Questions related to Ubuntu and VMware Virtualization software, whether Ubuntu is the Host system or the Virtual system.
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Framebuffer Imageviewer on Ubuntu 12.04.2 virtual machine
I'm trying to view some jpg's on my Ubuntu VMWare server using fbi but I'm getting "/dev/fb0: No such file or directory", which is valid since it doesn't exist. Using hwinfo --frambuffer it lists the ...
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VMWare Workstation 9.0.2 for Linux build 1031769. Failed to execute child process “@@BINARY@@”
I got the error after installing VMWare Workstation 9.0.2. Here is the output the uname -a command.
Linux dmitriev-pc 3.5.0-34-generic #55~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jun 7 16:25:50 UTC 2013 x86_64 ...
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VM-Player Ubuntu - repair bootup? Initramfs
I got an Ubuntu Image (10.something) on which I was working with VM-Player on WinXp
now i had to change to Win7 and made a Backup of all the VM-Image Files.
After installing VMware Player and Open a ...
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how to share windows folders in vmware
Trying to access my windows folders in this vmware session
Should be in /mnt/hgfs/
According to some google searches once the guest addons are installed it should appear there. I have it ...
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Compile OpenGL Program (Missing GL/gl.h)
I am a complete Linux/Ubuntu noob, so I apologize for any dumb portions of this question or follow up ones.
I am trying to get a program that my software engineering class's group wrote onto my home ...
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12.04.2 LTS 32-bit Server does not start graphic interface in VMWare 5.0?
On a Windows 7 system, I installed VMWare 5.0 and tried to install the 32-bit Server LTS flavour of Ubuntu. After the install completed, it only starts in console instead of the usual GUI.
How do I ...
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apt-get update error using automatic proxy configuration
I am using Ubuntu 10.4.04 LTS with in VMware5.
I used automatic proxy configuration and I'm able to use internet from firefox.
When I wanted to update apt-get update, I am getting following errors.
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Ubuntu 13.10 Updating Headers
To use vmware player, it is asked me to update headers to 3.9.0-1-generic. I tried to update it by using;
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
But it is failed and it ...
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How to setup shared folder between Ubuntu and QNX system using VMware?
I used fs-cifs to establish connection between QNX and Windows for the shared folder purpose.
Now, my host changed to Ubuntu, and how could I setup a shared folder to the QNX which it in a VMware.
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I'm trying to install VMWare tools on Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS and I seem to have a problem with Kernel headers
I have Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS installed on a VMware machine on Windows 7 host.
I seem to have a problem with Kernel headers when trying to install them
I did:
sudo apt-get install gcc make ...
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VMware installation problem
i want to install VMware Workstation 9.0.2 on my computer but I keep getting this and I don't what to do:
Please enter the user that will initially connect to Workstation
Server. Without setting ...
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Cant get Compiz to work with llvmpipe
I have an Ubuntu 13.04 VM on VMWare ESX and I want to RDP into Unity.
I have RDP working with gnome-fallback, but not with Unity. I have tracked the problem down to compiz, unity requires.
I cant ...
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Interface doesn't support scanning
I am having problems setting up my wireless. I have a Qualcomm Atheros AR5BWB222 for a wireless card. Whether it's BackTrack or Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail), I don't have any wlan0, just eth0 and ...
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Splitting input - How to disable USB keyboard on Ubuntu 11.04
I'm running Ubuntu 11.04 in a VM under Ubuntu 12.04 host OS. I have a PS2 keyboard and a USB keyboard.
I want to disable the USB keyboard in my VM OS (ubuntu 11.04) so that the USB keyboard 'types' ...
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VMWare won't start any VM's
I recently took the step, formatting my main drive and installing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS in place of Windows 7. I'm not too much of a stranger to Linux I use it frequently in work, but this one has me ...
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VMWare Player pauses often
I'm using a 64bit Windows 8 inside vmplayer, with 2 virtual processor cores, virtual hard disk resides on a fast local disc and is not preallocated; host CPU is Intel i7 3770, should be capable of ...
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Can't complile VM workstation 9.0.1 modules kernel 3.9.4 [closed]
I have manually rebuild kernel recently (zen kernel). Actually, I use Debian 7 Wheezy.
