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    <title>topic Workstation 8 on Linux Mint 16 - Crashes connecting to remote ESXi servers in VMware Workstation Pro Discussions</title>
    <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Workstation-8-on-Linux-Mint-16-Crashes-connecting-to-remote-ESXi/m-p/2708885#M163406</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I've been wrestling with getting my copy of Workstation 8 working on a new Linux Mint 16 install.&amp;nbsp; After fighting with patching vmmon and vmnet I am able to run Workstation 8 locally and even run VM's locally.&amp;nbsp; The problem is my primary usage of Workstation 8 on Linux is to allow me to connect to the VM's on my ESXi hosts.&amp;nbsp; Since I run Linux on my laptop I have a choice of running a Windows VM to get access to Vsphere which I find very slow and cumbersome, or running Workstation 8 and using the remote connection facility to access my remote VM's.&amp;nbsp; This worked great on my Linux Mint 14 install but is causing me quite the headache on Mint 16.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;When I go to connect to a remote server I get prompted for the server info ( Name, username, password ).&amp;nbsp; Once I click on the connect button the workstation window vanishes and I get no console output, the application is just gone.&amp;nbsp; I attached strace to the vmware binary to see what is going on and this is the output I get when it crashes&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;nanosleep({0, 100000000}, NULL)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; = 0
wait4(9679, 0x7fff7f593100, WNOHANG, NULL) = 0
stat("/proc/9679", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0555, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
open("/proc/9679/stat", O_RDONLY)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; = 9
read(9, "9679 (sudo) S 9678 9679 9679 0 -"..., 8191) = 193
read(9, "", 7998)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; = 0
close(9)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; = 0
nanosleep({0, 100000000}, NULL)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; = 0
wait4(9679, 0x7fff7f593100, WNOHANG, NULL) = 0
stat("/proc/9679", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0555, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
open("/proc/9679/stat", O_RDONLY)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; = 9
read(9, "9679 (sudo) S 9678 9679 9679 0 -"..., 8191) = 193
read(9, "", 7998)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; = 0
close(9)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; = 0
nanosleep({0, 100000000}, NULL)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; = ? ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK (Interrupted by signal)
--- SIGCHLD {si_signo=SIGCHLD, si_code=CLD_EXITED, si_pid=9679, si_status=134, si_utime=0, si_stime=1} ---
restart_syscall() = 0
wait4(9679, [{WIFEXITED(s) &amp;amp;&amp;amp; WEXITSTATUS(s) == 134}], WNOHANG, NULL) = 9679
poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN|POLLOUT}], 1, 4294967295) = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLIN|POLLOUT}])
recvfrom(3, "\21\0\276\0\37\0\200\3\37\0\200\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 4096, 0, NULL, NULL) = 32
writev(3, [{"\1\30\n\0 \0\200\3\300\0\0\0\234\377\234\377\1\0\1\0\0\0\0\0@\0\0\0\0\n\0\0"..., 180}], 1) = 180
read(8, "", 255)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; = 0
unlink("/tmp/libgksu-c6OpXu/.Xauthority") = 0
rmdir("/tmp/libgksu-c6OpXu")&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; = 0
exit_group(-122)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; = ?
