Hi,

To get dual monitors working with my dell latitude e7440 I had to install the 3.17-rc kernel in Ubuntu 14.04. which unfortunately does not work with VMware Player 6.0.3 (build-1895310). After installing vmplayer compiling vmnet fails in netif.c with error 'macro "alloc_netdev" requires 4 arguments, but only 3 given'. Is there a workaround? Complete output:

Stopping VMware services:

   VMware Authentication Daemon                                        done

   VM communication interface socket family                            done

   Virtual machine communication interface                             done

   Virtual machine monitor                                             done

   Blocking file system                                                done

Using 2.6.x kernel build system.

make: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only'

/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/3.17.0-031700rc4-generic/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \

      MODULEBUILDDIR= modules

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.17.0-031700rc4-generic'

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/driver.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/hub.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/userif.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/netif.o

In file included from /tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/monitorAction_exported.h:31:0,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/vnet.h:29,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/vnetInt.h:24,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/hub.c:43:

/tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/vm_assert.h:259:0: warning: "DEPRECATED" redefined [enabled by default]

    #define DEPRECATED(_fix) do {} while (0)

^

In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:13:0,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/hub.c:23:

include/linux/printk.h:106:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition

#define DEPRECATED "[Deprecated]: "

^

In file included from /tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/monitorAction_exported.h:31:0,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/vnet.h:29,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/vnetInt.h:24,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/netif.c:42:

/tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/vm_assert.h:259:0: warning: "DEPRECATED" redefined [enabled by default]

    #define DEPRECATED(_fix) do {} while (0)

^

In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:13:0,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/netif.c:23:

include/linux/printk.h:106:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition

#define DEPRECATED "[Deprecated]: "

^

In file included from /tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/monitorAction_exported.h:31:0,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/vnet.h:29,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/vnetInt.h:24,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/driver.c:51:

/tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/vm_assert.h:259:0: warning: "DEPRECATED" redefined [enabled by default]

    #define DEPRECATED(_fix) do {} while (0)

^

In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:13:0,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/driver.c:23:

include/linux/printk.h:106:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition

#define DEPRECATED "[Deprecated]: "

^

/tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/netif.c: In function ‘VNetNetIf_Create’:

/tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/netif.c:152:64: error: macro "alloc_netdev" requires 4 arguments, but only 3 given

    dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof *netIf, deviceName, VNetNetIfSetup);

                                                                ^

/tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/netif.c:152:10: error: ‘alloc_netdev’ undeclared (first use in this function)

    dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof *netIf, deviceName, VNetNetIfSetup);

          ^

/tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/netif.c:152:10: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in

/tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/netif.c: At top level:

/tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/netif.c:85:1: warning: ‘VNetNetIfSetup’ defined but not used [-Wunused-function]

VNetNetIfSetup(struct net_device *dev)  // IN:

^

In file included from /tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/monitorAction_exported.h:31:0,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/vnet.h:29,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/vnetInt.h:24,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/userif.c:45:

/tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/vm_assert.h:259:0: warning: "DEPRECATED" redefined [enabled by default]

    #define DEPRECATED(_fix) do {} while (0)

^

In file included from include/linux/kernel.h:13:0,

                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h:44,

                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/preempt.h:5,

                 from include/linux/preempt.h:18,

                 from include/linux/spinlock.h:50,

                 from include/linux/wait.h:8,

                 from include/linux/fs.h:6,

                 from include/linux/highmem.h:4,

                 from /tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/userif.c:26:

include/linux/printk.h:106:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition

#define DEPRECATED "[Deprecated]: "

^

make[2]: *** [/tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only/netif.o] Error 1

make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.17.0-031700rc4-generic'

make: *** [vmnet.ko] Error 2

make: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-xxBLCy/vmnet-only'

Failed to build vmnet.  Failed to execute the build command.

