I've created a gist on Github with a desktop file to replace the launcher for workstation with an updated version that takes care of the steps provided by @pokemogu .
@pokemoguYour solution hit the nail on the head. It will still come back after a couple of days but suspending VMs, shutting down vmware and following your suggestions gets it working again. At least...
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@pokemoguYour solution hit the nail on the head. It will still come back after a couple of days but suspending VMs, shutting down vmware and following your suggestions gets it working again. At least its better than having to bounce the host. Cheers, - Tim
Is this issues something that VMware will fix on VMware Workstation 16? If not, I'm out. I will not be buying any more new licenses of VMware products. Tired of forking out big $ for new licenses aft...
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Is this issues something that VMware will fix on VMware Workstation 16? If not, I'm out. I will not be buying any more new licenses of VMware products. Tired of forking out big $ for new licenses after older linux versions break.
[Update] I had my windohs VM open for quite a while with no issues (I was watching with top) but once I loaded a big project with Visual Studio, it went nuts. Therefore, it seems that disk or cpu loa...
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[Update] I had my windohs VM open for quite a while with no issues (I was watching with top) but once I loaded a big project with Visual Studio, it went nuts. Therefore, it seems that disk or cpu load seems to be a factor in this bug.
This issue is back with force. My Ubuntu is fully updated and VMware workstation version is 16.2.4 build-20089737. VM takes all cores assigned at 100% (600% on top) and kcompacd0 is taking 100%. The...
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This issue is back with force. My Ubuntu is fully updated and VMware workstation version is 16.2.4 build-20089737. VM takes all cores assigned at 100% (600% on top) and kcompacd0 is taking 100%. The only fix I found is to reboot my host OS Any help would be appreciated.
This issue is still ongoing. I have noticed that it consistently happens the first time I boot the Windows Server VM after a host restart. Because its consistent, this should make it easier to troubl...
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This issue is still ongoing. I have noticed that it consistently happens the first time I boot the Windows Server VM after a host restart. Because its consistent, this should make it easier to troubleshoot. Can someone in VMware please let me know how to get to a solution for this issue? I'll be glad to grab whatever information you need to assist.
After I boot my Windows VM, mouse clicks do not work but keyboard works fine. The only resolution is to reboot the VM and hope that it works afterwards. This issue is intermittent but happens severa...
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After I boot my Windows VM, mouse clicks do not work but keyboard works fine. The only resolution is to reboot the VM and hope that it works afterwards. This issue is intermittent but happens several times a week. Strange thing is that the first mouse click to get to login screen works ok. Can anyone provide me steps to troubleshoot this issue when it occurs? My system is a fully updated Ubuntu 20.04.4 with fully updated VMware Workstation Pro. The guest with the issue is Windows Server 2016 Standard.
Looks like reboot was the step needed. I'm not sure I did a reboot after I updated VMware. After reboot, I was prompted to recompile kernel module for vmware. I will continue to monitor this but ...
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Looks like reboot was the step needed. I'm not sure I did a reboot after I updated VMware. After reboot, I was prompted to recompile kernel module for vmware. I will continue to monitor this but it appears to be fixed.
[+ screenshot] Take note of Time for kcompacd0 process. When `kcompacd0` in consuming 100% of resources, I often see `vmware-vmx` taking 400%. Although my machine has dual xeon processors, the host s...
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[+ screenshot] Take note of Time for kcompacd0 process. When `kcompacd0` in consuming 100% of resources, I often see `vmware-vmx` taking 400%. Although my machine has dual xeon processors, the host still lags significantly!
I have been experiencing issues with the process `kcompacd0` consuming 100% of resources periodically, stalling the VM and making it unusable for minutes at a time. My host is Ubuntu 20.04.4 on a fu...
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I have been experiencing issues with the process `kcompacd0` consuming 100% of resources periodically, stalling the VM and making it unusable for minutes at a time. My host is Ubuntu 20.04.4 on a fully loaded dual socket HP Z840. Workstation Pro version: 16.2.1 build-18811642 . I depend on using VMWare workstation to run my business and cannot have these types of performance issues. I never noticed this problem prior to version 16.0. At version 16.1, I was able to mitigate this by setting `vm.compaction_proactiveness=0` in the VM's vmx file, however it appears that with 16.2, this setting is now ignored. Here is a related thread on unix.StackExchange . I'm almost to the point of abandoning Workstation again and switching back to Virtual Box.
