ttabi's Posts

Re: (REGRESSION) Weird mouse pointer alignment problem in one application

by Enthusiast in VMware Workstation Player Discussions
‎10-25-2023 11:48 AM
‎10-25-2023 11:48 AM
I need to run a couple more tests, but this appears to be fixed in 17.5.  It only took two years! Update: I've confirmed on two different systems that 17.5 fixes the bug for me. @Dave707I know it's... See more...
I need to run a couple more tests, but this appears to be fixed in 17.5.  It only took two years! Update: I've confirmed on two different systems that 17.5 fixes the bug for me. @Dave707I know it's been a year and a half, but can you try 17.5?

Re: (REGRESSION) Weird mouse pointer alignment problem in one application

by Enthusiast in VMware Workstation Player Discussions
‎02-20-2023 10:20 AM
‎02-20-2023 10:20 AM
This problem still exists in VMWare Player 17.0.1.

How do I use vmrest to suspend a VM from the Linux command line?

by Enthusiast in VMware Workstation Player Discussions
‎07-04-2022 07:25 PM
‎07-04-2022 07:25 PM
I'm sure if I spent a couple hours, I could figure this out, but I'm hoping someone already has and can just tell me. Since vmrun is no longer shipped with VM Player, I have to use vmrest.  I know I... See more...
I'm sure if I spent a couple hours, I could figure this out, but I'm hoping someone already has and can just tell me. Since vmrun is no longer shipped with VM Player, I have to use vmrest.  I know I can use the web interface, but that doesn't help me.  Instead, I need to talk directly to the REST API provided by vmrest.  Well, like I said, I'm hoping someone out there has already done this (e.g. with some Python program) and would be willing to share that code with me.  I'm just looking for a way to suspend a VM, nothing else.

Re: (REGRESSION) Weird mouse pointer alignment problem in one application

by Enthusiast in VMware Workstation Player Discussions
‎02-16-2022 09:07 AM
‎02-16-2022 09:07 AM
For the record, I have an AMD GPU, so the problem is not GPU-specific. "I think the problem is related to LTSpice changing the cursor from a pointer to a custom bitmap."  -- that makes sense.

Re: Weird mouse pointer alignment problem in one application

by Enthusiast in VMware Workstation Player Discussions
‎11-24-2021 10:32 PM
‎11-24-2021 10:32 PM
BTW, this problem does not occur with Player 16.1.2 build-17966106, so this is a REGRESSION.  I'm going to stick with 16.1.2 for now.

Re: Can't install Windows 11

by Enthusiast in VMware Workstation Player Discussions
‎11-23-2021 02:58 PM
‎11-23-2021 02:58 PM
I have restarted VMware multiple times.  It doesn't seem to help.

Can't install Windows 11

by Enthusiast in VMware Workstation Player Discussions
‎11-22-2021 03:07 PM
‎11-22-2021 03:07 PM
I have VMware Workstation Player 16.2.1 on Linux and I added managedvm.autoAddVTPM = "software" to the .vmx file that I created for a new VM.  When I go to the VM settings, I do not see any options f... See more...
I have VMware Workstation Player 16.2.1 on Linux and I added managedvm.autoAddVTPM = "software" to the .vmx file that I created for a new VM.  When I go to the VM settings, I do not see any options for adding or configuring a TPM device. When I try to install Windows 11 from an .iso, it complains that my PC is not compatible.  The PC Checkup tool says that I'm missing TPM support. So it seems to me that the managedvm.autoAddVTPM setting does not work for VMware Workstation Player.  Is this correct?  If not, then what else is missing?

