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fadec
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Workstation Player 15.5.6 disappears at power on, Linux Mint 20

I just installed VMWare Workstation 15 Player, 15.5.6 build-16341506 on Linux Mint 20. During creation of the virtual machine VMWare would not recognize my OS ISO file, so I selected the install OS later option. Later when I tried to power on the virtual machine to install my OS I briefly see a "waiting for connection" message then VMWare immediately closes. It never powers on.

I've never used VMWare before, so I don't know where I'm going wrong. Is it my machine not configured correctly (most likely) or is it a problem with VMWare?

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scott28tt
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Please post a screenshot of the "waiting for connection" message.


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fadec
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It took some doing, but I finally got a shot. Once I click "power on" this screen only comes up for less than a tenth of a second before VMWare closes.

(Hopefully I attached the picture correctly.)

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