Questions tagged [vmware-player]
VMware Player is a virtualization software available free of cost for Linux and Windows platforms.
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insserv: Service localfs has to be enabled to start service vmware-USBArbitrator
I have installed VMWare Player on my Ubuntu 16.04 system, which works fine.
Lately I have been looking into how I can trim down the excess services running on my system, and I came across vmware and ...
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Hardware and host OS:
2017 Dell XPS 13 laptop with 13.3” QHD+ (3200 x 1800) display. The host OS is windows 10 home edition.
Problem:
I have created a new Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop edition VM in vmware ...
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VMware Player ver. 6 & 7 failing to work on 16.04
After upgrading to 16.04 from 14.04, my VMware player stopped working.
I suspect that installing the latest VMware Player software will fix this problem. I believe this because I checked the ...
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Accessing surveillance camera in VM
I downloaded Ubuntu 17 to run in a VM (VMWare player) on a WIN10 host to be able to test Linux video surveillance camera software. I can ping my gateway and one of the cameras (.155 below) but I can't ...
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16.04: USB formatting interrupted - not seen in diskmgmt or lsblk
Previously working device in freshly-made VMware VM of 16.04 x64 on Win 8.1 x64 guest.
While following the top answer in this thread, I was interrupted before I got a chance to write the changes ...
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VMware Player refuses to launch on 16.04 (VMware modules cannot compile into kernel)
I have been using VMware Player for a long time on 14.04. I updated to 16.04 about 3 months ago. Now I am trying to launch VMware Player for the first time since the upgrade, and it refuses to launch! ...
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Unable to connect to server on VM- No route to host
Using Win7 host, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS guest, VM Player4.0 and Datastax 4.8.11 Cassandra 2.1.17
My application on the same VM is unable to connect to a service running on the same VM. Everything was ...
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Unable to login into Ubuntu
I am using Ubuntu 14.04 (On VM Player) but unable to login suddenly. I am entering the correct password, because if I enter wrong password it gives password error message, and not otherwise.
It just ...
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Can't log in to Ubuntu 16.10 on VMware
I just upgraded from Ubuntu 16.04 to 16.10. I'm using it on VMware Player on a Windows 10 host. After rebooting to finish installation, I am unable to login. I entered my password and hit Enter and ...
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Disabling auto capture/release on vmware with open-vm-tools-desktop
I'm running an Ubuntu server as a guest (console only no X so no point for mouse) is there a way to only install vmhgfs-fuse package so I can share files from host to guest without installing full ...
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No 3d support is available from the host, on all VMware guests
So I'm running VMware Workstation 12 Player on 16.04 host. And every guest i run complains that "No 3d support is available from the host" and "Hardware graphics acceleration is not available" "...
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VMware what to download for a webserver&workstation?
My question is two pronged.. I am trying to create a webserver on my local machine in a Virtual environment that I can roll to a production environment. My question is which version of Ubuntu should I ...
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How do I map guest OS to separate interface?
I have two physical interfaces on host (Ubuntu 16.04) is it possible to bridge one VM network to first interface, and the other to the second in VMware Player 12?
I can add a Network adapter under ...
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how to migrate Ubuntu OS running on VMware on windows to virtualbox on a mac?
I have a windows machine, in which i have installed ubuntu OS(16.04) on VMWare.
Now i am using a Macbook pro, i want to move the entire files of the virtualised OS and the settings of the OS from the ...
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Program "killed" in the Virtual Machine [Ubuntu 14.04 in Windows 8.1]
I am using VMware Workstation 12 Player (with host = Windows 8.1, Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3632QM CPU @ 2.20GHz, 64-bit o.s., RAM = 8 GB) (and guest = Ubuntu 14.04-LTS).
When I try to run a (particularly ...
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Gtk-WARNINGs while installing and/or starting up VMware
Keep getting these errors when trying to install VMware player on 16.04 i can ignore them and push through but then VMware pegs the CPU every 10min
sudo ./VMware-Player-12.1.1-3770994.x86_64.bundle
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Trying to install VMware-Player-12.1.1-3770994.x86_64.bundle but is planting for strange reason!