(REGRESSION) Weird mouse pointer alignment problem in one application

by Enthusiast in VMware Workstation Player Discussions
‎11-22-2021 02:39 PM
‎11-22-2021 02:39 PM
I'm seeing a really weird mouse pointer issue that happens only in one application.  I'm running VMware Player 16.2.1 for Linux, and the VM is Windows 10.  The app is Sketchup Make 2017, a 3D modelin... See more...
I'm seeing a really weird mouse pointer issue that happens only in one application.  I'm running VMware Player 16.2.1 for Linux, and the VM is Windows 10.  The app is Sketchup Make 2017, a 3D modeling tool. In Sketchup, it appears that the mouse pointer is drawn about 10-20 pixels to the left of where it's actually pointing.  That is, the pointer looks like it's pointing at a specific position, but Windows and Sketchup act as if it's pointing somewhere else.  I've attached a picture of the problem.  I had to take a picture of the screen using my camera because when I use a screen shot tool, the screen shot shows the mouse pointer in the correct position!  This leads me to suspect that the problem is with the mouse emulation in VMware Workstation. In the picture, the blue line is being drawn.  You can see that the tip of the pencil is not near the line itself, but it should be. What's weird is that this only happens in the drawing window of Sketchup.  The application menus work fine -- the mouse pointer is not misaligned there. Does anyone have any idea what's going on?  VMware Workstation Player is really limited in terms of customization (most of the Google searches I've seen provide tips that only work on regular VMware Workstation.

Re: Can't start vmplayer 16 as non-root on Ubuntu 18

by Enthusiast in VMware Workstation Player Discussions
‎09-30-2021 03:02 PM
‎09-30-2021 03:02 PM
Kubuntu is just Ubuntu with KDE instead of Gnome.  Everything else is the same, so yes, Bash is the default shell.  Anyway, I uninstalled and reinstalled vmware without "bash", and the problem remai... See more...
Kubuntu is just Ubuntu with KDE instead of Gnome.  Everything else is the same, so yes, Bash is the default shell.  Anyway, I uninstalled and reinstalled vmware without "bash", and the problem remains. The only thing I can think of is that I'm ssh'ing into the system that has vmware installed, so it's a remote X session. 

Re: Can't start vmplayer 16 as non-root on Ubuntu 18

by Enthusiast in VMware Workstation Player Discussions
‎09-30-2021 12:51 PM
‎09-30-2021 12:51 PM
I downloaded it from vmware and installed it using this command: sudo bash VMware-Player-16.1.2-17966106.x86_64.bundle My password is just some letters.

Can't start vmplayer 16 as non-root on Ubuntu 18

by Enthusiast in VMware Workstation Player Discussions
‎09-30-2021 12:11 PM
‎09-30-2021 12:11 PM
I've installed vmplayer 16 on my Ubuntu 18 box.  The installation went fine.  When I try to launch vmplayer, however, I'm prompted to enter a license key.  I select "use vmplayer for free for non-com... See more...
I've installed vmplayer 16 on my Ubuntu 18 box.  The installation went fine.  When I try to launch vmplayer, however, I'm prompted to enter a license key.  I select "use vmplayer for free for non-commercial use" and then on the command line, I'm prompted for my password.  However, my password is rejected and I cannot user vmplayer: $ vmplayer [AppLoader] Use shipped Linux kernel AIO access library. An up-to-date "libaio" or "libaio1" package from your system is preferred. I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/etc/vmware/hostd/proxy.xml" ==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.policykit.exec === Authentication is needed to run `/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-setup-helper' as the super user Authenticating as: Timur Tabi,,, (ttabi) Password: polkit-agent-helper-1: error response to PolicyKit daemon: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: No session for cookie ==== AUTHENTICATION FAILED === Error executing command as another user: Not authorized This incident has been reported.

