VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (vcpu-0)

[RenderSettings]

VMware Workstation unrecoverable error: (vcpu-0)

vcpu-0:VERIFY vmcore/vmm/main/cpuid.c:376 bugNr=1036521

I'm trying to run Kali Linux on VMware Workstation Pro. I've looked everywhere and tried everything, but I can't seem to fix this. What should I do?

[tracywang]

Hello RenderSettings,

Thanks for using Workstation. Which Workstation version are you using? How to reproduce this bug?

[moenchmeyer]

I have a similar type of problem :

WS 12.5.0 build-4352439

Host OS Opensuse Leap 42.1 x86_64

kernel: Linux 4.1.31-30-default #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Aug 24 06:20:09 UTC 2016 (de9ddf8) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Guest OS to be installed: Kali 2  or  Kali 2016.2 64Bit with 2 CPU

RAM: 64 GB

CPU: i7-6700K

Graphics : Nvidia GTX 960 Latest driver - 3 screens !

The error seems to occur when the SVGA graphics starts:  Excerpts from the log-File

2016-10-27T10:55:42.029+02:00| vmx| I125: Policy_GetUSBDevAccess: allowConnect = YES

2016-10-27T10:55:42.029+02:00| vmx| W115: Bluetooth host backend not available.

2016-10-27T10:55:42.085+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: SVGA: Registering MemSpace at 0xe8000000(0x0) and 0xfe000000(0x0)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.088+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: SVGA: Unregistering MemSpace at 0xe8000000(0xe8000000) and 0xfe000000(0xfe000000)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.112+02:00| mks| I125: X11-Backend: Error selecting parent input: (1)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.112+02:00| mks| I125: X11-Backend: Error selecting input: (1)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.112+02:00| mks| I125: X11-Backend: Error lowering window: (1)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.112+02:00| mks| I125: X11-Backend: Error selecting root input: (1)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.112+02:00| mks| I125: X11-Backend: Error changing attributes: (1)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.112+02:00| mks| I125: X11-Backend: Error mapping window: (1)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.112+02:00| mks| I125: MKS-SWB: Number of MKSWindows changed: 1 rendering MKSWindow(s) of total 2.

2016-10-27T10:55:42.112+02:00| mks| I125: X11-Backend: Error selecting parent input: (1)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.112+02:00| mks| I125: X11-Backend: Error selecting input: (1)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.112+02:00| mks| I125: X11-Backend: Error lowering window: (1)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.112+02:00| mks| I125: X11-Backend: Error selecting root input: (1)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.112+02:00| mks| I125: X11-Backend: Error changing attributes: (1)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.112+02:00| mks| I125: X11-Backend: Error mapping window: (1)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.112+02:00| mks| I125: MKS-SWB: Number of MKSWindows changed: 1 rendering MKSWindow(s) of total 3.

2016-10-27T10:55:42.185+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: SVGA: Registering MemSpace at 0xe8000000(0xe8000000) and 0xfe000000(0xfe000000)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.190+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: SVGA: Unregistering MemSpace at 0xe8000000(0xe8000000) and 0xfe000000(0xfe000000)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.191+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: SVGA: Registering IOSpace at 0x1070

2016-10-27T10:55:42.191+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: SVGA: Registering MemSpace at 0xe8000000(0xe8000000) and 0xfe000000(0xfe000000)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.195+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: PCIBridge4: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.196+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge4:1: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.196+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge4:2: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.197+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge4:3: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.198+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge4:4: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.199+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge4:5: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.200+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge4:6: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.200+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge4:7: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.201+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: PCIBridge5: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.202+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge5:1: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.203+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge5:2: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.204+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge5:3: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.204+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge5:4: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.205+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge5:5: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.206+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge5:6: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.207+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge5:7: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.208+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: PCIBridge6: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.209+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge6:1: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.209+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge6:2: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.210+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge6:3: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.211+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge6:4: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.212+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge6:5: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.213+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge6:6: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.213+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge6:7: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.214+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: PCIBridge7: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.215+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge7:1: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.216+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge7:2: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.217+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge7:3: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.218+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge7:4: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.218+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge7:5: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.219+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge7:6: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.220+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge7:7: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.221+02:00| vcpu-1| I125: CPU reset: soft (mode 2)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.330+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: PCIBridge4: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.330+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge4:1: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.331+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge4:2: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.332+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge4:3: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.333+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge4:4: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.334+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge4:5: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.334+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge4:6: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.335+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge4:7: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.336+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: PCIBridge5: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.337+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge5:1: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.338+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge5:2: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.338+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge5:3: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.339+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge5:4: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.340+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge5:5: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.341+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge5:6: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.342+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge5:7: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.343+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: PCIBridge6: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.343+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge6:1: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.344+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge6:2: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.345+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge6:3: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.346+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge6:4: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.347+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge6:5: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.348+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge6:6: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.348+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge6:7: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.349+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: PCIBridge7: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.350+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge7:1: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.351+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge7:2: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.352+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge7:3: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.352+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge7:4: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.353+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge7:5: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.354+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge7:6: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.355+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: pciBridge7:7: ISA/VGA decoding enabled (ctrl 0004)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.361+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: DISKUTIL: scsi0:0 : geometry=2610/255/63

