Firstly, I apologize for the title of this discussion, but this is my exact problem.

In VMware Player, a test Windows VM, when I type anything into a windows explorer search bar or notepad file (or anywhere else, for that matter) the last character typed is repeated infinitely. When I type 'test' the word 'testtttttttttttttt...' is typed.

I have tried different VMs, completely removing and reinstalling VMware Player and Tools, updating the BIOS on my machine and disabling legacy USB support, updating my keyboard driver and using different keyboards, editing the keyboard.typematicMinDelay value in the .vmx file (article ID 196) and still not luck.

Note: this does NOT happen if the on-screen keyboard in windows within the VM is used.

Any suggestions would be appreciated and I'll do my best to answer any questions ASAP

Thanks!

* Note: This VM was built and customized from the following JEOS skeleton appliance - my thanks to the developers:

https://solutionexchange.vmware.com/store/products/12-04-lts-jeos-ubuntu

I had to revert to a previous day in time machine on my MAC and now I can't open vmware fusion 7.1.  It says VMX file is corrupt.  How do I fix this so I can use VMWARE?  I need this in the simplest terms so I can get you the file that you need to repair this.

Thanks.

Hi,

setting up a VM with Windows 7 SP1 x86 as guest on VMware Player 7.x, I discovered the following problem:

I installed Office 2013 from Office 365. In the VM's settings graphics acceleration is activated. In Guest OS Aero works fine.

Starting to edit a text in Word 2013, the program crashes always, when I start to format the text with any font. Deactivating graphics acceleration in the VM's settings, the problem doesn't appears.

It may be a minor problem, but it simply disturbs me.

Host system: Windows 8.1 x64, AMD APU with integrated graphics AMD Radeon HD7560D. Driver version Catalyst 14.4.

Has anyone a solution or suggestion? Thanks in advance for feedback!

jc_netzgaenger

I recently installed VMWare player to use Windows Server 2012 and after I was done I uninstalled VMWare and noticed that my hard drive was missing over 150gb of storage space. Is there something else that needs to be deleted?

Hey so im trying to run OS X Yosemite on vmware player 7.1.1 and it loads fine but when I click to control the mouse inside of the virtualization my keyboard goes black and both the keyboard and mouse become unresponsive until is press ctrl+alt

My host computer is a Windows 8.1 Laptop and I am trying to run OS X 10.10 Yosemite Retail Version. I followed the instructions on install word for word and it boots fine but i get stuck on the Mac setup page because both my keyboard and mouse stop working!

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in Advance!

Hello All,

I am in the process of building an internal web server for testing. I am having the issue of trying to get my Netgear Router to identify each individual MAC Address. Instead it is just copying the MAC Address of Eth0(Eth1 in the Chart below). Granted each IP is different, they are all associated with the main eth interface MAC Address. Can I get VMWare to tell my Netgear that each IP is suppose to be an separated MAC Address? or Would this be more of a Netgear issue?

Host OS: Linux Mint 17

Host Machine Specs:
--Dell Precision T7500

--5 GB RAM

--Quad Core Motherboard/CPU

--1 Physical NIC Interface

Virtual OS: CentOS 6.6

# of Bridged Adapters: 10

Hi.

I have an error on my Vmware windows that does not let it to start.

it used to work fine and an old copy of the same vmware file works just fine. I have already tried to "run as administrator", rename executiion file and started the authorization service again with no luck ...

Now I am wondering how could I restore some of the files I have in this wmware os ? is it possible ?

Thanks for your help

Shahab

Hi,

just installed VMWare Player and subsequently Linux Mint 17 on both my desktop pc and my laptop. Worked flawlessly on my desktop pc whereas on the laptop when I click install vmware tools nothing would happen. I am guessing it's because the laptop doesn't have a physical drive so I can only add a CD/DVD drive with the .iso option and then VM Player can't load the iso needed to install tools. Anyhow, I moved the tarball from my desktop to the laptop and installed it but for some reason the vmware player settings interface says I have to update my tools in order to use 3D acceleration. Again... I cant install the update the usual way since if I click install nothing happens.

Any ideas?

Hello forum,

I'd like your help with an issue that has me perplexed.

I'm running Elementary OS 0.2.1 "Luna" 32-bit (built on Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise") guest on a Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit host.

I have enabled shared folders in the virtual machine settings and installed vmware tools in the guest OS, however there seems to be errors in compiling the vmhgfs module so shared folders don't work (/mnt/hgfs/ is empty), though everything else does (like auto changing resolution, dragging and dropping files).

Entering "vmware-hgfsclient" in terminal lists the shared folder that I want to use. I tried mounting it manually by editing /etc/fstab but that didn't work (or I'm doing it wrong).

I've pasted below a segment of the output of vmware-config-tools.pl for clarity.

...

