Having an Issue with chrome browser in Player 15.5.5. It is a little hard to explain so bear with me.

Issue 1 - I have lost the ability to click and drag any chrome tabs. How this usually works is that I can click and reposition the chrome tabs or I can click one and drag it over to my second screen which will then create a new chrome window. Now clicking and dragging does nothing, the tab just stays there unaware I am clicking and holding it. For some reason, at some point, it will then start working again until I restart the VM the next day.

Issue 2 - This one is harder to explain. I use Okta to manage users. Within Okta I can search for users by their names etc. Normally all I have to do it type in there name, press enter and Okta does a quick search and the name pops up. Now whenever i notice issue 1 is happening, pressing enter in Okta does nothing when I am trying to search, I can sit here all day pressing enter and the search will not initiate. BUT once I move my mouse out of the search box after pressing enter, the search will kick in and the users name will pop up like it is supposed to. This is also intermittent but is always present along with issue 1, and goes away when issue 1 goes away.

The Host machine has the same versions of software installed as the VM. I have never ran into this issue on the host machine

VMware Player v.15.5.5

VMware Tools v.11.0.6

Chrome Browser v.83.0.4103.97

Windows v,2004 Build 19041.264

Hi when i try to start a Virtual machine it says this

Error while powering on: This host supports AMD-V, but AMD-V is disabled.

AMD-V might be disabled if it has been disabled in the BIOS/firmware settings or the host has not been power-cycled since changing this setting.

(1) Verify that the BIOS/firmware settings enable AMD-V.

(2) Power-cycle the host if this BIOS/firmware setting has been changed.

(3) Power-cycle the host if you have not done so since installing VMware Player.

(4) Update the host's BIOS/firmware to the latest version.

This host does not support "AMD RVI" hardware-assisted MMU virtualization.

Module 'CPUIDEarly' power on failed.

Failed to start the virtual machine.

What do I do pls help

HOST: Windows 10 64-bit, 8GM RAM, Intel Core i5-8250U

GUEST: Ubuntu 20.04LTS 64-bit

Current Settings:

Installed VMware tools for Linux

RAM:                          3GB

CPU cores:                3 cores out of 8

3D acceleration:        ON

Graphic memory:       1GB

I have had this issue where app drawer is lagy and animation breaks down when opening the app drawer. I have tried tweaking every setting and run it at all possible combinations, and it never improves. But, this problem is persistent in Full-Screen mode and does not appear in 'Windowed mode' even when window is maximized. There are no noticeable animation break down in anything else.

Full-Screen mode changes the display resolution to 1920x1080(16:9) which is not an option in Ubuntu without the VMware tools, while windowed mode keeps it in 1920x325 or 800x600(4:3).

Also, when window size is changed (still not in Full-Screen mode), first few app-drawer opening animation is not so smooth but after that it works fine.

Any help would be appreciated!

Had issues with 15.5.5 in terms of guest audio, or with Caps/Num/Scroll lock?

VMware Workstation 15.5.6 Pro Release Notes

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I have just upgraded a workstation from SLED12 SP4 to SLED15 SP1 by doing a clean install in the / partition.

I am unable to get VMWare Player 15.5.6 to install correctly. On first run I get the message:

'Before you can run VMWare, several modules must be compiled and loaded into the running kernel.'

This is normal behaviour I think. On clicking install though I get the error message:

'Unable to install all modules. See log /tmp/vmware-root/vmware-2270.log for details. (Exit code 1)'

I have the kernel-source and the kernel-devel installed and am now at a loss. I had no issues on SLED12 SP4. Can anyone advise?

The contents of the log file is below:

2020-06-10T11:58:46.548+01:00| host-2270| I005: Log for VMware Workstation pid=2270 version=15.5.6 build=build-16341506 option=Release

2020-06-10T11:58:46.548+01:00| host-2270| I005: The process is 64-bit.

2020-06-10T11:58:46.548+01:00| host-2270| I005: Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8

2020-06-10T11:58:46.548+01:00| host-2270| I005: Host is Linux 4.12.14-197.40-default SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 SLED 15.1

2020-06-10T11:58:46.547+01:00| host-2270| I005: DictionaryLoad: Cannot open file "/usr/lib/vmware/settings": No such file or directory.

2020-06-10T11:58:46.548+01:00| host-2270| I005: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/usr/lib/vmware/settings": No such file or directory.

2020-06-10T11:58:46.548+01:00| host-2270| I005: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /usr/lib/vmware/settings. Using default values.

2020-06-10T11:58:46.548+01:00| host-2270| I005: DictionaryLoad: Cannot open file "/root/.vmware/config": No such file or directory.

