Questions tagged [vmware]
VMWare, Inc. is a company that provides cloud and virtualization products and services. Use this tag if you are using VMware's products along with the tag for the software you are using; either [vmware-player] (for VMware Player) or [vmware-workstation] (for VMware Workstation) or [vmware-fusion] (for VMware Fusion), [vmware-view] (for VMware Horizon View), [vmware-tools] (for VMware Tools).
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VMware workstation kills Ubuntu host - rcu_preempt
I am wondering if someone else experienced this problem.
My host is a Lenovo Thinkpad T14 with Ubuntu 24.04 and VMware workstation 17.6 installed. When starting a VM my host loses immediately its ...
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Ubuntu rendering issues for applications
I recently reinstalled Ubuntu on my VMware and VirtualBox. I've been noticing that whenever I hover over certain applications, they start to disorder, or even when I'm using Brave browser that certain ...
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Ubuntu 24.04 on Vmware Workstaion Pro 17 not copying and pasting between host and VM
First thing first heres everything I'm running:
Host-Windows 11 NVIDIA 1060 AMD 5600
VM - Ubuntu 24.04
Virtualisation- Vmware Workstation 17.5.2
The problem I'm having is that Ubuntu and Windows will ...
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Error -107 cannot open connection! (when I try to create shared folders)
I have a system made up of Windows 10 with Vmware Workstation 17 PRO and an Ubuntu 24.04 LTS virtual machine on it (kernel version : 6.8.0-41-generic). In order to share files between the host and ...
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VMWare Workstation 16 can't compile after Ubuntu 22.04 update
Another day, another break with my VMWare Workstation 16 after taking the latest Ubuntu 22.04 update. Upon updating, rebooting, and launching VMWare, it pops the typical process to recompile for the ...
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Unable to complete installing Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server
Hi I downloaded the ISO from official website and am trying to install Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server on VMware environment as guest OS and I faced the following error (excluded some lines) in the process of ...
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Unable to install VMware kernel modules
I'm currently running Ubuntu 22.04. Recently my kernel got updated to 6.8.0-40-generic. Now I'm unable to install kernel modules Vmmon and Vmnet.
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22.04 latest kernel upgrade VMware fails to build kernel modules
Using Software Updater security updates, I updated to latest production kernel Software Updater requested me to do -- all automatically through Software Updater. I have done this many times, and each ...
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vmware before you can run vmware several modules must be compiled and loaded into running kernel Unable to install vmmon and vmnet modules for VMware
I'm having trouble installing the vmmon and vmnet modules required to run VMware Workstation on my Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS system. I'm using kernel version 6.8.0-40-generic.
Here's the log output I ...
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Slow Ubunto Boot Issue - NetworkManager.service
I’m experiencing a persistent problem with NetworkManager on my Ubuntu 24.04 system and I’m hoping someone here can help me troubleshoot and resolve the issue.
System Details:
OS: Ubuntu 24.04
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Ubuntu 22.04 VM starts with CLI instead of Desktop (likely after former Update failure)
I'm not Linux savvy so please bare with me -- moreover, I can't copy the console output and have to retype everything, doing my best to avoid typos...
I'm trying to resolve an issue with an Ubuntu 22....
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Ubuntu 24.04: codes in Netbeans files disappeared?
I've really been stuck in a jam for a whole week with this problem.
reason: I used VMware to create an Ubuntu virtual machine (Ubuntu 24.04 - the one with crown background), then I installed netbeans ...
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unable to run vmware 17.5.2 after installation
after installation, upon first run, VMware starts 'VMWare Kernel Module Updater'. while trying to install/ update the requested modules, it failed. some relevant information are as follows.
VMware ...
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VMware Workstation 17.5 with 3D Accelerated Graphics
I'm using Ubuntu 24.04 and VMware Workstation 17.5.2 and the 3D Accelerated Graphics options does not work on the host.
Whichever VM I try, whichever OS I try to load, I get the error message "No ...
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VMware on Ubuntu 24.04 Linux 6.8.0-38-generic throws an error while trying to open it
VMware was "successfully" i nstalled. Nevertheless, when I try and click on the app icon, the following prompt appears:
Before you can run VMware, several modules must be compiled and ...
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Vmware-modconfig can not load? Why?
I installed vmware and I got errors. I read the log as it told me to do but there is nothing I can do. I read the log there are some error codes and weird things and when I loaded wmware player, I got ...
