All Fusion 2023 Tech Preview Discussions posts

Re: New VMware Fusion tonight!

Technogeezer — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 23:57:14 GMT

If I'm awake (I'm on EDT) I'll be there as well. Otherwise it'll have to wait until the next morning.

I've already started editing the unofficial Companion while awaiting the new version.

And for those who are running the 2023 Tech Preview. you should be prepared to install the new version.

At 8:30 PDT: echo "complaints about tech preview" > /dev/null

Error 134 when downloading VMWare Fusion Tech Preview 2023

tanya_robin — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 23:37:22 GMT

So let me just say that I am NOT tech savvy at all and I probably sound like an old granny in this post that doesn't know how to use a computer so just bear with me please. I'll try to be as thorough as possible in this post, but if you need more information please ask me and I will gladly give it to you. I'm using a 2020 MacBook Air with an M1 chip that's running MacOS Big Sur 11.6. I don't have any fancy external chip things running on it, and pretty much everything technical on it is just factory settings.

Anyways, I'm downloading the VMWare Fusion Tech Preview 2023 to run Windows on my Mac and I've been very carefully following a tutorial on how to do it. I get to the part where I put "./ w11arm_esd2iso" in the terminal window thing and it asks me if I want to create an ISO containing Windows 11 ARM Home/Professional editions by entering "h","e", or "q". Anyways, I hit "e" to create a Professional/Enterprise ISO and I get this error message as soon as I hit enter.

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Please wait while information is being downloaded from Microsoft for the Professiona/Enterprise) ESDs
dyld: Symbol not found: __ZNKSt3__115basic_stringbufIcNS_11char_traitsIcEENS_9allocatorIcEEE3strEv
Referenced from: /Users/mygmail@gmail.com/Desktop/Build/./bin/aria2c (which was built for Mac OS X 14.0)
Expected in: /usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib

./w11arm_esd2iso: line 97: 61266 Abort trap: 6 aria2c --dir="$wDir" --out=catalog.cab --download-result=hide "https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?linkid=2156292"
[ERROR] Catalog download failed with error 134

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Does anyone know why I keep getting this Error 134 whenever I try to download it? It's happened everytime I've run the command and I have no idea how I'm messing up and it's very frustrating. Is there anything I can do to fix the error and stop it from happening? Any help is very appreciated.

Re: New VMware Fusion tonight!

ColoradoMarmot — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 20:28:39 GMT

I'll start clicking refresh at 8:29

New VMware Fusion tonight!

palter — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 18:49:15 GMT

From @Mikero on Twitter ...

Tonight's the night... starting at 8:30pm PST, new @VMwareFusion and @vmw_workstation releases go live! Y'all like 3D graphics and free updates, right? Oh, and we still have "One More Thing..." that wasn't around in the Tech Preview

Re: Hangup on send ctl-alt-del after sonoma upgrade

ColoradoMarmot — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 16:19:18 GMT

And it happened on a different menu as well.

I suspect there's some Sonoma change that's causing this. I found that if I click slowly and make sure the menu completely paints it seems to be less likely to happen.

Re: Hangup on send ctl-alt-del after sonoma upgrade

brentofenstein — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 02:59:09 GMT

I've experienced the same. I'm using an Intel based Mac with a Windows 11 VM. The entire VM locks up, and it even impacts Mac OS where the only way out is to force quit VMware Fusion.

It happens when I attempt to launch a game on Steam.

Re: Missing Camera (USB Video device) in Windows 11 x64 ARM VM

Geoffrey84 — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 16:11:45 GMT

I solved this issue by adding the camera as a new device from the VMware Fusion settings panel. The camera became visible as an option once I'd installed it in the Windows virtual machine.

Missing Camera (USB Video device) in Windows 11 x64 ARM VM

Geoffrey84 — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 15:38:44 GMT

I currently have two Windows 11 x64 ARM virtual machines created with the same ISO installer, one of which correctly shows my MacBook Pro M2 Max camera, whereas the second does not. I noted the driver includes usbvideo.sys, and so I right-clicked on its associated usbvideo.inf file in the affected machine and successfully installed the hardware but it's still not displaying in my device list, not even as a hidden item. I've also tried reinstalling VMware Tools v12.3.0 to no effect. Is there anything I can do to get the FaceTime camera recognised?

Re: The Unofficial Fusion 2023 Tech Preview Companion Guide

LongTimeMacGuy — Sun, 15 Oct 2023 18:34:59 GMT

New to this list. Mac Guy since 1984. VMWare user since 2017.

Thanks for publishing this document, IMHO it is rather exceptional support by the VMWare organization and especially the people contributing!

I have gone thru the process and successfully installed Windows 11 ARM on a 2023 MacBook Pro M2... and will also install on an early Mac mini M1.

I have limited Windows experience and would appreciate some guidance on what to install, what to test, and how to provide feedback.