2020-06-10T11:58:46.548+01:00| host-2270| I005: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/root/.vmware/config": No such file or directory.

2020-06-10T11:58:46.548+01:00| host-2270| I005: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /root/.vmware/config. Using default values.

2020-06-10T11:58:46.548+01:00| host-2270| I005: DictionaryLoad: Cannot open file "/root/.vmware/preferences": No such file or directory.

2020-06-10T11:58:46.548+01:00| host-2270| I005: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/root/.vmware/preferences": No such file or directory.

2020-06-10T11:58:46.548+01:00| host-2270| I005: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /root/.vmware/preferences. Using default values.

2020-06-10T11:58:46.550+01:00| host-2270| W003: Logging to /tmp/vmware-root/vmware-2270.log

2020-06-10T11:58:46.556+01:00| host-2270| I005: Obtaining info using the running kernel.

2020-06-10T11:58:46.556+01:00| host-2270| I005: Created new pathsHash.

2020-06-10T11:58:46.556+01:00| host-2270| I005: Setting header path for 4.12.14-197.40-default to "/lib/modules/4.12.14-197.40-default/build/include".

2020-06-10T11:58:46.556+01:00| host-2270| I005: Validating path "/lib/modules/4.12.14-197.40-default/build/include" for kernel release "4.12.14-197.40-default".

2020-06-10T11:58:46.556+01:00| host-2270| I005: Failed to find /lib/modules/4.12.14-197.40-default/build/include/linux/version.h

2020-06-10T11:58:46.556+01:00| host-2270| I005: /lib/modules/4.12.14-197.40-default/build/include/linux/version.h not found, looking for generated/uapi/linux/version.h instead.

2020-06-10T11:58:46.557+01:00| host-2270| I005: using /usr/bin/gcc-7 for preprocess check

2020-06-10T11:58:46.562+01:00| host-2270| I005: Preprocessed UTS_RELEASE, got value "4.12.14-197.40-default".

2020-06-10T11:58:46.563+01:00| host-2270| I005: The header path "/lib/modules/4.12.14-197.40-default/build/include" for the kernel "4.12.14-197.40-default" is valid.  Whoohoo!

2020-06-10T11:58:46.752+01:00| host-2270| I005: found symbol version file /lib/modules/4.12.14-197.40-default/build/Module.symvers

2020-06-10T11:58:46.752+01:00| host-2270| I005: Reading symbol versions from /lib/modules/4.12.14-197.40-default/build/Module.symvers.

2020-06-10T11:58:46.767+01:00| host-2270| I005: Read 19540 symbol versions

2020-06-10T11:58:46.768+01:00| host-2270| I005: Reading in info for the vmmon module.

2020-06-10T11:58:46.768+01:00| host-2270| I005: Reading in info for the vmnet module.

2020-06-10T11:58:46.768+01:00| host-2270| I005: Reading in info for the vmci module.

2020-06-10T11:58:46.768+01:00| host-2270| I005: Reading in info for the vsock module.

2020-06-10T11:58:46.768+01:00| host-2270| I005: Setting vsock to depend on vmci.

2020-06-10T11:58:46.768+01:00| host-2270| I005: Invoking modinfo on "vmmon".

2020-06-10T11:58:46.769+01:00| host-2270| I005: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 256.

2020-06-10T11:58:46.769+01:00| host-2270| I005: Invoking modinfo on "vmnet".

2020-06-10T11:58:46.771+01:00| host-2270| I005: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 256.

2020-06-10T11:58:46.771+01:00| host-2270| I005: Invoking modinfo on "vmci".

2020-06-10T11:58:46.772+01:00| host-2270| I005: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 256.

2020-06-10T11:58:46.772+01:00| host-2270| I005: Invoking modinfo on "vsock".

2020-06-10T11:58:46.773+01:00| host-2270| I005: "/sbin/modinfo" exited with status 0.

2020-06-10T11:58:46.782+01:00| host-2270| I005: to be installed: vmmon status: 0

2020-06-10T11:58:46.782+01:00| host-2270| I005: to be installed: vmnet status: 0

2020-06-10T11:58:46.836+01:00| host-2270| I005: Obtaining info using the running kernel.

2020-06-10T11:58:46.836+01:00| host-2270| I005: Setting header path for 4.12.14-197.40-default to "/lib/modules/4.12.14-197.40-default/build/include".

2020-06-10T11:58:46.836+01:00| host-2270| I005: Validating path "/lib/modules/4.12.14-197.40-default/build/include" for kernel release "4.12.14-197.40-default".