I tried a few times installing VMware-Player-12.1.1-3770994.x86_64.bundle free package (16.04), but every time the following message:
There was a problem opening the file “/home/master/Downloads/V…1....
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Can a virtual machine created in Windows run on Ubuntu?
I created a virtual machine (Windows 7 64-bits) on VMware in my former OS - Windows 10.
Now I'm using Ubuntu and my question is, can I use the VM created in W10 in my Ubuntu machine?
I have a few ...
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Ubuntu in VMware player won't detect multiple screens anymore
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 running inside VMPlayer 7.0.0 (on Windows 7), and I don't see any of my screens (I'm using 3: the laptop's built-in and two via hdmi).
I'm running open-vm-tools, open-vm-tools-...
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How do I install VMware Workstation Player 12.11 on Ubuntu 16.04?
When I attempted to install VMware Workstation Player 12.11 on Ubuntu 16.04, I got the following error:
root@workstation:/home/user/Downloads# ./VMware-Player-12.1.1-3770994.x86_64.bundle
Extracting ...
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VMware wont run in ubuntu 16.04 LTS (No Error msg even)
Downloaded VMware-Workstation-Full-10.0.6-2700073.i386 bundle and installed it. Installer UI ran and gave installation successful message. But after that neither vmware nor vmplayer will run from the ...
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Need to install VMware vSphere on My Ubuntu 16.04
I need to install VMware VSphere on My Ubuntu 16.04. Is this possible to install in my desktop. How do i do it?
Is it possible to install it on VMPlayer ?
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Connect to Windows XP via VMWare
Is it possible to connect to the command line on Windows XP running on VMWare, from inside of Ubuntu?
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VMWare_Player Kernel Module problems Ubuntu 14p04
I just started learning with Ubuntu and wanted to install the vmware Player. It worked fine until I start the installed VMWare_Player Verson 4.0.6.
As soon as I start it a window pops up and tells ...
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Ubuntu 15.10 on VM can't boot up after update
I am working on a VM 12 Player and Ubuntu 15.10(updated from 15.04), and I receive an software update notice several days ago and updated it. It tells me to restart the computer but I just keep ...
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Unable to mount windows share under vmplayer 12
So this feels like one of those common problems where the suggested solutions just fail to apply to my situation.
I have an Ubuntu 14.04 installation running on wmplayer 12 under windows 7. I have ...
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vmware module not compiling on ubuntu 14.04
I've upgraded my ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04(32bit) and the kernel is 3.19.0-41-generic and VMware Player 6.0.5 build-2443746 which I just installed over the previous one (can't remember the previous ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 failed to install VMware - Player 2.5.5
I tried to install VMware player on my host. After the installation completed, I executed the binary and it popped the following dialog.
The one I chose did not work.
I then tried to enter the ...
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Kernel path error during VMware player 3.1.6-744570x86_64
Good Day Everyone
I'm trying to install VMWare player 3.1.6-744570x86_64 on Ubuntu (uname -r prints 3.19.0-25-generic). I'm getting the dialog after running.
I did all steps from this question but ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and VMWARE Player (ver 4, 6, 12) all fail
I have been trying to get VMWare Player (any version) to run under Ubuntu 12.04 or above
I get multiple errors, I have been upgrading drivers and patches for 3 days from the net and I continue to get ...
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Piix4_SMBus: 000:00:07.3: Host SMBus controller bus not enabled
I have been using Ubuntu on VMware Player; today when I logged into VMware, it showed updates available for Ubuntu 15.xx. I allowed the updates and after downloading all the packages it restarted ...
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vmware player on ubuntu 15.10
I just uploaded to Ubuntu 15.10 and my vmware player is not working anymore.
I tried to follow the solution proposed here and here but it doesn't seem to be enough for me.
When I run vmplayer I get ...
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Ubuntu 14.04LTS 32bits VMWare Player 6 instal but don't work
I installed recently Ubuntu on my Laptop. Everything is working, But my motivation is to use Windows XP under VMware Player. I followed every tutorial I have found and many versions (started with last ...
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Kernel Headers 3.19.0-28 generic was not found?