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Stuck during Ubuntu installation in VMware Workstation 17
acquiring and extracting image from cp:///tmp/tmp5gky5lz/mount:
I have tried 5 times installing Ubuntu to USB in VMware Workstation, but all of them failed while acquiring and extracting an image ...
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Create directories manually when install Linux on VMware
I need help to solve this task:
Install Ubuntu inside VMware and perform the following customizations (interactive, manual installation):
Create Four Directories:
swap
/
/home
/opt
How can I create ...
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Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory. Please make sure that the kernel module `vmmon' is loaded. VMWare Workstation PRO
I am running Zorin 17
uname -a
Linux N100 6.5.0-41-generic #41~22.04.2-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Jun 3 11:32:55 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
I was using workstation player and recently ...
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ARM64 version: no vmw_pvscsi module!
Im trying to install Ubuntu (22.04.4 or 24.04) on VmWare Fusion.
Installer detects all VmWare virtual devices except PVSCSI controllers.
When I trying modprobe vmw_pvscsi, it says that module not ...
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Switching generic kernel to server kernel
I am setting up an ubuntu server with nginx. It will be load balancer and reverse proxy.
As far as I understand my ubuntu distrubition is Server.
in var/log/installer/media-info result;
Ubuntu-Server ...
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Ubuntu 24.04 on VMware 17 Pro gets stuck on boot screen
I installed Ubuntu 24.04 on VMware 17 Pro, however whenever I reboot it gets stuck on the following screen:
[OK] Started systemd-logind.service User Login Management.
[OK] Finished sysstat.service -...
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VMWARE - Ubuntu 2022.04 - screen resize
Using REDHAT - and CENTOS under VMWARE - the screen autoresizes when I adjust the vmware console. ie: It starts out as an 800x600 screen - I maximize the vmware window and the Linux GUI auto-resizes. ...
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I am having a problem with VMware
Hi guys I hope you are doing well.
Look recently I am having this issue in VMware, that graphics in some applications such as Duolingo or Discord doesn't load correctly while in Oracle virtualbox ...
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How to Fix Freezing Ubuntu 24.04 on VMware and Enable Accelerated Graphics [closed]
I'm running VMware Workstation Pro 17.5.1 on Windows 11 and tried to install Ubuntu 24.04 on a new virtual machine. During installation, I experienced screen flickering and the mouse was not usable. ...
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Driver Error: NVIDIA-SMI failed because it couldn’t communicate with the NVIDA Driver
as part of my bachelor thesis, I am working on deploying an local LLM, but unfortunately I am having issues with my NVIDIA Driver.
When I type “nvidia-smi” I get the error message, that it couldnt ...
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VMware-Player download not working
vmware website says timeout immediatly after clicking download player.. any idea to do it a different way. Got workstation bundle file, will that work??? Many Thanks ConvertOne
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Bluetooth Error on Startup
I have installed Ubuntu Server 24.04 in a VM (VMware Workstation 17) in an attempt to learn a bit about Linux.
When I start up the VM, I see the following:
From here, I can enter my logon credentials ...
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vmfs-fuse: can't access files on VMFS partition
I have a crashed-out VMware 5 system that I was able to preserve by copying the raw disk partitions to files several years ago. I am using Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS.
I can mount these files using vmfs-tools ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 P2V Vmconverter
I am facing the below issue during P2V conversion using vmconverter.
--> description = "GrubInstaller::InstallGrub: /usr/lib/vmware-converter/installGrub.sh failed with return code: 127, and ...
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VMWare workstation 17 pro Ubuntu 24.04 VM installation stuck
I have a Ubuntu VM running on VMWare Workstation Pro and when I’m installing Ubuntu, the “acquiring and extracting image” step takes forever (it has already been more than half an hour). I think this ...
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Recovering data from VM instance that is not booting into recovery mode
I have got Ubuntu (Arm 22.04.03) installed on my VMware Fusion (v13.5.1), on a Macbook M1 Pro. When I boot normally I get this error:
This was caused either after the hard disk became completely full,...
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Problem with Ubuntu 24.04 on VMware
I'm running VMPlayer 17.5 (latest) on Windows 11 and tried to install Ubuntu 24.04 on a new virtual machine. Installation showed some flickering and mouse was not usable but with keyboard input I ...