$ uname -a
Linux MILOS 3.9.4-zen #2 ZEN SMP PREEMPT Wed May 29 00:00:28 OMST 2013 x86_64 GNU/Linux
And the ...
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After Installation of Ubuntu, VMware now not showing it, why?
Have a look at the images
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 64 Bit on this VMware 9.0 Workstation and it ran well 2-3 times but now when I run VMWare workstation or player, it's not showing Ubuntu.
Where ...
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How do I set up connectivity on my 12.04 VM?
I have a MacBook Pro running VMWare 3.1, inside which I have two VMs - XP and Ubuntu 12.04. The Ubuntu VM was recently upgraded from 10.04 - it is not a clean install.
Until I upgraded, I was able to ...
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Configuring Ubuntu vmware guest NAT
I have a Windows host that runs guest Ubuntu VM via vmplayer. That virtual machine will be cloned, distributed among several people (running Windows hosts) and used for conducting a programming ...
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Should i use vmdk or qcow2 in KVM;?
I am going to migrate some Ubuntu Servers running on VMware ESXi, and i have one simple question for you. A lot of people talk about converting the vmdk file into qcow2, but is there any reason for ...
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Can't change keyboard layout on a VirtualBox
I installed a Django stack from bitnami on VirtualBox, and ran it.
Unfortunately, my keyboard is a french AZERTY, but the Ubuntu 13.04 inside this little box doesn't seem to realize that.
I found ...
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not getting graphics when installing ubuntu 13.04 on vmware
i am a starter in ubuntu , i try to install ubuntu 13.04 through vmware on my window 7
but actually it is not showing me graphics , it is still on black screen , how can i remove this problem?
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Ubuntu 13.04 in VMware Player 5.0.2 cannot be waken up after the night
After installing Ubuntu 13.04 in vmplayer 5.0.2, everything is all right. Then after running it all the night, I cannot wake it up this morning. The vmplayer screen stay black with no ubuntu login ...
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Cannot install VMware Workstation 7.1.0 on Ubuntu 12.04
I am newbie on Ubuntu. I upgrade Ubuntu 10.04 to 12.04 by using Update Manager and my VMware Workstation doesn't work anymore. I've got lots of errors and I try to follow direction from ubuntu forums ...
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Virtualbox doesn't start Windows XP [duplicate]
When I start my virtual machine with Windows XP virtualbox gives the error:
failed to load vmmr0.r0 (verr_suplib_world_writable)
I searched on the Internet and many people solved this people by ...
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Add Windows programs from VirtualBox to the Ubuntu programs menu
I have been using Ubuntu for years now, but for a few months I got my hands on a shiny new iMac, while I had it I messed around with Parallels Desktop and fell in love with many of its features. One ...
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Ubuntu cloud with four servers
I searched a lot about this question before ask, sorry for the title being so short and generic at the same time, but my problem is more related to a merge from a noob and expertise.
I have 4 (four) ...
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access HDD partition from Ubuntu in VMwara [duplicate]
How can I access my HDD partitions from Ubuntu in VMWare (which is on Win 8)? I have done adding a shared folder but I still can't see my D partition.
Please explain in simple steps.
Thank you!
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installing vmware-tools for windows guest
i have downloaded the required file vmware-tools-windows-9.2.3-1031769.x86_64.component.tar but i don't understand how to install it. It untars to vmware-tools-windows-9.2.3-1031769.x86_64.component ...
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Can Ubuntu be used with vmware view agent?
I want to provide view desktops of Ubuntu to my users, can it be done?
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Virtual Machine Ubuntu 13.04 is Very Slow
I installed Ubuntu 13.04 in my VMWare (I'm using Windows 7); the problem is it's quite slow; it doesn't response quickly as opposed to native installed OS. I also installed CentOS & WinXP; they're ...
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How do you restart unity? I have no menu bars
Yesterday after running my ubuntu HDD in VMware on win7 I found that I had somehow lost unity. Even after actually booting into Ubuntu, unity was GONE. Every answer on the web couldn't bring it back. ...