Starting VMware services:

   Virtual machine monitor                                             done

   Virtual machine communication interface                             done

   VM communication interface socket family                            done

   Blocking file system                                                done

   Virtual ethernet                                                   failed

   VMware Authentication Daemon                                        done

Ho notato che la memoria utilizzata dall'Host cresce gradualmente ogni volta che viene aperta un'applicazione sulla VM ma anche chiudendola, e quindi la memoria nella VM viene correttamente liberata, nell'Host non viene liberata e quindi cresce in continuazione.

Il PC ha 8GB e la VM 4 GB

Inizialmente l'Host utilizza 3 GB con VM appena aperta, poi raggiunge i 6 GB anche con il solo desktop aperto nella VM. Chiudendo la VM, la memoria utilizzata dall'Host scende a 1,5GB

E' possibile ovviare a questo comportamento?

Grazie

Marco

HI ALL

I'm running four virtual machines in vmware esxi

the problem is the virtual machines gets hanged frequently

dont know what the problem

can someone please find the error in the below error log:

2014-09-11T20:53:25.973Z| vcpu-0| I120: serial1: Overrun

2014-09-11T20:53:25.973Z| vcpu-0| I120: serial1: Overrun

2014-09-11T20:53:25.973Z| vcpu-0| I120: serial1: Overrun

2014-09-11T20:53:25.973Z| vcpu-0| I120: serial1: Overrun

2014-09-11T20:53:26.855Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:26.856Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:26.861Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:26.861Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:27.692Z| vmx| I120: TOOLS INSTALL entering BEGINNING state.

2014-09-11T20:53:27.948Z| vmx| I120: TOOLS INSTALL Scanning device ide1:0 (/usr/lib/vmware/isoimages/linux.iso).

2014-09-11T20:53:27.948Z| vmx| I120: TOOLS INSTALL Attempting image mount.

2014-09-11T20:53:27.948Z| vmx| I120: TOOLS INSTALL using device 'ide1:0'.

2014-09-11T20:53:28.024Z| vmx| I120: TOOLS INSTALL entering INSERTED state.

2014-09-11T20:53:28.024Z| vmx| I120: CDROM: Connecting ide1:0 to '/usr/lib/vmware/isoimages/linux.iso'. type=2 remote=0

2014-09-11T20:53:28.305Z| vmx| I120: DMG_Open: Not an unencrypted .dmg file (footer signature 0x00000000).

2014-09-11T20:53:28.305Z| vmx| I120: DMG_Close: max cached entries 8

2014-09-11T20:53:28.305Z| vmx| I120: CDROM: Checking initial physical media state...

2014-09-11T20:53:28.305Z| vmx| I120: CDROM:  initial physical CDROM state is 1 (sense)

2014-09-11T20:53:29.025Z| vcpu-0| I120: HBACommon: First write on scsi0:0.fileName='/vmfs/volumes/53fbf615-6baebcc3-3faa-10c37b948f80/EBSDBTEST/EBSDBTEST.vmdk'

2014-09-11T20:53:29.025Z| vcpu-0| I120: DDB: "longContentID" = "b54a2a2ef5bebb2ab5dc4f299330b679" (was "30bff37b9b5dd1f1b65974626021fb13")

2014-09-11T20:53:29.152Z| vcpu-0| I120: DISKLIB-CHAIN : DiskChainUpdateContentID: old=0x6021fb13, new=0x9330b679 (b54a2a2ef5bebb2ab5dc4f299330b679)

2014-09-11T20:53:32.211Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: switching CDROM state from 4 to 5 using GetEventNotification.

2014-09-11T20:53:32.211Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: switching CDROM state from 5 to 1 using error sense key.

2014-09-11T20:53:32.220Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM ide1:0: CMD 0x52 (*UNKNOWN (0x52)*) FAILED (key 0x5 asc 0x20 ascq 0)

2014-09-11T20:53:32.221Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:32.221Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:32.248Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM ide1:0: CMD 0x52 (*UNKNOWN (0x52)*) FAILED (key 0x5 asc 0x20 ascq 0)

2014-09-11T20:53:32.273Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:32.963Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:33.128Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:33.128Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:33.132Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:33.142Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:33.145Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:33.145Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:33.151Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:33.162Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:38.513Z| vcpu-0| I120: Guest: toolbox: Version: build-1280544

2014-09-11T20:53:38.514Z| vcpu-0| I120: GuestRpc: Channel 0, guest application toolbox.