VMware attempts to open app on host instead of in guest

by Enthusiast in VMware Workstation Player Discussions
‎11-18-2020 06:24 PM
‎11-18-2020 06:24 PM
I'm not sure if I can explain properly what's going on.  I'm running Windows 10 in a guest and Linux is the host.  I've installed Java in the Windows guest.  I'm running a Windows app in the guest th... See more...
I'm not sure if I can explain properly what's going on.  I'm running Windows 10 in a guest and Linux is the host.  I've installed Java in the Windows guest.  I'm running a Windows app in the guest that wants to launch Java and run a .jar file.  I'm getting an error message dialog box that says: "The file C:\Users\me\AppData\Local\Temp\SKMtools\EdgeDetector.jar is not in a folder shared with the host and cannot be opened by the host." The error message is correct when it says that C:\Users\me\AppData\Local\Temp\SKMtools\ is not a shared folder.  However, I do not want VMware to open the .jar file in host.  I want it to open it in the guest!  After all, I have Java installed in the guest already. How do I fix this?  How do I force VMware to never open any host apps?    

Re: Failed to install vmware-tools on Fedora 16

by Enthusiast in VMware Fusion Discussions
‎11-25-2012 06:14 AM
‎11-25-2012 06:14 AM
That web page tells me nothing.  It just provides the generic instructions for installing the tools.

Failed to install vmware-tools on Fedora 16

by Enthusiast in VMware Fusion Discussions
‎11-24-2012 05:43 PM
‎11-24-2012 05:43 PM
I have VMWare 5 and I've installed Fedora 16 64-bit.  When I install vmware-tools, it fails with this message: Detected X server version 1.11.4 Distribution provided drivers for Xorg X... See more...
I have VMWare 5 and I've installed Fedora 16 64-bit.  When I install vmware-tools, it fails with this message: Detected X server version 1.11.4 Distribution provided drivers for Xorg X server are used. Skipping X configuration because X drivers are not included. Creating a new initrd boot image for the kernel.    Starting Virtual Printing daemon:                                   done Starting vmware-tools (via systemctl):  Job failed. See system logs and 'systemctl status' for details.                                                            [FAILED] Unable to start services for VMware Tools Execution aborted. I don't know what it's asking for when it says to look in the system logs.  The command "systemctl status" just gives me an error.

Re: Imported VM from Parallels, now I get "The BusLogic SCSI adapter is not supported for 64-bit guests."

by Enthusiast in VMware Fusion Discussions
‎11-23-2012 02:01 PM
‎11-23-2012 02:01 PM
Looking at the Fedora 16.vmx file from the support bundle those changes are not there! Maybe I'm imagining things, but I see them right there: ide0:0.present = "TRUE" ide0:0.fileName = "... See more...
Looking at the Fedora 16.vmx file from the support bundle those changes are not there! Maybe I'm imagining things, but I see them right there: ide0:0.present = "TRUE" ide0:0.fileName = "Fedora 16-0.vmdk" scsi0:0.present = "FALSE"

Re: Imported VM from Parallels, now I get "The BusLogic SCSI adapter is not supported for 64-bit guests."

