I'm using Vmware Workstation 14 on an Ubuntu 17.10 host. I need to tweak my memory settings in VMware. but when I try, the screen is grayed out and says ...
"You must be running Workstation as root to change these settings."
When I try to run it as root, using either
$ sudo vmware
or
$ su -
Password: <enter password>
# vmware
I get this error...
"pblanton@GortRover:~$ su -
Password:
root@GortRover:~# vmware
No protocol specified
xcb_connection_has_error() returned true
No protocol specified
xcb_connection_has_error() returned true
No protocol specified
** (vmware-modconfig:4255): WARNING **: Could not open X display
No protocol specified
(vmware-modconfig:4255): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0"
Runnig VMWare as a regular user (not root) works fine, but I just can't change the memory settings.
Any ideas?