2020-06-10T11:58:46.836+01:00| host-2270| I005: Failed to find /lib/modules/4.12.14-197.40-default/build/include/linux/version.h

2020-06-10T11:58:46.836+01:00| host-2270| I005: /lib/modules/4.12.14-197.40-default/build/include/linux/version.h not found, looking for generated/uapi/linux/version.h instead.

2020-06-10T11:58:46.836+01:00| host-2270| I005: using /usr/bin/gcc-7 for preprocess check

2020-06-10T11:58:46.842+01:00| host-2270| I005: Preprocessed UTS_RELEASE, got value "4.12.14-197.40-default".

2020-06-10T11:58:46.842+01:00| host-2270| I005: The header path "/lib/modules/4.12.14-197.40-default/build/include" for the kernel "4.12.14-197.40-default" is valid.  Whoohoo!

2020-06-10T11:58:47.031+01:00| host-2270| I005: found symbol version file /lib/modules/4.12.14-197.40-default/build/Module.symvers

2020-06-10T11:58:47.031+01:00| host-2270| I005: Reading symbol versions from /lib/modules/4.12.14-197.40-default/build/Module.symvers.

2020-06-10T11:58:47.046+01:00| host-2270| I005: Read 19540 symbol versions

2020-06-10T11:58:47.047+01:00| host-2270| I005: Kernel header path retrieved from FileEntry: /lib/modules/4.12.14-197.40-default/build/include

2020-06-10T11:58:47.047+01:00| host-2270| I005: Update kernel header path to /lib/modules/4.12.14-197.40-default/build/include

2020-06-10T11:58:47.047+01:00| host-2270| I005: Validating path "/lib/modules/4.12.14-197.40-default/build/include" for kernel release "4.12.14-197.40-default".

2020-06-10T11:58:47.047+01:00| host-2270| I005: Failed to find /lib/modules/4.12.14-197.40-default/build/include/linux/version.h

2020-06-10T11:58:47.047+01:00| host-2270| I005: /lib/modules/4.12.14-197.40-default/build/include/linux/version.h not found, looking for generated/uapi/linux/version.h instead.

2020-06-10T11:58:47.047+01:00| host-2270| I005: using /usr/bin/gcc-7 for preprocess check

2020-06-10T11:58:47.053+01:00| host-2270| I005: Preprocessed UTS_RELEASE, got value "4.12.14-197.40-default".

2020-06-10T11:58:47.053+01:00| host-2270| I005: The header path "/lib/modules/4.12.14-197.40-default/build/include" for the kernel "4.12.14-197.40-default" is valid.  Whoohoo!

2020-06-10T11:58:47.054+01:00| host-2270| I005: Found compiler at "/usr/bin/gcc"

2020-06-10T11:58:47.056+01:00| host-2270| I005: Got gcc version "7".

2020-06-10T11:58:47.056+01:00| host-2270| I005: The GCC version matches the kernel GCC minor version like a glove.

2020-06-10T11:58:47.059+01:00| host-2270| I005: Got gcc version "7".

2020-06-10T11:58:47.059+01:00| host-2270| I005: The GCC version matches the kernel GCC minor version like a glove.

2020-06-10T11:58:47.060+01:00| host-2270| I005: Trying to find a suitable PBM set for kernel "4.12.14-197.40-default".

2020-06-10T11:58:47.060+01:00| host-2270| I005: No matching PBM set was found for kernel "4.12.14-197.40-default".

2020-06-10T11:58:47.060+01:00| host-2270| I005: The GCC version matches the kernel GCC minor version like a glove.

2020-06-10T11:58:47.060+01:00| host-2270| I005: Validating path "/lib/modules/4.12.14-197.40-default/build/include" for kernel release "4.12.14-197.40-default".

2020-06-10T11:58:47.060+01:00| host-2270| I005: Failed to find /lib/modules/4.12.14-197.40-default/build/include/linux/version.h

2020-06-10T11:58:47.060+01:00| host-2270| I005: /lib/modules/4.12.14-197.40-default/build/include/linux/version.h not found, looking for generated/uapi/linux/version.h instead.

2020-06-10T11:58:47.060+01:00| host-2270| I005: using /usr/bin/gcc-7 for preprocess check

2020-06-10T11:58:47.065+01:00| host-2270| I005: Preprocessed UTS_RELEASE, got value "4.12.14-197.40-default".

2020-06-10T11:58:47.065+01:00| host-2270| I005: The header path "/lib/modules/4.12.14-197.40-default/build/include" for the kernel "4.12.14-197.40-default" is valid.  Whoohoo!

2020-06-10T12:00:11.754+01:00| host-2270| I005: The GCC version matches the kernel GCC minor version like a glove.