+++ exited with 134 +++
&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I've tried running with elevated privileges ( gksudo vmware )&amp;nbsp; and as my regular user and it happens in both instances.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Does anyone have any ideas of where I can look to continue troubleshooting this?&amp;nbsp; This remote connection feature was the only reason I purchased Workstation in the first place.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Deric.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:20:04 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Crank_Deric</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2014-02-05T20:20:04Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Workstation 8 on Linux Mint 16 - Crashes connecting to remote ESXi servers</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Workstation-8-on-Linux-Mint-16-Crashes-connecting-to-remote-ESXi/m-p/2708885#M163406</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I've been wrestling with getting my copy of Workstation 8 working on a new Linux Mint 16 install.&amp;nbsp; After fighting with patching vmmon and vmnet I am able to run Workstation 8 locally and even run VM's locally.&amp;nbsp; The problem is my primary usage of Workstation 8 on Linux is to allow me to connect to the VM's on my ESXi hosts.&amp;nbsp; Since I run Linux on my laptop I have a choice of running a Windows VM to get access to Vsphere which I find very slow and cumbersome, or running Workstation 8 and using the remote connection facility to access my remote VM's.&amp;nbsp; This worked great on my Linux Mint 14 install but is causing me quite the headache on Mint 16.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;When I go to connect to a remote server I get prompted for the server info ( Name, username, password ).&amp;nbsp; Once I click on the connect button the workstation window vanishes and I get no console output, the application is just gone.&amp;nbsp; I attached strace to the vmware binary to see what is going on and this is the output I get when it crashes&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;nanosleep({0, 100000000}, NULL)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; = 0
wait4(9679, 0x7fff7f593100, WNOHANG, NULL) = 0
stat("/proc/9679", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0555, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
open("/proc/9679/stat", O_RDONLY)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; = 9
read(9, "9679 (sudo) S 9678 9679 9679 0 -"..., 8191) = 193
read(9, "", 7998)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; = 0
close(9)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; = 0
nanosleep({0, 100000000}, NULL)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; = 0
wait4(9679, 0x7fff7f593100, WNOHANG, NULL) = 0
stat("/proc/9679", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0555, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
open("/proc/9679/stat", O_RDONLY)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; = 9
read(9, "9679 (sudo) S 9678 9679 9679 0 -"..., 8191) = 193
read(9, "", 7998)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; = 0
close(9)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; = 0
nanosleep({0, 100000000}, NULL)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; = ? ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK (Interrupted by signal)
--- SIGCHLD {si_signo=SIGCHLD, si_code=CLD_EXITED, si_pid=9679, si_status=134, si_utime=0, si_stime=1} ---
restart_syscall() = 0
wait4(9679, [{WIFEXITED(s) &amp;amp;&amp;amp; WEXITSTATUS(s) == 134}], WNOHANG, NULL) = 9679
poll([{fd=3, events=POLLIN|POLLOUT}], 1, 4294967295) = 1 ([{fd=3, revents=POLLIN|POLLOUT}])
recvfrom(3, "\21\0\276\0\37\0\200\3\37\0\200\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 4096, 0, NULL, NULL) = 32
writev(3, [{"\1\30\n\0 \0\200\3\300\0\0\0\234\377\234\377\1\0\1\0\0\0\0\0@\0\0\0\0\n\0\0"..., 180}], 1) = 180
read(8, "", 255)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; = 0
unlink("/tmp/libgksu-c6OpXu/.Xauthority") = 0
rmdir("/tmp/libgksu-c6OpXu")&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; = 0
exit_group(-122)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; = ?
+++ exited with 134 +++
&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I've tried running with elevated privileges ( gksudo vmware )&amp;nbsp; and as my regular user and it happens in both instances.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Does anyone have any ideas of where I can look to continue troubleshooting this?&amp;nbsp; This remote connection feature was the only reason I purchased Workstation in the first place.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Deric.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:20:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Workstation-8-on-Linux-Mint-16-Crashes-connecting-to-remote-ESXi/m-p/2708885#M163406</guid>
      <dc:creator>Crank_Deric</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-02-05T20:20:04Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Workstation 8 on Linux Mint 16 - Crashes connecting to remote ESXi servers</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Workstation-8-on-Linux-Mint-16-Crashes-connecting-to-remote-ESXi/m-p/2708886#M163407</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;just a quick follow-up.&amp;nbsp; If i run with my regular user I get to the Prompt for accepting the SSL certificate where it then exits with a SIGABRT ( exit status of 134 ).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:25:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Workstation-8-on-Linux-Mint-16-Crashes-connecting-to-remote-ESXi/m-p/2708886#M163407</guid>
      <dc:creator>Crank_Deric</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-02-05T20:25:38Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Workstation 8 on Linux Mint 16 - Crashes connecting to remote ESXi servers</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Workstation-8-on-Linux-Mint-16-Crashes-connecting-to-remote-ESXi/m-p/2708887#M163408</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Have you tried a later version of Workstation? 8 is getting a bit dated. You could always use the 60 day eval.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;// Linjo&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2014 21:52:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Workstation-8-on-Linux-Mint-16-Crashes-connecting-to-remote-ESXi/m-p/2708887#M163408</guid>
      <dc:creator>Linjo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-02-05T21:52:28Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Workstation 8 on Linux Mint 16 - Crashes connecting to remote ESXi servers</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Workstation-8-on-Linux-Mint-16-Crashes-connecting-to-remote-ESXi/m-p/2708888#M163409</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Are you able to install the cert before it crashes? What if you grab it through SSH (/etc/vmware/ssl) and install it manually, then try with the regular user again? Curious...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2014 23:20:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Workstation-8-on-Linux-Mint-16-Crashes-connecting-to-remote-ESXi/m-p/2708888#M163409</guid>
      <dc:creator>pherce</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-02-05T23:20:04Z</dc:date>
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