2014-09-11T20:53:38.546Z| vcpu-0| I120: TOOLS autoupgrade protocol version 2

2014-09-11T20:53:38.547Z| vcpu-0| I120: TOOLS Received tools.set.version rpc call, version = 9344.

2014-09-11T20:53:38.547Z| vcpu-0| I120: ToolsSetVersionWork did nothing; new tools version (9344) matches old Tools version

2014-09-11T20:53:38.561Z| vcpu-0| I120: Starting copy guest manifest.

2014-09-11T20:53:38.562Z| vcpu-0| I120: Received IOPL_ELEVATION capability request

2014-09-11T20:53:38.575Z| vcpu-0| I120: HGFileCopyCreateSessionCB: Successfully created the session.

2014-09-11T20:53:38.623Z| vcpu-0| I120: ToolsLoadManifestFileCB: Queuing a request to update the manifest information.

2014-09-11T20:53:38.711Z| vcpu-0| I120: TOOLS state change 3 returned status 1

2014-09-11T20:53:38.711Z| vcpu-0| I120: Vix: [36221 mainDispatch.c:3884]: VMAutomationReportPowerStateChange: Reporting power state change (opcode=2, err=0).

2014-09-11T20:53:38.748Z| Worker#0| I120: GetHostManifests: Extracting the manifest file.

2014-09-11T20:53:38.759Z| Worker#0| I120: GetHostManifests: Done extracting the manifest file.

2014-09-11T20:53:38.763Z| Worker#0| I120: ToolsVersionGetStatus:

2014-09-11T20:53:38.771Z| Worker#0| I120: ToolsVersionGetStatusWorkerThread: Tools status 3 derived from environment

2014-09-11T20:53:38.771Z| vmx| I120: ToolsUpdateManifestInfoWorkerThreadDone: Compared tools manifest from host and from the guest. Status = 3.

2014-09-11T20:53:38.771Z| vmx| I120: ToolsUpdateManifestInfoWorkerThreadDone: Updating the manifest info.

2014-09-11T20:53:38.771Z| vmx| I120: VMXVmdb_SetToolsVersionStatus: status value set to 'ok', 'current', install possible

2014-09-11T20:53:38.772Z| vmx| I120: TOOLS installed legacy version 9344, available legacy version 9344

2014-09-11T20:53:38.772Z| vmx| I120: TOOLS manifest update status is 3

2014-09-11T20:53:38.772Z| vmx| I120: TOOLS can be autoupgraded.

2014-09-11T20:53:38.772Z| vmx| I120: TOOLS Setting autoupgrade-checked TRUE.

2014-09-11T20:53:38.772Z| vmx| I120: RPT: Disabled. Skipped.

2014-09-11T20:53:43.287Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 2 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:43.287Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 2 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:43.338Z| vcpu-0| I120: VMMouse: CMD Read ID

2014-09-11T20:53:43.338Z| vcpu-0| I120: VMMouse: CMD Disable

2014-09-11T20:53:43.338Z| vcpu-0| I120: VMMouse: Disabling VMMouse mode

2014-09-11T20:53:43.377Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:43.379Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 1 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:53:46.922Z| vcpu-0| I120: SVGA: Sync FIFO with SVGA disabled

2014-09-11T20:53:47.047Z| vcpu-0| I120: SVGA enabling SVGA

2014-09-11T20:53:47.052Z| vcpu-0| I120: Guest OS = 0x5008

2014-09-11T20:53:47.053Z| vcpu-0| I120: Guest display topology changed: numDisplays 1

2014-09-11T20:53:47.615Z| vcpu-0| I120: VMMouse: CMD Read ID

2014-09-11T20:53:47.615Z| vcpu-0| I120: VMMouse: CMD Disable

2014-09-11T20:53:47.615Z| vcpu-0| I120: VMMouse: Disabling VMMouse mode

2014-09-11T20:53:47.615Z| vcpu-0| I120: VMMouse: CMD Read ID

2014-09-11T20:54:28.370Z| vmx| I120: GuestRpcSendTimedOut: message to toolbox-dnd timed out.