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Ubuntu has been stuck on "Starting System halt..." when halt it
When I run sudo halt on my Ubuntu virtual machine (in Windows 11), the screen has been stuck on "Starting System halt..." for over 15 minutes. I'm not sure if it has successfully halted or ...
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VMware ubuntu stuck on boot after expanded disk
VMware Ubuntu stuck on boot after expanded disk. How can I solve this?
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Screen Resolution is not at 1920x1080 During Boot and First Lockscreen but fixes after login on my Ubuntu guess OS
I have been experiencing this issue ever since I've been using it in VMware. I confirmed that I installed open-vm-tools and open-vm-tools-desktop by running
$ systemctl status vimtoolsd
I even tried ...
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Change owner / user access
I am new to the Ubuntu/Linux world and I'm loving it! Recently, I learned how to create my first virtual machine in VMware, but I had a really hard time getting the VM tools to work through the ...
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VMWare VPN on host conflict with VPN on guest machine
I have a Windows 10 host machine which runs a VPN and then on that host I have a guest machine on VMWare which has its own VPN. This works fine with ExpressVPN on the host.
However, I have set up a ...
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Transfer virtual machine setup to laptop
I spend four days creating a desktop environment as I need on VMware VM.
All is working great, and now I would like to install/copy/transfer this beautiful configuration to my new laptop. I don't want ...
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The virtual machine does not accept mouse and keyboard input in the authentication dialog
I am running Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS on VMware 17.5, hosted on Windows 11. After long inactivity, when returning to Ubuntu machine I have autentification screen where I must enter password. But looks like ...
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Trying to install snort on a vmware ubuntu linux 22.04.3
I'm following the directions on this website here on a google search on installing snort but these instructions don't work at all, i keep getting errors with configuring snort like fatal error no such ...
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I have problem in listing (ls command ) file when make shared folder in vmware
I wanted to make a shared folder with this tutorial from medium. but after doing that and when I wanted to check for the files I shared, this just happened
ls command output
simultaneously folder &...
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Uninstalling VMware Player 17 Issue on Ubuntu 22.04
I have accidentally executed these commands:
sudo rm -r /etc/vmware
sudo rm -r /usr/lib/vmware
Before executed this one sudo vmware-installer -u vmware-player, so when I tried to executed sudo vmware-...
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Issues after ubuntu 22.04.3 upgraded to linux 6.5.0-14
I have 2 issues since being upgraded to linux 6.5.0-14 from 6.2.0-39:
#1:
I'm unable to compile the modules needed for vmware workstation player 17. Version 17.0.2 build-21581411. At first it could ...
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Why are files in the directory /sys/class missing when Ubuntu 22.04 is set up on the virtual machine VMware 17 Pro?
When I tried to get the power of my PC's power supply, I found that I could not find the /sys/class/power_supply/BAT1 directory, there was only the ACDA directory under /sys/class/power_supply. Is ...
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how do I fix an Ubuntu based install that seems borked (no desktop)
I have a VM on VMZWare of Kodachi which is based (iirc) on Ubuntu.
The host machine crashed and rebooted while the guest was running but not undertaking any 'work'. It's LUKS encrypted but I have the ...
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graphics problem in ubuntu 22.04 on virtualbox
I am having some glitches in graphics in my Ubuntu 22.04 running on VirtualBox.
This is what apps on the top panel should look like but what I am getting is this:
Why is the top panel broken like ...
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How do I completely uninstall VMware Workstation? No remaining files. Like it was never there
I'm using Ubuntu 23.10 and having trouble with an "IO Error" that causes my VM to crash whenever I press the delete key for a bit too long. This wasn't a problem until two months ago. I'm ...
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Running VMware Workstation Pro 17 on Ubuntu 23.10 and getting I/O and memory errors that are causing Windows 10 (guest) to crash
Here are the specs of my PC:
Asus Prime B350-Plus
Ryzen 7 5700X 3.4Ghz
DDR 3200 32GB
Here's an excerpt from the vmware.log file showing errors that I believe are causing my Windows 10 VM to crash:
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How to auto mount VMware Shared Folder on boot
I want to automatically mount a VMware Shared Folder on boot in Ubuntu.
Currently, I'm using the following command manually each time:
sudo vmhgfs-fuse .host:/"Ubuntu Shared Folder" /mnt/...
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