Questions related to Ubuntu and VMware Virtualization software, whether Ubuntu is the Host system or the Virtual system.
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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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Ub1304 has install problems with Libre Office and others that install well to 1204 [closed]
Ubuntu 13.04 downloaded and installed and updated this day has problems with certain installs of software, all that install correctly to 12.04.
Google Chrome installed from the Google site dot deb ...
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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 ...
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Keyboard mapping problem using remote access and VMs
I use TeamViewer on Win7 to connect to my Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop to run a VM through VMWare Player running Ubtuntu 12.04 Server.
Win7 -> TeamViewer -> Ubuntu Desktop -> VMWarePlayer -> Ubuntu Server
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Network Connection doesn't work on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS running on VMWare
After installing wpa_supplicant , the Network connection on my Guest Ubuntu 12.04 LTS amd64 running on VMWare V9 with Win7X64 as Host OS, started to fail to start up. And I don't have any connection ...
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How to fix Kubuntu's 13.04 installer to display the entire window in VMWare 9.0.2
When installing Kubuntu 13.04 (from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/raring/release/kubuntu-13.04-desktop-amd64.iso ) inside VMWare Workstation 9.0.2 on Windows 7 64-bit, the right side of ...
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vmware causes reboot 12.04 lts
I guess one of the updates must of mess with my VMware installation. It was working find the other day.I tried using a previous kernel (3.2.0.39) and disabling networking within the VM. using 3.2 ...
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vmplayer problem - VMWare Kernel Module Updater doesn't run since 13.04 upgrade
When I run vmplayer, it detects that the kernel has changed, and as usual prompts compile and load the required modules. However, it never gets any further. When you choose install, it just quits ...
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Can my notebook manage ubuntu as a host and kali as a guest and which virtual machine should i use?
I want to erase Windows and install Ubuntu as a host and Kali as a guest. And the question arises: Can my dell latitude 120l (intel m 1.73gh prossesor 2gb of ram 80gb hdd) handle this task and which ...
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vmware app loader crashed while installing vmware-tools for windows guest
I'm running Ubuntu 13.04 and vmware player 5.0.2. I'm trying to install win 7 as guest and when it tries to install vmware-tools, the vmware app loader crashes with the 'error updating software ...
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Unable to start VMWare Workstation after upgrade to 13.04
After upgrading to 13.04 I am unable to start VMWorkstation. I get the following message:
Before you can run VMware, several modules must be compiled and loaded
into the running kernel.
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Install ubuntu 10.10 on vmware [closed]
I Install Ubuntu 10.10 on VMWare Workstation 7 but I don't have gui and only text mode can boot. How can I get a gui? I check accelerate 3d graphic in display but problem still exists.
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Can't add serial code/activate VMware in Ubuntu 13.04
I download latest VMware Workstation form VMW page, and install it in Ubuntu 13.04. When i run VMW it ask me for activation, so I click "Enter Licence Key" but nothings happen so I can't run machines. ...
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ubuntu 12.10 vmware tools installing takes for ever
after I started to install the vmware tools in the vm machine and rebooted
system prompted to use the shell for a while, but this seems to take forever
I ran TOP and can see vmtoolsd is there running
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unable to see the desktop after installing 12.04 32bit in virtual box just logging into cmd interface
i am using win7 ultimate 64bit
my processor is amdfx6100
motherboard is asusm5a78l-m/usb3
so can u suggest which version of ubuntu will work for me and in which software such as vmware ,virtual ...
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Ubuntu 10.04 32 Bit VMWare
Attempting to configure my video cards, GTX 560 TI x 2 SLI Mode for use of CUDA processing power for use with Pyrit. I am unable to install the driver I downloaded as it says I don't have a supported ...
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How to install VMWare converter on Ubuntu 12.04
I bought a laptop. It came with windows. I prefer to use Ubuntu. I need to use Windows at times. I would like to migrate the OEM windows installation to a virtual machine within Ubuntu.
That is the ...
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How do install Ubuntu on VMware Player and have it visible and usable by all users?
Host OS is Windows 7
VMware Player 5 will host the virtual machine
Ubuntu desktop is the virtual OS
How can I install and configure VMware Player and Ubuntu so all users can login and use the Ubuntu ...
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Computer fails to boot properly after vmware workstation 9 was installed on Ubuntu 12.04
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 3.5.0-27-generic on an HP dm4-1028tx. I just reinstalled Ubuntu 12.04 after encountering problems with Ubuntu 12.10. I was installing VMware Workstation 9 after uninstalling ...
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Command ps freezed. How to fix it?
When I execute ps on the server runs ubuntu 12.04, it always freeze.
like this:
root@xxx:xxxxx# ps
PID TTY TIME CMD
26328 pts/1 00:00:00 sudo
26329 pts/1 00:00:00 su
26330 pts/1 ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 virtual machine Windows 7 networking
I installed VMware workstation (9.0) on my Windows 7 PC, and installed Ubuntu 12.04. I got everything else working except that I cannot seem to get networking going in the ubuntu box. In the VMware ...
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Dlink DWA -111 USB Wifi card on Ubuntu 12.10 in Vmware workstation
I am trying to make my Dlink DWA-111 work on Ubuntu 12.10 in vmware workstation. since Vmware doesn't recognize my integrated wifi card as a wifi card, I changed to a USB one. This one is recognized ...
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VMware Player 5.0.2 slowness after Ubuntu 12.10 upgrade
I'm experiencing a frequent slowness/hanging on some virtual machines guests after upgrade to Ubuntu 12.10. I was using the same VMs with Ubuntu 12.04 / VMware Player version with no slowness/hanging.
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Ubuntu inside virtual machine: ntpd or ntpdate or ??? to avoid clock drift
Problem: ntpd, when installed on a virtual machine running Ubuntu (I've had this on hosts with a variety of hypervisors such as KVM and VMware ESX) seem to be prone to severe clock drift. I haven't ...
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vmplayer 5: can't create VM from vmdk
Yesterday I installed VMware player 5.0.2 from bundle file on a ubuntu 12.10 machine.
Then I created a VM containing WinXP Professional, this too went well.
But when I looked for creating a new VM ...
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VMWare shared folders not working, vmware-tools issue?
I'm having trouble getting VMWare to enable shared folders between the host and vm as every time I try to enable it, I get the following error dialog:
VMWare Player
Unable to update run-time folder ...
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Unable to run Ubuntu on Virtual box: Kernel require X86-6PU [duplicate]
I am trying to install Ubuntu on oracle virtual box but I am not able to. I tried the same about a year back and it worked like a charm.
Here are the details:
1) Installed oracle virtual box version ...