2014-09-11T20:54:40.170Z| mks| I120: SOCKET 2 (118) Creating VNC remote connection.

2014-09-11T20:54:40.334Z| mks| I120: SOCKET 3 (119) Creating VNC remote connection.

2014-09-11T20:54:41.820Z| vcpu-0| W110: VMMouse: CMD Received 0x53424152 with 4 words of unread data!

2014-09-11T20:54:51.769Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 2 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:54:51.770Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 2 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:54:53.275Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 2 starting feature 1

2014-09-11T20:54:53.275Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 2 starting feature 33

2014-09-11T20:54:53.276Z| vcpu-0| W110: VIDE: Truncating 0x46 from 65530 bytes to 32768

2014-09-11T20:54:53.276Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 2 starting feature 33

2014-09-11T20:54:53.276Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM ide1:0: CMD 0xad (*UNKNOWN (0xad)*) FAILED (key 0x5 asc 0x24 ascq 0)

2014-09-11T20:54:53.280Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM ide1:0: CMD 0x52 (*UNKNOWN (0x52)*) FAILED (key 0x5 asc 0x20 ascq 0)

2014-09-11T20:54:53.280Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 2 starting feature 262

2014-09-11T20:54:53.280Z| vcpu-0| W110: VIDE: Truncating 0x46 from 65530 bytes to 32768

2014-09-11T20:54:53.280Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 2 starting feature 262

2014-09-11T20:54:53.793Z| vcpu-0| I120: Guest: toolbox-dnd: Version: build-1280544

2014-09-11T20:54:53.793Z| vcpu-0| I120: GuestRpc: Channel 2, guest application toolbox-dnd.

2014-09-11T20:54:54.139Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:54:54.140Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 40

2014-09-11T20:54:54.141Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 32

2014-09-11T20:54:54.153Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:54:54.173Z| vcpu-0| I120: CDROM: Emulate GET CONFIGURATION RT 0 starting feature 0

2014-09-11T20:58:08.491Z| mks| I120: SOCKET 4 (120) Creating VNC remote connection.

2014-09-11T20:59:08.199Z| mks| I120: SSL: syscall error 104: Connection reset by peer

2014-09-11T20:59:08.200Z| mks| I120: SOCKET 2 (118) recv error 104: Connection reset by peer

2014-09-11T20:59:08.200Z| mks| I120: SOCKET 2 (118) VNC Remote Disconnect.

2014-09-11T21:04:45.527Z| mks| I120: SOCKET 5 (118) Creating VNC remote connection.

2014-09-11T21:45:13.269Z| vmx| I120: SOCKET 1 (116) recv detected client closed connection

2014-09-11T21:45:13.269Z| vmx| I120: Vix: [36213 mainDispatch.c:2886]: VMAutomation: Connection Error (4) on connection 0.

2014-09-11T21:45:13.269Z| vmx| I120: VmdbPipeStreamsOvlError Couldn't read: OVL_STATUS_EOF, (11) Resource temporarily unavailable.

2014-09-11T21:45:13.270Z| vmx| I120: VmdbCnxDisconnect: Disconnect: closed pipe for pub cnx '/db/connection/#1/' (-32)

2014-09-11T21:45:13.270Z| vmx| I120: VmdbDbRemoveCnx: Removing Cnx from Db for '/db/connection/#1/'

2014-09-11T21:45:13.270Z| vmx| I120: Redirecting stdin/stdout/stderr to /dev/null.

2014-09-11T21:45:21.945Z| vmx| I120: VmdbAddConnection: cnxPath=/db/connection/#b/, cnxIx=2

2014-09-11T21:45:34.428Z| mks| I120: SSL: syscall error 104: Connection reset by peer

2014-09-11T21:45:34.428Z| mks| I120: SOCKET 4 (120) recv error 104: Connection reset by peer

2014-09-11T21:45:34.428Z| mks| I120: SOCKET 4 (120) VNC Remote Disconnect.

