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.