by Enthusiast in VMware Fusion Discussions
‎11-23-2012 12:48 PM
‎11-23-2012 12:48 PM
The .vmx file contains scsi0:0.fileName = "Fedora 16-0.vmdk" and this would need to be changed to ide0:0.fileName = "Fedora 16-0.vmdk" and additionally adding ide0:0.present = "TRUE" whil... See more...
The .vmx file contains scsi0:0.fileName = "Fedora 16-0.vmdk" and this would need to be changed to ide0:0.fileName = "Fedora 16-0.vmdk" and additionally adding ide0:0.present = "TRUE" while setting scsi0:0.present = "FALSE" . I'm confused, because the VMX file already has those changes: .encoding = "UTF-8" config.version = "8" virtualHW.version = "9" 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" roamingVM.exitBehavior = "go" mks.enable3d = "TRUE" virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted" tools.upgrade.policy = "upgradeAtPowerCycle" tools.syncTime = "TRUE" powerType.powerOff = "soft" powerType.powerOn = "soft" powerType.suspend = "soft" powerType.reset = "soft" gui.exitonCLIHLT = "TRUE" scsi0.present = "TRUE" scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic" proxyApps.publishToGuest = "TRUE" displayName = "Fedora 16" nvram = "Fedora 16.nvram" memsize = "1024" guestOS = "fedora-64" usb.present = "FALSE" usb.generic.autoconnect = "TRUE" scsi0:1.present = "TRUE" scsi0:1.startConnected = "TRUE" scsi0:1.deviceType = "cdrom-image" scsi0:1.fileName = "/Library/Parallels/Tools/prl-tools-lin.iso" ethernet0.present = "TRUE" ethernet0.connectionType = "custom" ethernet0.startConnected = "TRUE" ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE" ethernet0.linkStatePropagation.enable = "TRUE" serial0.present = "TRUE" serial0.fileType = "thinprint" printers.enabled = "TRUE" usb.vbluetooth.startConnected = "FALSE" extendedConfigFile = "Fedora 16.vmxf" scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16" ethernet0.addressType = "generated" ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "33" usb.pciSlotNumber = "-1" vmci0.id = "215355620" vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "36" uuid.location = "56 4d 9a 1f 2b b8 74 95-ef 66 00 0a 0c d6 10 e4" uuid.bios = "56 4d 9a 1f 2b b8 74 95-ef 66 00 0a 0c d6 10 e4" cleanShutdown = "TRUE" replay.supported = "FALSE" replay.filename = "" pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17" pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21" pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22" pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23" pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24" usb:0.present = "TRUE" usb:1.present = "TRUE" ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0C:29:D6:10:E4" ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0" vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "134217728" softPowerOff = "FALSE" usb:0.deviceType = "hid" usb:0.port = "0" usb:0.parent = "-1" usb:1.speed = "2" usb:1.deviceType = "hub" usb:1.port = "1" usb:1.parent = "-1" ethernet0.vnet = "vmnet2" ethernet0.bsdName = "en0" ethernet0.displayName = "Ethernet" keyboardAndMouseProfile = "52110677-c033-2ce0-8094-8da5fc3c" bios.bootOrder = "" bios.hddOrder = "" checkpoint.vmState = "Fedora 16-2f774134.vmss" ide0:0.present = "TRUE" ide0:0.fileName = "Fedora 16-0.vmdk" scsi0:0.present = "FALSE" ehci.present = "FALSE" sound.present = "FALSE" floppy0.present = "FALSE" ide0:0.redo = "" and here's the VMDK file: # Disk DescriptorFile version=1 encoding="UTF-8" CID=7e8951b4 parentCID=ffffffff isNativeSnapshot="no" createType="twoGbMaxExtentSparse" # Extent description RW 4192256 SPARSE "Fedora 16-0-s001.vmdk" RW 4192256 SPARSE "Fedora 16-0-s002.vmdk" RW 4192256 SPARSE "Fedora 16-0-s003.vmdk" RW 4192256 SPARSE "Fedora 16-0-s004.vmdk" RW 4192256 SPARSE "Fedora 16-0-s005.vmdk" RW 4192256 SPARSE "Fedora 16-0-s006.vmdk" RW 4192256 SPARSE "Fedora 16-0-s007.vmdk" RW 4192256 SPARSE "Fedora 16-0-s008.vmdk" RW 4192256 SPARSE "Fedora 16-0-s009.vmdk" RW 4192256 SPARSE "Fedora 16-0-s010.vmdk" RW 4192256 SPARSE "Fedora 16-0-s011.vmdk" RW 4192256 SPARSE "Fedora 16-0-s012.vmdk" RW 4192256 SPARSE "Fedora 16-0-s013.vmdk" RW 4192256 SPARSE "Fedora 16-0-s014.vmdk" RW 4192256 SPARSE "Fedora 16-0-s015.vmdk" RW 4192256 SPARSE "Fedora 16-0-s016.vmdk" RW 4192256 SPARSE "Fedora 16-0-s017.vmdk" RW 4192256 SPARSE "Fedora 16-0-s018.vmdk" RW 4192256 SPARSE "Fedora 16-0-s019.vmdk" RW 4192256 SPARSE "Fedora 16-0-s020.vmdk" RW 4192256 SPARSE "Fedora 16-0-s021.vmdk" RW 4192256 SPARSE "Fedora 16-0-s022.vmdk" RW 4192256 SPARSE "Fedora 16-0-s023.vmdk" RW 4192256 SPARSE "Fedora 16-0-s024.vmdk" RW 4192256 SPARSE "Fedora 16-0-s025.vmdk" RW 4192256 SPARSE "Fedora 16-0-s026.vmdk" RW 4192256 SPARSE "Fedora 16-0-s027.vmdk" RW 4192256 SPARSE "Fedora 16-0-s028.vmdk" RW 4192256 SPARSE "Fedora 16-0-s029.vmdk" RW 4192256 SPARSE "Fedora 16-0-s030.vmdk" RW 4192256 SPARSE "Fedora 16-0-s031.vmdk" RW 4192256 SPARSE "Fedora 16-0-s032.vmdk" RW 65536 SPARSE "Fedora 16-0-s033.vmdk" # The Disk Data Base #DDB ddb.adapterType = "ide" ddb.geometry.sectors = "63" ddb.geometry.heads = "255" ddb.geometry.cylinders = "8354" ddb.uuid = "60 00 C2 97 99 ad 35 70-71 61 9a 46 d9 7d 73 fc" ddb.longContentID = "5154f5b5d966c5990377efac7e8951b4" ddb.virtualHWVersion = "6" ddb.deletable = "true" I'm convinced that the import process is just broken.  No one seems to use it, VMWare gets information about the guest wrong (it thought I had a 2.2 kernel, for example), and it requires several undocumented tweaks to get it to work (which it so far hasn't).

