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VMware Player is a virtualization software available free of cost for Linux and Windows platforms.

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vmmon and vmnet are not installing in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (kernel 6.5.0-21-generic)

I am tring to install Vmware Workstation 17 on my device. I installed the .bundle file got from the official website. Installed gcc gcc-11 gcc-12 build-essentials via apt.Then I ran the command sudo ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.3 - VMware Kernel Module Updater

Ran into the GNU C Compiler (gcc) version 12.3.0 was not found. I have seen this issue before and have resolved it, however when I run the commands below I still receive the request for GCC. Is the ...
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I am unable to open Ubuntu in VMware

At first there were no problems but now when I reopened it again it shows me this [ 2.382448] piix4_smbus 0000:00:07.3: SMBus Host Controller not enabled! /dev/sda3: clean, 189912/1277952 files,...
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Why devenv.exe doesn't start?

I have Ubuntu and Windows 10 dual boot installed on my PC. In the Windows 10 256GB partition I navigated with Wine Explorer to the Visual Studio folder and I saw the devenv.exe with the Visual Studio ...
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VMware player 17.0.2 - Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory

Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS (kernel 5.19.0-46-generic) vmplayer 17.0.2 error at startup VM: "Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory." sudo vmware-modconfig --console --install-all ...
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Ubuntu as host on MacbookPro 13 2011 - BIOS - Hyper-V

my computer is an old MacBookPro 13" from 2011. I installed Ubuntu 22.04 on it as the only OS on the device, and i encrypted the drive. I can do all i want with virtual machines, even run Windows ...
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How do I debug broken networking on a clean Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS install on VMware Player?

I've installed VMware Player 17 on a new laptop, and then installed Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS from the ISO image. With this fresh install, I seem to have no network connnectivity. On the Windows side, ...
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Have concerns about upgrading 18.04.6 to 20.04 and effects on VMware

I am a Linux newbie (using 18.04 since 2019) and have installed VMware Player 15.5.7 with CRITICAL software (Windows 7) that I don't want to lose. In a few weeks 18.04 won't be supported. Hardware = ...
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Vmware asking for gcc 9.4.0 while i have 11.3.0

VMware requires GCC version 9.4.0 to be installed on the system, but the available GCC version on the Ubuntu 22.10 system is 11.3.0.
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Fresh install of ubuntu 22.04 LTS on virtual machine doesn't recognise my RTX 4090

I am attempting to install nvidia drivers on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on a vmware virtual machine. I have downloaded the latest drivers (525.89.02) and run the .run script. I get the following error Is this ...
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Load grub menu when running ubuntu 22.04 LTS on VMware workstation 16 player

How to load grub menu while booting ubuntu 22.04 LTS on VMware workstation 16 player to get back sudo access to the user Also how to boot ubuntu on VMware ?
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VMWare running error

I was following this tutorial trying to install VMware Workstation 16.2.3 Player for Linux 64-bit on Ubuntu 21.10 and after trying to launch the program I get the error "before you can run VMWare,...
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VMPlayer 16 stopped launching on Ubuntu 20.04

I have been using VMplayer for years but it now does not launch. APT is fully up-to-date with Ubuntu 20.04. And I've uninstalled VMplayer and reinstalled the last version (VMplayer 16.2.3) When I ...
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Install VMWare including vmrun

Context: I have to run a virtual machine with VMWare Player (version 16) on an Ubuntu server (version 18.04) without being able to run the GUI (the server has no display). The virtual machine has ...
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Why can't I SSH in to my Ubuntu VM anymore?

I have a couple Debian based Linux distributions running on VMware Workstation Player on Windows 10. I used to be able to SSH in to the virtual machine from the host machine from a PowerShell or ...
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How to download beta versions of Vmware fusion

How can I download beta versions of Vmware fusion for Mac? The current version has a lot of bugs with macOS big sur I searched the internet a lot but nothing was found.
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How can I remove VMWare Player?