2016-10-27T10:55:42.361+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: DISKUTIL: scsi0:0 : capacity=41943040 logical sector size=512

2016-10-27T10:55:42.361+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: SCSI0: RESET BUS

2016-10-27T10:55:42.509+02:00| vmx| I125: VUsbUpdateVigorFieldsAndAutoconnect: New set of 1 USB devices

2016-10-27T10:55:42.509+02:00| vmx| I125: USB: Found device [name:Virtual\ Bluetooth\ Adapter vid:0e0f pid:0008 speed:full family:wireless,bluetooth deviceType:virtual-bluetooth info:0000001 version:3]

2016-10-27T10:55:42.529+02:00| vmx| I125: USB: Connecting device desc:name:Virtual\ Bluetooth\ Adapter vid:0e0f pid:0008 speed:full family:wireless,bluetooth deviceType:virtual-bluetooth info:0000001 version:3 id:0x600000010e0f0008

2016-10-27T10:55:42.529+02:00| vmx| I125: Policy_GetUSBDevAccess: checking usb devices at policy path: /vm/#_VMX/mvm/policyState/val/policySet/usbDevices/#

2016-10-27T10:55:42.529+02:00| vmx| I125: Policy_GetUSBDevAccess: allowConnect = YES

2016-10-27T10:55:42.529+02:00| vmx| W115: Bluetooth host backend not available.

2016-10-27T10:55:42.749+02:00| vcpu-1| I125: CPU reset: soft (mode 2)

2016-10-27T10:55:42.763+02:00| vcpu-0| I125: BIOS-UUID is 56 4d b2 16 17 89 c7 8e-bf 24 d3 b5 f7 da 01 aa

2016-10-27T10:55:43.458+02:00| svga| I125: SVGA enabling SVGA

2016-10-27T10:55:43.479+02:00| svga| I125: SVGA-ScreenMgr: Screen type changed to RegisterMode

2016-10-27T10:55:43+02:00[+0.034]| vcpu-0| W115: Caught signal 6 -- tid 14101 (addr 3EC000036F9)

2016-10-27T10:55:43+02:00[+0.034]| vcpu-0| I125: SIGNAL: rip 0x7f3fe52460c7 rsp 0x7f3ec959a7a8 rbp 0x7f3fe5374858

2016-10-27T10:55:43+02:00[+0.034]| vcpu-0| I125: SIGNAL: rax 0x0 rbx 0x7f3fe73ea000 rcx 0x7f3fe52460c7 rdx 0x6 rsi 0x3715 rdi 0x36f9

2016-10-27T10:55:43+02:00[+0.034]| vcpu-0| I125:         r8 0xffffffff r9 0x7f3ebc045080 r10 0x8 r11 0x3206 r12 0x7f3ec9851373 r13 0x7f3ec9855210 r14 0x7f3ebc04a8f0 r15 0x7f3ebc003650

2016-10-27T10:55:43+02:00[+0.034]| vcpu-0| I125: SIGNAL: stack 7F3EC959A7A8 : 0x00007f3fe5247478 0x0000000000000020

2016-10-27T10:55:43+02:00[+0.034]| vcpu-0| I125: SIGNAL: stack 7F3EC959A7B8 : 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000

2016-10-27T10:55:43+02:00[+0.034]| vcpu-0| I125: SIGNAL: stack 7F3EC959A7C8 : 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000

2016-10-27T10:55:43+02:00[+0.034]| vcpu-0| I125: SIGNAL: stack 7F3EC959A7D8 : 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000

2016-10-27T10:55:43+02:00[+0.034]| vcpu-0| I125: SIGNAL: stack 7F3EC959A7E8 : 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000

2016-10-27T10:55:43+02:00[+0.034]| vcpu-0| I125: SIGNAL: stack 7F3EC959A7F8 : 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000

2016-10-27T10:55:43+02:00[+0.034]| vcpu-0| I125: SIGNAL: stack 7F3EC959A808 : 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000

2016-10-27T10:55:43+02:00[+0.034]| vcpu-0| I125: SIGNAL: stack 7F3EC959A818 : 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000

[moenchmeyer]

How to reproduce:

Use WS 12.5.0 build-4352439 on Opensuse Leap 42.1

Download the present ISO image for installing Kali2016.2

Setup a virtual machine

Start the installation

I should add that the installation of the Kali iso images works flawlessly on KVM.

The bug is specific for VMware WS (12.5) 

What additional information should I provide ?

[moenchmeyer]

Interestingly enough this bug also seems to appear when I try to install Opensuse Tumbleweed. So the bug is not Kali or Debian dependent. It also happens when trying to install opensuse guest systems.

The only difference to Debian being that with Opensuse the initial installation screen is shown - but the signal 6 error happens shortly afterwards.

Does VMware 12.5 have a problem with the installation of Linux guests on Linux hosts ?

[moenchmeyer]

Found a first solution for my problem here :

Repeated VM segfault with Ubuntu 16.04 host

Adding

mks.noBeep = "TRUE"

to the .vmx file does indeed help for an installation of Opensuse Tumbleweed.

Shall test this evening whether the Kali installation works with this "remedy".

(I do not use Pulseaudion, but pure alsa with a .asoundrc)