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Unable to install Ubuntu 13.04 into a VMware virtual machine?
In the past couple of weeks I have tried to install Ubuntu 13.04 into a VMware virtual machine without any luck.
It locks up about half way through. Is there a compatibility issue? Can anyone ...
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VMWare stopped working after I upgraded. (VMware Kernel Module Updater)
It asks for the newest kernel headers (3.8.0-21-generic), so I downloaded them. After pointing to the new path for the file it still does not work. I have tried many solutions but none were ...
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App Install Problems to 13.04
Has Ubuntu 13.04 a new set of installation procedures from 12.04, and what are they please? An install of 13.04 has problems with certain installs of software, all that install correctly to a load ...
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VMware Player wont install on ubuntu 13.04
I have followed these instructions:
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
chmod +x ./Downloads/VMware-Player*.bundle
gksudo bash ./Downloads/VMware-Player*.bundle
I got ...
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Cannot install VMWare tools in Ubuntu 13.04 [duplicate]
I tried to install VMWare Tools (Running VMWare Fusion 5 on a Mac host, Ubuntu 13.04 64-bit guest) and while running the configuration script, it said that the path "" was not a valid path to the ...
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Will my system remain safe, if i run ubuntu (through VMware) on windows - for virus purposes?
i want to use both windows & ubuntu, but i mostly work in windows & that i use ubuntu only for virus purposes(virus-free). By doing as mentioned above, will it be effective in removing the ...
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How to install zenoss on ubuntu? [closed]
I want to use Zenoss for monitoring my program that have instrumented with JMX. My OS is ubuntu and as it is explained in this site, Zenoss only can be used natively in Red Hat and CentOS. So I have ...
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Blank screen after entering password on login screen after clonezilla restore
I get a blank screen after entering my login password at the ubuntu login screen. And after a short while the login screen is restored. Any further attempts result in a similar cycle as before. This ...
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How to start VMware Virtual Network Editor from command line
I've just installed VMWare Workstation 9 on a headless Ubuntu 12.04 server. How can I run the Virtual Network Editor from the command line? When attempting to run it via the vmware program over X ...
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VMware Workstation: Error, modules must be compiled… - how to fix?
when I try to launch VMWARE-WORKSTATION, I get the following error:
Before you can run VMware, several modules must be compiled and loaded
into the kernel CANCEL / INSTALL
No errors, when I ...
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Server running on ESX can ping outside and inside but cannot be pinged (or ssh) from the inside
Have identical vm's that do not have this problem
Those identical machines are the only machines that can actually ping and ssh to this certain box.
Disabled firewall
Added new nic that was e1000 and ...
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vmware workstation 9 on ubuntu 12.04 network problems [duplicate]
I have been using vmware workstation 9 for about 3 months without any problems. A few days ago I started workstation and it prompted me that vmware had to compile modules and install them into the ...
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ubuntu network slow on vmware server
I'm using VMware server 2. I have tried the Ubuntu 10.04 32 bit and 12.04 32 and 64 bit with the same results.
4gb ram, 2 cores, bridged network (though nat doesn't seem to be any different)
I'm not ...
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VMware 9 install not opening after extraction on 13.04
A bit of a linux noob here, I'm trying to get VMware installed and I've finally gotten to the point where I can leave terminal and do the easy work lol, but now I'm stuck again.
I followed these ...
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Poor performance for VMWare workstation 8.0 with Ubuntu 12.04 on ThinkPad w530
I am having ThinkPad w530 with 16 MB RAM and it has intel core i7 processor. I just installed VMWare Workstation 8.0 and I created a Virtual machine for Windows 7.0.
The performance of the virtual ...
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Installation of 12.04 on Windows XP using VMware
I have a Windows XP machine and installed VMware also. Now I want to install 64 bit Ubuntu on this VWware. Is this possible or will it cause any lags?
I cannot install Ubuntu on my HDD because I have ...
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12.04 Unity 2D - dragging windows barely works
I'm currently running 12.04 in VMWare Player on a Windows 7 64bit machine and I'm experiencing a lot of trouble with dragging windows around.
One of my biggest issues is that very often I'll snap a ...