2014-09-11T21:47:28.836Z| mks| I120: SSL: syscall error 104: Connection reset by peer

2014-09-11T21:47:28.836Z| mks| I120: SOCKET 3 (119) recv error 104: Connection reset by peer

2014-09-11T21:47:28.837Z| mks| I120: SOCKET 3 (119) VNC Remote Disconnect.

2014-09-11T21:48:37.613Z| mks| I120: SSL: syscall error 104: Connection reset by peer

2014-09-11T21:48:37.613Z| mks| I120: SOCKET 5 (118) recv error 104: Connection reset by peer

2014-09-11T21:48:37.613Z| mks| I120: SOCKET 5 (118) VNC Remote Disconnect.

2014-09-11T22:13:44.574Z| vcpu-0| I120: APIC THERMLVT write: 0x10000

2014-09-11T22:13:53.966Z| vmx| I120: GuestRpcSendTimedOut: message to toolbox timed out.

2014-09-11T22:13:53.967Z| vmx| I120: GuestRpcSendTimedOut: message to toolbox-dnd timed out.

2014-09-11T22:14:06.992Z| vmx| I120: Tools: Tools heartbeat timeout.

2014-09-11T22:14:08.969Z| vmx| I120: GuestRpcSendTimedOut: message to toolbox timed out.

2014-09-11T22:14:08.969Z| vmx| I120: GuestRpc: app toolbox's second ping timeout; assuming app is down

2014-09-11T22:14:08.973Z| vmx| I120: GuestRpcSendTimedOut: message to toolbox-dnd timed out.

2014-09-11T22:14:08.973Z| vmx| I120: GuestRpc: app toolbox-dnd's second ping timeout; assuming app is down

2014-09-11T22:14:08.974Z| vmx| I120: GuestRpc: Reinitializing Channel 0(toolbox)

2014-09-11T22:14:08.974Z| vmx| I120: GuestMsg: Channel 0, Cannot unpost because the previous post is already completed

2014-09-11T22:14:08.977Z| vmx| I120: GuestRpc: Channel 0 reinitialized.

2014-09-11T22:14:08.977Z| vmx| I120: GuestRpc: Channel 0 reinitialized.

2014-09-11T22:14:08.977Z| vmx| I120: GuestRpc: Reinitializing Channel 2(toolbox-dnd)

2014-09-11T22:14:08.977Z| vmx| I120: GuestMsg: Channel 2, Cannot unpost because the previous post is already completed

2014-09-11T22:14:08.977Z| vmx| I120: GuestRpc: Channel 2 reinitialized.

2014-09-11T22:14:08.977Z| vmx| I120: GuestRpc: Channel 2 reinitialized.

2014-09-11T22:17:08.981Z| vmx| I120: GuestRpcSendTimedOut: message to toolbox timed out.

2014-09-11T22:17:08.981Z| vmx| I120: Vix: [36213 guestCommands.c:1924]: Error VIX_E_TOOLS_NOT_RUNNING in VMAutomationTranslateGuestRpcError(): VMware Tools are not running in the guest

thanks

shabz

hello, I just installed vmware player under ubuntu 13.04, on a laptop on which there is a dual boot with ubuntu and windows 7.

Can I use tne windows system without reinstall it, or do I need to reinstall windows (for instance with the installation cds)?

thanks to everyone

th

Hi all,

The num lock light is initially on and working normally in host. When the mouse is clicking on VMware Player (Guest), the light is still on, but the light is turned off when the mouse is pointing back to host, the number pad is still working even though the light is off. However after some time, the number pad is not working anymore. Anybody has a solution for this? Thanks.

Version: VMWare Player 4.0.4

Host: CentOS 6.2 64-bit

Guest: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 64-bit

When two or more guest VMs are running in full screen mode in VMplayer 4 we can switch between they with arrows on the pull down strip on high of screen.

In VMplayer 5 (and v6 now) I didn't find this arrays. Does exist the method of rapid switch between guest VMs in 5 and 6 versions of player in full screen mode?

Thanks.

A small issue, but my users have pointed out to me that it slows them down considerably.