2020-06-10T12:00:11.754+01:00| host-2270| I005: Validating path "/lib/modules/4.12.14-197.40-default/build/include" for kernel release "4.12.14-197.40-default".

2020-06-10T12:00:11.754+01:00| host-2270| I005: Failed to find /lib/modules/4.12.14-197.40-default/build/include/linux/version.h

2020-06-10T12:00:11.754+01:00| host-2270| I005: /lib/modules/4.12.14-197.40-default/build/include/linux/version.h not found, looking for generated/uapi/linux/version.h instead.

2020-06-10T12:00:11.754+01:00| host-2270| I005: using /usr/bin/gcc-7 for preprocess check

2020-06-10T12:00:11.801+01:00| host-2270| I005: Preprocessed UTS_RELEASE, got value "4.12.14-197.40-default".

2020-06-10T12:00:11.801+01:00| host-2270| I005: The header path "/lib/modules/4.12.14-197.40-default/build/include" for the kernel "4.12.14-197.40-default" is valid.  Whoohoo!

2020-06-10T12:00:11.801+01:00| host-2270| I005: Using temp dir "/tmp".

2020-06-10T12:00:13.477+01:00| host-2270| I005: Stopping VMware services:

2020-06-10T12:00:13.477+01:00| host-2270| I005:    VMware Authenticati doneemon

2020-06-10T12:00:13.477+01:00| host-2270| I005:    VM communication in donece socket family

2020-06-10T12:00:13.477+01:00| host-2270| I005:    Virtual machine com doneation interface

2020-06-10T12:00:13.477+01:00| host-2270| I005:    Virtual machine mon done

2020-06-10T12:00:13.477+01:00| host-2270| I005:    Blocking file syste done

2020-06-10T12:00:13.477+01:00| host-2270| I005: make: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-4h2YYn/vmmon-only'

2020-06-10T12:00:13.477+01:00| host-2270| I005: /usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/4.12.14-197.40-default/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \

2020-06-10T12:00:13.477+01:00| host-2270| I005:   MODULEBUILDDIR= modules

2020-06-10T12:00:13.477+01:00| host-2270| I005: make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-4.12.14-197.40-obj/x86_64/default'

2020-06-10T12:00:13.477+01:00| host-2270| I005: make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-4.12.14-197.40-obj/x86_64/default'

2020-06-10T12:00:13.477+01:00| host-2270| I005: make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-4h2YYn/vmmon-only'

2020-06-10T12:00:13.477+01:00| host-2270| I005: make: Entering directory '/tmp/modconfig-4h2YYn/vmnet-only'

2020-06-10T12:00:13.477+01:00| host-2270| I005: /usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/4.12.14-197.40-default/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \

2020-06-10T12:00:13.477+01:00| host-2270| I005:   MODULEBUILDDIR= modules

2020-06-10T12:00:13.477+01:00| host-2270| I005: make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-4.12.14-197.40-obj/x86_64/default'

2020-06-10T12:00:13.477+01:00| host-2270| I005: make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-4.12.14-197.40-obj/x86_64/default'

2020-06-10T12:00:13.477+01:00| host-2270| I005: make: Leaving directory '/tmp/modconfig-4h2YYn/vmnet-only'

2020-06-10T12:00:13.477+01:00| host-2270| I005: [AppLoader] GLib does not have GSettings support.

2020-06-10T12:00:13.477+01:00| host-2270| I005: Using kernel build system.

2020-06-10T12:00:13.477+01:00| host-2270| I005: /usr/src/linux-4.12.14-197.40/Makefile:651: arch/LINUX/Makefile: No such file or directory

2020-06-10T12:00:13.477+01:00| host-2270| I005: make[3]: *** No rule to make target 'arch/LINUX/Makefile'.  Stop.

2020-06-10T12:00:13.477+01:00| host-2270| I005: make[2]: *** [Makefile:152: sub-make] Error 2

2020-06-10T12:00:13.477+01:00| host-2270| I005: make[1]: *** [Makefile:24: __sub-make] Error 2

2020-06-10T12:00:13.477+01:00| host-2270| I005: make: *** [Makefile:117: vmmon.ko] Error 2

2020-06-10T12:00:13.478+01:00| host-2270| I005: Using kernel build system.

2020-06-10T12:00:13.478+01:00| host-2270| I005: /usr/src/linux-4.12.14-197.40/Makefile:651: arch/LINUX/Makefile: No such file or directory

2020-06-10T12:00:13.478+01:00| host-2270| I005: make[3]: *** No rule to make target 'arch/LINUX/Makefile'.  Stop.