The VMware Host-Guest Filesystem allows for shared folders between the host OS

and the guest OS in a Fusion or Workstation virtual environment.  Do you wish

to enable this feature? [yes]

Using kernel build system.

make: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmci-only'

/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/3.2.0-77-generic-pae/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \

   MODULEBUILDDIR= modules

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-77-generic-pae'

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmci-only/linux/driver.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmci-only/linux/vmciKernelIf.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmci-only/common/vmciContext.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmci-only/common/vmciDatagram.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmci-only/common/vmciDoorbell.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmci-only/common/vmciDriver.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmci-only/common/vmciEvent.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmci-only/common/vmciHashtable.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmci-only/common/vmciQPair.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmci-only/common/vmciQueuePair.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmci-only/common/vmciResource.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmci-only/common/vmciRoute.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmci-only/driverLog.o

  LD [M]  /tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmci-only/vmci.o

  Building modules, stage 2.

  MODPOST 1 modules

  CC      /tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmci-only/vmci.mod.o

  LD [M]  /tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmci-only/vmci.ko

make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-77-generic-pae'

/usr/bin/make -C $PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \

   MODULEBUILDDIR= postbuild

make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmci-only'

make[1]: `postbuild' is up to date.

make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmci-only'

cp -f vmci.ko ./../vmci.o

make: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmci-only'

Using kernel build system.

make: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmhgfs-only'

/usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/3.2.0-77-generic-pae/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \

   MODULEBUILDDIR= modules

make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-77-generic-pae'

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmhgfs-only/backdoorGcc32.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmhgfs-only/backdoor.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmhgfs-only/bdhandler.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmhgfs-only/cpName.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmhgfs-only/cpNameLinux.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmhgfs-only/cpNameLite.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmhgfs-only/dentry.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmhgfs-only/dir.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmhgfs-only/file.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmhgfs-only/filesystem.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmhgfs-only/fsutil.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmhgfs-only/hgfsBd.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmhgfs-only/hgfsEscape.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmhgfs-only/hgfsUtil.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmhgfs-only/inode.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmhgfs-only/link.o

  CC [M]  /tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmhgfs-only/message.o

/tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmhgfs-only/inode.c: In function ‘HgfsPermission’:

/tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:1978:34: error: ‘struct dentry’ has no member named ‘d_alias’

/tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:1978:34: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]

/tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:1978:34: warning: (near initialization for ‘dentry’) [enabled by default]

/tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmhgfs-only/inode.c:1978:34: error: ‘struct dentry’ has no member named ‘d_alias’

make[2]: *** [/tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmhgfs-only/inode.o] Error 1

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

make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmhgfs-only] Error 2

make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-77-generic-pae'

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

make: Leaving directory `/tmp/modconfig-W4uHLf/vmhgfs-only'

The filesystem driver (vmhgfs module) is used only for the shared folder

feature. The rest of the software provided by VMware Tools is designed to work

independently of this feature.

If you wish to have the shared folders feature, you can install the driver by

running vmware-config-tools.pl again after making sure that gcc, binutils, make

and the kernel sources for your running kernel are installed on your machine.

These packages are available on your distribution's installation CD.

[ Press Enter key to continue ]

...

Feel free to ask me for any information I may have missed out. I'd greatly appreciate any help I can receive.

Regards,
Menon

Hi,

I extended spaces (20GB) on my VM (Linux), and I also have used GPARTED to resize it (see attached files), However, there are something wrong or something that I need to do and I missed it.

If you see the screenshots, you will be able to see some differences: the name of devices as /dev/sda1 and 2, but on Linux, the names are /dev/hda1 and 2. On gparted I am able to see the 20GB added to the sda2, but I am not able to see on Linux.

See below other information such as df command, and pv and lv.

So, if someone could help me how to add the space (on root directory) with no losing the data, I would appreciate a lot.

tks.

root@SRV ~]# df -h

Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on

/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00

                       77G   69G  4,2G  95% /

/dev/hda1              99M   21M   79M  21% /boot

none                 1014M     0 1014M   0% /dev/shm

.host:/               105G   72G   33G  69% /mnt/hgfs

[root@SRV ~]# df -i

Filesystem             Inodes  IUsed    IFree IUse% Mounted on

/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00

                     10240000  258840 9981160    3% /

/dev/hda1              26104      50   26054    1% /boot

none                  223818       1  223817    1% /dev/shm

.host:/                    0       0       0    -  /mnt/hgfs

[root@SRV ~]# pvdisplay

  --- Physical volume ---

  PV Name               /dev/hda2

  VG Name               VolGroup00

  PV Size               99,90 GB / not usable 25,84 MB

  Allocatable           yes (but full)

  PE Size (KByte)       32768

  Total PE              3196

  Free PE               0

  Allocated PE          3196

  PV UUID               AQuR38-Uoqh-vjKa-27Kj-0MJu-EFCc-9rM56b

[root@SRV ~]# lvdisplay

  --- Logical volume ---

  LV Name                /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00

  VG Name                VolGroup00

  LV UUID                mn2uXJ-SKIS-i96k-lMBt-bfnb-USGa-EnCfbG

  LV Write Access        read/write

  LV Status              available

  # open                 1

  LV Size                98,03 GB

  Current LE             3137

  Segments               2

  Allocation             inherit

  Read ahead sectors     auto

  - currently set to     256

  Block device           253:0

  --- Logical volume ---

  LV Name                /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01

  VG Name                VolGroup00

  LV UUID                7YH09Q-Lfb3-nWeK-QyLB-T2ya-UZ0X-5nUjgn

  LV Write Access        read/write

  LV Status              available

  # open                 1

  LV Size                1,84 GB

  Current LE             59

  Segments               1

  Allocation             inherit

  Read ahead sectors     auto

  - currently set to     256

  Block device           253:1

[root@SRV ~]# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hda: 107.3 GB, 107374182400 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 13054 cylinders

Units = cilindros of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device    Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System

/dev/hda1   *           1          13      104391   83  Linux

/dev/hda2              14       13055   104753177+  8e  Linux LVM

He, can anybody help me?