The users have two full-screen VMs running, between which they frequently switch.

We upgraded from player 3.1.x to 4.0.1 on ubuntu 10.04 hosts.  With the 3.1.x version, there ware orange left and right arrows in the little window shade widget at the top of the sceen.  In the 4.0.1 version, those arrows are missing.

This makes switching much slower for my users.

Any way to get those arrows showing up in the 4.0.1 version of player?

Cheers!

d.

hello everybody,

i really need help because im newbie,i dont know how to repair this,already googling but still can't fix it

im just sorry,because im affraid doing wrong and make it can't to be fix,because really important for me,

thanks for anybody help me,

Hello.

I've got a newly built host running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.  I've installed VMWare player 6.0.3 build-1895310 64-bit.   The host has an an i5 processor and 16GB RAM.  I've got a Windows 7 Pro VM with 4GB RAM allocated to it.  This VM is running video management software that is writing about 2MB/s to the virtual disk.  When I start the VM I see it consume approx 4GB RAM as expected but then I notice Linux (via top) slowly eating away at the remaining RAM.  An hour later and I'm almost out of wired RAM.

top - 17:35:03 up  7:41,  3 users,  load average: 0.40, 0.50, 0.54

Tasks: 201 total,   1 running, 200 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie

%Cpu(s):  1.4 us, 11.4 sy,  0.0 ni, 87.1 id,  0.0 wa,  0.0 hi,  0.2 si,  0.0 st

KiB Mem:  16124700 total, 15951644 used,   173056 free,    34252 buffers

KiB Swap: 16461820 total,        0 used, 16461820 free. 14946256 cached Mem

  PID USER      PR  NI    VIRT    RES    SHR S  %CPU %MEM     TIME+ COMMAND  

5628 root      20   0 6251652 4.201g 4.060g S  48.3 27.3  28:48.89 vmware-vmx

The only fix is of course a reboot as the leak seems to be happening in the kernel or some driver.  I don't see a user-land process eating this.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance

Jim

Hi,

I just added a boot delay to the VMX just for a look-see...
bios.bootdelay = 20000

In the Boot menu there are four main options + BIOS Setup

I didn't write down the actual things and now the damned thing is closing but 23-updates to install so I can't reboot to see for another half hour, but from memory.

1: Hard Disk

....VMWare something

....Something else

2: Removable device

3: CD drive

4: Network AMD 404993    <- Don't recall the exact number 

I went into Setup from the boot menu and set the VMWare option under "Hard Disk" as the first choice. It now has me wondering if that is the best option. I have two Guests and one was originally set as the default after the Player install for "Network AMD..." and the other set for "Removable device" Both seemed to boot OK though.

What should I be using?

Thanks

Hi Folks,

I have installed VMWare Play in the free Version. I want to use the virtual disk for a Windows XP Operation System. I have the following question for my main System (Windows 8.1 64bit System standalone System).

1.

I have installed a Windows XP 64 bit System with SP 2. I have installed in this virtual disk a Software which Need several Software components. I managed it to install all components but one. This component is WindowsInstaller -KB893803-x86 Opdate package.If Intry to install the following error notice appears: "This KB893803v2 is for a different Hardware Plattform." How can I do that this Software gets virtual Hardware Information (i. e. not the Information of the current build-in components for Windows 8.1).

2.

Although I have made all the Settings in the Windows XP SP2 in the virtual disk on "German" the Keyboard assignment is American. How can I Change this ?

3.

I have a Windows 8.1 64bit System on my Computer (I think it is said "Host System"). Can I install a Windows XP 32bit System in the virtual disk anyway ?

Please answer in Detail. Thank for your answers in advance.

Regards. Mainze

Hi,

I am trying to setup fcoe on centos on vmplayer. I am at the stage where I need to enable dcb on eth0. I read that there is a software only adapter for vsphere that supports dcb. Is this even possible with the vmplayer adapters? Is it possible to setup fcoe on vmplayer?

Thanks,

Kevin.

Hi, I have a win7pro x64 guest running, almost.