2020-06-10T12:00:13.478+01:00| host-2270| I005: make[2]: *** [Makefile:152: sub-make] Error 2

2020-06-10T12:00:13.478+01:00| host-2270| I005: make[1]: *** [Makefile:24: __sub-make] Error 2

2020-06-10T12:00:13.478+01:00| host-2270| I005: make: *** [Makefile:117: vmnet.ko] Error 2

2020-06-10T12:00:13.478+01:00| host-2270| I005: Unable to install all modules.  See log for details.

2020-06-10T12:00:13.478+01:00| host-2270| I005:

Thanks

I'm new to workstation and I wish to enable the above listed features. I went through the documents of VMware in which they said the options are under the Guest Isolation Option. There is no Guest Isolation option in my case. I've searched thoroughly. I was using workstation 12 before and have upgraded to workstation 15 to see if it makes some differences.

In the documents for Copy n Paste feature, they said VMware Tools must be installed. I am beginning to think if that is the reason. So I went to download VMware Tools. Now I'm confused.

There is a Disclosure Package of Workstation 15 and there disclosure package for VMware Tools 11. What is a Disclosure Package? What does it contain? And which one to actually download?

I mainly wish to enable those features at present. Somebody please guide me for this. I'll be grateful!

I've just installed Player 15 (fresh download from vmware.com) on a new Windows 10 x64 laptop.

I created a 2012 R2 guest with an ISO freshly downloaded from Microsoft.  VMware tools did not install.  Don't think it auto-mounted the Tools CD.

I tried Player > Manage > Install VMware tools but it's grayed out.

I mounted windows.iso from my VMware install directory and ran setup64.exe.  It says it can't verify KB2919355 is installed.  Windows Update says there are no more updates for this ISO image.

How can I install VMware Tools in this scenario!??

Not sure why or how but the update from Workstation Player 15.5.2 to 15.5.6 yesterday broke my Windows 7 host in weird ways.

* First noticed Firefox was not showing videos on websites

* Found Youtube was making Firefox hang

* Noticed system had no audio at all

* Winamp seemed to hang when opening the audio device

* Windows Mixer hung when changing settings

* Virtual machines had no video at all (nor audio)

* Ran System Restore to before VMWare update, issues went away

System is Windows 7 Pro 64-bit, Dell Vostro 3350 (laptop)

Gonna stay on 15.5.2 for a while.

Greetings!

VMWare Workstation 15 Player 15.5.6 build-16341506 for Linux

Host OS: Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa

Guest OS: Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa

Host HW: Dell Inspiron 7472

Host Ethernet Network Adapter: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)

Host Wireless Network Adapter: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 32)

I'm facing network issues with VMWare Player, and any help would be greatly appreciated.

When the VM is configured to use Bridged Network through the Wi-Fi adapter, it seems to duplicate the Host Wi-Fi Adapter MAC Address. As expected, it has been causing network drops in both Host and VM.

This issue does not happen when I use the built-in Gigabit ethernet adapter.

Here are the outputs of "ping" and  "arp -a" commands executed in the host, when Wi-Fi is in use. VM has the ip ending in 110, and the host, 106.

~ $ ping -c 2 192.168.1.110

PING 192.168.1.110 (192.168.1.110) 56(84) bytes of data.

64 bytes from 192.168.1.110: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=2.90 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.1.110: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.177 ms

--- 192.168.1.110 ping statistics ---

2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1002ms

rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.177/1.540/2.903/1.363 ms

~ $ arp -a

? (192.168.1.110) em 74:40:bb:43:62:69 [ether] em wlp3s0

_gateway (192.168.1.1) em ec:08:6b:9f:97:e4 [ether] em wlp3s0

? (192.168.1.106) em 74:40:bb:43:62:69 [ether] em wlp3s0

. Again, here's the output of "ping" and "arp -a" commands after switching to ethernet. The MAC address shown is the same that is set in VMWare.

~ $ ping 192.168.1.110

PING 192.168.1.110 (192.168.1.110) 56(84) bytes of data.

64 bytes from 192.168.1.110: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.441 ms

64 bytes from 192.168.1.110: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.248 ms

^C

--- 192.168.1.110 ping statistics ---

2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1002ms

rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.248/0.344/0.441/0.098 ms

~ $ arp -a

? (192.168.1.110) em 00:50:56:2d:b4:38 [ether] em enp2s0

_gateway (192.168.1.1) em ec:08:6b:9f:97:e4 [ether] em enp2s0

For reference, here all the host MAC addresses

~ $ ip -br link

lo               UNKNOWN        00:00:00:00:00:00 <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP>

enp2s0           UP             54:bf:64:f7:05:28 <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP>

wlp3s0           DOWN           74:40:bb:43:62:69 <BROADCAST,MULTICAST>

vmnet1           UNKNOWN        00:50:56:c0:00:01 <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP>

vmnet8           UNKNOWN        00:50:56:c0:00:08 <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP>

In tests with VirtualBox, this issue does not happen, and the VM network with the same Linux Mint behaves as expected.

