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No I'm sorry it was my fault. I wanted to see the vmware.log file not the vmx file.
Let me try again, in a different way 
Open Virtual Machine Library, on your virtual machine, right click and select "Show in Finder"
Now select your VM from that list and right click on that select "Show package contents"
There will be a vmware.log file in the list and that's the one I'd like to see the contents from (not a screenshot)
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Wil
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Hi,
I think the real question is what software are you going to run. There's still a bit of software that doesn't like 64 bits much... but having said that... unless you are using very specific things, you'd probably want to go for 64 bits.
With 64 bits, you'll be getting the best performance from your investment and it is also the best option on the longer term as it allows you to use more memory in the longer run. The 4Gb limit on the 32 bits version may sound like a lot now, but in 3 years it is nothing.
Hope this helps,
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Thanks!
I will not have to use specific software that require exceptional performance.
I'd like to know if the virtual machine would work better as 64-bit since the new i5, Windows 7 and VMware are now fully 64-bit (now I have a MBP C2D 2.16); or if 32-bit processes could be lighter. I am not a technician... sorry for bad explication!
This new MBP have 4GB memory: but if I running Windows 7 64-bit in VMware I should not share it all, true? Less it's sufficient, ...right?
Sorry for my bad english... 
My suggestion is to go for the 64 bits version, it will work better for you.
You're right you don't have to give the VM 4GB, with your MBP only having 4GB, it wouldn't be a smart thing to do either.
Just start with the default that Fusion suggest, if I'm not mistaken that's 1GB.
Your english is fine, no problem.
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Wil
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Thanks for now! I will buy the machine in late July...
(How can I transfer the copy of VMware I have now, retained the license? I do not want to use Time Machine...)
(How can I transfer the copy of VMware I have now, retained the license? I do not want to use Time Machine...)
Just download the latest version of Fusion from http://www.vmware.com/download and install it using your license key. Then copy your existing VM's over to the new machine and open these as existing virtual machines.
After you are done, you can remove the original Fusion from your other machine.
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Wil
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Hi,
Thanks,
Ok I just read the details on that thread.
As I have the same setup here (well pretty much) I just tried it myself and for me it just worked.
So something has gone wrong on your install somehow.
Did you install the bootcamp drivers in the guest?
Are you seeing the exact same thing, as in you connect the USB video device and it disconnect automatically shortly afterwards?
Are you sure that no application at OSX level is using the camera at the same time? If you just used another application in OS X using iSight, then it might be that the application has not released the camera yet.
If the answers are Yes, Yes and No, can you attach a vmware.log file from this VM after trying the above and shutting down the guest afterwards?
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Wil
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OK
How can I make the vmware.log file...? Sorry...!
With Fusion shut down (after trying to get the camera to work again, so I can find it in the logs)
Right click on your VM in Finder
Select Open Package contents, the .vmx file is in the finders list, copy the file to your documents folder and then attach it to your reply here.
Oh and as for not working under ubuntu... it works fine here, just tested under Ubuntu 10.04 desktop 64 bits, I installed the application "Cheese" and was pleasantly surprised by the resolution of the picture, it looks actually a lot better as on windows.
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Wil
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Twitter: @wilva
No I'm sorry it was my fault. I wanted to see the vmware.log file not the vmx file.
Let me try again, in a different way
Open Virtual Machine Library, on your virtual machine, right click and select "Show in Finder"
Now select your VM from that list and right click on that select "Show package contents"
There will be a vmware.log file in the list and that's the one I'd like to see the contents from (not a screenshot)
--
Wil
_____________________________________________________
VI-Toolkit & scripts wiki at http://www.vi-toolkit.com
Contributing author at blog www.planetvm.net
Twitter: @wilva
There will be a vmware.log file in the list and that's the one I'd like to see the contents from (not a screenshot)
...finally the .log file
(I've see there are 4 vmware.log files...)
I read in the previous log that the machine needed "Apple's Boot Camp driver disc in the virtual machine". So I installed the driver (from Snow Leopard dvd), updates via Apple Update but the results are the same: iSight doesn't work... 
I attach the new log file.
The main thing i see is this:
May 31 18:29:20.727: vmx| MsgHint: msg.usb.generic.needsBootCamp
May 31 18:29:20.727: vmx| The "Apple Built-in iSight" device requires that you install Apple's Boot Camp driver disc in the virtual machine. If you have not yet completed this step, the device may act erratically or cause the guest operating system to crash. Do you wish to continue? You may cancel now and install the driver disc, if necessary.
May 31 18:29:20.727: vmx| -
So it seems like you still need to install the bootcamp drivers in your guest.
In order to do so, put your OS X DVD in your MBP and present it to your Windows XP guest, then run the bootcamp driver installer. (There's only one if my memory serves me right)
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Wil
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Hmm.. Ok, did you reboot the guest?
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Wil
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No no, with guest I meant "Guest Operating System" So windows XP in your case.
I'm not sure what else to try at this stage. It should work, but it doesn't... ?:|
There's two other things I noticed while reading your logs, but I think they are both unrelated.
1) There was a notice that there's a CPU microcode update for your CPU.
2) You are using an ATI graphics adapter with a buggy driver.
But I guess you are up to date with Mac OS X, so both should be fine.... really... and even if they were not, then it doesn't sound like this would be related to your problem with iSight. You could try to reboot the whole laptop (including OS X) but that's shot in the dark (which is likely to miss... )
Hmmm...
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Wil
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Twitter: @wilva