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excessivechaos
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‎06-16-2021 11:41 PM

Stuck at initializing during installation

Hello, I am trying to install VMware Fusion 12 Player and my installation gets stuck at initializing VMware Fusion...

I'm running Big Sur (11.4). Here is the info in the log file.  I am hoping someone can help me out with this.

2021-06-16T23:38:29.888-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: Log for VMware Fusion pid=4040 version=12.1.2 build=build-17964953 option=Release
2021-06-16T23:38:29.888-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: The host is 64-bit.
2021-06-16T23:38:29.888-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8
2021-06-16T23:38:29.888-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: Host is macOS 11.4 (20F71) Darwin 20.5.0
2021-06-16T23:38:29.834-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: VTHREAD 4722601472 "VMware Fusion" tid 78766
2021-06-16T23:38:29.834-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: UTIL: Change file descriptor limit from soft 256,hard 4294967295 to soft 8192,hard 4294967295.
2021-06-16T23:38:29.836-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: DictionaryLoad: Cannot open file "/Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion/config": No such file or directory.
2021-06-16T23:38:29.837-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion/config": No such file or directory.
2021-06-16T23:38:29.837-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion/config. Using default values.
2021-06-16T23:38:29.837-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: DictionaryLoad: Cannot open file "/private/var/folders/_q/fj3z1gfx30xfg5npr79x206w0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/1C9BF7D1-BBDA-41A5-8CE0-A91CE0A1143F/d/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/settings": No such file or directory.
2021-06-16T23:38:29.837-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/private/var/folders/_q/fj3z1gfx30xfg5npr79x206w0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/1C9BF7D1-BBDA-41A5-8CE0-A91CE0A1143F/d/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/settings": No such file or directory.
2021-06-16T23:38:29.837-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /private/var/folders/_q/fj3z1gfx30xfg5npr79x206w0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/1C9BF7D1-BBDA-41A5-8CE0-A91CE0A1143F/d/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/settings. Using default values.
2021-06-16T23:38:29.837-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: DictionaryLoad: Cannot open file "/private/var/folders/_q/fj3z1gfx30xfg5npr79x206w0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/1C9BF7D1-BBDA-41A5-8CE0-A91CE0A1143F/d/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/config": No such file or directory.
2021-06-16T23:38:29.837-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/private/var/folders/_q/fj3z1gfx30xfg5npr79x206w0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/1C9BF7D1-BBDA-41A5-8CE0-A91CE0A1143F/d/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/config": No such file or directory.
2021-06-16T23:38:29.837-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /private/var/folders/_q/fj3z1gfx30xfg5npr79x206w0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/1C9BF7D1-BBDA-41A5-8CE0-A91CE0A1143F/d/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/config. Using default values.
2021-06-16T23:38:29.837-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: DictionaryLoad: Cannot open file "/Users/jonbailey/Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion/config": No such file or directory.
2021-06-16T23:38:29.837-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/Users/jonbailey/Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion/config": No such file or directory.
2021-06-16T23:38:29.837-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /Users/jonbailey/Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion/config. Using default values.
2021-06-16T23:38:29.837-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: DictionaryLoad: Cannot open file "/Users/jonbailey/Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion/preferences": No such file or directory.
2021-06-16T23:38:29.837-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/Users/jonbailey/Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion/preferences": No such file or directory.
2021-06-16T23:38:29.837-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /Users/jonbailey/Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion/preferences. Using default values.
2021-06-16T23:38:29.848-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: lib/ssl: OpenSSL using RAND_OpenSSL for RAND
2021-06-16T23:38:29.849-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: lib/ssl: protocol list tls1.2
2021-06-16T23:38:29.849-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: lib/ssl: protocol list tls1.2 (openssl flags 0x17000000)
2021-06-16T23:38:29.849-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: lib/ssl: cipher list ECDHE+AESGCM:RSA+AESGCM:ECDHE+AES:RSA+AES
2021-06-16T23:38:29.849-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: lib/ssl: curves list prime256v1:secp384r1:secp521r1
2021-06-16T23:38:29.852-07:00| VMware Fusion| I004: gVmomi: gvmomi_init: success.
2021-06-16T23:38:29.888-07:00| VMware Fusion| W003: Log Facility output is directed to file: /Users/jonbailey/Library/Logs/VMware Fusion/vmware-vmfusion.log
2021-06-16T23:38:29.890-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: OBJLIB-LIB: Objlib initialized.
2021-06-16T23:38:29.891-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: Msg_SetLocaleEx: HostLocale=UTF-8 UserLocale=en
