Hi There,
I have Kali Linux image, lately the image start shutting down after inactivity period for example 40 minutes. in this period I will be away from the Host PC and lock it with ctrl+alt+del.
after returning from the break I will find the Kali guest is powered off ! I checked the power management and made sure everything is correct also did a full upgrade for the distrubtion but no luck, in the same time there is another linux VM that is running fine without issues. as last haven I created a new fresh image of Kali Linux and the problem still exists!!
I will attach the log of the vm:
Regards,
moderator edit by wila: Moved the copy&paste log into an attachment
Please do not paste vmware.logs like this.
It makes your post way harder to read.
Use the attach function instead.
The VM was just busy for 2 minutes so it is useless for troubleshooting anyway.
Check if Kali has a energy management config that powers it off after x minutes.
back again,
I figured it out after reading the log and trials ! turn out that when I ctrl+alt+del the windows host for locking, the signal is also passed to the linux image ! both host and guest receive the command.
in newer version of Kali ( gnome ) the ctrl+alt+del will ask for confirmation for shutdown/restart otherwise will shut down in 60 secs. other old linux distributions don't.
I toughed the ctrl+alt+del only received by the host since I am doing it outside the guest. Now I change the shortcut key inside the Kali linux and everything is fine.
Regards,
Fahad.