I didn't find any clue in Google / DuckDuckGo searches..

Again, any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

I have installed new Fedora 32 workstation and Elementary OS (ubuntu 18) and in both cases I have selected Bridged connection. Host is windows 10. I can connect to internet and ping all machines on the network except host. I have recently updated to vmware player 15.5.6. I believe it is some kind of bug.

After I did a Kernel update VMware-Player had to do a reinstall and it didn't.

Thank someone for "Timeshift". I managed to roll back to working installation.

Then downloaded and tried the latest version of VmWare player ... no joy:

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$ cd /home/XXXXX/Downloads

$ sudo ./VMware-Player-15.5.6-16341506.x86_64.bundle

[sudo] password for XXXXX:       

Extracting VMware Installer...done.

/tmp/tmpbxds2o8v.vmis.env:4: DeprecationWarning: the imp module is deprecated in favour of importlib; see the module's documentation for alternative uses

  import imp

/tmp/vmis.iAlRZf/install/vmware-installer/vmis-launcher: error while loading shared libraries: libcrypto.so.1.0.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

=============

Working system is running on:

  Linux Mint 19.2 Tina 64-bit

  Kernel Linux 5.3.0.-53-generic x86_64

  MATE 1.22.0

This affected VMs for Windows XP and Widows 10

I had to uninstall. I have gone back to 15.5.1

Somebody on the web was told their processor was too old.

If that was true, why weren't warnings issued?

Context:

I'm relatively new to virtual machines, and need to use a pre-existing guest machine for a university project.  I received the guest machine via flash-drive.  OS' are Host - Ubuntu 16.04.5, Guest - Ubuntu 12.04.3.  I am using VMWare Workstation Player 15, which I downloaded from the site.  I have no other vmware products installed that I'm aware of.

I am trying to get vmware-tools working on the ubuntu guest.  I am currently unable create a shared folder (there is no error message, but no shared folder is appearing).  I am also unable to copy files from the guest to the host machine, although I can copy text onto the clip-board, and I can copy files from the host onto the guest.  From looking online, I believe the issue is vmware-tools not being installed properly.  When trying to update vmware-tools through the machine, I get an error message (below).

I also have two Windows installations of VMWare Workstation Player (one is 12, the other isn't on hand, but I think it's 14).  Both of these run copies of the same virtual machine.  I have no problems copy-pasting on either of them.

Error Message:

Error happens when using:

Toolbar -> Virtual Machine -> Update VMWare Tools.

First message is:

"Click Install to connect the VMware Tools installer CD to the virtual machine.  Mount the virtual CD drive in the guest, uncompress the installer, and then execute vmware-install.pl to install VMware Tools."

Click 'install'.  Then, error message reads:

"Unable to install VMware Tools. An error occurred while trying to access image file "/usr/lib/vmware/isoimages/linux.iso" needed to install VMware Tools: No such file or directory.  If your product shipped with the VMware Tools package, reinstall VMware Player, then try again to install the VMware Tools package in the virtual machine.

The VMware Tools image is inaccessible."

Other pages I've seen and things I've tried:

I've seen the following two pages here and here.  They talk about "ESXI" and "vsphere".  I haven't used either of these things, and I don't really know what they are, but it seems like a different situation.

Looking to the "/usr/lib/vmware/isoimages" directory on my host, I have the following files, with no 'linux.iso' file.  On the guest machine, the directory "/usr/lib/vmware" doesn't exist (although I don't think that's an issue).

I tried searching for general help installing vmware tools, but I didn't find any fixes.  I tried following this guide, for manually installing vmware tools.  When attempting to 'mount' I get the following error:

Search results from that suggested my "drive wasn't connected to the VM".  Looking to my VM settings, have this in my CD-ROM settings:

The ISO image section originally had "/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/isoimages/linux.iso" set, however "/Applications" doesn't exist.  I suspect it is there from a Windows host that this machine once ran on (again, I received a copy of this machine from a colleague some time ago).  I set the directory to "/usr/lib/vmware/isoimages/VirtualPrinter-Linux.iso", which didn't fix the error.

Conclusion:

Ultimately, I have no idea what I'm doing, and I've been trying to fix this for most of the day.  If anyone has any advice, or knows how to deal with this, I'd be very grateful.

