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bbulkow2
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‎11-17-2012 04:44 PM

Fusion crashes repeatedly with ubuntu 12.04

Hi, I have several Workstation VMs I'm copying over to a Macbook Pro running Fusion 5-latest, and I get nothing but crashes with those VMs. Many of my older VMs work great (Centos, etc). (Workstation worked GREAT.)

I tried doing fresh installs of Ubuntu 12.04, no dice. After installation, the VM won't boot. Fusion crashes.

I now have a whole set of VMware files they say I should "submit to support". I'm happy to, but can't find a place to do it.

Any help would be appreciated. If this helps them get a new version out quicker, that would be awesome.

vm-11-17-12.882.tgz
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bbulkow2
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‎11-17-2012 04:45 PM

here's another crash

vm-11-17-12.2423.tgz
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bbulkow2
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‎11-17-2012 04:46 PM

and another one

vm-11-17-12.2534.tgz
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bbulkow2
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‎11-17-2012 04:47 PM

and another one

vm-11-17-12.3058.tgz
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bbulkow2
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‎11-17-2012 04:48 PM

Specifically about hardware: MacBook Pro Retina mid 2012, 15", i7, 16G memory, etc

Up-to-date mountain lion

Machine bought and installed this week

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WoodyZ
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‎11-17-2012 05:02 PM

Try the following, with the Virtual Machine shutdown, not suspended.  Go to VMware Fusion (menu bar) > Virtual Machine > Settings, then choose Display, and turn off the Accelerate 3D Graphics option.

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bbulkow2
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‎11-17-2012 06:38 PM

This solves my problem!!!

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WoodyZ
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‎11-17-2012 06:58 PM

It's only meant to be a workaround until VMware has the next update ready that should fix these recent issues that some users are having.

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ntrepid8
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‎11-25-2012 08:14 PM

I have this same problem on 12.04.1 with Unity crashing with 3D enabled.

Additionally it makes Missoin Control really slow and I have to reboot the entire computer to get it to work right again.  This is reproducable using the VM in "full-screen" mode (as Mountain Lion calls it).

I am running the latest version of Fusion (5.0.2).  I have a 15" Retina MacBook Pro with the 2.6 GHz i7 and 16 GB of memory.

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tjsoftworks
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‎11-26-2012 02:06 PM

Hey Woody,

Is this issue only the Retina display MacBook Pro's or is this Mt.Lion in general ( IYHO ).

I'm waiting for Fusion to be "stable" with Mt. Lion and need to know what the experts think!

I see your name and think "What do the experts think?" :winking_face:

Thanx for all the advise you offer on this forum ..... You should have your own forum :slightly_smiling_face:

Terry

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WoodyZ
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‎11-26-2012 03:46 PM

Terry, thanks for the kind words however all I may say about these issues at this point in time is... As far as I know, all parties concerned are working on the issues and hopefully there will be resolutions in the near future.   If affected, until then, users can either try the workaround and or downgrade to an unaffected version.  Thanks, Woody

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coheteloco
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‎01-30-2013 08:27 AM

It's not just Retina. I'm on a Mid 2012 15" non-retina, 16GB, 2.3 i7 (MacBookPro9,1) I have a second monitor always connected via Thunderbolt => DVI connection, so I'm always using the NVIDIA display  (GeForce GT 650M 512MB)

I haven't had the issue with ubuntu, but with my win7x64 VM, it was happening frequently - multiple times per day. On ML10.8.2, Fusion 5.

I've disabled 3D acceleration and haven't had any problems with it since.


I think it was happening before the release of 5.0.2 - but I'm not positive. I reviewed the fixes released in 5.0.2 and don't see anything related to it. I can't really test it because the win7 VM is my "production" machine and I can't afford a crash corrupting it.  Hoping it's addressed soon.

HTH

-cohete

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