Need Help !

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Download of VMFusion. When I try to open VM, I get error code: "failed to connect to peer process" and VM wont open.

Any solution would be appreciated.

Thx

Ted

[Technogeezer]

Could you post some additional details? Information about your machine (especially MacOS version) would be extremely helpful.

There was a post that had a similar symptom to yours. That problem occurred after Alsoft's DiskWarrior was used on a Leopard (10.5) startup disk to repair permissions. More info would enable us to see if you're running into the same thing, or if something else is wrong.

[mudaltsov]

Sounds like you may be running into a similar issue as in this thread:

http://communities.vmware.com/message/822014

It seems that it sometimes happens with upgrades from Fusion 1.0 to 1.1.

Could you try following the steps posted by MandarMS in that thread to remove/reinstall Fusion?

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Thx Technogeezer:

Here are the details:

Overview:

Model Name: iMac 20"

Model Identifier: iMac7,1

Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo

Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz

Number Of Processors: 1

Total Number Of Cores: 2

L2 Cache: 4 MB

Memory: 4 GB

Bus Speed: 800 MHz

Boot ROM Version: IM71.007A.B00

SMC Version: 1.20f4

Mac OS 10.5 with Leopard

I spoke with VMFusion Tech support who were of little help. I also submitted an email to them but have more fath in the people here.

Ted

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Thx again mudalstov...

Gonna check it and will report back asap

Ted

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mudalstov

excuse my ignorance but where is the "Terminal"?

[mudaltsov]

Terminal can be found in /Applications/Utilities.

I'm assuming you're trying to run the "sudo "/Library/Application\ Support/VMware Fusion/boot.sh" --restart" command suggested by MandarMS...

If that doesn't help, follow his second reply (with multiple steps) to uninstall Fusion. Note that disconnecting the network is probably unnecessary, just reinstall Fusion after step 2.

Also, just to be clear, the paths like "/Library/..." mean the system Library folder on the OS X hard drive, and "~/Library" means the Library folder inside of your user home.

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thats exactly what im going to do

how do i enter the command in terminal?

ted

[WoodyZ]

how do i enter the command in terminal?

You can type commands or copy & paste text into the Terminal.

[mudaltsov]

For this command, it's probably easier to copy and paste. I noticed that there's an extra backslash in the command, so it probably won't work correctly. Here is the correct one:

sudo "/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/boot.sh" --restart

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did that but wont let me type my password?

[WoodyZ]

did that but wont let me type my password?

You have to click into the Terminal window and when you type nothing is displayed. Just type your password and press enter.

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it worked!

thx

you guys are the greatest!