Thanks,

Joshua,

I am running the latest version of VMWare Workstation Player and the screen flickers. The only work around I discovered is to uninstall VMTools from the Virtual Machine. 3D is not enabled. I an uninstalled and reinstalled both the Workstation Player and the VMTools to no effect. Any assistance would be wonderful!

My Windows 10 x64 VM is running slow.  

However I want to speed it.

When I attempted to open my virtual machine in VMware Workstation 15 Player , I received this error message:

VMware Player and Device/Credential Guard are not compatible. VMware Player can be run after disabling Device/Credential Guard. Please visit http://www.vmware.com/go/turnoff_CG_DG for more details.

I followed the link and followed the instructions to disable Device/Credential Guard, but it did not fix the issue. I proceeded to Google different ways to fix the issue, and they were all the same. I tried the same process about 8 times.

I called the VMware customer service number only to find out that they do not offer support for free software. That is when the associate pointed me toward the community.

For your reference:

1. I attempted to disable Hyper-V and disable credential guard. I restarted my computer, and it did not work.

2. I attempted to enable Hyper-V and disable credential guard, and that did not work.

3. I attempted to disable Hyper-V and enable credential guard (I was just shooting into the dark at this point). Didn't work.

I appreciate any input you have.

Cheers,

Jason, CCNA

Host OS: RHEL 5.6 (64 bit)

Guest OS: Windows XP (32 bit)

VMware player: 3.0.1

VIX: 1.8.1

I can run the XP guest using vmplayer:

$ vmplayer /path/to/xp.vmx

But, if I try to use vmrun, I get an error:

$ vmrun -T player start /path/to/xp.vmx

Unable to connect to host.

Error: The specified version was not found

Is there some problem with the VIX install?

I have recently update the workstation from 12 to 15. In workstation 12 I was able to take screenshots, which not the case now. I wish to upload the screenshot of my code in a discussion forum.

Hello All,

This is the second discussion I'm posting regarding this issue as its still a problem after just updating VMWare Workstation Player to Version 14.1.5 build-10950780. And I never got any replies to my original post...

It appears that VMnet0 still is not working after the upgrade. When using the default network settings with the Virtual Network Editor, and selecting "Bridged: Connected directly to the physical network" in the VM's settings, the virtual machine disconnects from the network and then reconnects. However, it stays connected using VMnet8 (*NAT). I can tell because its using the IP DHCP Pool addresses shown in Windows' ipconfig for vmnet8.

Also, running ipconfig /all in windows doesn't show that a VMnet0 actually exists. I assume you would normally see a VMnet0 adapter in ipconfig's output.

I can sort of workaround Bridged by using the Virtual Network Editor and setting VMnet8 as the Bridged adapter. However, when I do this I can only Manually select which Physical Adapter I want to use, i.e. Ethernet Adapter or Wi-Fi Adapter. And also, when doing this only the Ethernet Adapter option works, won't work when manually choosing the Wi-Fi adapter in the editor, the VM just never connects to the Wi-Fi.

Host: Windows 10 Pro (*10.0.16299 Build 16299)

Guest: Linux - OpenSuSE 11.4

Thanks in Advance,

Matt

i installed them from the debian.org apt source, then i realized that i need to mount linux.iso into the virtual cdrom...

then i installed the debian.org vmware package by "apt-get purge .." and then i re-installed the ones distributed by vmware as described here: VMware Tools in Debian installieren – Thomas-Krenn-Wiki

mount /dev/cdrom /mnt

cp /mnt/VMwareTools-[MY_VERSION].tar.gz /root/

cd /root/

tar xzf VMwareTools-[MY_VERSION].tar.gz

cd vmware-tools-distrib/

./vmware-install.pl -d

Result: Doesn't work... many modues are still existing (vhci, vmnet etc. pp) - which is a lil bit crappy i they don't will be removed by "apt-get purge ... " (and after that also: "apt-get autoremove --purge"

And a service (something like vmware-guestd"..?!??!) is also not running, "ps aux | grep vmware" does only show the grepped entry from "ps" itself - so not REAL vmware process.

So, now the major question:

How to clean / reset ALL (SIMILAR to a freshly installed Debian 9!!), including all that modules vmnet, vmci, whatever?!?

Or maybe it's better to re-install Debian 9 completely fresh to avoid an inconsistent system state. (i do not really trust about that thing!!)