2021-06-16T23:38:29.891-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: DictionaryLoad: Cannot open file "/private/var/folders/_q/fj3z1gfx30xfg5npr79x206w0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/1C9BF7D1-BBDA-41A5-8CE0-A91CE0A1143F/d/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/messages/en/vmware.vmsg": No such file or directory.
2021-06-16T23:38:29.893-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: WQPoolAllocPoll : pollIx = 1, signalHandle = 12
2021-06-16T23:38:29.919-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: vmxFilePath="/private/var/folders/_q/fj3z1gfx30xfg5npr79x206w0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/1C9BF7D1-BBDA-41A5-8CE0-A91CE0A1143F/d/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmware-vmx"
2021-06-16T23:38:29.920-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: vmxFilePathDebug="/private/var/folders/_q/fj3z1gfx30xfg5npr79x206w0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/1C9BF7D1-BBDA-41A5-8CE0-A91CE0A1143F/d/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmware-vmx-debug"
2021-06-16T23:38:29.920-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: vmxFilePathStats="/private/var/folders/_q/fj3z1gfx30xfg5npr79x206w0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/1C9BF7D1-BBDA-41A5-8CE0-A91CE0A1143F/d/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmware-vmx-stats"
2021-06-16T23:38:29.942-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: HOSTDEV-MAC: HostDeviceInfo_FindHostSoundDevices: Found default sound devices [AppleHDAEngineOutput:1B,0,1,1:0|AppleHDAEngineInput:1B,0,1,0:1].
2021-06-16T23:38:29.943-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: Warning: SGHostEnumerate not yet implemented
2021-06-16T23:38:29.943-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: SMBIOS: can't open /dev/mem: Could not find the file
2021-06-16T23:38:29.943-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: VmhsHostInfoPopulateSystem: Could not get information from smbios to populate VMDB.
2021-06-16T23:38:30.044-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: DictionaryLoad: Cannot open file "/Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion/config": No such file or directory.
2021-06-16T23:38:30.065-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: Foundry Init: setting up global state (1 poll threads, 0 worker threads).
2021-06-16T23:38:30.065-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: Vix_InitializeGlobalState: vixLogLevel = 0
2021-06-16T23:38:30.065-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: Vix_InitializeGlobalState: vixApiTraceLevel = 0
2021-06-16T23:38:30.065-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: Vix_InitializeGlobalState: vixDebugPanicOnVixAssert = 0
2021-06-16T23:38:30.065-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: Vix_InitializeGlobalState: vixLogRefcountOnFinalRelease = 0
2021-06-16T23:38:30.065-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: Vix_InitializeGlobalState: asyncOpWarningThreshold = 1000000
2021-06-16T23:38:30.065-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: Vix_InitializeGlobalState: enableSyncOpSelection = FALSE
2021-06-16T23:38:30.065-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: Vix_InitializeGlobalState: enableExternalThreadInterface = TRUE
2021-06-16T23:38:30.065-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: Vix_InitializeGlobalState: enableVigor = FALSE
2021-06-16T23:38:30.065-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: Msg_SetLocaleEx: HostLocale=UTF-8 UserLocale=en
2021-06-16T23:38:30.066-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: DictionaryLoad: Cannot open file "/private/var/folders/_q/fj3z1gfx30xfg5npr79x206w0000gn/T/AppTranslocation/1C9BF7D1-BBDA-41A5-8CE0-A91CE0A1143F/d/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/messages/en/vmware.vmsg": No such file or directory.
2021-06-16T23:38:30.066-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: VixHost_ConnectEx: version -1, hostType 3, hostName (null), hostPort 0, options 8707
2021-06-16T23:38:30.384-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: InstallDirIsValid: Read only.
2021-06-16T23:38:34.058-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: MainWithAutoreleasePool: Install Helper registered successfully.
2021-06-16T23:38:34.085-07:00| VMware Fusion| I005: AppleXPC: Connecting to privileged service com.vmware.fusion.InstallHelper...
2021-06-16T23:38:34.245-07:00| host-78893| I005: AppleXPC: Connection established to service com.vmware.fusion.InstallHelper
2021-06-16T23:38:34.245-07:00| host-78893| I005: InstallFusionMakeValid_block_invoke: Initialize tool is execuating.
2021-06-16T23:38:34.252-07:00| host-78893| I005: AppleXPC: Connection lost to service com.vmware.fusion.InstallHelper.

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ColoradoMarmot
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‎06-17-2021 09:24 AM

first, If this is an M1 machine, don't bother it doesn't work.  Second, Make sure you are installing as an administrator account. 

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excessivechaos
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‎06-17-2021 09:55 AM

Not an M1 machine Mid 2015 15" Macbook Pro (sorry should have mentioned that).  Yes, I'm an administrator account.  Only account on the machine actually.

Thank you for the reply, though I gave up on it and just forked out money for Parallels.  I wanted to give VMware a try since I don't use Windows often, but do have the occasional need, and Parallels is kind of expensive for the handful of times I use it.  But not being able to install it with no clear direction on why, and no support is not a good start, lol.

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