That's the situation:

VMWare player Pro 7.1.0. My laptop runs Windows 8.1 and I've got a Virtual Machine running Windows XP (Service Pack 3).

Everything is working OK until Windows 8.1 installs its common updates (even if I've told it not to install them automatically).

And then, my VM do not recognize some USB devices: the printer and whatever flash disk I plug in are not recongized, although the mouse and keyboard they are do recognized and work properly. It is not a question of USB ports.

The "Removable Devices" Menu doesn't show the typical Submenu "USB devices".

The only thing that I can do is to reinstall VMPlayer, and select the "Repair" Option. And then everything is working properly again, I can see again the "USB devices" Submenu, the printer prints and so on.

>> So, can anybody help me? Why is this happening? I do not want to repeat this 5 to 10 minute process everytime my wIndows 8.1 is updating (something that it is necessary sometimes).

Thanks for you attention. Some ideas are welcome.

hugopachas

Good day all.

My situation is as such:

I have a virtual machine running Red Hat Enterprise Linux as a guest OS and my hosts device is a laptop running Windows 8.1. Each operating system has two Network interface Cards. I want to place the virtual machine in-line between a router that would be on the left (Intranet side) and the Firewall followed by the Internet on the right (internet side). I'm hoping there's some option that would allow me to effectively "bind" one of each virtual NIC to each physical NIC, so that when I place the host machine inline on the network, it would be like the virtual machine would be inline also. So basically, I want to accomplish what's been highlighted in RED in my little figure above.

The complete rectangle is the guest OS with its two NICs at each side, and the incomplete rectangle is the host device with its own two NICs found at either side. I'm hoping someone could point me in the right direction, it would be greatly appreciated.

Hello all,

Is it possible to determinant of all vms that missing vmware tools?

Hi,

I have a problem and searched all of the net and read all soulotions . delete *.lck and other ways to solve

But no ways found to solve this problem

i trying 2 days for this and cant run machine.

Note : i never start the machine and this is my firs time create vm

First show this error:

Failed to lock the file

Cannot open the disk 'C:\Users\****\Documents\Virtual Machines\OS X 10.10\OS X 10.10.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.

And then i pressed ok show this :

Failed to lock the file

Cannot open the disk 'C:\Users\****\Documents\Virtual Machines\OS X 10.10\OS X 10.10.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.

Module Disk power on failed.

Failed to start the virtual machine.

plz help im really confued

I have Ubuntu 12.04 LTS linux running in a VMWare Player 6 VM, in a Win7 host.

This install has been stable for >2yrs, but after some Ubuntu updates today, my screen now boots into 3 repeated and truncated panes.  See bottom of msg for how the display shows.

I found this VMWare KB article that describes the issue, but I'm unsure this applies to Player6:

VMware KB: Linux Guest Display Splits into Multiple Panes with Identical Content

I had installed VMWare Tools using the Player controls, but running the prescribed command in Ubuntu terminal:

sudo vmware-config-tools.pl --overwritesvga

....doesn't do anything, just gets me to the man pages for this config package.

Help appreciated!  I'm unable to use this VM as is.

I installed VMware Player 7 on a Windows 8.1 64bit PC.

What version of VIX should I install to use vmrun to start and stop VMs?

Should I swelect a specific folder to start vmrun?

Regards

marius

I have installed Xubuntu v-14.10 in VMware Player v-7.1.0 build-2496824 for several reasons. My primary purpose was to install xfce v-4.12 as Xubuntu seems to be the sole distro to make it easy to upgrade xfce. 

Incidental, it worked without any hitches. The other, actually more important, reason the use as a test bed before installing new applications on my production machine.

However, to the problem.

The installer installed the  3.16.0-23 kernel.  Happily, with that kerned I could access the Host C: drive.  However, updating the kernel to 3.160.31, necessitating the reinstallati0on of vmware-tools, resulted in errors in the reinstallation that makes the hos C: drive unavailable,

It seems to me that there may be two solutions.  Number one would be to revet to the -23 kernel.  Now, I am  not too thrilled with this

solution1  It's been years since I've compiled a linux kernel, about 20 r so, and I am not too cm=comfortable with the idea of monkeying with grub.

The second solution would be to successfully install vmware-tools with the -31 kernel.  The error messages I got are in the attached log file.

I hope that someone on the list has a solution.

Thanks In  advance.

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