Unofficial Fusion 13 for Apple Silicon Companion Guide

Unofficial Fusion 2023 Tech Preview

Mmm... Which list would would best help advance VMWare?

Logitech 3D Extreme Joystick (USB) not recognised by Windows 11 x64 ARM VM

Geoffrey84 — Sun, 15 Oct 2023 17:03:38 GMT

With the latest VMware Tools (12.3.0 - thanks for the tip, Technogeezer!) I was finally able to run IL-2 Sturmovik 1946, a DirectX 8 Windows aviation simulator, in a VMware Windows 11 x64 ARM (MacBook Pro M2 Max Host macOS Sonoma host) virtual machine. The frame rates at 1920 x 1080 resolution are comparable to that in Parallels Desktop 19.0, however I cannot for the life of me get the USB Logitech joystick to connect. In Parallels Desktop (and CrossOver 23.5.0) the joystick is recognised immediately once plugged in, and drivers are automatically installed by Windows to enable calibration.

In the Fusion Tech Preview virtual machine no matter which USB plug I try, either connected to an external display or to the MacBook Pro itself, the joystick isn't being shown in the Settings panel. Has anyone had any luck with USB devices that weren't automatically recognised by the virtual machine, perhaps by modifying a Fusion configuration file? Other USB accessories, such as external hard drives or DVD players, are listed and available once plugged in (although the external hard disk formatted in APFS doesn't display in File Explorer).

Thanks for your help!

Energy status in the VM

ShaddamIV — Sat, 14 Oct 2023 07:20:20 GMT

Hello, thank you for this wonderful VM. I‘m running the Tech Preview on an M2 MBAir under Sonoma with Win11arm and it‘s a dream - super stable, super fast, just fantastic.

I set the VM to pass the energy status from Mac to VM. However, I see no energy options in the Windows control panel, and there is no battery indicator in the Windows task bar. It seems as if Windows (or the VM) is actually ignoring the energy information from the Mac. Is that so?

Have a great day, and - again - thank you very much,

Karl

Re: License

DeeannHolland — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 12:01:20 GMT

Thank you for giving us your time, I appreciate you for helping me out as well.

Re: Hangup on send ctl-alt-del after sonoma upgrade

Technogeezer — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 17:37:54 GMT

Just tried it by using the Fusion menu Virtual Machine > Send Ctrl-Alt-Del to a Windows 11 ARM, Fedora 38/39, and Ubuntu 23.10 :Desktop" VM. and 23.-4 server VMs.

No lock-ups seen. I'm not able to reproduce, unfortunately...

Hangup on send ctl-alt-del after sonoma upgrade

ColoradoMarmot — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 17:18:30 GMT

I've had two instances now where the whole VMWare UI hangs - with the menu still active, after I try to send a ctrl-alt-del to the guest. Have to force quit and reboot the machine to clear it. This is new since upgrading to sonoma. Anyone else seeing it?

Re: Windows 11 BSOD

amka_xrs — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 15:14:46 GMT

I needed it up and running as soon as possible for class so I reinstalled the tech preview again and created a new virtual machine (the files inside were already in my Google Drive) so the log files were lost. For now everything is working fine.

Windows VM turns off when VoiceOver is Running in Sonoma

Woodyanna — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 14:28:56 GMT

I'm running the tech preview on a 2022 M2 MacBook Air. I upgraded to Sonoma yesterday. If VoiceOver isn't running, my Windows 11 virtual machine starts normally. However, if VoiceOVer is running, the VM won't start. If I turn on VoiceOver after the VM is running, it is switched off within a few seconds.

Re: Windows 11 BSOD

Technogeezer — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 14:03:23 GMT

@amka_xrs it is strange that the message occurs when booting from the installation ISO after successful installation of a VM. That message usually occurs when your system doesn’t meet Windows 11 prerequisites. Could you post the vmware.log file of the VM (found in the VM’s bundle)?

Re: Windows 11 BSOD

amka_xrs — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 06:19:43 GMT

Hello, I am having the exact same problem but when i tried to boot from the iso i got the message "This PC can't run Windows 11". What do I do?

Re: Tech preview compatibility with Sonoma

Technogeezer — Sat, 07 Oct 2023 19:19:44 GMT

2023 Tech Preview works on Sonoma. Your virtual machine that works today on the Tech Preview/Ventura combination will continue to work on the Tech Preview/Sonoma combination.

Tech preview compatibility with Sonoma

Woodyanna — Sat, 07 Oct 2023 18:07:49 GMT

Hi. I have an M2 MacBook Air running the latest version of Ventura and am running the tech preview. I have a Windows 11 virtual machine that is working great. If I upgrade to Sonoma, am I likely to run into issues with it? I can't find any information about the tech preview's compatibility with Sonoma. Thanks.