The vmware-installer command isn't found. Perhaps someone could send me their vmware-installer binary? It isn't an apt or snap app. vmware-installer: command not found
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VMWare: File system is critically low on free space and VMWARE Player paused because disk is too full

I'm receiving this error message when I start up my VMWare Player. I think I have enough free space - would appreciate help as important files are on this machine! The file system upon which '/home/...
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VMWare Workstation Pro - vmmon not found

I am having an issue setting up my new Ubuntu 16.04 LTS install with VMWare Workstation Pro 14. Install is successful and reports no errors, but when I go to launch a VM it complains about a module &...
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VmPlayer 15.5.6 error on Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS

Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS VMware Player 15.5.6 build-16341506 Kernel: 5.8.0-36-generic I installed VmWare Playe anew, then applied the patches from https://github.com/baryonix/vmware-host-modules/tree/fixes-...
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not possible to install lubuntu in vmware player?

I just replaced my ssd on my pc. I installed VMWare and have the lubuntu 20.04 iso. When I create a new virtual machine I only get the possibility to run the lubuntu image from the virtual drive, I ...
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Error splicing file while copying even with small files

I am using VMware and Ubuntu 20.04 as guest, win7 as host. While trying to copy files to shared folder I am getting "Error splicing file:input/output error" It used to work, but I made copy ...
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Unable to Start VMware due to .lck - How To Fix?

When I try and start VMware, I get this error: I found this .lck directory, which contains a M45876.lck file. I am not sure how to safely remove this file, or do I remove the entire directory, or ...
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VMplayer closes on start of vm

I want to install ubuntu as a virtual machine on my ubuntu machine. The version of the host system is: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS The iso I want to install is: ubuntu-18.04.4-desktop-amd64.iso So I downloaded ...
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Accessing a Linux formatted SD card via Ubuntu VM machine

I'm a total Linux noob so please be gentle! I have a Linux formatted SD card inserted into my Win 10 based laptop. I'd like to access this within an ubuntu VM machine that I have on the laptop. I ...
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Why is my ubuntu virtual machine freezing right before sign up?

I have a virtual machine in VMware12 I recently upgraded from ubuntu 16.04 to the latest Ubuntu LTS version. But it's freezing in startup. See picture, I have really important work in this virtual ...
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vmtools fail to install shareable folders as no gcc binaries are found

I tried to set up a x64 18.04.2 xubuntu on a windows 10 pro host machine using the VM Player 7. Installing xubuntu works fine. The Vmtools however are not able to set up the shareable folders between ...
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I/O warnings and external entities

when entering the input: sudo /usr/bin/vmplayer & I receive the following error in my terminal's verbose output: I/O warning: failed to load external entity "/etc/VMware/hostd/proxy.xml" So my ...
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VMWare Failed to start on Ubuntu 18.04

This is Error output from "systemctl status vmware" command : ● vmware.service - LSB: This service starts and stops VMware services Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/vmware; generated) Active: failed ...
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Issues with Displays on VMware. Scale missing + cannot permanently add resolution

I have already spent some time to find solutions for my issues looking into ubuntu forums and google, but no viable solution. I am using on Lenovo Ideacentre (with 4K display) VMware Player to run ...
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VMWare slowly freezing whole system

Background: I'm running Kubuntu 18.04 LTS and running Win 10 as guest for random MS specific apps OS on VMWare Workstation 15 Player. Everything appears to work really smooth and nice... for a while. ...
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E: Unable to locate package VMware-Player-15.0.2-10952284.x86_64.bundle [duplicate]

I'm trying to install VMWare Player. I've downloaded .bundle file in ~/Downloads. To install I switched to root account, changed directory to ~/Downloads and ran apt-get install VMware-Player-15.0.2-...
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Uninstallation of VMware Workstation Player from Ubuntu 16.04 [duplicate]

Uninstallation of VMware Workstation Player from Ubuntu 16.04. The commands have been given which are required to answer the question
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Auto mount a shared folder using autofs service with VmwarePlayer

