Cannot start big sur vm after enabling hardware acceleration

y77chen — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 18:24:41 GMT

Hi guys,

As you know, we are able to do hardware acceleartions in big sur vms. According to https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/81657, I tried to enable it. However, every time after adding the two lines of code in .vmx file, my macos vm cannot be started (Error: "Unable to change virtual machine power state: Failed to start the virtual machine."). One thing notable here is that I am using vim to edit the file, considering there seems to be no such thing as Open Config File in Editor.

More Details:
- Host OS: Arch Linux
- VMWare Workstation 16 Pro (16.1.1) installed by yay
- Guest OS: macOS 11.2.1

.vmx File Content:

#!/usr/bin/vmware .encoding = "UTF-8" config.version = "8" virtualHW.version = "18" pciBridge0.present = "TRUE" pciBridge4.present = "TRUE" pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort" pciBridge4.functions = "8" pciBridge5.present = "TRUE" pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort" pciBridge5.functions = "8" pciBridge6.present = "TRUE" pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort" pciBridge6.functions = "8" pciBridge7.present = "TRUE" pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort" pciBridge7.functions = "8" vmci0.present = "TRUE" hpet0.present = "TRUE" nvram = "macOS 11.1.nvram" virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted" powerType.powerOff = "soft" powerType.powerOn = "soft" powerType.suspend = "soft" powerType.reset = "soft" displayName = "macOS 11.2" usb.vbluetooth.startConnected = "TRUE" smc.present = "TRUE" smbios.restrictSerialCharset = "TRUE" firmware = "efi" guestOS = "darwin21-64" board-id.reflectHost = "TRUE" ich7m.present = "TRUE" tools.syncTime = "FALSE" sound.autoDetect = "TRUE" sound.virtualDev = "hdaudio" sound.fileName = "-1" sound.present = "TRUE" numvcpus = "4" cpuid.coresPerSocket = "2" memsize = "8192" sata0.present = "TRUE" sata0:0.fileName = "macOS 11.1.vmdk" sata0:0.present = "TRUE" sata0:1.deviceType = "cdrom-image" sata0:1.fileName = "/run/media/ychen/Resources/Virtualization Resources/Images/BigSur 11.2.3.iso" usb.present = "TRUE" ehci.present = "TRUE" usb_xhci.present = "TRUE" svga.graphicsMemoryKB = "8388608" ethernet0.addressType = "generated" ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000e" ethernet0.present = "TRUE" extendedConfigFile = "macOS 11.1.vmxf" numa.autosize.cookie = "40022" numa.autosize.vcpu.maxPerVirtualNode = "4" uuid.bios = "56 4d e2 bc 37 fc 8e 61-b7 4c 37 2e 5d c4 8f ee" uuid.location = "56 4d e2 bc 37 fc 8e 61-b7 4c 37 2e 5d c4 8f ee" sata0:0.redo = "" pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17" pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21" pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22" pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23" pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24" usb.pciSlotNumber = "32" ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "160" sound.pciSlotNumber = "33" ehci.pciSlotNumber = "34" usb_xhci.pciSlotNumber = "192" vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "35" sata0.pciSlotNumber = "36" svga.vramSize = "268435456" vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "134217728" vmotion.checkpointSVGAPrimarySize = "268435456" vmotion.svga.mobMaxSize = "268435456" vmotion.svga.graphicsMemoryKB = "262144" vmotion.svga.supports3D = "1" vmotion.svga.baseCapsLevel = "9" vmotion.svga.maxPointSize = "189" vmotion.svga.maxTextureSize = "32768" vmotion.svga.maxVolumeExtent = "16384" vmotion.svga.maxTextureAnisotropy = "16" vmotion.svga.lineStipple = "1" vmotion.svga.dxMaxConstantBuffers = "15" vmotion.svga.dxProvokingVertex = "0" vmotion.svga.sm41 = "1" vmotion.svga.multisample2x = "1" vmotion.svga.multisample4x = "1" vmotion.svga.msFullQuality = "1" vmotion.svga.logicOps = "1" vmotion.svga.bc67 = "0" vmotion.svga.sm5 = "0" vmotion.svga.multisample8x = "0" vmotion.svga.logicBlendOps = "1" ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0C:29:C4:8F:EE" ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0" vmci0.id = "1573162990" monitor.phys_bits_used = "45" cleanShutdown = "TRUE" softPowerOff = "TRUE" usb_xhci:6.speed = "2" usb_xhci:6.present = "TRUE" usb_xhci:6.deviceType = "hub" usb_xhci:6.port = "6" usb_xhci:6.parent = "-1" usb_xhci:7.speed = "4" usb_xhci:7.present = "TRUE" usb_xhci:7.deviceType = "hub" usb_xhci:7.port = "7" usb_xhci:7.parent = "-1" toolsInstallManager.updateCounter = "9" usb:1.speed = "2" usb:1.present = "TRUE" usb:1.deviceType = "hub" usb:1.port = "1" usb:1.parent = "-1" isolation.tools.hgfs.disable = "FALSE" sharedFolder0.present = "TRUE" sharedFolder0.enabled = "TRUE" sharedFolder0.readAccess = "TRUE" sharedFolder0.writeAccess = "TRUE" sharedFolder0.hostPath = "/home/ychen/Share" sharedFolder0.guestName = "Share" sharedFolder0.expiration = "never" sharedFolder.maxNum = "1" floppy0.present = "FALSE" guestOS.detailed.data = "bitness='64' buildNumber='20D80' distroName='Mac OS X' distroVersion='10.16' familyName='Darwin' kernelVersion='20.3.0'" usb_xhci.autoConnect.device0 = "path:1/5 autoclean:1" appleGPU0.pciSlotNumber = "224" chipset.useAcpiBattery = "TRUE" chipset.useApmBattery = "TRUE" tools.upgrade.policy = "useGlobal" usb_xhci:4.present = "TRUE" usb_xhci:4.deviceType = "hid" usb_xhci:4.port = "4" usb_xhci:4.parent = "-1" usb_xhci.autoConnect.device1 = "path:1/8 autoclean:1" appleGPU0.present = "TRUE" svga.present = "FALSE"

Thanks for your time! Any help is appreciated.

Re: Cannot start big sur vm after enabling hardware acceleration

scott28tt — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 19:31:59 GMT

Running MacOS on any non-Apple hardware is a EULA violation.

Re: Cannot start big sur vm after enabling hardware acceleration

wila — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 23:16:38 GMT

Won't work, besides that we are not allowed to help you here at this forum.

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