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