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Re: Problems with update vmWare Workstation on Liunx

kbulgrien — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 20:03:55 GMT

Interesting. I have experienced "UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character '\u2018' in position 35387: ordinal not in range(128)" during install.

Re: Problems with update vmWare Workstation on Liunx

kbulgrien — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 04:49:26 GMT

Sorry, I don't know anything more about the internals of the installer, so can't be of more help there.

<ignore> I hate to say this, but when that has happened to me in the past, I uninstalled by brute force. I basically searched for all the locations where there were vmware files, and manually deleted them. As I didn't know how to tell where the files were, I searched for any files with expressions like `# find / -iname "*vm*" 2>/dev/null` and then noted directories, etc. and forcibly deleted them being very careful to avoid removing unrelated files, configuration files, and the VM's themselves. If I wasn't sure, I moved or renamed them in a way that I'd not forget how to put them back if something broke. Clearly, its more complicated than one command; I can't say I recommend this as it is easy to break a system. I was able to do it, and have a couple of times over the years. In my case, it was a personal system, so playing fast and loose wasn't really a huge risk; I keep my data on separate disks from the OS.</ignore>

Re: Problems with update vmWare Workstation on Liunx

kbulgrien — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 11:30:25 GMT

In general, I've found it more reliable to uninstall the prior version before installing the new one.

Furthermore, I've found it is generally better to uninstall with the old version's installer.

This is what I did to upgrade the other day:

$ ./VMware-Workstation-Full-17.0.0-20800274.x86_64.bundle --uninstall-product vmware-workstation

then:

$ ./VMware-Workstation-Full-17.5.0-22583795.x86_64.bundle --install-bundle VMware-Workstation-Full-17.5.0-22583795.x86_64.bundle

Clearly, your versions may vary.

Re: I can't start any virtual machine after updating to 17.5.0

kbulgrien — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 03:17:31 GMT

It's a shame this is lost in the irrelevant "thinprint" noise. After a recent experience with other apparent VM booting / startup issues, I'd tend to guess that the suggestion to disable the 3D Graphics setting is a very worthwhile suggestion.

Re: Workstation Pro 17.5.0 VM>Power>Power On to Firmware -> blackscreen

kbulgrien — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 03:21:07 GMT

It turns out that black screens are occurring anytime the system lands on a text console.

Pre-grub menus
Grub menus
Recovery mode
Etc.

It also turns out that everything starts working fine if "Accelerate 3D graphics" is unchecked during the operation that requires booting to a text console.

VM : Settings : Hardware : Display

[ ] Accelerate 3D graphics

The host has an NVidia GTX-750 Ti graphics card, and, the host operating system is using native NVidia drivers.

nvidia-current-all-535.86.05-1.mga9.nonfree

Re: Workstation Pro 17.5.0 VM>Power>Power On to Firmware -> blackscreen

kbulgrien — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 00:58:38 GMT

This actually has not fixed the problem. The VM will not boot with UEFI selected. Setting UEFI did let me boot the CD. What is not right is that I had to change to UEFI to get to the Boot Manager. The blackscreen is still a problem.

Re: Workstation Pro 17.5.0 VM>Power>Power On to Firmware -> blackscreen

kbulgrien — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 00:56:26 GMT

Changing VM > Settings > Options > Advanced > Firmware Type

(o) BIOS

(o) UEFI

Has fixed VM > Power > Power On to Firmware so it does not black screen. Now a Boot Manager screen is shown which allows selection of boot media or entering Setup. I can't say why this setting would have been wrong as the .vmx file had not been fiddled with since it was last used with an older version of Workstation Pro (16.x).

Workstation Pro 17.5.0 Linux VM black screens w/ Power On to Firmware, etc.

kbulgrien — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 03:08:57 GMT

Nothing I have tried has allowed me to find out how to boot to a CD after an OS is installed. I've dug around for hours. Edited the .vmx file to add boot.Delay, etc. I figured maybe I could do it from the BIOS screen, but I can't even get into that. With all the pop-ups, or time to click into the window, etc., I cannot enter BIOS with a keystroke or call up a Bios Boot Screen. Ubuntu's boot menu is accessible but does not include removable media entries. I used to be able delay boot or boot directly into BIOS, but the options for boot are gutted from the GUI and VM > Power > Power On to Firmware goes to a black screen.

I have Ubuntu 20.04 installed in the VM and it boots fine. The .iso I'd like to boot is mounted and is set to connect at power on.

Of course all this is ridiculous because I guess the root password wasn't written down and the user account isn't in the sudoers file, so to get permissioned access is now not possible. Still, I don't understand why something that worked for years all of a sudden doesn't. It would be faster to just blow away the VM and re-install, but that really is not a viable "solution".

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1004129 is unhelpful.