Re: Imported VM from Parallels, now I get "The BusLogic SCSI adapter is not supported for 64-bit guests."

by Enthusiast in VMware Fusion Discussions
‎11-23-2012 10:53 AM
‎11-23-2012 10:53 AM
The instructions for changing the vmdk file to 'ide' say nothing about the vmx file.  When I change scsi0.virtualDev to "ide", I get an error about invalid value, which makes sense.  I don't know... See more...
The instructions for changing the vmdk file to 'ide' say nothing about the vmx file.  When I change scsi0.virtualDev to "ide", I get an error about invalid value, which makes sense.  I don't know what changes need to be made to the vmx file if ddb.adapterType is set to 'ide'. Pressing the escape key does not show the boot log.  It just displays ^[ every time I press it.

Re: Imported VM from Parallels, now I get "The BusLogic SCSI adapter is not supported for 64-bit guests."

by Enthusiast in VMware Fusion Discussions
‎11-23-2012 10:08 AM
‎11-23-2012 10:08 AM
Changing the controller type to lsilogic or ide fixed nothing.  It still hangs at boot. I created a Fedora 16 VM from a fresh install, and that works, but of course it has none of my customiza... See more...
Changing the controller type to lsilogic or ide fixed nothing.  It still hangs at boot. I created a Fedora 16 VM from a fresh install, and that works, but of course it has none of my customizations.

Re: Imported VM from Parallels, now I get "The BusLogic SCSI adapter is not supported for 64-bit guests."

by Enthusiast in VMware Fusion Discussions
‎11-23-2012 09:19 AM
‎11-23-2012 09:19 AM
You want me to edit the .vmdk file?  It's 11GB in size, and it's a combination of text and binary.  How am I supposed to edit that??? I appreciate your help, but I don't understand why this is... See more...
You want me to edit the .vmdk file?  It's 11GB in size, and it's a combination of text and binary.  How am I supposed to edit that??? I appreciate your help, but I don't understand why this is so complicated.