I am installing vmware player. After successfully running the configuration , when I started it, its giving me the a pop up to locate this package. How to resolve it .
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VMware Player - Failed to build vmnet. Failed to execute the build command
I failed to install VMware Player in my Ubuntu 14.04 installed on an external hard drive.
The steps I'm taking are below (tried these steps 4 times, restarted my OS but nothing works)
Installed ...
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Ethernet-Connection ubuntu with VMware Player
I installed VMware Player 7.1.2 on my Windows 7. On my VM I installed ubuntu 14.04. Now I have problems connecting to internet. With my computer I am connected with ethernet. Ubuntu can connect with ...
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How can I automatically start vmware tools?
I'm able to run vmware tools by issuing the following command after startup:
sudo /usr/bin/vmware-user
I'm trying to automate and have this happen when I start up. When I place the above command in ...
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Trying to install ubuntu on VMware Player
I'm trying to create virtual machine with Ubuntu. I have VMware Player in version 3.1.6 build-744570.
When I'm trying to install 64 bit version, I'm getting error:
when I tried install 32bit version ...
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modprobe vmhgfs gives — FATAL: Module vmhgfs not found
I'm trying to get shared folders working in VMware Player 6. My host is a Windows 7 box, and the VM guest is Ubuntu 14.x
I'm trying to share an external drive on my Windows machine (F:) with my ...
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VMware 5 Player - Ubuntu 14.04 guest autofit - open-vm-tools
I would like to have an Ubuntu 14.04 guest autofit the VMware Player 5 window. It works with the VMware provided Tools (if you unpack/setup), but VMware recommends using open-vm-tools, as it is fully ...
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VMware player: make command gives warning clock skewed
I am a beginner at ubuntu. I am running Ubuntu on VMware player on windows. When i try to compile a project, I get the following warning
make: warning: Clock skew detected. Your build may be ...
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Vmware not starting Ubuntu
Ubuntu is not running.Vmware shows following context:
Setting SATA ALPM on host17 to max_performance...Done
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***sched policy powersave OFF
Setting /sys/bus/usb/devices/2-2.1 to on
How to ...
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Access webserver of VM
I have a problem with accessing my apache webserver (who is running on my VM) from my Windows 7 host. I check the ip address with ifconfigand then try to browse that IP address on my Windows 7 it says:...
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VM ware player Ubuntu post Installation problem- VT-x not in BIOS on lenovo T430
I am getting the following error:
"This host supports Intel VT-x, but Intel VT-x is disabled"
When I went into BIOS to change these, I did not find any option like "VT-x"
Ubuntu version-14.04.01
VM- ...
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"Install VMware Tools" greyed out after installing ubuntu 15.04 on vmware player 7.1 [duplicate]
"Install VMware Tools" greyed out after installing Ubuntu 15.04 on VMware Player 7.1. I tried checking "No proxy" instead of default "Windows proxy settings" at "File->Preferences->Software updates-> ...
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linux-headers-3.16.0-36-generic can`t be installed (15.04)
I recently installed vmware player 6.0.5 for linux x86 and before installaton procces I run the command :
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)
[sudo] password for bogdan:
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VMWare player and Ubuntu 15.04: net driver does not compile anymore, how to fix?
I use VMWare Player on Ubuntu and run a different number of virtual machines on it.
It worked fine until 14.10, when the kernel was upgraded I would be asked to recompile the modules etc; but it ...
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VMWare Player 7.1.0 on Ubuntu 15.04 (kernel: 3.19.0-10-generic) app loading
I downloaded the latest version of the VMWare player (v 7.1.0) from here. Installed the bundle, and the installation went through fine.
Post-installation, when I tried to launch VMWare Player, but ...
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Display Problems on VMware
The login screen is as it should be but after Iogin, desktop appears like this. Actually, I guess the program icons are there since I am able to click to a black region on the left and drag it, seeing ...
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How do change the name of the clang++ executable file?
I'm using Vmware to run Ubuntu 14.04, and I recently updated the vmware player to version 7.1. I previously had clang installed, and everything was running fine. After I updated vmware, when I tried ...