This is a Linux installation of 17.5.0 on Mageia release 9 (Official) for x86_64. It's a fresh install. Nothing indicated install issues.

This VM didn't have problems when I was running Workstation 16.x.x, though I cannot say for sure I tried doing anything but going all the way into a graphical desktop.

Re: VMWare Workstation 16.1.0-17198959 Pro Ubuntu 20.04 installation failed

kbulgrien — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 02:01:30 GMT

@wila

Thank-you. It turns out that "UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character '\u2018' in position 35387: ordinal not in range(128)" is a distraction, and that VMware Workstation will still work even if this occurs during install. I am unsure of the sequence at this point, but it is quite likely I should have rebooted at some point before attempting to install Workstation after the OS update and perhaps this was related to an initial failure, It is quite possible that the very messy explosion during install likely made me doubt the summary message that it installed successfully, and that I should have tried using it despite the apparent problem.

In any event, after a couple rounds of install, uninstall, re-install, I do see that this error is not a source of breakage, and my install is working after all.

I wish I'd noticed that before jumping in on this thread, but since that message doesn't show up in other forum messages, maybe this will help other hits on that message.

Re: VMWare Workstation 16.1.0-17198959 Pro Ubuntu 20.04 installation failed

kbulgrien — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 22:23:56 GMT

@wila

Where is "the solution I suggested in your original thread"? The user does not appear to have other threads when I look at the @ouinouin user profile. I have also experienced the failure:

UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character '\u2018' in position 35387: ordinal not in range(128)

Extracting VMware Installer...done.
Installing VMware VMX 16.2.1
   Configuring...--- Logging error ---
Traceback (most recent call last):###                                  ] 51%
File "/tmp/vmis.82yimZ/install/vmware-installer/python/lib/logging/__init__.py", line 1082, in emit
   stream.write(msg + self.terminator)
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character '\u2018' in position 35387: ordinal not in range(128)

In my case, I simply upgraded the operating system. The following packages updated:

# Generated:      Tue Jan 4 04:06:06 PM CST 2022
# Installed RPMS: 2302
2022/01/04/15:17:51 x11-driver-video-nvidia-current 470.94-1.mga8.nonfree
2022/01/04/15:17:46 nvidia-current-cuda-opencl     470.94-1.mga8.nonfree
2022/01/04/15:17:43 libudev1                       246.16-1.mga8
2022/01/04/15:17:43 libgmp10                       6.2.1-1.1.mga8
2022/01/04/15:17:42 libsystemd0                    246.16-1.mga8
2022/01/04/15:17:42 libsndfile1                    1.0.31-1.2.mga8
2022/01/04/15:17:42 libdrm_intel1                  2.4.109-2.mga8
2022/01/04/15:17:41 libdrm_radeon1                 2.4.109-2.mga8
2022/01/04/15:17:41 libdrm_nouveau2                2.4.109-2.mga8
2022/01/04/15:17:40 libmesavulkan-drivers          21.3.2-1.mga8
2022/01/04/15:17:39 libmesagl1                     21.3.2-1.mga8
2022/01/04/15:17:39 kernel-firmware-nonfree        20211216-1.mga8.nonfree
2022/01/04/15:17:26 libglapi0                      21.3.2-1.mga8
2022/01/04/15:17:26 libdrm_amdgpu1                 2.4.109-2.mga8
2022/01/04/15:17:26 libdrm2                        2.4.109-2.mga8
2022/01/04/15:17:25 nvidia-current-doc-html        470.94-1.mga8.nonfree
2022/01/04/15:17:25 iwlwifi-firmware               20211216-1.mga8.nonfree
2022/01/04/15:17:20 radeon-firmware                20211216-1.mga8.nonfree
2022/01/04/15:17:18 rtlwifi-firmware               20211216-1.mga8.nonfree
2022/01/04/15:17:18 ralink-firmware                20211216-1.mga8.nonfree
2022/01/04/15:17:17 nvidia-current-utils           470.94-1.mga8.nonfree
2022/01/04/15:14:48 dkms-nvidia-current            470.94-1.mga8.nonfree
2022/01/04/00:49:28 libdri-drivers                 21.3.2-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:49:25 python3-lxml                   4.6.5-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:49:24 kernel-userspace-headers       5.15.11-3.mga8
2022/01/04/00:49:23 ntfs-3g-system-compression     1.0-1.2.mga8
2022/01/04/00:49:23 lib64xatracker2                21.3.2-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:49:22 lib64webkit2gtk-gir4.0         2.34.3-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:49:22 lib64osmesa8                   21.3.2-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:49:21 x11-server-xwayland            1.20.14-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:49:21 x11-server-xorg                1.20.14-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:49:20 samba-client                   4.14.11-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:49:19 lib64lapack3                   3.9.0-3.1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:49:19 lib64gegl0.4_0                 0.4.34-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:49:18 lib64blas3                     3.9.0-3.1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:49:17 kernel-desktop-5.15.11-3.mga8 1-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:49:16 kernel-desktop-latest          5.15.11-3.mga8
2022/01/04/00:49:15 ldetect-lst                    0.6.26.9-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:49:14 lib64dri-drivers               21.3.2-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:49:12 mesa                           21.3.2-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:49:11 lib64mesagl1                   21.3.2-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:49:11 lib64drm_intel1                2.4.109-2.mga8
2022/01/04/00:49:10 lib64drm_radeon1               2.4.109-2.mga8
2022/01/04/00:49:10 cpupower                       5.15.11-3.mga8
2022/01/04/00:48:47 microcode                      0.20210608-3.mga8.nonfree
2022/01/04/00:48:45 kernel-desktop-devel-5.15.11-3.mga8 1-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:48:44 kernel-desktop-devel-latest    5.15.11-3.mga8
2022/01/04/00:48:43 lib64avresample4               4.3.3-3.mga8.tainted
2022/01/04/00:48:43 lib64avformat58                4.3.3-3.mga8.tainted
2022/01/04/00:48:43 lib64avfilter7                 4.3.3-3.mga8.tainted
2022/01/04/00:48:42 lib64smbclient0                4.14.11-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:48:42 lib64postproc55                4.3.3-3.mga8.tainted
2022/01/04/00:48:41 lib64wbclient0                 4.14.11-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:48:40 lib64samba1                    4.14.11-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:48:39 lib64kdc-samba4_2              4.14.11-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:48:38 lib64samba-dc0                 4.14.11-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:48:37 samba-common                   4.14.11-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:48:36 x11-server-common              1.20.14-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:48:36 lib64pyldb-util2               2.3.2-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:48:35 lib64mesaegl1                  21.3.2-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:48:35 lib64javascriptcore-gir4.0     2.34.3-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:48:34 lib64mesavulkan-drivers        21.3.2-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:48:33 lib64drm_amdgpu1               2.4.109-2.mga8
2022/01/04/00:48:32 lib64avcodec58                 4.3.3-3.mga8.tainted
2022/01/04/00:48:31 lib64swscaler5                 4.3.3-3.mga8.tainted
2022/01/04/00:48:31 lib64swresample3               4.3.3-3.mga8.tainted
2022/01/04/00:48:30 webkit2                        2.34.3-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:48:30 lib64webkit2gtk4.0_37          2.34.3-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:48:29 lib64javascriptcoregtk4.0_18   2.34.3-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:48:29 lib64glapi0                    21.3.2-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:48:28 lib64ldb2                      2.3.2-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:48:28 ldb-utils                      2.3.2-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:48:27 lib64avutil56                  4.3.3-3.mga8.tainted
2022/01/04/00:47:56 vim-minimal                    8.2.3755-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:56 ethtool                        5.15-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:55 lib64speex1                    1.2.0-3.1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:55 lib64drm_nouveau2              2.4.109-2.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:55 iw                             5.16-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:54 strace                         5.15-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:54 lib64sndfile1                  1.0.31-1.2.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:53 vim-X11                        8.2.3755-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:53 openssh-askpass-common         8.4p1-2.2.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:53 lib64gmp10                     6.2.1-1.1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:53 lib64bluez3                    5.55-3.3.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:52 vim-enhanced                   8.2.3755-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:51 openssh-server                 8.4p1-2.2.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:50 mariadb                        10.5.13-2.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:49 java-11-openjdk                11.0.13.0.8-2.1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:49 bind-utils                     9.11.36-1.1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:48 iproute2                       5.15.0-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:47 ipset                          7.15-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:44 btrfs-progs                    5.15.1-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:43 udisks2                        2.9.4-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:43 lib64btrfs0                    5.15.1-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:43 lib64bd_crypto2                2.26-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:42 ntfs-3g                        2021.8.22-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:42 lib64ipset13                   7.15-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:41 lib64ntfs-3g89                 2021.8.22-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:41 lib64lwres161                  9.11.36-1.1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:41 lib64bpf0                      5.15.11-3.