Log here:

user1@debian-parkplatz:~$ su -

Passwort:

root@debian-parkplatz:~# cd vmware-tools/vmware-tools-distrib

root@debian-parkplatz:~/vmware-tools/vmware-tools-distrib# ./vmware-install.pl -d

The installer has detected an existing installation of open-vm-tools packages

on this system and will not attempt to remove and replace these user-space

applications. It is recommended to use the open-vm-tools packages provided by

the operating system. If you do not want to use the existing installation of

open-vm-tools packages and use VMware Tools, you must uninstall the

open-vm-tools packages and re-run this installer.

The packages that need to be removed are:

open-vm-tools

Packages must be removed with the --purge option.

The installer will next check if there are any missing kernel drivers. Type yes

if you want to do this, otherwise type no [yes]

INPUT: [yes]  default

Creating a new VMware Tools installer database using the tar4 format.

Installing VMware Tools.

In which directory do you want to install the binary files?

[/usr/bin]

INPUT: [/usr/bin]  default

What is the directory that contains the init directories (rc0.d/ to rc6.d/)?

[/etc]

INPUT: [/etc]  default

What is the directory that contains the init scripts?

[/etc/init.d]

INPUT: [/etc/init.d]  default

In which directory do you want to install the daemon files?

[/usr/sbin]

INPUT: [/usr/sbin]  default

In which directory do you want to install the library files?

[/usr/lib/vmware-tools]

INPUT: [/usr/lib/vmware-tools]  default

The path "/usr/lib/vmware-tools" does not exist currently. This program is

going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want?

[yes]

INPUT: [yes]  default

In which directory do you want to install the documentation files?

[/usr/share/doc/vmware-tools]

INPUT: [/usr/share/doc/vmware-tools]  default

The path "/usr/share/doc/vmware-tools" does not exist currently. This program

is going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you

want? [yes]

INPUT: [yes]  default

The installation of VMware Tools 10.3.21 build-14772444 for Linux completed

successfully. You can decide to remove this software from your system at any

time by invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall-tools.pl".

Before running VMware Tools for the first time, you need to configure it by

invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl". Do you want

this program to invoke the command for you now? [yes]

INPUT: [yes]  default

You have chosen to install VMware Tools on top of an open-vm-tools package. 

You will now be given the option to replace some commands provided by

open-vm-tools.  Please note that if you replace any commands at this time and

later remove VMware Tools, it may be necessary to re-install the open-vm-tools.

WARNING:  It appears your system is missing the required /usr/bin/vmhgfs-fuse

Initializing...

Making sure services for VMware Tools are stopped.

Stopping VMware Tools services in the virtual machine:

   VMware User Agent (vmware-user):                                    done

   Unmounting HGFS shares:                                             done

   Guest filesystem driver:                                            done

The module vmci has already been installed on this system by another installer

or package and will not be modified by this installer.

The module vsock has already been installed on this system by another installer

or package and will not be modified by this installer.

The module vmxnet3 has already been installed on this system by another

installer or package and will not be modified by this installer.

The module pvscsi has already been installed on this system by another

installer or package and will not be modified by this installer.

The module vmmemctl has already been installed on this system by another

installer or package and will not be modified by this installer.

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]

INPUT: [yes]  default

The vmxnet driver is no longer supported on kernels 3.3 and greater. Please

upgrade to a newer virtual NIC. (e.g., vmxnet3 or e1000e)

Skipping configuring automatic kernel modules as no drivers were installed by

this installer.

Skipping rebuilding initrd boot image for kernel as no drivers to be included

in boot image were installed by this installer.

The configuration of VMware Tools 10.3.21 build-14772444 for Linux for this

running kernel completed successfully.

Enjoy,

--the VMware team

root@debian-parkplatz:~/vmware-tools/vmware-tools-distrib# service vmware guestd status

vmware: unrecognized service

root@debian-parkplatz:~/vmware-tools/vmware-tools-distrib# service vmware-guestd guestd status

vmware-guestd: unrecognized service

root@debian-parkplatz:~/vmware-tools/vmware-tools-distrib# /etc/vmware-tools

-su: /etc/vmware-tools: Ist ein Verzeichnis

root@debian-parkplatz:~/vmware-tools/vmware-tools-distrib# cd /etc/vmware-tools

root@debian-parkplatz:/etc/vmware-tools# /etc/init.d/vmware stop

-su: /etc/init.d/vmware: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden

root@debian-parkplatz:/etc/vmware-tools# ls

config       poweroff-vm-default  vgauth

guestproxy-ssl.conf   poweron-vm-default   vgauth.conf

icu       resume-vm-default    vm-support

installer.sh       scripts    vmware-tools-libraries.conf

locations       statechange.subr    vmware-tools-prelink.conf

manifest.txt       suspend-vm-default   vmware-user.desktop

manifest.txt.shipped  tools.conf

plugins       tools.conf.old

Regards, Jan