I have been a VMware Workstation and VMware Player user for the last several years. Within the past few days I wiped my system clean and installed Linux 14.04 LTS and installed the latest version of the VMware Workstation and VMware Player and reloaded my existing VMware virtual machines . The VMware Workstation and VMware Player worked fine.
Then, today, after bringing my OS up to date with the latest updates, I noticed something a little unusual with the VMware Player. It seems that there is a white rectangular space at the top of the screen window that is taking up some screen real estate. I've attached a screenshot with a red dotted line around it to illustrate the location to which I refer. This space does not appear when running the virtual machines in the VMware Workstation.
The issue appears to be Video Driver independent as I have tried different drivers. Each virtual machine that I run has this space. Upgrading a virtual machine to new hardware compatibility has no affect on it at all.
Anyone have any ideas as to what is going on?
Thanks