I have installed the VMWare tools and adjusted the screen resolution as the mouse works OK. But, I have no keyboard input. This is a bit weird because the Mouse and Keyboard are a Logitec K270 RF-set that use a single Rx module on the win8.0 USB-Host. Mouse is good, keyboard doesn't do anything.

Next, there is no Internet connection. I have set the Network to "Home Network" and the wired network is working fine as I can connect from the Guest to other PCs on our home network.

What do I need to do to get this working so I can run windows update as it is a very old copy of win7.

My other VMs (win2000, XP) work fine.

Thanks

Recently, out of the kindness of their heart, my ISP upgraded my connection to provide 300 Mbps (from 50 Mbps) download speed.  It measures slightly over this speed and with a good Download manager keeps the DL speed right at 300 - 320 Mbps.  This is all on my host system.  On VMware Player average DL speed is about half.  Please see image below:

On the right is a large DL (1.7 GB file) using my host and on the left is same conditions on my VM.  Each vertical dotted line is 30 seconds.  I did some research and was told to use a Bridged connection.  I changed my NAT to bridged with no effect.  I also turned off the Windows FW on the guest to no effect.  The first question is what maximum speed should I expect?  I read about changing the virtual adapter, but it looks like Player does not offer this option.  Is there changes I can make that would allow my VM to have about the same DL speed as my host gets from my ISP?  Thanks for any comments and help.  John.

Hello! when trying to set an IP address i get the message  IP address ................. already assigned to another network adapter   etc etc etc

BUT the other network adapter is not an inactive or ghost adapter, it is an active one (Realtek PCIe GBe family controller)  I have the options YES - to change my IP address or NO to keep them both the same but the new IP does not save and as soom as i go back to the network adapter properties the IP address has vanished..

please advise me on this issue if you can

many thanks

james

This seem to be a "neverending error" as I have seen it popping up in the discussions since 2008/2009.

I am on Fedora 20 and just installed VMWare Player 6.0.3.

My guest OS fails with this error on startup:

Could not open /dev/vmmon: Ingen slik fil eller filkatalog.

Please make sure that the kernel module `vmmon' is loaded.

followed by

Failed to initialize monitor device.

and then the player shuts down. Is there any hope this error will be fixed once and for all and do anyone have a "quick fix" for this so I can get my system up and running?

Thanks in advance.

Commercial Use

VMware Player is also now available for commercial use. A commercial  license for VMware Player 5 is included with VMware Fusion 5  Professional to enable customers to  run virtual machines on Windows or Linux PCs and on Macs using a single  license key!

Do I get this right ? - to use VMplayer on Windows or Linux in a commerical context we have to buy a Fusion license ?

Sounds very strange to me - similar to going to a fruit-shop to buy an apple and getting the response: we dont sell apples - buy a banana and you will get one apple for free

We are getting some strange mouse activity which is only present when working on the VM. What happens is that anytime the mouse touches a steel component in the model it throws the cursor instantly to the top left of the screen. I have played some of the mouse settings, but we can't seem to find a solution to this. Has anyone ever had this issue?

Hi all,

hoping there is a simple issue to this!

I have host machine of Win 7 64bit plugged into my network with IP 192.168.0.10.

I have installed a CentOS 64bit VM which I need to be running on 10.0.0.10

how can I ensure I can ping this VM and connect to the web page it is hosting from the Host machine?

Hello,

I install VM Player 5.0.2 without problems on my Windows 8 laptop.  I run VM Player 5.0.2 to create a new virtual machine from qnxsdp-6.5.0-x86-201007091524-nto.iso.  The virtual machine is created without problems and appears in left panel of VM Player window.  The problem arises when I try to play the VM.  I get the screen below but there is no response to pressing F3 or F2.  The boot of the VM appears to just hang.  I am being prompted to select between 2 choices:

F2 - Run from CD (Hard Disk filesystems mounted under /fs)

F3 - Install QNX to a new disk partition

Select? _

Pressing F2 or F3 produces no response we are just hung.   I can suspend the VM and then try to play again but same thing just happens.  I am attaching screen shot of the VM screen also.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions,

Rob