unity Mode and Show Taskbar... now works.

R8

Re: VMware Fusion 1.1 Beta is out!

13. Sep 26, 2007 1:29 AM in response to: bgertzfield
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kshree
13 posts since
Sep 26, 2007
"Logitech Control Center Caps Lock notification no longer displays when moving in and out of virtual machine windows"

Even with the latest beta, I still see this in the single window or full window mode.

Re: VMware Fusion 1.1 Beta is out!

14. Sep 26, 2007 2:26 AM in response to: kshree
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Stefsun
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Apr 6, 2007
It's even slower than 1.0, if that's possible.
Graphics are dead compared to Parallels 5160, it takes 6-7 bounces to just open the main program, and yes the debugging checks are disabled.
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