I'm running Ubuntu Budgie in a virtual machine using VMware Player. To mount the shared folder I use: sudo mount -t fuse.vmhgfs-fuse .host:/ /mnt/hgfs -o allow_other but I need to run the command ...
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vmware player turns off when I try to power on a VM

after having upgraded from lubuntu 16.04 to ubuntu 18.04 (which I installed on a new SSD), VMware player will not start my virtual machines. On klicking "power on", it simply vanishes. After that, a ...
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Errors while installing VMWare Player Tools

When I open VMWare player, I get a prompt to install VMWare Player tools. When I click on Download and Install, it shows this error: Failed to run /usr/lib/vmware-installer/2.1.0/vmware-installer '-...
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VMPlayer installer won't start in Ubuntu 18.04

I'm trying to install VMware Workstation Player on Ubuntu 18.04. It's a fresh installation of Ubuntu, so everything should be OK. When I try to run the installer, I get this: ./VMware-Player-14.1....
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I need help with this install error on VMWare player?

Failed to run '/usr/bin/vmware-modconfig' --icon='vmware-player' --appname='VMware' --gcc='/usr/bin/gcc' --headers='/lib/modules/4.13.0-45-generic/build/include' as user root
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Ubuntu 18.04 stuck at "verifying the installation configuration"

I am installing Ubuntu 18.04 desktop (64 bit) on vmware player 12.5.9 using windows 10. I was able to install Ubuntu 16, but 18 keeps hanging permanently at this step each time I try (I have left it ...
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VMware Player unable to start after upgrade linux kernel to latest version

VMware player is working properly on my computer before upgrading Linux kernel. After that, VMware player was unable to run and display error as below. Error message: Unable to start services. See ...
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Not able to launch VMware Player

Installing VMware Player 6.0.6 configuring... [#########################################################] 100% Installation was successful. root@shirishnag:/home/shirishnag/Desktop#vmware-installer -l ...
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Ubuntu 16.04.1 opens to small window under VMWare

I've installed Xenial 16.04.3 under VMWare Workstation Player 14 (current version). Unfortunately, Ubuntu opens in a small window. I don't know how to expand it to full screen. I'm a newby, so please ...
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I am not able to install vmware on my pc with Kubuntu 17

When I try to install vmware it shows the license agreement on terminal instead of showing a GUI.
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Ubuntu boots on terminal only after installing ubuntu desktop, how do get GUI desktop

Same Question: Ubuntu boots on terminal only, how do I recover the GUI desktop? My System configuration Host System: windows 10 Vmware playstation 12.0 Ubuntu 17.04 64 bit earlier i have ...
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VMWare Player in Ubuntu 17.10 does not start

I successfully installed VMWare Player in Ubuntu 17.10. After that VMWare Player is not starting after clicking on the icon. Are there any more steps after running the .bundle? Please hep.
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Ubuntu 16.04 and VMWare 14: Unable to change virtual machine power state: Disconnected from virtual machine

I have installed VMWare 14.0 on Ubuntu 16.04 (both 64 bit versions) following instructions here. I made a new virtual machine to install a Windows 7 - 64 bit, but when I want to power it on to ...
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VM Player 12.5.7 does not accept gcc 7.2 on Ubuntu 14.04

Hello my dear Linux users, I run Ubuntu 14.04 and I have gcc-7 installed using the Toolchain test builds. When I start VM Player 12.5.7 build-5813279 it is asking for gcc 7.2. I point it to /usr/bin/...
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How to access your guest OS folders (ubuntu) from the host OS (windows 7)?

I am running VMWare Player. My host machine is running Windows 7 and the guest is Ubuntu 14.04. I want to specifically access my ~/Documents Ubuntu folder from the Host OS (Windows 7). I know how to ...
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VMware Player and disabling the Screen Saver

When I am using a guest OS in VMware, 16.04 is not seeing the keystrokes or mouse movements so the Screen Saver times out and my world goes black. Fortunately 16.04 is smart enough to grab the next ...
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How to confirm that isc-dhcp service works in Ubuntu server 16.04?

I have problem with restart ISC-DHCP service when I type command: **sudo service isc-dhcp-server restart**, it show nothing.I have no idea what is going on I use VIM as editor to my configuration: ...
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