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Error when attempting to run vmplayer 7.1.2 on CentOS 7 -- "Could not open...
I'm looking to get vmplayer working on CentOS 7. I ran the .bundle as root and then when I try to create a vm it fails out with the error "Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory."Is...
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12 GB RAM is "Not Enough Physical Memory" for a 2 GB Virtual Machine?
I run VMware Player 6.0.3 on 64-bit Windows 8.1. My host computer has 12 GB of physical memory and my virtual machine uses 2 GB of memory. And yet, I cannot start my virtual machine because VMware says...
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How do I rotate the screen of a virtual machine by 90 degrees?
I'm in windowed mode, not fullscreen mode. Thus, I want the guest OS screen to be rotated with respect to the host OS display.
View ArticleKeyboard repeating last typed characterrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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...
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VMWare Player Pro 7: Disable creating new virtual machines?
I see that VMWare Player free version doesn't have the ability to create virtual machines, only run existing VMs, and that's what we want.However, the free version is not licensed for business use.If...
View ArticleDvd/rw identified as cdrom drive
I am running Player 7.1.2 S in OpenSuse 13.2 64-bit. I am running a virtual version of Windows XP SP3 inside player and XP insists on identifying the dvd/rw as a cdrom reader. The .vmx file lists the...
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BSOD CLASSPNP.SYS SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION (3b)
Hi, We develop an ERM solution to protect files and documents. As part of our application we have our own encrypting file system filter driver.We just found out that when our product is used in...
View ArticleBSOD every time I enter Unity Mode
SUMMARY OF PROBLEMMy Windows Vista guest VM has started blue-screening every time I enter Unity Mode. (The host system continues running normally.) I'm running Vista Business (32-bit) inside WMware...
View ArticleVMware player 7.1.2 parallel port - output to file
I created a parallel port in VMware player and chose 'Output to file'This works fine but, each time i print, the data is appended to the output file.Is there a way to clear the contents of the output...
View Article¿Cómo conectar 2 equipos físicos y 2 máquinas virtuales?
Hola! Es mi primera vez en el foro y quería preguntar sobre la configuración en red para realizar una conexión conjunta de 2 equipos físicos y 2 máquinas virtuales. Cada equipo físico cuenta con una...
View ArticleHow to connect 2 physical machines and 2 virtual machines?
Hi! It's my first time in the forum and I would like to ask about the network configuration for a setup of 2 physical machines and 2 virtual machines. Each physical machine has a virtual machine (all...
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Log-in issue
Linux VMplayer 7.1.3According to the documentation, the request for an email address is only required on the first access.I need to enter it every time I bring it up.Is there a cure?
View Articlev7 not saving screen position
7.1.2 build-2780323 When I suspend and then later restart a guest, Player is positioning the window what looks like 200-pix right and 200-pix down form the previous X-Y-points. I have tried shutting...
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Cannot map virtual disk: vixDiskMountServer.exe: The application was unable...
My host is Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit. I just upgraded from VMware Player 5.0.1 to 6.0.7, and installed VDDK 6.0.0 ("vstor2install.bat"), and now I can no longer get "Map Virtual Disk" from the...
View Articlethe specified virtual disk needs repair
my virtual player's space is using out. I want to compact to it. but the error: the specificed virtual disk needs repair.I use the vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -R *.vmdk to repair, but the log output show...
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not a valid virtual machine configuration file
Team,I have Windows 7 on my PC, running VMWARE PLAYER 3.1.6 build-744570. I can no longer start my session, as I keep getting "Failed to open virtual machine: ! "\CentOS6.4 !.vmx " is not a valid...
View ArticleHow to see Virtual Machine's unique ID ?
Hi, I created a new Virtual machine, and I'm able to run it from VM ware player. However, I need to find the VM's id, possibly without using Vsphere CLI (since I don't have VSphere installed) ?
View ArticleCrackling audio
When using a USB headset on the guest VM I get badly garbled and crackling audio, particularly when moving windows around. I've found this solution (VMware KB: Improving audio quality when using USB...
View Articlehow do I install vmware tools in a VM running in player on an Ubuntu host?
I have an Ubuntu host ( Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS )I have a Fedora VM ( 4.0.4-301.fc22.x86_64 ) and I would like to install vmware tools on this vm.When I select from player VirtualMachine -> Reinstall...
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VMX corrupt file
I have Windows 7 on my PC, running VMWARE PLAYER version 6.0.1 build-1379776. I can no longer start my session, as I keep getting "VMX file corrupt" error.What does this error mean. Can I reinstall...
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