Correct, driver does not support 3D. I am surprised that Workstation fails hard though. I would have thought it would handle the errors more gracefully and not crash hard as it does. Hopef...
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Correct, driver does not support 3D. I am surprised that Workstation fails hard though. I would have thought it would handle the errors more gracefully and not crash hard as it does. Hopefully the developers can make it handle these issues a bit more gracefully. - Tim
I just upgraded my WS 9 VM to WS 10 and after upgrading, it crashes when I enter unity unity and open windows from the guest. I tried re-installing VMware tools and it did not fix the issue. S...
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I just upgraded my WS 9 VM to WS 10 and after upgrading, it crashes when I enter unity unity and open windows from the guest. I tried re-installing VMware tools and it did not fix the issue. Several tests confirmed the same result. I was able to work around the issue by disabling Display -> Accelerate 3D Graphics. My environment is as follows: System: Elitebook 8760w OS: OpenSuse 12.3 (fully updated) Display Adapter: AMD FirePro M5950 Display Driver: Up to date AMD drivers for the specific hardware Let me know if debug logs will be helpful
I checked again today, and the issue appears to have been cleared. I am now getting back "There are no software updates available at this time". This is what I would expect. As I did not update...
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I checked again today, and the issue appears to have been cleared. I am now getting back "There are no software updates available at this time". This is what I would expect. As I did not update my Workstation version and based on my experience, this type of issue was probably a server side issue relating to the update server not responding back to the client software. Can others verify too? Thanks, JsD
I agree that this should be fixed. VMware Workstation is an extremely complex product (as is any virtualization framework) and keeping the software stack up to date is very important to having op...
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I agree that this should be fixed. VMware Workstation is an extremely complex product (as is any virtualization framework) and keeping the software stack up to date is very important to having optimally performing systems. Question: Is this thread enough for VMware folks to act on or should I raise a support issue with them separately? - JsD
Hello all, I have noticed this since I updated to WS 7.1.1. When I run "Check for updates" from help menu or click "Reload VMware Tools" the Downloads dialog loads up but never goes anywhere....
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Hello all, I have noticed this since I updated to WS 7.1.1. When I run "Check for updates" from help menu or click "Reload VMware Tools" the Downloads dialog loads up but never goes anywhere. Here is the info shown: Update Server: https://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds Proxy Server: (none) Connection Status: Connecting... It just hangs there forever!! Please advise. - JsD
Hey, using the latest VMWare update, I noticed the trackpad gestures now work in my Workstation Guest just like on my Powerbook using Fusion =). Was this something that you guy's released in l...
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Hey, using the latest VMWare update, I noticed the trackpad gestures now work in my Workstation Guest just like on my Powerbook using Fusion =). Was this something that you guy's released in latest Workstation which I just installed? I am thinking that maybe it was a driver update I did on my Lenovo. Cheers, JsD
Good Day, I use both VMW Workstation on my Corporate Laptop and Fusion on my personal Powerbook. One feature that I depend on while doing programming sessions on my laptop is depending on Trac...
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Good Day, I use both VMW Workstation on my Corporate Laptop and Fusion on my personal Powerbook. One feature that I depend on while doing programming sessions on my laptop is depending on Trackpad gestures to scroll windows. On Fusion, it works great. Fusion passes the gestures to the Guest just perfectly and seamlessly. However, on Workstation, the Gestures do not translate to the Guest at all. This means that I cannot use Gestures at all on my Corporate WS installation. I know what you are thinking.. Use a mouse. When programming I don't like to use mice. Only at my desktop. I find the Trackpad to be very intuitive and user friendly. Because I use Workstation 98% of the time, this bugs me every day. I was hoping that others would request the same and this would be enabled in WS 7 but looks like it has not yet been added. I know there are issues as Mac OSX Gestures are down at the OS layer and Windows Gestures are at the driver level but that should not inhibit the ability to handle this. Regards, Timothy C. Quinn .: VMW Fanboy :.
