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34 Replies Last post: Apr 17, 2009 5:40 AM by vlakjetser

"Failed to connect to peer process"

Jan 14, 2008 10:09 AM

grahamfw 2 posts since
Jan 14, 2008

I've already seen the thread regarding this topic, but that does not work to fix my problem. I've:

1.) Completely uninstalled, rebooted, reinstalled from CD with 1.0 (with network cable disconnected, etc.) with no luck
2.) Completely uninstalled, rebooted, attempted to install from the newly downloaded Fusion 1.1 Build 62573, with no luck.

Nothing has worked and I'll be D@MNED if I have to purchase support to resolve this. It had been working flawlessly before.

I've also repaired permissions from the Leopard Disk that came with my computer. I'm also running the latest Leopard version 10.5.1.

Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

Tags: leopard, mac, vmware_fusion, error

Reply Re: "Failed to connect to peer process" Jan 15, 2008 4:16 AM

MandarMS 731 posts since
Nov 12, 2007 VMware

not sure that you have deleted the following files after uninstallation of VMware Fusion

1) To uninstall following are the steps
a) Uninstall VMware Fusion (/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Uninstall VMware Fusion)
b) Delete the following folder: /Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion
c) Delete following file: ~/Library/Preferences/com.vmware.fusion.plist
d) Delete the following folder: ~/Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion
2) Restart you system

Reply Re: "Failed to connect to peer process" Jan 15, 2008 2:44 PM

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climber_rich 5 posts since
Jan 15, 2008

Okay. I'm having the same problem. I followed MandarMS's instructions, but I still get the same error message. It appears that the problem is in my Virtual Machine, not the program.

I think that if I delete the Windows Machine and Create a new one, it should solve the problem.

Reply Re: "Failed to connect to peer process" Jan 15, 2008 3:17 PM

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climber_rich 5 posts since
Jan 15, 2008

I'm still having the problem.

Anyone have any other suggestions?

Reply Re: "Failed to connect to peer process" Jan 16, 2008 5:21 AM

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grahamfw 2 posts since
Jan 14, 2008

I figured out what it was that caused my problem. Perhaps we are in the same boat.

I netbooted to a 10.4.x netboot set and repaired permissions. This effectually hosed the permissions therein, so no matter of uninstalling and reinstalling would fix this. I eventually had to do an archive and reinstall and all was well.

Reply Re: "Failed to connect to peer process" Jan 16, 2008 7:45 AM

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climber_rich 5 posts since
Jan 15, 2008

I didn't do that so I'm not sure why my Macbook Pro doesn't run fusion. I'm still searching for a solution.

Reply Re: "Failed to connect to peer process" Jan 16, 2008 6:46 PM

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tdefriez 6 posts since
Jun 20, 2007

Can you be more specific? Did repair permissions cause the issue? Did you re-install both VMWare Fusion and Virtual Machine or which?

Reply Re: "Failed to connect to peer process" Jan 16, 2008 7:44 PM

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climber_rich 5 posts since
Jan 15, 2008

Specifically, I am running a Macbook Pro Intel Core 2 duo that was upgraded to Leopard. Everyone was running fine and then one day I ran fusion and I got the failed to connect to peer process error. I am not running boot camp, but running windows xp in fusion. I then tried uninstalling and reinstalling according to the instructions posted in this forum, but I still can't run windows xp. I then tried uninstalling fusion, booting from a techtools protogo usb drive (leopard version), repairing permissions, reinstalling fusion, but I still get the error.

I really don't want to delete my windows installation and reinstall windows. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Reply Re: "Failed to connect to peer process" Jan 16, 2008 8:11 PM

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tdefriez 6 posts since
Jun 20, 2007

Here's how I recovered it

Took Leopald install disk
Re-booted
Selected Archive and install (no choice due to pervious 10.5.1 update)
Re-booted
Check VMWare, it now runs using original virtual disk
Had error about preferences file ignored
Updated to 10.5.1
Now fixing preference

Seems an issue with TechTools Pro as several other programs would not run before I re-installed, they also now run

I wondered why using Disk Utilities failed in Leopald, Apple need to fix this - now to check Apple site for this issue.

Reply Re: "Failed to connect to peer process" Jan 16, 2008 8:27 PM

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climber_rich 5 posts since
Jan 15, 2008

Seems like a lot of work to get fusion running....I'm hoping that there is a simpler solution.

Reply Re: "Failed to connect to peer process" Jan 17, 2008 5:53 AM

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tdefriez 6 posts since
Jun 20, 2007

Seems repairing the permission totally messes up a pile of permissions in the OS - so the only solution seems to be to re-install OS. I found some many wrong permissions that it was easier to just re-install - reminds me of a Windows issue back in WIndows 98. Still yet to check Apple site for this issue.

Reply Re: "Failed to connect to peer process" Feb 14, 2008 2:05 PM

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mecase 1 posts since
Feb 14, 2008

Hi,

The first time I ran it on Leopard, VMWare Fusion failed the same way. After reading this discussion page I downloaded the latest VMWare Fusion (1.1.1 (72241)) and installed it. I have no idea if it overwrote the original but I assume so. The same serial number was shown to me after the install. It all works fine now.

Mike