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:36 java-11-openjdk-headless       11.0.13.0.8-2.1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:34 xfsprogs                       5.14.1-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:33 userspace-rcu                  0.12.1-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:33 lib64udisks2_0                 2.9.4-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:32 lib64irs161                    9.11.36-1.1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:32 lib64blockdev2                 2.26-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:32 firefox-en_US                  91.4.0-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:31 firefox                        91.4.0-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:25 lib64botan2_17                 2.17.3-2.1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:24 mariadb-extra                  10.5.13-2.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:24 lib64bind9_161                 9.11.36-1.1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:24 botan2                         2.17.3-2.1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:23 mariadb-core                   10.5.13-2.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:22 openssh-clients                8.4p1-2.2.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:22 lib64ruby2.7                   2.7.5-33.2.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:21 openssh                        8.4p1-2.2.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:20 vim-common                     8.2.3755-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:18 mariadb-common-core            10.5.13-2.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:18 mariadb-common                 10.5.13-2.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:15 mariadb-client                 10.5.13-2.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:14 lib64isccfg163                 9.11.36-1.1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:13 lib64isc1107                   9.11.36-1.1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:47:13 lib64dns1115                   9.11.36-1.1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:29 lib64aom2                      2.0.1-3.2.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:28 lib64tinyxml0                  2.6.2-12.1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:28 lib64caca0                     0.99-0.beta19.5.2.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:27 wireless-regdb                 20210828-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:27 transfig                       3.2.8b-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:27 lib64cairo2                    1.16.0-6.1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:26 lib64qtsql4                    4.8.7-35.2.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:26 lib64qtnetwork4                4.8.7-35.2.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:25 lib64udev-devel                246.16-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:25 lib64qtxml4                    4.8.7-35.2.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:24 bluez                          5.55-3.3.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:23 lib64bd_part2                  2.26-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:23 lib64bd_mdraid2                2.26-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:22 lib64bd_swap2                  2.26-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:22 lib64bd_loop2                  2.26-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:22 lib64bd_fs2                    2.26-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:21 lib64qtopengl4                 4.8.7-35.2.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:19 systemd                        246.16-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:18 lib64qt5test5                  5.15.2-4.5.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:18 lib64qt5concurrent5            5.15.2-4.5.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:17 lib64qt5xml5                   5.15.2-4.5.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:17 lib64qt5printsupport5          5.15.2-4.5.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:17 lib64qt5opengl5                5.15.2-4.5.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:16 lib64qt5-database-plugin-mysql 5.15.2-4.5.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:16 lib64ilmimf2_5_25              2.5.7-1.2.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:15 lib64qt5-database-plugin-ibase 5.15.2-4.5.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:15 lib64ilmbase2_5_25             2.5.7-1.2.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:14 lib64qt5widgets5               5.15.2-4.5.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:14 lib64qt5sql5                   5.15.2-4.5.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:14 lib64qt5-database-plugin-sqlite 5.15.2-4.5.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:13 lib64qt5xcbqpa5                5.15.2-4.5.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:13 lib64qt5gui5                   5.15.2-4.5.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:12 lib64qt5eglfskmssupport5       5.15.2-4.5.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:12 lib64qt5eglfsdeviceintegration5 5.15.2-4.5.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:11 lib64qt5network5               5.15.2-4.5.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:11 lib64qt5dbus5                  5.15.2-4.5.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:10 qtbase5-common                 5.15.2-4.5.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:10 lib64qt5core5                  5.15.2-4.5.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:09 libdrm-common                  2.4.109-2.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:09 lib64gbm1                      21.3.2-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:09 lib64drm2                      2.4.109-2.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:08 nss-myhostname                 246.16-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:08 lib64seccomp2                  2.5.3-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:08 lib64mariadb3                  10.5.13-2.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:07 lib64nss3                      3.73.0-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:06 nss                            3.73.0-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:05 lib64systemd0                  246.16-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:05 lib64qtsvg4                    4.8.7-35.2.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:04 lib64qtgui4                    4.8.7-35.2.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:04 lib64bd_utils2                 2.26-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:03 lib64udev1                     246.16-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:03 lib64qtcore4                   4.8.7-35.2.mga8
2022/01/04/00:39:02 qt4-common                     4.8.7-35.2.mga8
2022/01/04/00:36:09 glibc-devel                    2.32-22.mga8
2022/01/04/00:36:08 perl-URPM                      5.222-1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:36:08 perl-doc                       5.32.1-1.1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:36:07 perl                           5.32.1-1.1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:36:02 perl-base                      5.32.1-1.1.mga8
2022/01/04/00:35:59 glibc                          2.32-22.mga8

I found a web reference to a similar install error that said to export a python variable before running the install, but this did not fix the error:

export PYTHONIOENCODING=utf-8

I see a python3-xml package updated, but aside from that, I don't really know what I'd look for as to an underlying reason that does not require backing out the updates.

I have to uninstall/re-install VMware workstation around kernel updates because, for some reason, kernel module rebuilds do not occur properly otherwise, so that's why I believe this update is where the issue occurred.

Re: Latest Windows 10 update won't install over VMWare Workstation 12

kbulgrien — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 15:09:43 GMT

VMware Workstation Pro 14.1.7 build-12989993 also appears to be doing this.